Another band who appear to have captured the hearts and minds of a generation younger than their own, Mike Skinner’s bedroom rap project-turned-party-starting sound system behemoth rock up on The Other Stage just before headliners Disclosure and leave an almost impossible bar for anyone else to reach during their hour onstage.
Whilst Skinner’s material post-2004’s chart-topping A Grand Don’t Come For Free has been patchy and unrelatable in the eyes of many, when he rocks up with a set full of bangers and the urge to cause chaos, there aren’t many acts that can come close to the joy of a Streets gig. The set is basically cut in two parts, the first mainly focusing on his legendary debut Original Pirate Material and the second on the aforementioned A Grand…, with a few choice cuts from beyond those two eras chucked in for good measure.
