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Aug 26 2008:
Earls Court, London
A show of carefully crafted soul workouts and morose ballads says Ian Gittins -
Aug 25 2008:
As the other stages reverberate with the message 'Bass, How Low Can You Go?', Emmy is offering up the philosophical question 'Acoustic Guitars, How Twee Can You Be?'
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Aug 25 2008:
Canada's Holy Fuck tick all the right boxes for those who appreciate their experimentalism and pulsating rhythms in equal measures
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Aug 25 2008:
Their messy techno-punk doesn't cause quite the reported mayhem of their Leeds gig, but it does feature the singer leaping from the speakers and playing dead
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Aug 25 2008:
It takes a certain kind of magic to unite football fans with fey indie types, but such is the genius of this band. Theirs is a wall of sound that makes Hadrian's effort look like a paving stone
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Aug 25 2008:
While the Killers struggle to overcome the puny volume on the main stage, the Manics play with a passion that could make the speakers on a back-of-the-bus mobile sound deafening
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Aug 25 2008:
They have never hidden their love for Reading, where singer Kele Okereke and guitarist Russell Lissack first met, and play with the glow of a band who are performing at their spiritual home
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Aug 25 2008:
Their set is too similar to last year's headline performance at Glastonbury. More Springsteen, more keyboard-chord intros, more studied seriousness. It's incredibly dull
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Aug 25 2008:
Blame Festival Republic for the system. Blame Rage Against the Machine for keeping the support act's volume so low as not to be upstaged. Or blame God for the wind. But this was fatally quiet
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Aug 25 2008:
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
When she sticks to singing and dancing, Madonna is peerless, says Helen Pidd -
Aug 24 2008:
Madonna may have turned 50, but the opening show of her world tour in Cardiff proved the queen of pop is still into the groove
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Aug 23 2008:
Their set isn't the triumphant return we hoped for. It's marred by terrible acoustics and a crowd who just don't seem motivated to take part in the noble art of chucking beer around
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Aug 23 2008:
Jeffrey Lewis is the anti-Reading, a troubadour who lacks volume, sleekness and headbanging fans, but makes up for it by owning a heart that's bursting with charm
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Aug 23 2008:
For a band whose live performances often result in violent moshing and bleeding foreheads, Toronto hardcore quintet Fucked Up prove to have impeccable manners
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Aug 23 2008:
The smart suits, the velvet backdrop, the full orchestra, this was a classy offering from the Puppets. But, maybe, that isn't what's needed at a festival on a Friday night
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