Parklife

Tracking comments on Twitter during Glastonbury last week, most people I follow seemed united in the view that the Blur set was just a bit too shouty.

Overall I agreed with them, so while I was looking forward to the day out, I wasn't filled with too much anticipation for what Blur would deliver on stage when I saw them at Hyde Park on Thursday.

Oh me of little faith. They were absolutely fantastic.

How times have changed. During the ridiculous Blur v Oasis set up in the 90s, I always thought the distinction was pretty clear. Blur were obviously better muso types but Noel Gallagher wrote all the best tunes.

I've got to revise that view now. Thursday had its punky, noisy, shouty moments for sure but the show was absolutely packed full of singalonga stuff, which the crowd lapped up. I'd forgotten just how many catchy songs they've actually done.

Highlights were too many to name individually. Best bit was probably a 10 minute crowd-led version of Tender, which I was still humming on the train journey home on Friday.

This reviewer from Uncut seemed to enjoy the show too.