2 Down, 1 To Go

Saturday at the Festival was better than expected. We didn’t bother getting down there for the 5.6.7.8’s as there was such a huge gap in between them and anyone else we wanted to see. Apparently they were very good though.

We got there in time for Har Mar Superstar who was absolutely fantastic. AND he kept his clothes on. Marvellous! Shockingly Chris actually liked him too.

Then we headed off to see The Roots. They were very good musicians, but it wasn’t the kind of thing I was in the mood for & being sat in the middle of a field surrounded by annoying people didn’t help.

After them we saw The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. To my delight Chris loves them. He lost the plot and legged it up into the crowd to get a closer look… never in a million years did I think he’d be into “Southern Goth-Boogaloo”!! :oD The tent was fairly empty which was a real shame. It had been packed for Har Mar earlier.

Bumped into Mr & Mrs Haz on the way out, he was being very emo & waiting to see Funeral For a Friend.

Caught a bit of the Dillinger Escape Plan, but the sound in the Concrete Jungle tent was abysmal. Didn’t like it at all so we left after about 10 minutes.

Went back to the camp-site for a while as it was going to be a couple of hours before anyone else we wanted to see.

Got back into the Arena early to go to the loo & had a terrible choice ahead of me. HUGE queue or smaller queue & right next to Morrissey :os I chose the Morrissey option, although it was painful on the ears.

Tried to see Sick of It All, but again the sound was awful so I gave up & headed across to meet everyone at the Carling Stage for Mondo Generator. Wasn’t as impressive as I’d hoped. They weren’t bad, but didn’t hold my interest & instead I found myself chatting to some strange boys… with nail varnish that matched mine XD

We waited what seemed like an eternity for Mark Lanegan. Our feet were blistered & sore & our knees were giving way. We caught 2 songs & had to leave. Just too tired.

Got back to the pub to see The Funky Monks (RHCP Tribute Band), but the singer was having an off day. Too much tiredness meant we left after 1 drink.

I’ve had loads of sleep yet I’m still shattered. I only want to see Mike Patton tonight & he’s not on until 22:30 so a bit of a lazy day ahead of us!!