![]() Jess Glynne has so many sing along pop tunes and club bangers to choose from the vibe was way up and stayed blessed as the crowd felt the euphoria of the festival as a wave of complete joy and happiness poured from the stage and into the crowd. Katy had accomplished her mission and had us all leaping like loons as we kept up with the double time dutty B-line.Īfter a short interlude of what I will call ‘Get your tats out’ a group of giddy teens and 20 somethings decided to display their array of tattoos to us which they had gotten when they were hammered on holiday (there was a three-headed one-legged elephant within the collection of tattoos on display which looked like it was kissing an ant-eater or an alien type creature) the lovely Jess Glynne appeared wearing yep you guessed it braids which let’s be honest is great for performers when they are on stage bustin’ moves and running about. Katy ran through all her well-known tracks, the Tine Tempah assisted ‘Turn the music louder’, ‘Lights on’ ‘Broken record’ and saved the best until last with ‘Katy on a mission’ which got ramped up to a double time flow which was the perfect end to an energetic set. ![]() With her hair in the trend of the moment – braids (although she gave hers a unique and messy edge), denim mini skirt and grey hoodie she looked great and sounded better her voice soared through the crowd angelically and she bought a playful vibe to her set as she had girl power moments with D.J Emerald and treated us to a choreographed dance routine it’s obvious Katy enjoys what she does and had as much fun as we did. When ‘Put your hands…’ did drop we had a skank out moment but again, it was short-lived.įrom the temple we made our way to the main stage to take in Dub step darling Katy B. He did not adapt his set for a festival setting which meant we only got 30 second bursts of his biggest hits just as the crowd were revving up to get live, he told us many tales of b!tches in the hotel, b!tches in the car, b!tches in the dressing room and after a while this became somewhat tedious as we all just wanted to ‘put our hands where our eyes could see’ and get buck wild. Busta Rhymes seemed to struggle with navigating a festival crowd which many American’s artists seem to misjudge. Now I must admit I was expecting greatness from the flip mode squad extraordinaire as I’d grown up listening to his music and rinsed my copy of the almighty ‘Extinction Level Event’ album but it wasn’t to be. Having encountered a travelling gorilla and a moving elephant casually strolling past us, we finally found the temple stage. #PARKLIFE 2016 FESTIVAL PLUS#With only 1 chicken filet Capri sun filled with vodka (the other one must have got chucked when I was on a hype ting the day before) we were in and just in time to hear the last few notes of WSTRN’s “In2” noooooooooooo! We rationalised that this would give us more time to find the ambiguous ‘Temple stage’ where Hip hop heavy weight Busta Rhymes was playing in an hour plus we needed a food boost to refuel on energy. ![]() #PARKLIFE 2016 FESTIVAL FULL#Once at the front we were all subjected to a full pat down and asked to empty the contents of our handbags which was a far cry from waltzing on in the day before. It seemed many festival goers decided to purchase a Sunday ticket only as there seemed to be a lot more revellers than the day before and the queue was moving at a snail’s pace. Having snoozed the 4 alarms that went off more than 5 times each, seeing West London group WSTRN’s set was rapidly fading into the distance and by the time we arrived at the park the queues were longer and the checks stricter. We’d all done a Tom Hanks in the film ‘Big’ and experienced accelerated aging overnight as the events of the day before had done us in which was apt because some of us had BIG blisters on our feet but a few blisters and aching limbs were not going to deter us from getting our dance on at Parklife festival day 2, not on your nelly or should that be not on your wellies. ![]() There we were four lil old limping ladies, hobbling and trudging towards the bathroom in slow motion trying to muster the motivation for round 2 at Parklife. ![]()
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