Main Stage, Saturday 11th July, 8.25pm



Describe in a Tweet: One set like this a year would see us right. For life.



What happened:  The Yeah Yeah Yeah's set was when the heavens opened, but Elbow was when it got seriously wet. The rain was simply overwhelming. For many acts, this would end as a wretched affair but such is the affection for these northern gents that nothing short of a nuclear strike taking the stage out altogether will make a difference. This lot MEAN something to people. The sense of connection is palpable as is the realisation that the average age of the crowd has just increased by a decade at least...Guy is one of us, himself totally drenched by the rain which by this time has become horizontal squalls, forming vast puddles on the stage and, most likely, the guitar amps and keyboards. 

'Leaders of the Free World' is a reminder of the pedigree of a band on their fourth top 20 album while 'Grounds for Divorce' and the 'One Day Like This' reduce grown men to giddy, bouncing loons. Well good. 

This is a high: The entire crowd being urged by Guy Garvey to stick a two-fingered salute to the plump, black rain clouds above. 



This is a low: The above backfiring spectacularly. 



Oxegen rating: 8/10