"I've gotta try my best for this entire show not to swear," Loyle Carner tells the audience as his words are broadcast live on the radio. The British hip hop sensation was the first act to headline the BBC's 6 Music Festival at O2 Victoria Warehouse on Friday (March 24).
Now named its permanent home, the festival returns to Greater Manchester this weekend for the first time since it launched in 2014. But the 28-year-old was here just last month, performing at the very same venue in the shadow of Old Trafford just four weeks earlier.
Support act Wu-Lu brought energy to the stage with his band bouncing about throughout their set and gradually becoming shirtless. But something about the sound was off and the energy that was evident on the stage did not seem to translate to the audience.
