THE BEST BITS FROM BBC R1’S
BIG WEEKEND IN NORWICH
Skepta rocked up to join in with their cover of his track Shutdown. Outbloodystanding. Slaves are playing UEA in November. Buy a ticket please.
Te courage of SOAK. Snoop Dogg’s new top.
In a packed out tent filled with breathless Snoop fans, the atmosphere was already electric. But when the Doggfather himself ambled onstage in a Norwich City top, none of us really knew what to do with ourselves. Too much love for you, Snoop. Plus, a cover of Jump Around? You really spoilt us.
Te heavens were fully open when Irish singer SOAK took to the stage with her acoustic guitar. Isn’t it ironic? Te tent was full as people tried to stay dry. Above all the muttering and chatting and laughing, however, this teenager sang her delicate and beautifully simple songs from her heart to the hundreds in the tent with such confidence and presence.
Lethal Bizzle’s basslines.
Another packed out tent for Bizzle, who gave a full on performance with great audience banter and some proper dark basslines. He took us right up and right down again, and if there’d been more floor space to dance, I would have been giving it some, fo shiz.
Harry Edwards’
confidence. Local electronica artist Harry was a joy to watch on the BBC Introducing Stage. Since winning Norwich’s Next Big Ting competition last year he’s clearly learnt how to feel more comfortable on stage and spoke to the audience with finesse. Te music was pretty wonderful too. Heart-warming to see.
Taylor Swift’s Slaves & Skepta.
I’ve been going on at you to see Slaves forever, right? And if you went to see them I hope you loved it as much as I did, especially when grime artist
showladyship. It’s not every woman who can get up onstage in a silver leotard and jump around whilst singing. I have a terrible image in my head of myself doing it. No no no. She looked stunning, she sang perfectly, she had a rapport with the
crowd and everyone fell a little bit in love with her.
Te majestic Foo
Fighters. I don’t think Norwich could quite believe that Actual Dave Grohl was in Actual Earlham Park. Once we’d recovered a little, their brilliant tunes, his hilarious and comfortable banter and the sheer force of the music swept us away entirely. Te perfect end to the weekend.
Te largeness of the dancing at the Cocktail
Bar. It was so refreshing to see so many people dancing like they just didn’t care at the Cocktail Bar to some great DJ’s like MistaJam. More of this sort of thing on the cobbled streets of Norwich all the time please. It makes me glad to be alive.
Te pronunciation of
NOR-WICH. If you go to gigs regularly in our fine city, you’ll know that many Americans find it kind of tough to pronounce the word Norwich correctly. IT’S NAAAAARRRRCCCCH. NOT NOR- WITCH. Tis time around, the lovely popstars had obvs all been briefed and all said it right. Nice work, popstars!
Te good nature of
Norwichers. We did ourselves proud, Norwich. Tere were only 8 arrests over the whole weekend, and a warm and gentle vibe flowing from the overexcited teens, contented families on blankets and people who just wanted to fucking well dance. Earlham Park looked lush (except for the carpet of rubbish) and we all left peacefully and quietly. Nice work, Norwich!
Same time next weekend, yeah? I’ll bring the boom box. You bring the glitter and the beers.
Words: Lizz Page Photos: Andi Sapey
Head over to our website to see loads of great photos from the weekend and full reviews of Foo Fighters and Slaves.
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