WAYNE COYNE AND A BABY (DOLL) Apparently it’s a doll. Though it doesn’t look like anyone’s told our Wayne that just yet.
aHoY, THErE! It wasn’t just the crowds taking on the Bestival party spirit - some of the weekend’s performers were also dressed up.
JESSIE WARE That’s Captain Ware to you, as Jessie’s nautical get-up has her taking control of the crowd on Friday evening.
BASTILLE What else but a nod to a film from Dan Smith and co as they take on Wes Anderson’s Team Zissou on Saturday.
strained muscles – the whole festival has turned up for the occasion. Snoop also plays collaborations ‘Signs’ and ‘California Girls’ – it’s a set that caters for the hip-hop dabblers as well as the dedicated obsessive. The Knife wrap up Saturday with a visual spectacle of dance and watercolour lights. Sunday may as well be Elton John Night. Fresh off the back of casually picking up the first ever Brit Icon award, he’s back onstage in his glittery suit, for his first English festival appearance since ‘69. Every single Elton classic is catered for, along with a rare rendition of ‘Candle In The Wind’. It’s a massively emotional set, it’s finale being ‘Your Song’, and a sky lit with endless fireworks. James Blake draws Sunday to a triumphant close – ‘Overgrown’ from his latest album sends shivers down everyone’s wildly dancing spines. It’s ‘Limit To Your Love’ that puts the final flag atop HMS Bestival. Fitting really, because there probably is no limit to our love for this festival. (El Hunt)
FRANZ FERDINAND True to form as indie’s elder statesmen, Alex Kapranos and gang go nautical chic proper with Breton shirts.
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