
There tend to be two types of urban festival in the UK. You've got the Dot to Dots, the Camden Crawls and the Great Escapes - intimate affairs making use of a wide range of gig venues throughout a city - and you've got the other kind, which try to replicate the atmosphere and feel of the major camping festivals, complete with tents, awful food and major acts booked to please the masses. It's a risky strategy. All too easily, you can find yourself surrounded by 15 year olds in a rubbish little car park listening to some inane act [...]