In the first week in two years that the government hasn’t fancied a crafty knees-up, British Summer Time throws the afterparty of their wildest dreams. In the past fortnight, the likes of Adele, The Rolling Stones, Elton John and the Eagles have each set up camp beneath the gigantic fake tree growing out of the Hyde Park stage. This afternoon, Nile Rodgers kicks off the wrap party with his customary disco-pop montage of hits written for Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Bowie, Daft Punk and Madonna.
“Have you got any gas left in the tank?” ask Simon Le Bon, as Eighties new romantic heartthrobs Duran Duran round off one of the festival’s finest years with a blast of top-end Eighties nostalgia. Hyde Park, it turns out, has enough gas left to solve the cost-of-living crisis single-handed.
