Roskilde - Day 1 - Live: Gossip, Radiohead
It all started on Thursday afternoon, when we finally arrived at the west entrance of Roskilde. After getting our entrance wristbands we began our quest to find a site to set our camp, which actually took less than expected and were ready to go in almost an hour. Unfortunately the time was already 20:00 so we had already missed Duffy by quite a number of hours (didn’t care that much though) and MGMT for an hour or so (which we were interested on seeing how they perform their tracks live…next time I guess). The rest of the day was more of a warm-up with only a few bands playing, two of which we managed to catch.
First up was Gossip on the Odeon stage (where we saw most of the best lives throughout the festival). Beth Ditto is an oversize queen by all means, giving a splendid show on stage and really setting the crowd on fire. The whole live was a real party, with the entire crowd joining in. We had to actually split the concert in half though, since after half an hour we rushed toward the Orange (main) stage for the day’s main attraction, Radiohead.
First up was Gossip on the Odeon stage (where we saw most of the best lives throughout the festival). Beth Ditto is an oversize queen by all means, giving a splendid show on stage and really setting the crowd on fire. The whole live was a real party, with the entire crowd joining in. We had to actually split the concert in half though, since after half an hour we rushed toward the Orange (main) stage for the day’s main attraction, Radiohead.
I guess what most people wrote on their blogs about Radiohead’s new record was indeed true; a real masterpiece that is not intended for live concerts though. We stayed for around 20 minutes and quickly got bored so returned to Gossip to catch the party’s finale. And what a finale it was, with Beth ending the concert with Standing in the Way of Control and everyone taken over by dance fever. Beth ended it all by coming off stage and singing amongst the crowd!!
It was back to Radiohead then, which after a few tracks ended the concert and left us feeling like we hadn’t really missed that much. Fortunately for all of us, the band came back on stage for two more encores featuring old favorites such as Karma Police and Street Spirit, which really set things straight and really compensated the crowd for the first boring part.
The day ended with us touring around the Roskilde site, searching for food and getting amused especially by the Explosion Village (a huge tower with white plastic stones scattered around which actually produced drum-like noises once banged by people and if the noise levels were high enough the tower shot huge flames in the air). You can see one of these burst of fire in the next video. You could actually feel the explosion’s heat even if you were 20 meters away (which was quite unbearable during the day) and see the flames from outside the festival area, giving a gothic feeling to the whole site…Really cool piece of art!!
It was back to Radiohead then, which after a few tracks ended the concert and left us feeling like we hadn’t really missed that much. Fortunately for all of us, the band came back on stage for two more encores featuring old favorites such as Karma Police and Street Spirit, which really set things straight and really compensated the crowd for the first boring part.
The day ended with us touring around the Roskilde site, searching for food and getting amused especially by the Explosion Village (a huge tower with white plastic stones scattered around which actually produced drum-like noises once banged by people and if the noise levels were high enough the tower shot huge flames in the air). You can see one of these burst of fire in the next video. You could actually feel the explosion’s heat even if you were 20 meters away (which was quite unbearable during the day) and see the flames from outside the festival area, giving a gothic feeling to the whole site…Really cool piece of art!!
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