A story about a sober and wonderfull moment
I have a different story that does not involved drugs and alcohol

Sziget 2007,

Day 1, the main attraction on the main stage was Manu Chao who was supposed to end the night.
After a night on train, a manage to get to and into the island, find a place for my tend near a bunch of friends from my town and try to get an hour of sleep before the fun begin.
Meanwhile on the main stage the bands who where suppose to play later made their sound check.

I was wake up around noon by some familiar tunes. I exit the tend immediately and walk towards the main stage. There, as I was expected from the sound, was the band of manu chao making their sound check. The gay was on the stage a bit behind.
So there where around 200 people watching and getting more and more excited as they heard pieces of the familiar songs.
Then the guy grab a guitar and started also playing. It was amazing and that because you can see that they really like to play and really wanted to play for that small audience. They singed about four or five songs and it was the best moment in the hole festival for me. They really enjoy it and the audience was delirious.
That became clear later and due to the fact that in the evening during the big concert there was an electric power failure and the show was not that good.
So, sober, totally unexpected and one of the best moments :)

Sziget rules :)

PS: the drugs and the alcohol came later that day and week
(rhatanu, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 12:36, 1 reply)

This is one of the things I love about festivals
The best moments often take you completely by surprise. I've seen a few impromptu sets by bands who have either already played or are due on later.

Best ever was Billy Bragg and Bill Bailey strumming out a brief acoustic set round the back of the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury a couple of years ago while they waited to go on, while me and about ten other people sat watching, drinking cider and providing harmonies
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 9 Jun 2009, 6:13, closed)