Have to confess that when I went in 1999 I must have seen maybe three bands all weekend, spent significantly more time dancing outside a stall selling an energy drink called Indigo.
99 was the last time I went, I looked at the line up yesterday and I think I saw a similar amount
I never felt at ease at festivals, always felt like people are there not for seeing the bands in the first place.
Hyde Park 2011 was my first time seeing Pulp for instance, but i much prefered the Olympia gig.
I dont know, i feel silly watching (or not seeing a band) from far away, with overly loud PA, a bad sound, and a lot of people behaving badly around me. I just cant ignore that around me. So i just dont go to those kind of gigs anymore.
That said, Jarvis at Rock en Seine was pretty good, but there wasn't many people around
-- Edited by andy on Tuesday 1st of July 2025 10:30:15 AM