2002
Well yes in the end we did go, but only for the Sunday, so no camping this year. Looking at the pictures of the trouble afterwards I'm glad.
So Here we go again.
Arrival: The stewards were absolutely useless. Failing to give clear directions to cars, or even able to control the flow of traffic into and out of the site. Once at the drop of point, no signs or directions to show which way to walk to get to the festival site proper.
Food & Drink: £3 for a plastic cup of Carling. It could have been Dick Turpin behind the bar. Burgers not bad, but no El Paso Mexican unlike last year.
Bands:
The Pattern (12:00) - Always hard for
the first band on. But they did not look like they minded. Really
good
The Pattern in the Evening Session Tent
A (14:35) - After one and bit hours, I saw A do Nothing, and then left
The Hives (16:45) - When The Hives play you get more than music, you get a full entertainment show
The Hives. See them next year at Butlins
Cooper Temple Clause (18:20) - They didn't kill music
Ash (19:00) - Watching them, there was no way to tell that only a week earlier they had been in a bus crash. They rolled out all the hits including a sing-a-long version of yet to be released single Envy
Ash (During Shining Light)
Muse feeling good on the Main Stage
Heading the bill on the Main Stage The
Foo Fighters
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (22:00) - A good if not anything special performance. Rocking with 'Whatever Happened To My Rock n Roll' and finishing with a sublime 'Salvation'.
Time to Leave: Back to the car park which had no lighting, making it hard to find the right car. Then all the traffic had to filter down from about fifteen lanes down to one to get out onto the road. All without the aid of any stewards. Once onto the road again no signs to let you know which dorection Leeds or any of the motorways were in.
