Reading Festival 2005
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August 2005Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, England MAP
£125 for weekend (including camping) - SOLD OUT, £60 any day
Daily capacity: 55,000
If any further proof is needed that the sound in the Radio 1 tent is well and truly knadgered, its this. Usually, Art Brut are a brilliant post-Pulp homage with Eddie Argos witty lyrics raising the odd laugh or two (My little brothers just discovered rock and roll stay off the crack!), but effectively stripped of the vocals by the terrible PA, theyre reduced to a fairly average indie-pop band who sound like a slightly less interesting version of Elastica.
Entering to the sound of AC/DCs Back In Black, (a slightly cynical attempt to win over the hordes of folk eager to see Iron Maiden, no doubt), Argos orders his band to deliver first single Formed A Band. They do, and it goes down nicely, an incisive look into the world of starting your own band thats going to take over the world. Its just a shame that they cant top it during this set perhaps the dreams of world domination were slightly premature.
review by Tom Foster
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