Festival Review: Hop Farm
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Super Furry Animals Photo: Luke Y
ates (Wayahead Photography)
BY STUART KEELER
aking it
one day ev
’s debut last y
ent, Vince P
ear as a
ower’s
Sunday headliner Paul Weller made from the crowd (directed tow
organisers) were proof positiv
ards
the people returned to the The Hop
unique vision of a festival for the crowd with faithful classics such
sure he gave it his all as he wowed
they were lapping up the music.
e that
F
as ‘From the Floorboards Up’ &
two-da
arm this summer as a fully fledged
y event.
‘Changing Man’
the dance tent, both
. Meanwhile, over in The View
only sore point, performing badly and
were responsible for the
With an increased capacit
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the festival felt alive with energy but
y of 53,000, Sunda
and 2ManyDJs
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closed
The Editors
ery entertaining to w
did well, pla
atch, whilst
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crowd inspiring beats and top class
y night with powerful sets of
pleasant to mo
as not overcrowded, being quite remixes of popular tunes. large crowd indeed.
tracks and The Doves drew a v
ying new
ery
between the different stages and
ve about the site the Machine
Florence and
stalls.
The third stage also showed some
gems in the form of some less well
Florence danced and twirled around
were great to watch as
the stage, finishing with the iconic
As well as the three music stages,
known bands. ‘Rabbit Heart’.
there w drummer ‘junior
played a very energetic set, with
Johnny Foreigner
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as also a celebrit
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y soccer six
(featuring members from some of the
er the two days, playing both drums and synths!
’ keeping busy The Fratellis
bands that were appearing on stage),
They were followed b
Sad, who really filled the tent with
y The Twilight sets, entertaining the crowd as they
Detectives both pla
& The Pigeon
yed very strong
sang along, and regulars to the
stalls.
a funfair, and plenty of refreshment
The liv
their massiv
e show is intense!
e progressive sound. festiv
pla
al scene Ash were on top form,
Arriving onsite to the sounds of The Twang
intermix
ying through old classics
instilled me with festiv
Noah and the Whale
al vibe as their
immediately but were unfortunately told to cut
played great on Sunday R
their set short due to earlier dela
with Tim & Mark from
eady (EK
ed with new singles.
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Adam
la
summer
ying on the gr
-pop washed gently o
ass in the sun.
ver us the scheduled running times. Boos
ys in chat about their music and unique
Ash, for a
style....
Our lucky competition winner; Taylor Kane
Photo: Carla Dougherty Festival goers relaxing in the sun between act
s Photo: Carla Dougherty
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