Best one yet, I thought. Very good day out all round.
Special thanks to Ger, CuanaD, Cian and Eimear for making us feel welcome.
Interesting venue. The stage was at the bottom of a small hill at the side of (what-looked-like) a stately home. 'Niche', you would call it - even 'boutique' wouldn't do this one justice as all the boutique festivals I've attended have been ten times the size of this one. The hill made for a natural ampitheatre; we could all see New Order as their minibus arrived and reversed to the side of the stage.
Thankfully the rain had abated for the gig, though it was still a quagmire near the front. Bizarrely, half the set was in relative daylight. Don't remember it getting genuinely dark till the dancier stuff near the end. The 'encore' wasn't an encore as such - they basically turned around, walked 10ft, then turned back again, running out of time apparently. Highlight for me was 'Round & Round', just nice to see it after so many 'Here to Stay's! (Why they haven't played
both together in the same gig since Oz is beyond me!).
We went on the hunt for Andy Liddle at some boozer he said he'd be drinking in after the gig. He never showed! And then somehow ended up drinking in New Order's hotel till 5am, with a free bar courtesy of Facebook! Only Mr Cunningham lasted the distance with us.
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