Glasgowbury 2010
Saturday 24th July 2010Eagles Rock outside Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT45 7DU, Northern Ireland MAP
£30 or £40 with camping
Perched high on the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains at Eagles Rock Glasgowbury unleashes some of the country's finest acts for a day thundered throughout Mid-Ulster. Celebrating its 10th anniversary the festival has grown to attract a capacity of 4,000.
Some light rain teased the afternoon crowd but eventually were treated to sunshine, a rare occurrence this time of year. Revelers were all the more appreciative as the broken clouds unveiled some breathtaking scenery. As far as festivals go Glasgowbury sports one of the most spectacular locations.
From then on it was clear that the majority of campers had come up to the festival site. There as a real jovial atmosphere throughout the festival site with young and old making the most of the day. Compared to other larger festivals Glasgowbury was distinguished by the lack of obvious drunkenness or people mashed up on pills... for the most part anyway. As Cahir O'Doherty put it, "its good to be at a festival with ordinary people and no spides running up to you flicking e's in your face and sprinkling methadrone over your head."
The small G Sessions/Spurs of Rock stages were often over run with acts such as Panama Kings, and A Plastic Rose making the crowd go wild. In particular A Plastic Rose, who after a long sound fault mid-set recovered playing the shit out of 'Kids Don't Behave Like This' (if you haven't heard it check out the video on YouTube!). Fight like Apes brought a lot of fun to the main stage warming up the crowd for the final acts with hits such as 'Lend Me Your Face' and 'Tie Me Up with Jackets'.
I'm struggling to think of any bad points of Glasgowbury, a BBC ATL banner that provoked a 15 minute detour before arriving perhaps. But screw it, got there eventually and had a great time. The facilities were clean; food and drink reasonably priced; the officials were pretty sound and at £30/40 for a ticket its unrivaled value for money. Cheers Paddy, Here's to another 10 years!
review by: Andrew McLaughlin
photos by: Andrew McLaughlin
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