4 Oct 2008, 02:57
by jarmac
T IN THE PARK
Balado, Scotland
11th-13th of July, 2008
DAY ONE
On Friday the 11th of July my bus arrived to the site of Scotland’s biggest music festival, T in the Park. This was going to be epic, and my first ever UK weekend festival. After an extremely long line, and carrying my bag through it I finally arrived at the entrance of T in the Park. Once my mate, his girlfriend and I found a decent camping spot, we made pitched our tents and could call Scotland home for a few days.
The T in The Park campsite was much different to any festival campsite I had been before; it had gambling facilities, a few dance tents, carnival rides and stores to buy camping and shopping items.
Later that day I entered the festival grounds for Day One of T In The Park.
Los Campesinos! : 18:15-18:35 (King Tut's Tent)
Watched: 18:15-18:35
I arrived late due to judging the amount of time it would take to walk to the tent wrong, although I did see the second half of the set from the bright upbeat youngsters from Los Campesinos!. It was very easy to get a decent spot at the tent. I walked in during the performance of 'This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA I've Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-romantics"' I was very pleased to hear my two favourite tunes from the welsh indie-pop band. Both 'My Year In Lists' and 'You! Me! Dancing!' were brilliant tunes live, and the set closer 'You! Me! Dancing!' got everyone on their feet dancing along.
Rating: 7.5/10
Alphabeat : 18:15-18:35 (King Tut's Tent)
Watched: 19:05-19:40
I hadn't heard any material from the Denmark popstars , 'Alphabeat' before going into the tent. I managed to get a second row spot, and was caught off-guard thinking that the crowd would be calm...however it was opposite, at one point I and a few others were knocked to the fall into a pile of people on the floor. The highlight of the set was crowd-pleaser tune, 'Fascination' which encouraged the Scotland crowd to chant "The word is on your lips - say the word" repeatedly.
Rating: 7/10
The Down & Outs : 18:15-18:35 (T Break Stage)
Watched: 19:45-20:10
For those who don't know the T Break Stage is for Scotland unsigned artists to play at T In The Park. I stumbled across 'The Down & Outs' and was surprised how much I enjoyed their performance. The three-piece band had a preppy look going, also the lead singer look similar to Pete Doherty. At one point during the gig, the band's frontman jumped the barrier and gave out to CD's to members of the crowd who were dancing to their tunes. Overall a good set, and hope to see more of this band in the future.
Rating: 6.5/10
Stereophonics : 18:15-18:35 (Main Stage)
Watched: 20:30-21:40
I'm not a big fan of Stereophonics, but who can not like their trademark single which catapulted them into the mainstream eye 'Dakota'. 'Dakota' was fantastic to hear live, and got the crowd jumping up and down on the Scotland soil (including me). The band's frontman had the rockstar look with his brown jacket and dark sunnies, but for British rockstars I felt that the set was a little disappointing.
Rating: 6.5/10
The Verve : 18:15-18:35 (Main Stage)
Watched: 22:15-23:45
Setlist:
'This Is Music'
'Sonnet'
'Space And Time'
'Sit And Wonder'
'History'
'Come On'
'Life's An Ocean'
'The Rolling People'
'The Drugs Don't Work'
'Lucky Man'
'Bitter Sweet Symphony'
'Love Is Noise'
With only a handful of reunion gigs under their belt, Richard Ashcroft and co took the T in The Park Main Stage to headline the Friday night (the Friday Night bands could only be seen to the people who were camping on the TITP grounds). The first half of the set lacked something...the "hits" that most of the happy campers were waiting for...and it was during the second half of The Verve's set when they blew the crowd away (or one their friends shoulders at least). Richard Ashcroft spoke very few words on stage, but he did give some time to dedicate 'Lucky Man' to his wife, as it was their anniversary on the day of their performance. 'The Drugs Don't Work' was another standout tune live, then once again Mr Ashcroft spoke to the crowd, "Everybody has ONE classic tune, I want everyone here to write one classic tune, and this is ours...", pre-arranged audio of violins sounded as the crowd knew exactly what they were getting into. The cameras were out, the friends were on each others shoulders and the crowd was mouthing the lyrics to The Verve's "classic tune", 'Bittersweet Symphony'. The Verve followed the amazing performance with their first single ('Love Is Noise') from their reunion album. I hadn't really been a fan of the single, until I heard it live. I was glad that The Verve reunited because I would not have ever known what I missed during the late 90’s.
Rating: 8.5/10
DAY TWO
The Blackout : 12:10-12:40 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
As day two of the festival begun, I made my way over to the Radio 1/NME Stage to explore 'The Blackout' (Who I'd never heard of before the festival). It turned out that The Blackout were a 6-piece post-hardcore band from Wales. I managed to get a front row spot, as there was not much of a crowd at the stage. They played many of their tunes from their debut LP 'We Are The Dynamite' (which they promoted constantly during the set) including 'I've Got Better Things To Do Tonight Than Die'. The band consisted of two vocalists who kept the crowd entertain with their non-stop movement on-stage including swinging microphones around like an experience cowboy. My personal highlight of the set was the catchy-chorus of 'Prepare For A Wound'.
Rating: 7/10
I went over to the T-Break Stage, where I caught a glimpse of 'Twisted Wheel' and 'Bryn Christopher'. I found both artists not too appealing, and during the second song of Bryn Christopher's set I opted to instead have a walk around T in the Park's festival ground. My friends and I even had a go at a few rides including the ghost ride (which wasn't all that scary).
Kate Nash : 14:40-15:20 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Pumpkin Soup'
'We Get On'
'Birds'
'Do Wah Do'
'Don't You Want To Share The Guilt'
'Mouthwash'
'Skeleton Song'
'Foundations'
'Merry Happy'
Kate Nash came on stage 10 minutes prior to her timetable starting time. The stage-set was fabulous; it featured an underwater mermaid theme with a blue aquatic backdrop. The main stage was packed out with Kate Nash fans as Kate Nash made her way onto her sea-shell decorated piano (which kept to the Mermaid theme). The London singer-songwriter performed two new songs ('Do Wah Do' & 'Don't You Want To Share The Guilt') during her set. After 'Skeleton Song', which featured dancers wearing skeleton costumes, Kate Nash performed crowd-favourite 'Foundations' much to the Scottish crowd's delight. Nash played 'Merry Happy' to complete her wonderful set at T in the Park.
Rating: 8/10
The Subways : 15:20-16:00 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
The warm weather showed up in Scotland, along with many Subways which huddled around the NME Stage. The atmosphere thickened as Billy and Josh (the two males) from The Subways walked out shirtless (unfortunately for the male fans, Charlotte kept her gear on). Although Charlotte looked just as good, as she paced across the stage rocking out with her bass guitar. The Subways belted out tunes such as ‘Oh Yeah’, ‘I Want To Hear What You’ve Got To Say’ and ‘Mary’. I hadn’t heard too many Subways songs before their performance at T in The Park, but due to their great live sound and stage presence it has turned me into a Subways fan. The Subways ended their 40 minute set with a fantastic performance of ‘Rock & Roll Queen’, which had the crowd screaming “Be My, Be My, Be My Rock And Roll Queen” over and over again.
Rating: 8/10
The Courteeners : 16:30-17:10 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Aftershow'
'Cavorting'
'Acrylic'
'Please Don't'
'Bide Your Time'
'Fallowfield Hillbilly'
'No You Didn't, No You Don't'
'Yesterday, Today & Probably Tomorrow'
'Not Nineteen Forever'
'What Took You So Long?'
The Courteeners supplied a solid set, featuring songs from their debut album ‘St.Jude’. After Courteeners’ lead singer (Liam Fray) thanked the crowd for coming to see them, he then commented “"If you had told us last year we would be playing here we wouldn't have believed you. We would have thought we'd be on the Main Stage”. The Courteeners finished their set with two of my favourite songs from their debut record. ‘Not Nineteen Forever’ got the indie crowd jumping and chanting, likewise with set-closer ‘What Took You So Long?’.
Rating: 7/10
We Are Scientists : 17:40-18:20 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist: (Rough setlist and order)
'Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt'
'Chick Lit'
'This Scene Is Dead'
'Inaction'
'Impatient'
'Let's See It'
'Cash Cow'
'After Hours'
'It's A Hit'
'Lethal Enforcer'
'The Great Escape'
We Are Scientists were one of my highlighted acts that I wanted to see at T in The Park and they did not disappoint. I managed to get a second row spot at the American indie acts performance on the NME Stage. During the set We Are Scientist made quirky but funny remarks including; “Its good to see so many flags here represented by different nations, look I can see the nation of Smiley Face, and Bob Marley as well as Visa/Mastercard (naming flags the crowd were holding up)”. We Are Scientists mentioned that the crowd would be rewarded for watching their set, and the reward was 50 free rides at the Ferris wheel if you mention a song from We Are Scientists. Although WAS were not all about odd jokes, but also fantastic tunes. Everyone song kept the crowd moving. For the entire length of the set I could hardly even move my hands to clap to the beats that the scientists behind We Are Scientists were producing. Highlights of the set included ‘Inaction’, ‘It’s A Hit’ and ‘Chick Lit’.
Rating: 9/10
The Kooks : 18:25-17:25 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
I had seen The Kooks in Berlin only a month before their performance at T In The Park, and chose to see them again over The Pigeon Detectives. Wrong choice. I felt The Kooks songs lacked communication to the audience, and it didn’t help that I was a fair way away from the Brighton Boy’s stage. Luke Pritchard explained to the crowd “Paul [Garred, drummer] has fucked his arm”. The Kooks covered songs from their two previous albums which included ‘Naïve’, ‘Do You Wanna’ and ‘Ooh La’. During the Kooks 55 minute set a small fight in the crowd broke out between a drunk male and female, the fight was saved by an innocent on-looker which got a clap from the surrounding crowd. Towards the end of the set, the band left the stage, leaving Kook’s frontman (Luke Pritchard) performing solo-acoustic versions of ‘Seaside’ and ‘See The Sun’. The band reunited with Luke on stage for one final song, ‘Always Where I Need To Be’. Overall the set was not as impressive as the previous time I had seen The Kooks, a very average performance at T In The Park.
Rating: 6/10
To fill in time as I waited for The Fratellis to begin their set, I walked around T In The Park and came across the T Break Stage. On the stage were Scottish locals ‘The Twilight Sad’, of the 15 minutes I saw of the band, I thought they were decent.
The Fratellis : 19:55-20:55 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Mistress Mabel'
'Flathead'
'Look Out Sunshine'
'Baby Fratelli'
'Shameless'
''Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes'
'Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy'
'Tell Me A Lie'
'Whistle For The Choir'
'My Friend John'
'Henrietta'
'A Heady Tale'
'Chelsea Dagger'
'Milk And Money'
Once again I was quite a distance away from the stage, but I could see most of the stage clearly. I was unfamiliar with The Fratellis second album material, but even the songs I did know brought me disappointment. The atmosphere then turned upside down, when the crowd went crazy for signature tune and Scottish sing-a-long ‘Chelsea Dagger'. Another highlight of the Glasgow rockers set was slow-paced ‘Whistle For The Choir'.
Rating: 6/10
I was intending to watch the performance of former Stone Roses frontman, ‘Ian Brown’, but due to an uncertainty of even getting into the packed out tent I opted to see New York’s Interpol. This time I was NOT disappointed. Overall I was glad to not see Ian Brown as he did not end up playing my personal favourite tune (Illegal Attacks).
Interpol : 21:50-22:50 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist: (rough order, not accurate setlist)
’Pioneer To The Falls’
’Slow Hands’
’PDA’
’Narc’
‘C'mere’
‘Hands Away’
‘Not Even Jail’
‘The Lighthouse’
’Mammoth’
’Rest My Chemistry’
’NYC’
’Obstacle 1’
’Evil’
’Roland’
Interpol blasted away the T In The Park festival goers who opted to see the New Yorkers instead of watching cult favourites, Rage Against The Machine (whom were headlining the Main Stage). Interpol came on stage formally dressed and begun their night with ‘Pioneer To The Falls’, which features a brilliant guitar intro and a great start to any gig. I was lucky to have a great spot in the second row, although the crowd was so jammed and tightly packed that I could barely even clap or move. Interpol played ‘Slow Hands’ much to the crowds delight. As Interpol reached the half-way point of the set Interpol’s frontman, Paul Banks, had not said a word to the crowd. But it did not matter one bit, as Interpol are a replica as their studio album sound when playing live. Interestingly the band opted to play experimental track ‘The Lighthouse’ which the setlist could of lived without, as it is something that should be played at a solo gig. Overall, the set was one of the most outstanding performances at T In The Park 2008.
Rating: 9/10
DAY THREE
Bowling for Soup : 12:00-12:35 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Punk Rock 101'
'Almost'
'I'm Gay'
'Ohio (Come Back To Texas)'
'High School Never Ends'
'Girl All The Bad Guys Want'
'The Bitch Song'
'1985'
'Sedated'
The sunshine came out brightly on day three of the festival, and pop-punkers, Bowling For Soup were ever so bright for the Scottish crowd. The American rockers put on quite a show, and exceeded my expectations of the band. BFS frontman, Jaret Reddick praised the crowd, "You guys are all so clean. You look like you've all taken a shower. In Ireland everyone looked so dirty". Bowling For Soup showed their humorous side for the majority of their set, telling the crowd, “The reason why they put us on so early, is that if you had been drinking and partying all day and then see us, you’ll all explode”. During their 35 minute set, Bowling For Soup played 9 tunes including ‘Almost’, ‘Girl All The Bad Guys Want’, and crowd sing-a-long ‘1985’. Overall Bowling For Soup used their fun side to win the crowd over (including me), and made sure everyone was enjoying themselves with their songs and/or jokes.
Rating: 7.5/10
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly : 12:45-13:15 (King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager Part Two'
'I Spy'
'Find The Time'
'Let The Journey Begin'
'Call Me Ishmael'
'War Of The Worlds'
'Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager Part One'
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly put on a solid set at King Tut's Tent. The 22 year old Samuel Duckworth gave his praise to Saturday night headliners, Rage Against The Machine, "Did anyone see Rage Against The Machine last night?... I've been waiting seven years to see them…They smashed it”. The highlight of the performance was the acoustic based ballad ‘I Spy’.
Rating: 7/10
Delays : 13:40-14:10 (King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Lost In A Melody’
‘Touchdown’
‘Panic Attacks’
‘Friends Are False’
‘Keep It Simple’
‘Long Time Coming’
‘Valentine’
I wasn’t familiar with the Delays material before T In The Park, and the Englishmen’s performance didn’t attract me to check out their material after T In The Park. I had secured a front row spot, but the main reason for securing that spot was to watch Vampire Weekend and The Ting Tings in prime position later in the day. The indie-rocker’s sound was not awful, it was good to have a dance too, but every song sounded very similar. Although, the highlight of the set came when Delay’s frontman, Greg Gilbert leaped off the stage, and got close and personal with the crowd.
Rating: 7/10
The Ting Tings : 14:35-15:05 (King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Great DJ'
'Fruit Machine'
'Keep Your Head'
'Shut Up And Let Me Go'
'We Started Nothing'
'That's Not My Name'
The energy inside the King Tut's Wah-Wah Tent was enormous as the crowd awaited the next big thing in music, The Ting Tings. The tent was packed out 20 minutes before the English act was even due to come on stage, and I had the best position in the tent…front and centre. The Ting Tings started off with a bang as they performed ‘Great DJ’, and they did not drop down a notch for the entire set. The crowd was loving every moment, and it was to see the short set come to an end. Set-closer ‘That’s Not My Name’ got the biggest roar from the enthused crowd, which had the entire tent singing out “That’s not my name, that’s not my name, that’s not my….name!”.
Rating: 9/10
British Sea Power : 15:30-16:00 (King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Remember Me'
'Lights Out For Darker Skies'
'Waving Flags'
'No Lucifer'
'Carrion'
The half time entertainment had arrived, as British Sea Power were sandwiched between two of indie’s biggest new names at TITP. The set was short, but sweet. The South English indie boys ignored their second album when choosing the setlist, but it didn’t bother the crowd who were enjoying new hits such as ‘Waving Flags’, inspiring track ‘No Lucifer’ and my personal favourite track ‘Lights Out For Darker Skies’. The crowd did not seem to enjoy the set, but I definitely did as British Sea Power reminded me of Australian band, Dappled Cities Fly.
Rating: 7/10
Vampire Weekend : 16:30-17:05 (King Tut’s Wah Wah Tent)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Mansard Roof'
'Campus'
'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'
'M79'
'Bryn'
'A-Punk'
'One'
'I Stand Corrected'
'Oxford Comma'
'Walcott'
A crowd packed into the tent before the commencement of Vampire Weekend’s set, much like The Ting Tings performance earlier in the afternoon. I still managed to keep my perfect position in front of the stage. The eager crowd greeted the band with the chant of, “Vampire! Vampire! Vampire fucking Weekend". The New Yorkers then began their performance with ‘Mansard Roof’ which led to a crowd eruption, causing me to be squished between hundreds and hundreds of fans and the front barricade for the entire set. But I could feel no pain, as Vampire Weekend were putting on one awesome set. Vampire Weekend frontman, Ezra Koenig, asked the crowd to help sing-along to ‘One’. He asked the Scottish crowd to sing back “Blake’s got a new face” back to him during the chorus. ‘Oxford Comma’ got the crowd to an all new drug-free “high”, followed by the last song of the set, ‘Walcott’. A great performance indeed!
Rating: 8/10
Counting Crows : 16:45-17:35 (Main Stage)
Watched: 17:10-17:35
After Vampire Weekend’s performance I rushed over to catch the last thirty minutes of the Counting Crows. Sadly I did not recognise too many songs in the second half of their set, as the Californian band played their well-known songs earlier. Notably, Counting Crows’ vocalist (Adam Duritz) was walking around the stage on crutches, but I did not find out why due to not seeing the entire set. His leg may have not been 100%, but his vocals sure were. Counting Crows were the perfect band to play on the Sunday late afternoon slot, it was a very relaxed set, although the alternative rockers didn’t pull a big crowd as I expected.
Rating: Did not see enough of set to judge
Amy Winehouse : 18:05-19:05 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Addicted'
'Just Friends'
'Tears Dry On Their Own'
'Cupid'
'Back To Black'
'Wake Up Alone'
'Some Unholy War'
'Love Is A Losing Game'
'Hey Little Rich Girl'
'You're Wondering Now'
'You Know I'm No Good’
'Rehab'
'Me And Mr. Jones'
'Valerie'
All eyes were set on Amy Winehouse in the late afternoon of July 13th. Last year Amy Winehouse cancelled her T in the Park appearance, but this year the Londoner turned up to the Scottish festival. I wasn’t expecting a “mind-blowing” performance from Amy, in fact it turned out to be the exact opposite. She was the worse performer of the entire weekend. Amy was out of time with her vocals, and slurry her words…with help of her alcoholic drink in her hand. Luckily Mrs Winehouse had some decent backup singers to help her sound listenable throughout her set. Sure, it was fun to sing-along to “Rehab”, but that was the one and only highlight from T in the Park slot.
Rating: 3.5/10
The National : 19:00-19:50 (Pet Sounds Arena)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
’Start a War’
’Brainy’
’Secret Meeting’
’Baby, We'll Be Fine’
’Slow Show’
’Mistaken For Strangers’
’Abel’
’Squalor Victoria’
’Racing Like a Pro’
’Apartment Story’
’Ada’
’Fake Empire’
’Mr. November’
I had previously seen The National the week prior to T in the Park and was surprised on their great performance. But I was not intending to be overwhelmed for a second time, but I was wrong. The crowd was very relaxed, and they are one of those bands that you can just sit back and appreciate. The National were pure amazing; introducing their set with slow-mover ‘Start A War’. Matt Berninger’s deep and distinctive baritone sung “We expected something, something better than before. We expected something more”, which is what exactly sums up the entire performance; it was “better than before”. The National pulled out plenty of beautiful classics from their previous two albums, which included ‘Slow Show’ and ‘Secret Meeting’. Although nothing can be more memorable than the deep and breathtaking sounds of the piano intro of ‘Fake Empire’.
Rating: 9/10
Hot Chip : 20:20-21:10 (Pet Sounds Arena)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Out At The Pictures'
'And I Was A Boy From School'
'Hold On'
'Over And Over'
'No Fit State'
'One Pure Thought'
'Ready For The Floor'
'Nothing Compares 2 U'/'In The Privacy Of Our Love'
I scored myself a front row spot at the Pet Sounds Arena for England’s Hot Chip. Frontman, Alexis Taylor was unusually dressed in a white chemical-warehouse attire (which included gumboots/wellingtons). The electro-rockers got the crowd moving with popular tunes, ‘Over and Over’ and ‘Ready For The Floor’. Hot Chip then closed their 50 minute set with Prince’s version of Sinead O'Connor’s hit, 'Nothing Compares 2 U’, which then blended into Hot Chip’s ‘The Privacy Of Our Love’.
Rating: 7.5/10
R.E.M. : 21:20-22:50 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Living Well Is The Best Revenge'
'These Days'
'What's The Frequency, Kenneth?'
'Begin The Begin'
'Man-Sized Wreath'
'Drive'
'Ignoreland'
'The Great Beyond'
'Hollow Man'
'Imitation Of Life'
'(Don't Go Back To) Rockville'
'Electrolite'
'The One I Love'
'Losing My Religion'
'Fall On Me'
'Let Me In'
'Horse To Water'
'Bad Day'
'I'm Gonna DJ'
'Orange Crush'
'Supernatural Superserious'
'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)'
'Man On The Moon'
R.E.M arrived on stage as the closing act of 2008’s T In The Park. The American alternative rocker’s mixed up their setlist with a range of songs from their extensive back catalogue including recently released album ‘Accelerate’. The only negative towards Michael Stipe’s band’s set, was playing too many tracks from ‘Accelerate’. It is nice to have a few songs from a new album, but R.E.M. performed six of Accelerate’s eleven songs. There were plenty of “hits” that could have been played including; ‘Everybody Hurts’, ‘The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite’ and ‘Nightswimming’. Michael Stipe proved still to be one of the greatest front-men of all time as he had the thousands and thousands of spectators dazzled by his every move. During ‘Losing My Religion’, Stipe went down to the front barricade and sung the song with the keen and dedicated R.E.M. fans which proved to one of the many highlights of the set. R.E.M. ended T In The Park with a climax; as the rock legends conducted a massive sing-a-long to ‘Man On The Moon’.
Rating: 9/10
As I then made my way to the campsite from the festival grounds bagpipes begun to play across the T in the Park location, followed by fireworks to end an amazing experience.
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BEST PERFORMANCES OF T IN THE PARK:
*The Verve
*R.E.M.
*Interpol
*We Are Scientists
*The Ting Tings
*The National
*Los Campesinos!
T IN THE PARK 2008 GREATEST MOMENTS:
*REM’s set closer ‘Man On The Moon’.
*The (between song) comedy of We Are Scientists
*The atmosphere and performances of new indie stars The Ting Tings & Vampire Weekend.
T IN THE PARK 2008 GREATEST SONGS:
*The Verve- Love Is Noise
*The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony
*Los Campesinos!- You! Me! Dancing!
*The Subways- Rock And Roll Queen
*Interpol- Pioneer To The Falls
*The Ting Tings- That’s Not My Name
*Vampire Weekend- One
*The National- Slow Show
*Stereophonics- Dakota
*The Courteeners- Not Nineteen Forever
*REM- Man On The Moon
*REM- Losing My Religion
MOST SURPRISING ARTIST:
The National
MOST DISAPPOINTING ARTIST :
The Fratellis
BANDS I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE (But Clashed with other bands):
*Glasvegas
*The Hold Steady
*The Raconteurs
*Justice
*Blood Red Shoes
*Ben Folds
*MGMT
Fri 11 Jul – T in the Park
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