Well, Reading and Leeds, you did us proud....not least with Radiohead rocking the last night of the former by opening with all-time classic 'Creep'. The Arctics held up nicely at Leeds after the turbo-charged mayhem of The Prodigy with only their second gig since the release of 'Humbug' - showing that they can keep themselves fresh and relevant while many contemporaries stagnate.
Which is certainly what Mr. Patrick Wolf didn't do during his frankly manic Reading performance - he's rapidly turning into one of Britain's most watchable performers, love or hate his pop-tastic tunes. One of our favourite bands, the mighty Maccabees, put in another great festival show, as did Ealing's White Lies. It was heartening to see old heavies Faith No More hold onto a fair few of the crowd on their stage when many departed to see the Followill Bros. rock out on the main one. They also raised a big smile with their cover of the 'Eastenders' theme tune! Anyway, for two festivals separated by so many miles - and age - this year's 'twin-ing' was a great one...and we think a lot better than the imagined line-up (above) could have produced!
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