Coldplay - Wembley Stadium 2009
Coldplay are one of those bands who get a lot of stick for being successful, they have similar routine with their albums and mainly fit their songs around the sounds of a stadium. This show was incredibly poignant however, it was almost as if Coldplay had come out with a 'Best of' album and just played through the hits. Every single one of them, masterfully played and the staging beautifully constructed. It was a gig which entirely changed my opinion on them as a band.
Florence + The Machine - V Festival 2010
I was in love with her debut album 'Lungs' and was incredibly excited to see her all weekend, and then she did the above rendition of 'You Got The Love' and despite it not being my favourite song of hers, she made my festival through the way she slowed the pace down to build up to an incredible finale.
Arctic Monkeys - V Festival 2011
They had just released 'Suck it and See' and were headlining the 'pop festival' of the summer - they were up against Dizzie Rascal who was due a big crowd, they knew they had to smash it. And they did.
Jay -Z - Wembley Stadium 2010
I was sort of late to the whole rap game, Jay-Z was the first rapper I really got into and I didn't really know what it would be like to see a rapper have a set for more than half hour or so, and see what he could do when up against a band such as Coldplay. He played it perfectly.
Lady GaGa - V Festival 2009
''Just Dance' and 'Poker Face' had just hit the charts in the UK and no one really knew what to expect of her, apart from she was a little weird. And she turned the tent we were watching her in, into her domain, she made an incredible Andy Warhol styled entrance and just pounded through some amazing tunes - also I didn't realise how well she could sing until her little piano interlude.
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