Cider With Rosie

I’ve been to Glastonbury for the last 4 years and it just gets better every time. This year, the 40 th anniversary of the festival’s birth in the 1000 acres Somerset fields making up Michael Eavis’ legendary farm, was no exception. Who would have thought that something which began as “Pilton Pot Festival” which cost £1 entry, with free milk from the farm itself, could have become the amazing and renowned event which over 177,000 people attended this year?

Then for half an hour I had to sit through a band who played heavy rock music, with no vocal line and what seemed like only 1 song. But it was worth it to see the wonderful Ellen and the Escapades. I first saw Ellen and the Escapades last year supporting Fanfarlo, they blew me away. Since then they have come a long way, winning the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition and now set to release an EP on July 12 th There like a 70’s folk-rock band, which the same energy and hippie festival vibe about them, they will be perfect at Glastonbury. LOVE Ellen and the Escapades!

Not a Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover, unfortunately. (Fortunately?) Also not nearly as charismatic as the singles from 2012′s Overexposed , which actually weren’t half bad where faceless filler music is concerned. Even the DJ on my local top 40 station could only muster a begrudging “Maybe that one will grow on me.” You would think millions of dollars of The Voice money could buy a better song than this, but then again maybe Adam Levine is spending all that bank on hair dye

In truth a much quieter start to Sunday was in order, so via a Guinness stop for most of the reunited gang, it was off to the edge of the Futures tent to sit in the sun and take in Northern Irish Silhouette (7/10) as the clock skipped past 1.00pm. In many ways songstress Shauna Tohill delivered exactly what Ellie Goulding didn't, her voice pierced over the initial grunge tone of the band, before further impressing with her piano skills for the catchy "Toss It Up", I'm sure this won't be the last we hear of Silhouette.

Okay, so that was pretty much my Lollapalooza experience. As I said, there was amazing music, but not too many hilarious people or stories unfortunately. I’m very glad I went, as I hope to hit every major festival in the world at some point in my life, but I was just a bit perturbed by the lack of community and excitement. Obviously people were excited to see bands, but I just felt like a lot of people were there to just keep to themselves/group of friends and just not do anything ridiculous. Lollapalooza was more about the music while Bonnaroo was more about the experience.

Cider With Rosie 2014-07-03T15:24:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown