Placebo was the only time I encountered classic Festival Dickheads during Soundwave. Lots of sweaty pricks pushing, shoving and generally making the experience hell. Taking this shot alone took about a hundred homages to Damon Albarn (i.e. blur).

I’d heard a lot of bad things about their live show being boring and detached, but it seemed to go okay. The six-piece create some deep sounds, the songs came off slick and the band and crowd alike seemed to mingle well. He went a bit overboard at a NewsCorp Bitch who doesn’t understand the difference between “shoot” and “film”, which was great to see.