STANDON CALLING 2018

Only one day this year, Sunday 29th. Solo expedition as it was M’s birthday celebrations. Arrived at 12.00 to see first band, Charlie joined at 14.30.

Sun been shining for around 6 weeks, hottest summer for decades, but this weekend it breaks and down comes the rain so spoilt the atmosphere a tad.

So highlights….Gaz Coombes for sure and why I went on the Sunday; surprises Pip Blom a really young Dutch band with an amazing drummer, Queen Zee, bonkers “new punk”, Dream Wife.

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LATITUDE

Latitude 2018 – we booked this purely for The Killers, a band that goes right back to when we met. Listening to them on an iPod 1st Gen, on a tiny speaker in the kitchen at 1 Newbury Close. Now we see them live.

Jo and Mark have been going to Latitude for a few years now and we have been saying we must go for a long time so about time we kept our word. Only one night, one day, but brilliant. We dropped off BB and Gma and then got there midday put up small tent and headed in to the music area…..20 mins later we were there, tad bigger than Standon Calling. Met Mark at the entrance, coffee then first band.

Very hot, hence Mrs Bear is in Arab garb.

Highlights for me, Vaccines.