Bearded Theory

This was my first time at Bearded Theory in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. The line-up was amazing and we were mainly there to see Iggy Pop but the other headliners were Paul Heaton, Manic Street Preachers and English Teacher. Iggy was absolutely amazing and I couldn’t get over his energy; everyone asks me if he took his shirt off but I don’t think he ever had it on, he only sat still for one song in a one-and-a-half hour set! We felt sorry for everyone coming after him (Manics in particular) as no-one was ever going to be able to follow that. There were so, so many fantastic bands to see but I ended up seeing: the incredible Nadine Shah, her beautiful, strong voice has such a haunting, hypnotic quality and we were really lifted up by Asian Dub Foundation and the Osaka Ramones! We also saw English Teacher, Yard Act, Nova Twins, Selecter, Billy Nomates, Dreadzone and The Mary Wallopers; no-one disappointed. There were also lots of stalls, food, activities, bars, funfair, cabaret and a Children’s area; we met lots of beautiful souls on the platforms and in the bars. I had a fantastic time; the only fly in the ointment was that site access wasn’t what it could have been.