R.I.P The Sunset Slot ?

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

With the bands starting an hour earlier (I think but could be wrong) it meant that the penultimate slot (The Sunset Slot) finished while it was still light and that the sun went down while the headliners were on.

I would have loved to see Faithless finish their set in near darkness, is this a regular thing now or just a 1 off?

I kinda loved the magic of the sun going down with the slot before the headliner.

Edited June 29, 2010 by DAVA

[puppetmode]

Yeah. I kept saying long before the festival that Faithless in the sunset spot on Sunday night on the Pyramid stage is a perfect slot. Then thought it was me that got the timings wrong when the sun was still well up.

Obviously the very late sets last year had an effect on timings this year.

[coolethan]

I thought Faithless were ace but the sunset definitely added to their 2002 slot - I kept waiting for the ball of fire to disappear but it bloody well didn't! Hopefully they'll fix that a bit for next year.

[MEGABOWL]

The earlier finish times are part of the new licence, it's why the outdoor stages were louder (which I thought was noticeable)

[bombfrog]

Less darkness = bad.

Louder sound systems = good.

[kaanypooch]

hmm dunno, I still enjoyed the Thom/Johnny and LCD sets as the sun went down.

[timespeedsup]

hmm dunno, I still enjoyed the Thom/Johnny and LCD sets as the sun went down.

[markeee]

faithless woulda been better in the dark- this was plainly visible, put sunglasses on..take them off, and look at the diff

[Walter Sobchak]

Faithless would have been better on Fri or Sat! I was way too f**ked to rave on Sunday night!

[Magma]

Hot Chip during the sunset on Friday was lovely!

[LusciousLucy]

Aah, I get it now. I didn't realise the end shows were earlier but it does go to explaining why sunset slots were missing. I did watch a STUNNING sunset whilst losing it completely to Hybrid in the Glade though. It did seem awfully light for Faithless and the sun went down just after LCD finished. Oh well.