James headlined the festival, with Cud, Man From Delmonte, Bradford, Farm, Hollowmen, And All Because The Lady Loves, Zoot & The Roots, Bridewell Taxis, New Fast Automatic Dafodils, Pale Saints, Treebound Story, Frank Sidebottom.
Setlist: Hang On, Scarecrow, How Much Suffering, Undertaker, What’s The World, Riders, Johnny Yen, Sit Down, Crescendo, God Only Knows, Hymn From A Village, What For, Come Home, Promised Land, Sandman.
review by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker
Thankfully James are incredible, pointing the way for modern, tuned-in pop. Rock music of the highest order – and make no mistake, this is rock music of the highest – order can capture the moods and the aspirations of its generation, and James do all of that tonight. As they end “Sit Down” (the entire audience doing precisely the opposite and dancing wildly) to absolutely deafening roars, it’s all I can do to stop the tears rolling down my face.
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