The UK held its first-ever full-capacity music festival, Latitude festival since the Covid-19 outbreak started. The festival was held from July 22nd to 25th at Henham Park. It was a part of the UK government’s research program that is measuring the risks of mass gathering with vaccinated and Covid-19 negative visitors. Nearly 40,000 unmasked music lovers attended the festival getting lost in the brilliant musical saga.
The summer festival lacked overseas acts due to the travel restrictions caused by the pandemic. That is why the biggest musicians from the UK were booked for the vent. Indie rock bands like The Vaccines, Kaiser Chiefs, and Bastille, with a guest orchestra and EDM bands like Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip, performed on the stage. Bill Bailey did his usual comedy draws entertaining the audience. The festival was a great weekend getaway for music lovers with a wide variety of music ranging from alternative to pop and from serious singer-songwriters to post-punkers and master instrumentalists.
The newest post-punkers on the block, Wet Leg performed their debut single, ‘Chaise Longue’ on Friday creating a huge sensation among the crowd. The single was heavy on implications on big Ds and buttered muffins. The crowd happily sang along with them creating a blissful moment. Popular post-punk band Squid performed their brilliant tracks from their studio album, ‘Bright Green Field’, offering an intense ambiance of acoustic delight. Wolf Alice made history on Friday night with their incredibly versatile performance from their album, ‘Blue Weekend’ with fierce energy.
Hot Chip played their cover of LCD Soundsystem’s ‘All My Friends’ ending their techno-pop rave. Supergrass played ‘Alright’ on Saturday firing up the daytime of the event. Ultra Naté’s ‘Free’ was heard all throughout the festivals with DJs playing it all the time. Promising soul singer from South London, Joel Culpepper won many hearts with his immensely blissful and penetrating performance with a nudge of hip hop and punk
The special guest Damon Albarn of Gorillaz and Blur presented a folk-reggae-classical resonance from his side project ‘The Good, the Bad & the Queen’. He performed a stunning cover of Allen’s ‘Go Back’ and ended his performance with Blur’s ‘This Is a Low’.
Self Esteem was brought in last minute to fill in for Billie Marten, who is among the eight performers dropping out of the fest due to the ongoing pandemic. Self Esteem presented an amazing live show astonishing the audience. One of the newest pop singers Griff had her second-ever festival performance, acing it like a pro.
The live music in the festival overwhelmed the audience who are able to visit a concert after so long. When Sons of Kemet closed the show with their flabbergasting performance, the crowd went crazy with energy. The saxophonist of the band Shabaka Hutchings, drummers Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick, and tuba player Theon Cross, ignited a fire onto the stage with their breathtaking instrumentation with the world stopping or a moment to watch them in awe.
