Nicola, Madeleine, Jake & myself got the coach at 9.30 from Brisbane. We were in the venue by 11.00 am just in time to see Brisbane band THE BUTCHER BIRDS. Excellent start to the day.
Quick look at 'the blue stage' for a few minutes with BLUEJUICE
Into the 'Boiler room' - the Dance/DJ venue to have a half hour of serious krumping with GRRILLA STEP. Mad!
Caught the last 15 minutes of TAME IMPALA. Rad!
Over to see KISSCHASY. Venue was packed but I managed to get quite near the front.
Back to the Boiler room for 20 minutes with DECODER RING. Not bad.
Over to the Orange stage for half an hour of KASABIAN. Brilliant. No club foot though.
Managed to get over to see the last 20 minutes of TEMPER TRAP. Great new Aussie band.
Back on the blue stage ESKIMO JOE did a good set, Inshallah.
Back to the Boiler room and DJ Gregg Gillis as GIRL TALK had pulled in a crowd of thousands. Brilliant fun.
On the orange stage THE HILLTOP HOODS were giving it some rap - Australian style.
Quick look in on THE WAGONS
Saw a couple of songs by young UK band THE HORRORS
Then more boiler room action with MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS. This whole day was just getting better.
The afternoon was getting hot - about 34° - and DIZZEE RASCAL almost literally went Bonkers when someone hit him with a bottle. It was still just about the best song for the crowd all day.
LILY ALLEN was quite cute really and better than I thought she'd be.
I was keen to see DEVENDRA BANHART and he turns out to be a good guitarist. Interesting act.
I heard JET play 3 or 4 of their big hits and a couple from their new album.
Now getting dark, LADYHAWKE was excellent.
The biggest surprise of the day. PEACHES was brilliant. Dramatic show, great music, pure entertainment. I'll be joining her fan club.
Then, to round off a fantastic day - an hour of MUSE. Incredible music and the best light show I've ever seen. Their encore of 'Knights of Cydonia' was unforgettable. The perfect end to a Very Big Day Out.
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