It was The Wickerman Festival in Scotland, it was a bit strange. The reason why? There were many. For a start, it was in 2009 when I was 13, a time where my favourite bands where Elliot Minor and The Wombats - I am currently cringing at the keyboard. When I was 13 my music taste was all right, but wasn't very broad compared to now. So, going to an obscure festival with bands that were only appealing to folkies (folk music lovers) and hipsters, I was a little bored. Idlewild played and I'm pretty sure Human League did as well, but at that point I had no clue about that 80's band. The other main reason was I was with my mum and my siblings. There were students taking legal highs and everyone seemed wild - except from me. My mum didn't make it look cool, but nonetheless I'm happy that I at least got to go.
Now, in the year 2014, I am a musicaholic addicted to do musicahol, or else as it's better known, music. I have already bought tickets for two festivals this year: T in the Park in Kinross and Leeds Festival in well, Leeds. Leeds was always on my mind, but the early announcements of Blink 182, Disclosure and Jake Bugg sealed it for me. I promised myself that I would go to TITP this year and when Arctic Monkeys were made headliners, I jumped at the chance.
Once you have bought tickets to festivals there is one big question - Who's going to play? There are around another four months of anticipation and my question to myself was, is this the year of nostalgia? The Stone Roses and Blur started off reunions in 2012, but 2014 is looking brilliant. Outkast have been confirmed for Coachella which got everyone going. Then, Foo Fighters reunited after a very brief hiatus, which surely means that they will play festivals this summer. The Strokes - although not broke up - have all went their own ways and our now due to play The Governor's Ball sparking rumours that they could tour festivals. Blur could make another comeback as Damon Albarn is swinging around and they have stated that it isn't completely off the cards. Also one to be excited for is Kasabian who look set to release a new album this year and will surely play a least one festival. Oh, we almost forgot about Prince and Fleetwood Mac.
Then you have two bands who everyone really wants to reunite: Oasis and The Libertines. Noel Gallagher seems to be flying high with his High Flying Birds, but Liam seems desperate to get his Beady Eye nightmare over with. The whole "I fucking hate him" and "he's dead to me" patter between the brothers seem to be almost fake now because of how much I've heard about it. The other band, sadly seem to be a million miles away from a reunion. Carl Barat and Pete Doherty had a relationship like JD and Turk from Scrubs, but Doherty's drug use has damaged their friendship. Doherty has already been deemed unreliable in his band Babyshambles, but in the words of that little shit Justin Bieber or that country lass Taylor Swift, "never say never". The London quartet did reunite in 2010 for Leeds, who says that they don't get back together? That seems like a long shot.
Anyway, I think there may be more comebacks than usual this year. I will finish on my predictions for T in the Park, Reading and Leeds and Glastonbury.
T: Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kasabian
R&L: Blink 182, Foo Fighters, The Strokes
Glasto: Arcade Fire, Prince, Foo Fighters (if not Fleetwood Mac)
Of them, I predict about four of them will be right (three have already been announced). Anyway, peace out.
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