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That was where I was directed to last year on the Monday - but I got some space in Toms Field in the end
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By Drums Please Fab · Posted
I was surprised by how many folks from the USA were there. Must cost them a fortune. -
For what it's worth - it looks like a new attempt, rather than an update of last years.
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By Drums Please Fab · Posted
First day back at work after Primavera and have had time to ruminate on the experience. The Festival: The best Festival in Europe for sure but the 2022,2023 editions were much better than this one. I reckon the organisers did their conkers this year. The place felt empty at times....(which was handy for beer/mobility). Getting a beer was super easy but the toilets could still do with an uplift in numbers. Shuttle bus was perfect. 2 Euro is fair. Good system. Cupra is the best stage. The Amazon/Pull and Bear area does nothing for me.....a bit of a turn-off and a grim grotty feel. The sound desk and bars dividing the main stages are a real eyesore. You have to stand far out to the right of Santander or far out to left of Estrella Damm to get them out of your eye line. The one way entry system is also a pain in the ass when you are running from somewhere else to catch an act in Mordor. I think its a worse bottleneck than just letting people come and go. The Music: My expectations were low for this year and unfortunately they were met. The lineup was wafer thin. Disclosure, Justice, Vampire Weekend and the National were highlights although im disappointed that the National basically did the same set twice between the midweek show and the headline slot. Expected something more novel. I have rewatched Disclosure and Justice on YouTube and they were class upon rewatch also. Justice was an attack on the senses. A really unique experience. Pulp were decent but are a few songs light of a proper sing along setlist. The highs were high (disco 2000, common people) and the lows very low. Stop start. Jarvis is a great front man. SZA. Over rated and ill-befitting of a headline slot. Karaoke'd and mangled her own songs. PJ Harvey. Great artist but it's a bit too dour at times. Especially that high on the bill. Got bored. The female Nick Cave. Lana Del Rey: I felt like I have nothing in common with the fans that turned up for this show. A sea of mobile phones from start to finish, footage of the crowd in floods of tears as if the Beatles had reformed. I don't get the adulation. She is not remarkable looking, cant dance and a lot of her songs are slow tempo. And I say that as someone who listens to her stuff from time to time. The hype is simply not commensurate with the performance provided. She treated the audience with contempt by being late again, miming for some songs and letting backing singers do the heavy lifting during others. Amazing what marketing can do after witnessing the re-branding job they done on her from her Lizzy Grant days. A real cult of personality that herself and Taylor Swift seem to have tapped in to. No wonder Carles from hipster runoff was so vexed by her! Atarashii Gakko: Music for children, deaf people and the Eurovision Song Contest. Back to Sonar next week to see Air (who should have been at Primavera) Best City and Festival in Europe...Bring on 2025!!!!
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