Glade festival 2007
Due to excessive flooding and the surrounding roads being four feet deep underwater, after the first night no-one could get in or out of the festival. So on the Saturday on the main stage, the first scheduled act was a dub/reggae band called Dreadzone who seem to turn up to each and every music festival at the drop of a hat. They started a little bit later than advertised and then, to cover the fact that none of the other acts could get onsite, played for about seven hours. They must have played every single song, cover version, B-side and extended remix in their repertoire twice before they were allowed to leave the stage.

Fortunately I'd taken some massive drugs with me, so I quite enjoyed it.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 16:47, 7 replies)

Dreadzone are great.
Digidub, dance, but reggae?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 17:00, closed)

I wasn't sure how best to describe them
According to Wikipedia, "Dreadzone are a British band whose music is an eclectic fusion of dub, reggae, techno, folk and rock".
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 17:05, closed)

Yeah that sounds about right.
Second Light is a brilliant album.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 17:07, closed)

you are a fucking idiot.
dreadzone are fantastic.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 17:47, closed)

You're a mindless prick
I quite like Dreadzone, I've been to see them at festivals before and since. But seven fucking hours of Dreadzone, replacing every other act you were hoping to see that day, in a field that was ankle-deep in brown slurry? Not a great gig.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 17:50, closed)

I think Dreadzone are shit, whereas my wife thinks they're great.
I think the fact they she used to do MASSIVE DRUGS, whilst I did not, explains this perfectly. Likewise, Underworld are totally lost on me.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 17:57, closed)

RIP Glade
My first one was 2009 at Matterley Bowl and it was absolutely fucking awesome. But then the police scuppered the 2010 event (they wanted to quadruple their policing fee, presumably because they were embarrassed at being caught with their pants down about the sheer quantities of drugs going on), and the 2011 & 2012 events were a slightly hollow, Secret Garden Party-ified imitation.

The Origin stage at 2011 was fucking great mind.
(Eukanuba, Fri 26 Jul 2013, 13:53, closed)