As autumn is officially here, it’s time to look back and reminisce about the best of summer music. This year I made it to three music festivals; Parklife in Manchester was the first. Around 15,000 people headed down to Platt Fields Park; I have never seen so many folk sporting wellington boots and rain coats in Manchester before.
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The water proofs were all needed though as the downpours of rain (and hail) were relentless for the majority of the weekend!! My favourite acts of this two day festival were Two Door Cinema Club, Kelis and Darwin Deez, the performances were incredible. The dance moves in particular provided by Darwin Deez were unreal, those boys certainly know how to entertain and please the crowd!

Derbyshire’s top indie festival Y not . .
Y Not Festival the next festival on the agenda; this again was a huge success! All head lining acts on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday were magnificent. I had wanted to see Maxïmo Park for years, and finally my dream came true on the final night of the festival and just as I had imagined they did not disappoint! With my bird’s eye view from my friend’s shoulders I got to see some of my all time favourite songs; Apply Some Pressure, Our Velocity and Books from Boxes. The classic Maxïmo Park hits that I was desperate to see live were all performed and were a MASSIVE hit with the crowd, it was unreal listening to about 5,000 festival goers sing along with Paul Smith, me included!

Pulp headline Leeds festival . . .
And then there was Pulp! Leeds Festival was my final summer music festival destination; I only went for the one day this being Sunday, fortunately for me I managed to avoid the rain and arrived just in time to get the sunglasses on and enjoy the beautiful day. My time was spent in front of the main stage and inside the Radio One tent, these two stages were where I got to witness Seasick Steve, Two Door Cinema Club (who were again a crowd pleaser with their catchy tunes) Everything Everything, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Strokes and last but certainly not least, Pulp. Watching Jarvis Cocker perform the classics ‘Common People’ and ‘Year 2000’ definitely comes into my top ten moments of all time! An unforgettable time was most certainly had.
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What festivals did you go to? Who played the best set of your summer? Leave me a comment below, I’d love to hear from you . . .
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