It was always supposed to be Doechii Day - but alas, the Grammy-winning rapper cancelled a short run of European festivals earlier this week. Considering she’s yet to play a big show over here (her London debut was at the titchy Islington Assembly Hall) it’s no surprise that many of Saturday’s attendees were coming for a first live glimpse of her acclaimed 2024 mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal.
For All Points East, it presented yet another nightmare, following last weekend’s widely panned SAULT show. A quick refresher: the increasingly-less-enigmatic neo-soul group dragged fans up to the festival at 5pm, left everybody standing in the blazing sun for an hour while other acts played to empty fields, and then commenced a 5-hour long theatre show with no clear structure or separate artist billings. Several festival-goers scathingly compared it to a GCSE drama piece.
