Notes From LEEDS FESTIVAL 2008 - THURSDAY

Arrival at Leeds. Two Red Bull cars turn up - minis, with giant cans of Red Bull Cola on the back of them, fully stocked with girls giving out endless cans of free Red Bull, to the utter delight of the punters.


There’s a shocking amount of mud about. Not good for people who are unfortunate enough to fall over with the weight of their luggage in the queue, or are wearing new shoes, but simply cause for more drunken antics for the rest of us. Particularly for one half naked festival goer, who proceeds to slide down a steep hill in Blue Campsite on a dinghy.
It was a bit like this:



but better.


Everyone was talking about how The Pigeon Detectives were going to ‘do a Kaiser Chiefs’ and play a surprise set on Thursday night at 9 o’clock. It’s half past nine. A good couple of hundred people have turned out to the NME/Radio 1 tent only to cheer and ‘boo!’ at the roadies as they test the lights for tomorrow’s line up. They’re not playing.


Hot Club de Paris, who did play on Thursday, said: “Those who did, thanks for watching. We had a blast.”