My day at the HFSTIVAL:
I made it to the stadium at 12:15 p.m. I made it to see The Bravery. I wasn't a big fan of their music, but they did put on a good show. After 'An Honest Mistake,' I caught Citizen Cope at the Street Stage. I enjoyed his set. After 'Bullet And A Target,' I made back to the main stage to catch Louis XIV. Just before they played 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind,' I had a feeling the craziness was coming, and I was right. First, it was the exposed breasts. Just when the band was about to sing the fisrt lyric of the hit single, people were slam dancing. I've seen this band before, and they are not the type of band you slam dance to.
After that, I hit the street stage to catch Jimmy's Chicken Shack. I was in time to catch their favorites like 'What Did I Do Right,' 'Quitter' and 'High.' I also saw th guitarist madden made a guest appearance. After that, I stayed to see Stereophonics. They put on a great show. I was only able to catch 5 songs.
After that, I headed over to the main stage to catch Interpol. I also only able to catch the final few songs of them. I returned to the Street Stage to see Pepper. I stayed for 20 minutes of their set before I went back to the main stage. I found out Garbage was coming up. No one inform those returning to the main stage that Echo & The Bunnyman cut their set way short. Garbage come on, and they rocked the house. Shirley and company put on a show. The next band was the New York Dolls. They rocked the house, and the crowd loved it. After Them, it was Social Distortion. Mike Ness and company made their performance an unforgettable one.
After their set, the rain come down. When Good Charlotte was about to perform, the craziness was unleashed. Slam dancing, crowd surfing, moments of exposed flash was everywhere during GC set. The rain stopped after GC was done. Billy Idol came up, and he his body hasn't aged a bit. He still have the confidence and on satge charisma that made him a hit in the 1980's/early 1990's. I felt his set was the longest of the festival.
After his set was over, the rain pours down harder; I saw thunder and lighting in the distance and headed inside the stadium. The severe weather ended before 9:30 p.m. I went into the stadium to catch Coldplay. Chris Martin and company put a stellar show. However, I was wondering why people were crowd surfing to this group. C'mon People! Save that stuff for The Foo Fighters. Speaking of them, They came on at 10:30 p.m. They put on a kick ass show. The only drawbacks were their set was too short, and they didn't play Best Of You, their new single.
I had a good time at the show. I dealt with overzealous crowd surfers, bad views, 2 guys hitting on me, and the weather. I noticed that people recognize the Taking Back Sunday t-shirt I wore.
