Twelve brilliant acts to fit into your diamond jubilee Saturday in London's beautiful Victoria Park...
Rock on to South Yorkshire with Steve's gloriously loud Tramlines mixtape preview. Make sure your speakers are turned up to 15 for this one...
All four tents are pitched, the early arrivals saved us a good camping spot, the sun’s out – as are the chairs and a well earned beer. Hello Green Man!
The weather looks set to be glorious, the music as good as ever, if not better, and Glanusk Park should be radiant for this most charming of events. However one looks at it, Green Man 2009 is not to be missed.
As festivals in the city go, Field Day pretty much has it down. There’ll be no queuing outside venues for hours a la Camden Crawl, and acknowledging the ubiquity of UK festivals and their inclination to pitch high before declaring themselves cancelled by the end of June (RIP Redfest, The Outsider, Wax:On Live), Field Day has delivered on both price and quality.
The band are, however, quickly into their stride, even appearing, shock horror, to enjoy themselves. Less can be said for the guy who yelled “Is Amanda Murray here?” in a vain attempt to locate his date. Inevitable cackles and mockery from audience and band alike ensues. Man leaves.
