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Best Performance? Miles Kane

Worst Performance? 30 stm

Most Enjoyable Act? Madness

Dullest Act? Patrick Wolf

Bands You Found Out About? Mona, Madness (i knew their songs but didn't know it was by them!) and Pulled Apart By Horses

Acts that surprised you for the better? The Streets and My Chemical Romance

for the worst? The View

Best Meal? Cheeseburger and chips from the burger van to the right of the NME stage

Funniest Moment? being drunk with 4 mates and picking up someones gazebo and running down red camp with it back to our camp, felt bad but saved us from the rain on the thursday night!

Worth The Money? without a doubt

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Best Performance? Muse

Worst Performance? Strokes (Still enjoyed it but just not as good as the previous time I saw them)

Most Enjoyable Act? PULP

Dullest Act? Horrors

Bands You Found Out About? Metronomy (Listened to them but never got into them but love them now)

Acts that surprised you for the better? Foster the People, Yuck, Miles Kane

for the worst? Little Comets

Best Meal? Either Chunky chips with gravy or the hog roast Yorkshire puddings.

Funniest Moment? Hmm.. 3 people falling off the bins during Muse was pretty hilarious.

Worth The Money? Very much so

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Best Performance? Enter Shikari

Worst Performance? Jimmy eat world

Most Enjoyable Act? Enter Shikari, does it offend you yeah? , flogging Molly

Dullest Act? muse

Bands You Found Out About? didn't go and see bands I've not heard of

Acts that surprised you for the better? Title fight

for the worst? Twin Atlantic( for not playing more off the first album :( )

Best meal? hotdog from blue burger van

Funniest Moment? my mate getting naked at madness

Worth The Money? Very much so

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Highlights - Muse, Pulp, Frank Turner and the Blackout.

Lowlight - Without doubt the disgusting, and horrifying sight of a guy in purple on sunday, dressed as santa, obviously drugged off his face shitting himself in the middle of a path, eating a lump of said shit, washing it down with a bottle of piss, licking random wetwipes on the floor and then puking everywhere untill security finally intervened. I hear these kind of storys every year and im always dubious, but it was seriously one of the most awful things ive ever witnessed. If that doesn't put you off certain drugs then I don't think anything ever could.

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Best Performance? Offspring

Worst Performance? Patrick Wolf

Most Enjoyable Act? Enter Shikari

Dullest Act? The View

Bands You Found Out About? Mona

Acts that surprised you for the better? Panic At The Disco, MCR

for the worst? The Strokes

Best Meal? Pork Baguette from the carvery by the nme tent

Funniest Moment? these two blokes doing push ups in the mosh pit during enter shkari

Worth The Money? yeah :)

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Best Performance? Pulp

Worst Performance? No one i saw was that bad really

Most Enjoyable Act? Muse

Dullest Act? Benjamin Francis Leftwitch (got dragged by some mates)

Bands You Found Out About? Saw a band on BBC introducing that i really enjoyed, still trying to find out who they were

Acts that surprised you for the better? Pigeon Detectives

for the worst? The Strokes, was pretty excited for them but they disappointed massively

Best meal? Chicken curry, rice and nan bread for a fiver in the arena

Funniest Moment? Security guard throwing water over some w*nker

Worth The Money? Every Penny

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Best Performance: Pulp

Worst Performance: Nobody i saw was truly awful

Most Enjoyable: Odd Future

Dullest Act: Horrors

Bands you found out: about Pulled apart by horses, Islet, pretty much everybody in the dance tent.

Acts surprised you for the better: MCR

For the worst: Strokes

Best meal: Curry and chips

Funniest moment: Mate being bitten during Bombay Bicycle Club

Worth the money? Would happily pay £250

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Best Performance: Muse

Worst Performance: The View

Most Enjoyable: Enter Shikari

Dullest Act: Jimmy Eat World

Bands you found out: Pulp, Rival Schools, King Blues

Acts surprised you for the better: MCR

For the worst: The Strokes

Best meal: my Monster Munch

Funniest moment: all of Enter Shikari's set & the drunk guy on the dodgems

Worth the money? Would pay £150.

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Best Performance: White Lies

Worst Performance: Enter Shikari

Most Enjoyable: Pulp

Dullest Act: Chapel Club

Bands you found out: f**ked up, little roy (a few in the lock up im still to find out the names of!)

Acts surprised you for the better: noah and the whale

For the worst: Frank Turner

Best meal: Hog roast in a yorkshire

Funniest moment: drinking when mcr were on. Just a good laugh, nothing to do with mcr

Worth the money? Paid 120, so yeah but best spent elsewhere

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Best Performance: Muse

Worst Performance: The Strokes

Most Enjoyable: Simian Mobile Disco/SBTRKT/Unkle (they kinda all rolled into one for me)

Dullest Act: Interpol

Bands you found out: Midnight Beast, Pulp, OFWGKTA

Acts surprised you for the better: Crystal Castles

For the worst: Does it Offend you, yeah?

Best meal: pot noodle.

Funniest moment: walking past a guy out sparko in the mud on saturday in yellow camp.

Worth the money? Just about.

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Best Performance: Muse

Worst Performance: The Strokes

Most Enjoyable: Frank Turner

Dullest Act: Pulp

Bands you found out: TDCC Letlive (were more i just cant be bothered finding their names atm)

Acts surprised you for the better: MCR

For the worst: pulp

Best meal: noodles

Funniest moment: was a few but one that stood out was the people standing on peoples shoulders who got bottled and fell during madness - purely because we were all drunk at the time ;)

Worth the money? yeah

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Best Performance: Muse

Worst Performance: Thirty Seconds to Mars, not sure I've seen someone so in love with themselves

Most Enjoyable: Pulp

Dullest Act: No-one springs to mind

Bands you found out: The Joy Formidable

Acts surprised you for the better: MCR

For the worst: Unkle, just at how small the crowd was, couldn't get into it :(

Best meal: Didn't buy anything there, but brought about 100 tesco value cereal bars, definitely gonna get them from now on

Funniest moment: My friend being too smashed to notice that his tent had collapsed around him

Worth the money? Yes, but doubt I'll pay full price if the ticket price keeps going up

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Leeds highlights and lowlights

Best Performance? 30 Seconds to Mars

Worst Performance? Interpol (not too sure about them on that day, in the tent may have been better)

Most Enjoyable Act? Elbow

Dullest Act? The National (great to listen to, but not to watch)

Bands You Found Out About? Miles Kane, Mona, Dananananaykroyd, Funeral Party and Our Fold

Acts that surprised you for the better? My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars and Friendly Fires

for the worst? The View

Best Meal? Med Pizza from somewhere, they handmade it in front of you, very nice!

Funniest Moment? In the Vodafone v.i.p tower watching guys wrestling in a moshpit, looked funny from above, espcially as there was a middle age guy taking on teenagers

Worth The Money? Definatly, loved it!

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Best Performance? The Strokes/Muse

Worst Performance? MCR

Most Enjoyable Act? Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Strokes

Dullest Act? Panic At The Disco/Muse

Bands You Found Out About? ESatMZ

Acts that surprised you for the better? ESatMZ

for the worst? PATD

Best Meal? Free Chinese in the arena after Muse (Huge pot of Chicken Chow Mein)

Funniest Moment? There's too many

Worth The Money? Most Definitely

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Best Performance? The Streets

Worst Performance? glassjaw

Most Enjoyable Act? The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Dullest Act? glassjaw

Bands You Found Out About? The Computers

Acts that surprised you for the better? Pulp

for the worst? glassjaw

Best Meal? chips and dips by R1 stage - pie and mash stall had gone this year :(

Funniest Moment? my mate tripping up on a bin liner walking out of muse and falling flat on his face and throwing his cider all over himself :D

Worth The Money? picked up a last min spare for £120 so yes!

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Best Performance? Pulp

Worst Performance? Jimmy Eat World

Most Enjoyable Act? Pulp

Dullest Act? The National

Bands You Found Out About? Miles Kane

Acts that surprised you for the better? MCR

for the worst? The Strokes

Best Meal? Giant yorkshire pudding!

Funniest Moment? About 10 of us singing Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of our lungs thursday night, got some the campsite to join in too.

Worth The Money? I got a ticket last year at pre-sale for a birthday present, and only spend around £80 there so i'm happy!

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Best Performance?-The Strokes/Pulp

Worst Performance?-The Kills

Most Enjoyable Act?-The Streets

Dullest Act?-The Kills

Bands you found out about-Nobody impressive

Acts that suprised you for the better?-The Streets (knew that they would be good, but they were amazing)

For the worst?-The Kills (thought they would be ok, but were just crap)

Best Meal?-Sausage, Chips, Garlic bread.-Tesco £4

Funniest Moment-Accidentally walking through the path of a group of Rangers and Celtic fans screaming at each other, scary at the time, funny now.

Worth the money?-Yeah, I suppose.

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Best Performance? - Muse

Worst Performance? - Interpol

Most Enjoyable Act? - Elbow

Dullest Act? - Jimmy Eat World

Bands you found out about - Ed Sheeran & Madness

Acts that suprised you for the better? - MCR & 30STM

For the worst? - Jimmy Eat World (nothing there, only stayed there for the sake of it)

Best Meal? - Crossiants and grapfruit juics (Tesco, £2)

Funniest Moment - Food fight in purple

Worth the money? - Most definitely, but only half of it was for the bands

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Best Performance? - Muse

Worst Performance? - The Strokes

Most Enjoyable Act? - Pulp

Dullest Act? - The Strokes

Bands you found out about - Tom Vek

Acts that suprised you for the better? - Edward Sharpe

For the worst? - The Strokes

Best Meal? - Yorkshire Pud

Funniest Moment - Stoned friend attention seeking

Worth the money? - Just about

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