review : day 3 - Stereophonics

10TH JULY

The penultimate day of the Move festival had a certain air of excitement surrounding it from the moment you entered the arena. There was one bad in particular that was creating this buzz of excitement - the Pixies.

To be honest, the first few bands didn’t really make that much of an impression on the crowd - it was only when The Stands did their set that signs of life were visible throughout the audience.


Next up was former James frontman, Tim Booth. You would be forgiven for expecting him to play at least one James track in his set, and that's all he did play. This was slightly disappointing as some people in the audience (me included) were hoping that his set would be crammed full of hits from his previous band. Despite this, his solo tracks are vocally exceptional and are definitely worth checking out.


The weird and wonderful Goldfrapp were up next, and they won the crowd over with their brand of disco/pop/ rock music. Their set even included a cover version of ‘Yes Sir, I can Boogie’.



Then finally the band that had been on everybody’s lips all day; the Pixies were due on stage. They arrived to a thunderous cheer from the drenched in rain crowd. They played their material without wasting time by talking to the crowd, the only time they spoke was to say bye after a blistering one hour long set of pure classic punk tracks.


Stereophonics were then given the daunting task of trying to outshine The Pixies, which is no easy task. Some of the audience seemed to decide not to stay, and so this created plenty of room on the arena floor. Musically the 'phonics were as tight as ever, and even though they included a mixture of old and new material including ‘Just Looking’, ‘Traffic’, and ‘A Thousand Trees’ this just wasn’t enough to outshine the Pixies. Don`t get me wrong, The Stereophonics were fantastic to watch and were almost faultless. But the day really did belong to the Pixies.

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