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Just to back you up and say this show is absolutely hers.  It's a bit mental to suggest otherwise.  I wonder if this is the difference between people playing her on Spotify/asking for her in a club - to actually paying to physically attend a performance.  The SZA Snag (lol)

Is this factual?  In the context of a UK festival?  I've just read Chris Blackwell's book - and was surprised to read about how huge Yusuf was in the UK.  He was apparently a very big deal indeed. 

I've not much experience of this, when Adam Buxton talks about for example, I think, appearances at Latitude, he always makes it sound like it's a total sideshow, with him and 50ish people in a wee tent.  Not the case?    Have always been amazed at Glastonbury by how close you can get to (in my opinion anyway) really quite famous/brilliant people at Crow's Nest events with a relative handful of folk in attendance.  I appreciate it's a massive time/energy investment to get to the literal top of a sprawling site.

I must be missing something 

Hi, I've a big muso pal in Newcastle (I'm in Glasgow, but would enjoy a day out with him watching bands) and was excited by this - but did you mean Nottingham, rather than Newcastle?    I agree for the benefit of the person you replied to, that UK festivals seem fairly bland and provincial once you've been to a few European ones.  Primavera (Barcelona) was always the champ but the horrible over crowding in 2022 has put me off and the line up this year indicates a sea change (I appreciate the headliners but I also know they are chart fun for folk 20 years younger than I am - the fest no longer wants me to attend).    Standalone days at the Athens and Lisbon fests (can't recall their exact names) may be worth checking out (e.g, Athens last summer had The Smile (sadly had to cancel) and Pulp on the same bill (!)), and I have had great times at city gigs/fests in Gothenburg (Way Out West) and Helsinki (FLOW) in August (August seems to be a pretty good weather month in Scandinavia, maybe better than the UK).    I have ruled out Bilbao (spelling?) and Primavera (Porto) due to likely rain, the German and Netherlands ones cos they seem to be in forests (meaning camping), and Sziget just because the line ups seem so random and not for me (e.g. always stuff like Muse, Robbie Williams..).  Hope this helps 🙂