Nothing left to get crossed

This is the first post regarding the three concerts in three days I went to this week.

Starting on Sunday, me and Tina went to the final day of the O2 wireless festival at Hyde Park. The previous days had been a bit damp so we went with a littlle aprehension about getting wet, but luckily the rain held off until the final song, so it all worked out well, even if it wasn't as sunny as we'd hoped. Anyway, here's a quick rundown of who we saw

Kate Nash - she's certainly in the Lily Allen mould, but in my opinion not as good as a lot of her songs were a bit samey. Killed 20 minutes or so though.



Mumm-ra - friendly guitar based band, pleasant enough to listen to with nothing really to stand out.



Pigeon Detectives - I think the best band we saw, full of energy (even if we couldn't see them on stage through the crowds, the XFM tent was closed to extra people getting in they were that popular). Catchy songs as well, now I'm just waiting for the album from stupid CD-WOW.



The Cribs - very disappointing. They produced one of my favourite albums in The New Fellas, but I wasn't too impressed with their new one, and their live act seemed to be lost on the big stage, with one of the microphones not really loud enough. Better suited to the smaller intimate venues it seems.



The Twang - I think this lot wish they were the happy mondays, but their baggy pop suited the XFM stage perfectly, and they gave a good performance to a happy crowd, again with some locked out



The Editors - I first saw them supporting early when we saw the Bravery and was impressed, and they didn't let me down this time either. Played a good set, although seemingly rushing through to get as many songs in as possible, but that's a minor quibble



Kaiser Chiefs - Headliners, and milked it. Ricky Wilson was full of energy, rushing around stage orchestrating a wave of applause, jumping off rigging, getting Hero from polysics out to perform a duet of sorts, which mostly consisted of synchronised star jumps, and geerally encouraging a big sing-a-long with the crowd, which I think is never a bad thing. It certainly encouraged me to bounce around.



All in all I think it was pretty good, especially as our line of sight was never really impeded, save for the Pigeon Detectives, as there wasn't too many people there. I would definitely go again if the line-up was worth it.

Standby for Pearl Jam on Monday.....