The last day of music at the festival. I'm shattered and I'm ready for some crazy people running around later tonight! I actually slept in for a while today, though I was still awake by about 9:30! The site is getting worse, I expect to see many tents burnt out tonight! Great fun, not.
I had to do the most dreaded of things today, go the toilet! I was not going to go in the ones on the campsite so I got to the arena toilets nice and early. I have to say it was almost like being in heaven in comparison to the campsite ones!
The first band I saw today were Bullet for my Valentine who were on the main stage. I enjoyed them, however, probably not as much as I could have. I spent quite a portion of their set either in the queue for the toilet or on the toilet. In either case I don't think I would suggest that it is the best place to be listening to music for enjoyment!
After this I made my way to the Carling tent, I fancy sitting down for a large portion of today. The first band on were Beautiful people who were interesting but I wasn't paying too much attention to them. The next band, Forward Russia, were pretty cool and really got me going for the Crimea who were on after. The Crimea were great, just as I expected. They played lots of songs off the version of the album I have and also played a few others I wasn't too familiar with. I swear, though, that they have changed some of their songs. At the very least they must have changed a few lyrics. I guess I have listened to them too much otherwise I would have noticed!
I then saw some of the Rakes, who's front man couldn't sing! He had lost his voice and so they drafted in other bands singers to fill the place. I personally didn't hang around for too long but I am told that the front men of Bloc Party and Maximo Park were on hand to help out. The reason I didn't hand around for too long was so I could make my first trip to the dance tent at Reading in 3 years! This was to see VHS or Beta who played a great set full of weird electronic sounds. Cause it was in the dance tent it was rather easy for me to get right to the front. I didn't stay for too long though as I wanted to see Funeral for a Friend and they started early, for a reason I'm still not too sure about. Here is me getting close to VHS or BETA:
Next on the list were Nofx, they were good, great even. They even wrote a song for the festival (well that's what they said) about how the UK is better than America. It included the line "the hash is better in Birmingham". That was enough for me to be won over! Here is Melissa waiting for, umm guess who:
A band I have already seen twice this year were next, Maximo Park. We weren't too far from the front for this one and they played a great set. It is odd to think that at the start of the year we (me and Kat) saw them played with an audience little over 50 now they were packing the Radio 1 tent! After this I bumped into some people who go to the same club that I do, Snobs, now that's well odd!
Next up, the Duke Spirit, they were good though I had to leave halfway through my favorite song by them so I could go and meet John to see Incubus. Incubus were brilliant! I then went off to see British Sea Power who were good though I was a bit disappointed by their set, not entirely sure why though. Maybe I am just starting to feel absolutely exhausted. John relaxing with my hat on:
Sunset over the last day was beautiful:
I had to see Marilyn Manson, just so I could say I have seen him. I stayed for a while but I wasn't too interested, Personal Jesus was good though. After a while me and John left to go and see LCD Soundsystem who were good, I think I will have to buy their CD. During this gig John got asked if he had any drugs on him. Apparently because the pair of us were wearing dodgy hats and glow sticks the bloke thought we were dealers! Tut tut! Funny though. We stayed in the Radio 1 tent to see a bit of the Futureheads but we didn't stay for too long as we wanted to see Iron Maiden.
I'm not a huge Maiden fan. After a while they seem a bit samey to me. We stood and watched for a good half-an-hour which included me seeing my favourite song "Run to the Hills". The really odd, and quite funny, thing was that during this me and John were eating Ice Creams. We must have looked well dodgy with our glow sticks on eating ice cream whilst watching Maiden. Cause we knew our mate, Geordie, would love this we tried to give him a ring but alas we didn't get through (it turns out his phone was in his car!). We did also want to see both the headliners of the other tents so we went and saw some of Echo and the Bunnymen who were great and then on to Bloc Party. By this point, though, I was completely shattered and so didn't stay around for too long.
As for the campsite. It wasn't too bad near us but it looked like a war zone and sounded like it at times. I didn't sleep too well but what the heck
I was home the next day!
