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July 06, 2008
I've just emerged from my pit after the Wireless festival yesterday and thinking about food. One croissant in the last 48 hours isn't cutting it now!
Kerry & Rob arrived at ours at a bit after 2:00, to find us suffering from a late night on Friday. We set off in the sun assuming the rain that had been forecast would be along later. It never arrived and we had sunshine all day. We got to the festival at about 4:00 and just strolled in, no queueing. Excellent. It did mean that we missed Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip but at least Fatboy Slim dropped an acapella of Thou Shalt Always Kill later [complete with his own "Fatboy Slim, just a band refrain".
The beer tents looked like they had dauntingly long queues but they were being managed by friendly queue monitors who chivvied folk along and we were at the bar in no time. Top marks for that one O2. The O2 stage was the first port of call for Japanese Popstars. They were excellent, getting a 50% seated audience to their feet and their hands in the air in no time. They looked a bit surprised themselves!
Next up were MSTRKRFT in the SanDisc tent, preceded by Does It Offend You, Yeah? who I'm not too sure about. Reminded me of Faith No More in parts! After a few more beers and a few minutes of MSTRKRFT I had to find a loo and Sam came with me. We were lucky to get back into the tent as it was almost full to capacity by the time we got back and I think we were two of the last people allowed in. Underworld would be on in the next 30 minutes.
Somehow we managed to find Kerry & Rob again and some new people they had just befriended, another Sam and Rich [I think] who were "Underworld virgins". What a gig to pop your cherry at. The best Underworld set I've seen in a few years. It was so hot in there that steam was pouring from the entrances by the end. Those desperate to get a good spot for Fatboy Slim legged it as soon as Underworld finished, leaving about half the tent to relish the encore of Moaner in relative comfort. By this time we had picked up some more new friends, Gavin, Jackie and two more whose names have escaped me at the moment... and we all headed over to the main stage together but as is always the way nobody can really follow Underworld, not even Fatboy Slim and his lasers.
Still we joined in the frivolities till the end and then went in search of a pub. I'm not sure which one we all ended up in but we weren't alone. Even the pirates we spotted earlier in the day were in there. I don't think the locals appreciated it though. I went to the look and when I cam back my pint had been tidied up and the lights were on and we were all being asked to go. Right bloody snooty in Mayfair!
Come about 1:00am, I suppose, we descended on Kev and Karol where we carried on until approx 11.00 this morning before crawling into bed around midday for a well earned nap. A most excellent day out indeed. A very well run festival... Those folks at SW4 should take note.
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