Pukkelpop day 3

Day 3, and another list of must-sees to go - even though my feet hurt like hell.

* Lykke Li (nice gig, but not quite as good as I expected)

* The Whip: no pictures, because I was too busy dancing till my poor feet were bleeding and being the subject of a photographer myself (despite the early hour this gig was a great party)

* Late of the Pier (wasn't such a big fan in advance - contrary to some of the girls I was hanging out with at the festival - but they managed to convince and convert me, even though I didn't see the whole gig)




* The National (the reason why I couldn't see all of Late of the Pier, and a very good reason it was - even if they only played Fake Empire it would've been worth it)




* Manic Street Preachers (another personal highlight; this band deserves to be and stay on top + I loved Nicky's microphone!)





* Bloc Party (a bit of a disappointement, I thought they would've been more energetic)




* Sigur Rós (best gig of the festival, this was everything and more - I was crying like a baby)









* Off stage:
Elke and her refreshment

Hermine, Phara, Gisèle, Gerlin - Late of the Pier fans :)

sleepy guy
covered sleepy guy
David (on the right) and a friend of his

my personal interpretation of body art: Steven-love (on Elke's arm)...
...Manic Street Preachers-love (on my arm)...
...self-confessed stalking affairs (on Sylvie's arm)...
...Roger Federer-love (on my arm, I screamed so hard that everybody at the festival must've understood that he won the golden medal in the double tennis games at the Olympics).

Elke and Ringlings. Oh, how we love festival food.

FESTIVAL TOP 4:

1) SIGUR ROS

2) Manic Street Preachers

3) Dirty Pretty Things/Editors

4) The Futureheads/The National

Pukkelpop day 2

After drinking some tomato soup on a nice terrace near the camping and writing some of my reviews for the other day's gigs, I was ready for day 2.

* Those Dancing Days (too much of an act, pretty poor musically)

* Pete and the Pirates (now they are a band that can make me dance that early in the day)

* Das Pop (I liked them better when I saw them a couple of years ago, still one of the better Belgian bands)

* The Do (okay)

* Arsenal (too bad they didn't play Either, but they did play Lotuk, Longee and Estupendo and that's more than enough to make my day)


* a part of Los Campesinos (okay)

* Foals (very tight set, it would've been better if the audience - me and my friends excluded, that is - wasn't acting that boring)


* Does It Offend You, Yeah? (very tight as well, and they díd have the audience on their side)

* The Futureheads (I didn't know in advance if I was going to see them or Robyn, but I'm glad I picked The Futureheads - it was a party, an explosion!)


* Blood Red Shoes: my pictures suck, I was standing too far from the stage (so good that me and my friends decided to create a mini moshpit)

* Tokyo Police Club (okay)

* The Rascals (Miles Kane and his band - they're no Arctic Monkeys, they're no Last Shadow Puppets, but they are pretty good anyway)


* Off stage:
Phara
Hermine and Phara
Tess and a girl whose name I unfortunately forgot :(
Tim and a friend of his
Phara and Hermine Chris, who is leaving our country next month :(