The first-ever ParkLife was a one day affair coinciding conveniently with some nice weather, and the first of England's World Cup games, against the USA. We'd been looking forward to the giant screen, but it ended up being the least of our worries as we flitted from here to there. We shouldn't dwell on the result too much (1-1).
We'd camped the night before at a uni friend's in Huddersfield, a place he'd spoken of many times - with the accent - but we had never seen; we still didn't see a lot of it, to be fair. So after a trip on a train and a bus, we arrived at the gorgeous Platt Fields Park, to celebrate the festival and (conveniently) the 100-year centenary of the park.
Like kids in a sweet shop, there was so much going on that we found ourselves always catching the second half of random sets. Boy 8-Bit got the party started, Kissy Sell Out and Calvin Harris were loving the sunshine on the main stage, Simian Mobile Disco pulled the biggest crowd, Friendly Fires provided some lovely light relief in the middle, followed by a seriously grimy Magnetic Man finale... the list goes on, and as you can see it aint for the faint-hearted.
Nothing has been said of a repeat performance next year, but with a line-up like that it's no wonder they sold out.
