Long after the Glastonbury 2009 tickets had sold out, Twisted Wheel were added to the bill, so, good old eBay came to my rescue!!
As you well know, the Glastonbury festival is THE place to be every summer, so this was no exception for 200,000 people, who had endured a wet start to the festival this year.
Sunday dawned, into a boiling hot day. So trekking over to the John Peel Stage which was situated in an open tent, I find the bands there are playing this new elctro pop stuff, that quite frankly does nothing for me, and for many others it seems. As the time drew near for Twisted Wheel's slot at a prompt 1.40pm the tent really began to fill, by the time they were on the stage, no one else could fit into the tent, they had to watch from outside! Total proof that there are music fans out there than appreciate a good guitar band when they see one!!!
(All pix & txt by Jane)
Twisted Wheel set list:
'Lucy The Castle'
'Bad Candy'
'Shes A Weapon'
'One Night on The Street'
'Strife'
'Turn Around'
'Let Them Have It All'
'You Stole The Sun'
'Oh What Have You Done'
'We Are Us'
Twisted Wheel storm into the brilliant 'Lucy The Castle' and the crowd errupt by singing along. The excellent 'Bad Candy' is up next, even parts of the audience that dont know the song can be seen moving to the beat. Every song is given the total energy treatment that is Twisted Wheel's trademark. Slowing things down for 'Strife' the crowd sing at the tops of their voices. One of their news songs is up next, 'Turn Around' which is magnificent, the audience can sense this is a mega song in the making, especially with the well crafted guitar solo that takes many of them by surprise, they give a rapturous response to it. The crowd are on a high, with echoes of 'WWHHEEELLL' in between each song, reminding everyone who didnt know, exactly who they are. 'You Stole The Sun' heralds much mayhem in the crowd, as does the brilliant 'Oh What Have You Done' & 'We Are Us' with many crowd surfers going over the top of the barriers.
The audience witnessed a fantastic, blistering set, and surely, next year, Twisted Wheel should move up the billing, if not the main Pyramid stage, then at least the Other stage, cos these lads are here to stay and they KNOW how to rock it out big time.
xx
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