T in the Park 2006
Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th July 2006Balado, nr Kinross. Scotland, KY13 0NJ, Scotland MAP
£115 w/e with camping, £97.50 without, £56.50 either day - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 52,500
Im burying the hatchet with The Ordinary Boys. I cant be too disgruntled about the way they inexplicably shot to fame on the back of an intellectually crass game show that exaggerates the importance of celebrities.
Preston wasnt a celebrity before he went in the Big Brother house, and neither were his band The Ordinary Boys, whose previous hits Talk Talk and Week in Week out had been upheld as working class anthems among indie fans, but that was as far as their celebrity status went.
This is for anyone who thought we were cool before we were famous announces Preston, before launching into Radio Play from the 2004 album Over the Counter Culture. Needless to say the reaction to most of the material played from this album is rather dismal.
The band alternates between the new and the old. Their latest ska releases Boys will be boys and nine2five are what really gets the crowd bouncing while Week in week out fails to impress on any level. Its a shame as the band gives the old single a cracking delivery.
Preston decides to ask who saw them in the tent last year, and then pointed out one waving fan by saying She wants to think she was here but she wasnt really.
Getting back to my original point, the reason Im happy to bury the hatchet with a band that went from social commentators to media manipulators is quite simply that theyre that much better for it.
The band were always impressive live but just prior to Prestons stint in the celebrity equivalent of Russian Roulette they were definitely on a way down. While The Dead 60s had the ska angle covered perfectly Hard-Fi and Arctic Monkeys were both successfully upholding the working class hero image. There wasnt really room for another Ordinary Boys album, and a weaker one at that.
Thank-god for Big Brother and Lady Soverign then as the impact on The Ordinary Boys is clearly a positive one. Preston bounds around the stage with a newfound showmanship presumably fashioned by his new celebrity status.
The crowd here is different too. The Ordinary Boys used to attract hoards of white, working class, middle aged men, often drunk and happy enough to sing along to Hows the weather...?. Nowadays The Ordinary Boys have a far more varied fan base, and a far greater female following.
A fantastic set and a triumphant return for The Ordinary Boys 3rd appearance in as many years at T in the Park.
review by: Scott Johnson
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