Laura Marling entertaining the audience at The Hop Farm Festival 2010, Kent, UK
Laura Marling and Ray Davies
This summer's highlight was undoubtably the Hop Farm Festival. We spent a chilled out day in the blazing hot sun listening to the cool vibes of Laura Marling and later Ray Davies. The latter was new to me but I was surprised to find I knew a few of the songs.
Mumford & Sons, Seasick Steve and Pete Doherty
Best set of the day was Mumford and Sons who got everyone on their feet. I was interested to see Pete Doherty live but he didn't live up to expectations. Seasick Steve was cool, having seen a little of him on Jonathan Ross and Jools Holland it was great to see him live..a proper character.
Bob Dylan
*Sigh* what a dissappointment. In the picture above you can see how big Laura Marling was from where we were sat, now imagine the screens switched off and you can see how much of Bob Dylan we saw...zilch. We eventually pushed our way forward but at no time could I resolve the features of his face, and together with a mumbled and lack lustre performance it was a waste of time going to see him. Never-ending tour my ar...
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Bad organisation!
Of course the day was marred by the crap management of the festival. Huge queues for the loos are normal, huge queues for beer aren't, not when they're charging london rates and have the cheek to charge a deposit for glasses. And the site ran out of bottled water, what a joke! Unless it's a stunning line-up next year, we'll give it a miss.
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