The Long Blondes

Reading Festival reviews

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 29th Aug 2006

Reading Festival 2006

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th August 2006
Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ, England MAP
£135 for weekend (including camping), £60 any day
Daily capacity: 55,000

The three girls and two guys get a great reception as they take to the stage. Lead singer Kate Jackson looking cool in a stripy dress and green beret. This is image punk combined with catchy pop and clever lyrics and although the crowd clap along happily to their songs, none of which I know including the new single ‘Once And Never Again’ due out in October I just don’t get into the euphoria of it all. They get a huge cheer but the vocal sounds a little too distorted to me and I’m left feeling a bit unmoved by them live. Everyone else loves them though.
review by: Scott Williams


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