It's the hometown dream... their favourite sons headlining the world's largest dual-site festival in front of 2,000 ecstatic music fans and with the news that Take the Long Road and Walk it may be hitting the UK Top Ten in a couple of days the atmosphere is electric. Following relentless touring with the likes of Oasis, New Order and The Charlatans, and the release of some jaw-droppingly cool singles, the last year has seen a dramatic rise in the popularity and fortunes of psychedelic rock four-piece and recent NME cover stars The Music. Wearing the familiar blue top and beads, vocalist Robert Harvey is in his element as he takes to the large stage like a man possessed. His crazy, wired antics and unrelenting dancing spurs an adoring crowd on, ever eager for more. That's not to mention the effects laden guitar offering from Adam Nutter, proving it's not just the drugs that can distort all sensory perceptions. Singles are played back-to-back, as The People is followed by Take the Long Road and Walk it and the Leeds crowd leave in a state of euphoria. Welcome home.
Gig Date: Friday, 23rd August 2002 | 268 page views.
The Music @ Leeds Festival 2002
By Dave SugdenIt's the hometown dream... their favourite sons headlining the world's largest dual-site festival in front of 2,000 ecstatic music fans and with the news that Take the Long Road and Walk it may be hitting the UK Top Ten in a couple of days the atmosphere is electric. Following relentless touring with the likes of Oasis, New Order and The Charlatans, and the release of some jaw-droppingly cool singles, the last year has seen a dramatic rise in the popularity and fortunes of psychedelic rock four-piece and recent NME cover stars The Music. Wearing the familiar blue top and beads, vocalist Robert Harvey is in his element as he takes to the large stage like a man possessed. His crazy, wired antics and unrelenting dancing spurs an adoring crowd on, ever eager for more. That's not to mention the effects laden guitar offering from Adam Nutter, proving it's not just the drugs that can distort all sensory perceptions. Singles are played back-to-back, as The People is followed by Take the Long Road and Walk it and the Leeds crowd leave in a state of euphoria. Welcome home.Share |
