Sad news. Didn't know anything about it til now.
Loved the Editors though. Brilliant!
Yep, some left, but of course they would divide opinion. They started off with the rockier stuff and left the electronic stuff until later. Maybe that was a mistake.
Before the gig I looked at their setlists for the last year or so and they always started with the newer electronic stuff, so Cold, Hallelujah, Nothingness etc. This time they went straight into older stuff first.
My daughter went right to the front and keep popping up on the big screen, which was nice and she thought they were absolutely brilliant and was actually crying at some of the songs. The security kept asking her if she was okay and she said it was because some of the songs were so beautiful.
They finished with Munich and Papillon and Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors were much later on in the set.
They have changed their style so much now and at times it's like watching two different bands. I love both the old and the new. Their new much more electronic sounding album has great reviews.
No Harm was especially good. Appeared like it engulfed the entire field.
Would say on the whole that the audience knew around 6 or 7 songs. Clearly though the were many there who had no idea who Editors were and I saw two groups of people actually Googling them to find out.
Would have been happy watching Gaz Coombes, but definitely made the right choice.
As for the day, my daughter especially liked the Silent Disco in the Paradise tent. That proved very, very popular, with big queues to get in. Basically, you go in and they give everyone headphones and then play one song on one set of headphones and another song on another set, both at the same time.
I stood outside and all I could hear was two different songs both being sung in unison.