.: G L A S T O N B U R Y :.

"Tender"

I changed my festival routine this year and upgraded from Leeds to Glasto. Boy, was it worth it! I had such an awesome time and there was no burning of tents on the last night and just generally millions of more things to do after dark! MJ sadly died this weekend so it was all a bit surreal when people started doing tributes and dedications too. This is who i saw:

EBONY BONES...(didn't know any of her stuff, apart from Katie singing it to me, but i got a pleasant surprise cos she's pretty cool!)

METRONOMY...("well that goes, heartbreaker")

THE WHIP...(unexpectedly good live)

REGINA SPEKTOR...(she was so smiley and played the piano while singing and drumming on a wooden chair)

N.E.R.D....(special guests that me and Katie were obviously the last to know about, but they were bloody brilliant despite coming on half an hour late due to technical problems. Pharrell didn't want to leave and just kept going over their time slot until they got cut off mid song! *sob* Oh, and they got a load of boys up out the crowd to dance with them on stage! Awesome.)

LILY ALLEN...(she wore a beautiful jumpsuit with a pink wig and a white MJ glove and looked gorgeous. She also covered Britney's 'Womanizer' which was pretty cool)

LADY GAGA...(4 costume changes getting more and more naked until she ended up with fire coming out of her boobs! She's amazing. And she wore her bubble outfit and did an acoustic 'Pokerface' on her bubble piano!)

BLOC PARTY...(Me and Lowri met a geordie vulcan and danced our hearts out to 'Flux')

ROLF HARRIS...(The busiest crowd yet. Oh, and he rapped.)

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS...(she did a cover of Gwen Stefani's 'What you waiting for' and it was awesome! and then me and Katie saw her walking through the crowd afterwards. This counts as star spotting fo' sho')

PEGGY SUE...(i didn't know any of their stuff, but me and Katie stayed in the Queen's Head tent after Marina and they were really lovely.)

DIZZEE RASCAL...(my 5th time seeing him. Properly mint. He came on in a suit to 'that's not my name' and then ripped it off to reveal typical Dizzee style. And he also did a 5 min intros dedication to Michael Jackson which was pretty special)

PASSION PIT...(really really dancy and F.U.N.)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...(I didn't know if i'd love this cos i don't know loads of his stuff, but he totally blew me away. Absolute Legend. And he was literally smoking hot at one point.)

BRAND NEW...(I'm glad i got to see these guys properly cos i saw them at leeds one year and missed most of it, but they were brilliant. Jesse Lacey did a cover of Neutral Milk Hotel's 'Oh Comely' at the end too which was beautiful.)

YEAH YEAH YEAHS...(Karen O looked amazing. She came on in a multicoloured headress and cape! They started with 'Runaway' which i didn't really want them to play cos i think it's a bit boring, but they did it to prove me wrong cos it was beautiful live. Everything else was aweseome apart from them missing out 'Rich'.)

BAT FOR LASHES...(I love Natasha so much. And she played 'Priscilla' which she missed out when i saw them at Leeds so that was gooood. Also she looked beautiful in a lovely sparkly outfit as always.)

ROOTS MANUVA...(I'm too cold too cold too cold too cold. Brill.)

BLUR...(Oh. My. God. BRILLIANT. Seriously didn't know what to expect cos i was so mentally unprepared for seeing them but Damon Albarn was on top form and it was so amazingly atmospheric. Loved it.)

Fave performances = BLUR, BAT FOR LASHES, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, LADY GAGA, BLOC PARTY, N.E.R.D.

Totally can't choose one favourite! Haha everything was just so good.

.:L E E D S F E S T I V A L:.

"Do the D.A.N.C.E."

Last weekend was of course my annual trip to Leeds Festival, which was as ever: AWESOME. The ususal crew of us went and we had a supercool time. I also met up with Sally and Avnish and made some new friends who happen to go to uni in Leicester. I saw:

ROBOTS IN DISGUISE...(Noel Fielding came on stage to play bass wearing a robot mask)

LETHAL BIZZLE...(Bizzled my socks off)

PENDULUM...(so jam packed that my face nearly got ripped off when leaving the tent, and i was holding tight to a man's neck vein, thinking it was Grace's finger!)

TENACIOUS D...(i heart jack)

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION...(who did the Star Wars medley again, making my day)

DIGITALISM...(unexpectedly AMAZING to dance to)

CSS...(i danced like a tool due to the African Vodka pouches Grace brought, we even whipped out the sports dance moves)

DIZZEE RASCAL...(who would've been better in a tent instead of on the main stage, but still i fixed up and looked sharp)

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE...(again, unexpectedly amazing since i don't really know much of their stuff...although the sound was terrible where we were standing at the start)

THE TEENAGERS...(my friend from home Sally got to go up on stage and sing the girls bit in 'The Homecoming' which was supercool)

MGMT...('Electric Feel' went down REALLY well with the crowd)

THE KILLERS...(dropped masses and masses of confetti at the end which looked beautiful, as well as having an amazing stage set)

ALKALINE TRIO...(me and my friends danced like girls and wore jewellery and stuff in amongst a crowd of people in black talking about death, and then showed them all who the true Alkaline fans were by knowing all the words)

JUSTICE...(Truly awesome. I think they were probably my highlight because i danced so much, and they played 'D.A.N.C.E.' AND 'We Are Your Friends'. I was so happy and sweaty)

FOALS...(not great live, i think his vocals needed turning up)

LOUIS XIV...(I used to love their album so it was a happy surprise to see them live)

LOS CAMPESINOS!...(just nice and lovely and fun)

EDITORS...(i didn't realise how many of their songs i love)

SANTOGOLD...(COOL AS ICE. I caught up with Avnish and Deborah for this awesome event. Her dancers made me feel inadequate on the dancefloor though)

My highlights were Justice, Digitalism, Dizzee, Santogold, Pendulum...it was all TOO GOOD! I had a fabulosa time, even though it was muddy as hell and I fell flat on my face several times! I sported some high risk dance moves at the rave tents, and stole a girls sunglasses only to loose them in the mud. All in all, AN ACE WEEKEND.