![]() ![]() ![]() I spent the usual time, meeting, greeting, chatting and exploring. The gaping eyes of those that beat those rolling fields into soggy troughs and trenches over those two days should be thankful the sun was not there to fill them, but even the dull grey muffled daylight – that made the ferris wheel and rides look like haunting scenes from Chernobyl – was too much for most who hid behind Ray Bans and fragile, Chinese imitations. Getting in Saturday was a breeze everything was going smooth considering it did not stop shitting it down all day. I felt like the High Sparrow when I saw the youth in this new generation of festival fanatics. By the time I got to the gate everyone was caked in shit like of Cersei Lannister after her atonement, stripped of all their finery. Already I felt like this year was somehow better organised. Getting there was easy, really easy, even on Mancunian public transport. I managed to plot, scheme and maim unashamedly, get my pair and squeeze out grabbing some electrical tape on the way out the tape the seams of my ‘showerproof’ jacket. When it finally arrived it was worse than Black Friday. ‘He’s stuck on Palatine road, it’s all flooded, he’s gonna try another way now.’ This humble odds and sods shop had turned into a refugee camp of sodden youngsters in hot pants and shorts, waiting for this convoy of aid to deliver this shipment, to get these wellies in the building. When I returned the shop was heaving and the man kept shouting updates to the anxious mob filling the aisles. I went to a bar next door for a drink, give it twenty minutes, I thought. I looked around at the other bloodthirsty wellie-hunters as they sized me up, not only my (impressive) physique but more rabidly, my approximate shoe size. ‘I’ve got a shipment coming through,’ he said, ‘but they’re stuck in traffic on the M62, they’ll be about half an hour!’ This was all too much. I laughed at what he said next but was quickly caught in the gravity of the situation by the tone of his trembling voice and the look of panic projecting from his gaze. Even here, in this forgotten crevice of south Manchester, this relic of bric-a-brac and rag and bone was being battered by the mighty winds of Parklife. However as the bell dinged as I pushed open the door, a sweating shopkeeper threw his eyes upon me, visibly shaken from pressure he was struggling to cope with. Unless the shop was a front for some kind of money laundering business – say rigging the pools or something – it always puzzled me how it stayed afloat. Parklife 2016 festival full#It looks like the shop from League of Gentlemen and smells like my Gran’s old shed that never got used and was full of elaborate cobwebs from now extinct species of spider. This shop, on the local high street, is usually the kind of place you go to if you need a second-hand 3 Amp fuse, or lead paint. I reluctantly accepted that wellies were necessary during the early morning monsoon on Saturday and went to local shop to try and cop a pair. Parklife 2016 festival plus#plus Special Guests Chic ft.I was completely unprepared for Parklife 16, which is nothing new to me. ![]() The line up for 2014 included Snoop Dogg, Foals, Rudimental, Disclosure and London Grammar. Al MckayĢ015's event was headlined by Disclosure and Rudimental, and featured performances from Nas, Caribou, Fatboy Slim and Jamie Jones. In 2018, the festival was headlined by the xx and Liam Gallagher. On 27 March 2020, the organisers announced that Parklife 2020 had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Artists announced included Dave (rapper) as a UK Festival Exclusive, Megan Thee Stallion, Skepta, Dababy (cancelled), Disclosure, Mabel, Becky Hill, Carl Cox, Peggy Gou, Young Thug who was later replaced by Migos due to scheduling conflicts, Jamie XX, Burna Boy, Bicep and more The Festival was pushed back to a later date of 11 & 12th September 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On January 25th 2022 the festival announced the festival would be returning to Heaton Park in Manchester on 11th & 12th June 2022, with acts including 50 Cent as a UK Festival Exclusive, Tyler, The Creator, Megan Thee Stallion, Lewis Capaldi, Loyle Carner, Bicep, Chase & Status, Central Cee, PinkPantheress, Camelphat, Patrick Topping, Jamie XX, Annie Mac, Fred Again. ![]()
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