The Strokes at Lytham were brilliant. Crowds were well up for it and I wonder if that helped avoid some of the erratic performances they are reported to have done elsewhere. Great support too - Wet Leg and Fontaines were both really good. Lounge Society on very early and poor sound so didn't do much for me.
The Strokes played for about 1hr 20 mins which sounds like is as much as they do. No encore, but JC asked the crowd if they wanted them to go off and come back as they would have had to drop a song and crowd response was just keep playing.
Short set and chances of a poor performance make it a risky Glasto headliner, and I'd say their time has passed for that on Pyramid but if they turned up i the right mood it would be good.
Lytham Festival a strange one. Half the front of the stage is a seperate VIP area, plus there is a raised up marquee pooposite the stage with sofas and waiter service. We got well in the crowd on the plebs side not too far back after a bit of moshing and it was much better than I expected - really top night. Might have been less impressive further back, it is a strange very wide arena.