T in the Park 2006
Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th July 2006Balado, nr Kinross. Scotland, KY13 0NJ, Scotland MAP
£115 w/e with camping, £97.50 without, £56.50 either day - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 52,500
Now were seeing El Presidentes third appearance at T in the Park in four years and the desirability of watching Dante and his crew march us through the same set list once more is definitely starting to wane.
Still, elevation to the main stage either means the band have finally made it, or that Scotland have awarded them the title of the nations new novelty band, ensuring they will fade into obscurity while Rocket will probably become the soundtrack to Glaswegian karaoke nights out.
A moderate crowd has been drawn in for the band who churn out a rather abysmal incarnation of 100mph. Not that its El Presidentes fault the sound is shocking and the feedback makes it all seem like its being forced through one of those dodgy 1980s car stereos.
Regardless of the issues surrounding El Presidentes shelf life the crowd seem to love it. However Im inclined to believe that if you gave an Aberdeen angus 30 minutes of stage time where all it did was chew on some grass, the Scottish crowd would still go wild.
Without you and Rocket rounded up the set, fairly predictably, encouraging the first crowd sing-a-long of the day. All in all it certainly wasnt bad, Dante is clearly a great showman and El Presidente manage to pull off being a T-Rex cover band extremely well.
review by: Scott Johnson