Your top 5 performances over the weekend

[septemberwillow]

Rolling Stones - never seen them before - went in with fairly low expectations and they blew me away

Ricky Ross - beautiful stripped down versions of Deacon Blue classics and his new stuff

First Aid Kit - how have they passed me by before now? Awesome harmonies

Kenny Rogers - what a professional!

Jake Bugg (Acoustic Tent) - just him and his guitar, as it should be

Honourable mentions to The Proclaimers for sheer singalong joy and Ed Harcourt for just being a bit different.

Annoyed I didn't get to the Lumineers or Alabama Shakes.

*EDIT* Dammit - I forgot Chic. Don't make me limit it to 5.....!!!

Edited July 1, 2013 by septemberwillow

[Ovechkin]

stones

crystal castles

pumpkins

courtneers

really liked the 3 songs i watched with the XX as well (angels and the 2 in the "secret set" at bbc introducing on the day), should've watched the entire set!

[hatman]

1. portishead - never seen them before and was stunning

2. the xx - very intense and atmospheric, and great light show

3. the stones - great headliner

4. PIL - no outrageous comments, just got on and played a great set, and even a little compliment to the crowd from mr lydon at the end

5. tim burgess - really enjoyable set up at the park

[Jack Nottm]

Stones

Pumpkins

Pheonix

1975 (williams green set)

tribes

Monkeys where good but as a bigish fan we all agreed it was a festival pleasing setlist and not one with a few more "fan" favorites.

[Andeeroo]

Stones

Peace

Billy Bragg

Rufus Wainwright

Evan Dando

[Grateful Ghoul]

In no particular order mine would be,

The Hives - What a contrast after Beady Eye. Tick...Tick Boom!

Chic - The whole of West Holts were dancing like maniacs.

The Stones - Could they pull it off? Hell yes, good old fashioned rock n roll.

Kenny Rogers - The way he turned the crowd around on a Sunday afternoon was something quite special, as was hearing What condition my condition was in live.

Johnny Marr - Big Mouth Strikes Again, Getting away with it, How Soon is Now, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out was more than enough to keep everyone in the John Peel tent dancing and to make my top 5.

Special mention to Of Monsters and Men who took me by surprise along with Emmanuel Jal who I discovered in Leftfield by accident and he had everyone dancing in no time.

Edited July 1, 2013 by Grateful Ghoul

[Uh-Oh!]

Major Lazer

Jagwa Ma

Django Django

Andy C

Brucey!

[A13]

Two Door Cinema Club

The Vaccines

Kodaline

The Rolling Stones

The Arctic Monkeys (though wish i'd gone to see Chic)

[IanM]

1. Phoenix. Absolutely stormed the John Peel Stage, including the lead singer crowd surfing to the metal tent structure, climbing it, and then crowd surfing back to the stage.

2. Alt-J. Really good set on the Other Stage which included a Dr Dre 'Still Dre' instrumental/Kylie Minogue mash up.

3. Everything Everything (Williams Green). Loved the smaller stage and both the band and crowd were right up for it. Had my photo taken with the lead singer after watching Deap Vally.

4.Enter Shikari. Cheeky mosh pit in an Alan Partridge mask.

5. Editors. One of the few bands that I know the words too. Played a great set and I also quite liked the new material.

Hon mentions:- Two Door Cinema Club, Deap Vally & New Build.

Edited July 1, 2013 by IanM

[frostypaw]

Absolutely other level. Beyond words.

[cogstar]

The Stones - Just amazing

Chic - it was just great fun

Lucy Rose - incredible atmosphere in the Avalon tent,she went down a storm

The Beat - Sunday night in WG excellent

Haim - talented bunch

[PedroPete]

In no particular order:

Rolling Stones

The Hives

Foals

Jagwar Ma

The xx

[nevermind1927]

Portishead

First Aid Kit

Of Monsters And Men

Major Lazer

The Staves.

[Messy]

1. The XX - Their stagemanship and the way they turn their music into something to play to an audience is absolutely perfect. I like them as a band, but I wasn't even particularly intent on seeing them going into the festival. Textbook stuff. Jamie XX in particular is the absolute boy.

2. Solange - There wasn't a man in that field who wasn't in love with her for that hour.

3. Arctic Monkeys - I wish I could remember more, but I know I spent the entire set screaming every word. As expected.

4. Dinosaur Jr. - J Mascis performs an absolute art. Was front and center.

5. Devendra Banhart - Perfect in the searing heat with a pint in my hand. Might be my enduring memory of the festival.

Edited July 1, 2013 by Messy

[Anderson19]

The Hives

Alt J (Williams Green/Thursday)

Peace

Newton Faulkner

Half Moon Run (The Park)

[Evilredzebra]

In no order:

Tankus the Henge

Rolling Stones

Primal Scream

Parma Violets

And some awesome entertainment in the circus fields on Saturday afternoon!

[theleedslads]

Mik Artistic

Smashing Pumpkins

The Stones

Vampire Weekend

The Hives

Kevin Eldon was amazing in the cabaret tent too.... Beady Eye werw terrible!

[The Nal]

In no order (although the Stones were the best)

GOAT

Savages

Johnny Marr

PiL

The Stones

With a special mention to Seasick Steve/John Paul Jones.

Edited July 2, 2013 by The Nal

[mr gumby]

In this order:

1. Nick Cave. Absolutely blew my mind, and seriously disturbed the delicate sensibilities of thousands of Mumfords fans. Hahahaha!

2. The Stones. Apart from the rather limp phoenix 'effect' they put on a great show.

3. Lucy Rose at the Avalon Stage. Beautiful voice, great band, terrific atmosphere. She also seemed genuinely surprised and humbled by the size of the crowd who'd turned out, and their response to the set.

4. Ricky Ross at the Acoustic Tent. Great mix of stripped down oldies and new material. Bumped into him and his son, who were camped in the same field as us, later that day and said thanks. He seemed really pleased. He's not nearly as intense and precious as he used to seem, now he's playing what he likes, rather than churning out pop hits.

5. The Hives. I was aiming to see the TBA on the Other stage on Friday, but my watch was broken so I turned up in time for The Hives. Having now found out it was Beady Eye, I'm glad I missed it, because even as a lifelong Man City fan, I simply can't ignore the fact that Liam Gallagher is an utter bellend. Anyway, The Hives were great. Terrific energy, even in an early slot. If they'd swapped with Primal Scream, Saturday night would've been even better.

Honourable mentions to Palma Violets, The Staves, Elvis Costello, The 1975 and Mik Artistik too.

[zero000]

In no clear order:

The Rolling Stones

Arctic Monkeys

Dinosaur Jr

Local Natives

Melody's Echo Chamber

[Scotrsman]

The Rolling Stines

Smashing Pumpkins

Editors

PIL

The Hives

[tumbles]

and the bass oh my god the bass. I'd forgotten the Other had that in it. We watched her rip herself to pieces, so so intense. A total privilege to see and will remember forever.

[willutalk]

Smashing Pumpkins

The Hives

Enter Shikari

Arctic Monkeys

The xx

[Rumblestripe]

Chic - "Celebrate Good Times, Come ON! Do do-bee do!" Just fantastic on West Holts, did anyone else notice that Seasick Steve and his drummer (didn't notice JPJ but he might have been there) had stayed in the wings and were dancing like mad eejits?

Rolling Stone - it was indeed only rock and roll but I liked it, liked it, yes I did.

The Beat (Williams Green) - If you missed them you missed an absolute treat RUDE BOYS!

The Destroyers (Avalon) - Mental dancing and energy in the Brucie warm-up slot. Wanted to see them at Croissant-Neuf as well but I was beaten by the one way system. Buggrit.

Seth Lakeman (Acoustic) - I struggle to understand why he has not moved into the mainstream ala Mumford's? Better jiggingness and prettier yet he seems to be labelled as "Folk" and they as "Indie". Stupid labels...

[fightoffyour]

Phoenix

Crystal Castles

Bastille

Of Monsters And Men

Everything Everything (JP)