After a good night’s sleep (which was full of dreams about monkeys with mullet haircuts dressed in parkas...) I awoke on Saturday morning raring to go for round two of The Warehouse Project’s Platt Fields Park weekender – aka Parklife. Despite having experienced the intense queuing system during the previous night’s Ian Brown gig, I was naively unaware of just how chaotic the entrance to Platt Fields Park would be on this particular sunny afternoon. Masses of students and youngsters, all dressed in bang-on-trend uniforms from Top Shop, descended on the Fallowfield location. Attempts from these young cool folk to jump the snaking queue were met with boos and chants from the crowd, followed by being removed from the premises by no-sense-of-humour-security. Get back in your place young man.
The day-long festival was spread over a much greater area on the Saturday compared to Friday, with seven tents/stages (instead of three) and much more entertainment, including a silent disco hidden away in a secret garden and a giant inflated elephant (which I think had been a bouncy castle at one point). Attempts to watch the England Vs USA match on the big screen lasted for about ten minutes after the need for more beer and also the loo (don’t get me started on the toilet queues btw...) took over. The silent disco was a much better way to spend half an hour or so, and even got me and my fella dancing to *insert Bo Selecta! voice here* Craig David.Oh dear.
With a lineup consisting of Fake Blood, Kele, Kissy Sell Out, Calvin Harris and Simion Mobile Disco, the organisers were very much attracting a different audience from the previous night. All of the DJs and acts I saw were energetic, stupidly fun and really got the crowd jumping. An extra thumbs up to Simion Mobile Disco who made me wish I was five years younger (and I’m not even that old) so I could stand the sweaty heat of the tent to dance for just another five minutes longer. Finally, headliner Friendly Fires did not disappoint. With the crowd singing along and dancing to all their hits such as Jump in the Pool and Paris it was a fantastic way to end a great day. Roll on next year’s summer offering from the Warehouse Project please!
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