Hundred Reasons

Leeds Festival 2004 review

By Guy Powell | Published: Thu 2nd Sep 2004

Leeds Festival 2004

Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August 2004
Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS23 6ND, England MAP
£105 for weekend (sold out), any day £45 (still available)
Daily capacity: 55,000

A year ago they packed the Radio One stage to capacity and we described them as the hope of British rock. Coming a long way since their May 2002 breakthrough appearance at Ozzfest, the band are now playing their third consecutive Carling Weekend.

Since last year’s Carling Weekend they’ve toured the country promoting a new album and added more songs to their repertoire. It does, however, also seem to mean that they’ve lost some of the older fan base as ‘If I Could’ and ‘Falter’ fing out through Bramham Park the crowd seem almost half asleep and silent when asked to sing along. Something seems to have gone wrong somewhere along the way with their meteoric rise to fame – but for no apparent reason.

Playing with as much energy and enthusiasm as any band could be asked for – it seems that, perhaps, 2004 was not destined to be the year of Hundred Reasons after all. Shame really as they’re bloody brilliant.
review by: Guy Powell


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