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Basement Jaxx - Arcadia, Sunday
We'll admit it. We weren't actually planning on heading to Arcadia on Sunday night. Word had started to spread throughout the day that Radiohead, having been spotted strolling through the site, were playing a secret set on Sunday night. Twitter was full of chat that The Park would be their destination once Grimes had finished, but after a 20-minute wait, watching the stage crew remove cables and hearing them announce "The Park stage is now closed", it was clear we wouldn't be getting the 'A Moon Shaped Pool' treatment.
A Basement Jaxx DJ set from the nearby Arcadia spider it was, then. It was clear from the off they'd be making the most of their hit-filled back catalogue amid the epic LEDs scaling the spider's legs. 'Where's Your Head At' was the deadly finishing move, going on for way longer than the four-minute original and sending everyone below the famous mechanical spider into a sing-a-long frenzy. It's safe to say it took us a while to find our heads after that, not helped by the Arcadia finale featuring dangling robots, zorb balls and the incredible shots of fire. Words: Dave Turner
[Photo Credit: Anna Barclay]
