Isle of Wight Festival 2005
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June 2005Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2DN, England MAP
w/e £75 or £90 with camping, £35 day, campervans £75 - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 35,000
They were stunningly good last year and once again had a magic moment. Last year it was the sound problems and singing, if it seems like it works then it works. This year they go one better and have a moment of pure magic in Run as on the last chorus of Light Up, Light Up the sun drops below the cloud to light up the crowd.
They amble onto the stage with new left handed bass player Paul Wilson and Gary Lightbody yells, 2005 the year we drop the debt! Make some noise! Everyone does, a girl near me goes delirious! The crowd are on a fast build up as Snow Patrol power through the hits off Final Straw and we love Chocolate, Wow and vrapidly follow them up with Gleaming Auction and Spitting Games and then, we get first listens of the new stuff. Its Beginning to Get To Me is a terrific new tune and we keep dancing despite never having heard it before.
Then its back to familiar territory with How To Be Dead then another new one Chasing Cars which on first listen sounded terrific and Pauls bass playing shows hes already found his feet in the band. Another new track Same is thrown to us after Chewbacca turns up in the audience and we all do Wookie impressions including the band.
From then on Im having too much fun to remember the tracks, there may have been one more new track, but we had Run, with the magic moment above and Tiny Little Fractures is their finale. Once again theyve been magnificent. The IOW has a special effect on them. Just a bit surprised they didnt play anything off the first two albums but the new album sounds cracking. Hope theyre back for a third year next year.
review by: Scott Williams
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