Sep 11 ↓ Sep 13

Bestival

Robin Hill
Friday 11 September 2009

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Massive Attack, Lily Allen, MGMT, Mika and 233 more

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Friday 11 September 2009 – Sunday 13 September 2009

Robin Hill

Newport
United Kingdom

Bestival 2009 takes place between Friday 11th and Sunday 13th September 2009 at Robin Hill Countryside Adventure Park near Newport on the lovely Isle of Wight.

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Massive Attack, Lily Allen, MGMT, Mika, Doves, Klaxons, Underworld, Elbow, Kraftwerk, Fleet Foxes, Bat for Lashes, Squarepusher, The Future Sound of London, Soulwax, La Roux, Friendly Fires, Michael Nyman, Passion Pit, DJ Food, 65daysofstatic, Little Boots, The Boy Least Likely To, Just Jack, The Horrors, Vetiver, Diplo, Efterklang, Fujiya & Miyagi, Florence and The Machine, Dirty Projectors, The Bloody Beetroots, Metronomy, London Elektricity, Jack Peñate, The Field, Frankmusik, Freemasons, Skream, Dub Pistols, Layo & Bushwacka!, Chase & Status, Carl Cox, The Pretty Things, 2 Many DJ's, Tinchy Stryder, Benga, Pole, Plan B, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Marina & the Diamonds, Seasick Steve, The Acorn, Maps, The Beat, Lindstrøm, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Gilles Peterson, The Big Pink, Buraka Som Sistema, Hockey, Eat Static, The Qemists, Scuba, DJ Yoda, Krafty Kuts, Major Lazer, James Yuill, Mr Hudson & The Library, Altern 8, Polly Scattergood, Alessi's Ark, Filthy Dukes, Pivot, Chris Coco, Fake Blood, Delphic, VV Brown, Paloma Faith, Caspa, Golden Silvers, The Low Anthem, Laura Izibor, Fight Like Apes, Wave Machines, Crazy P, Erol Alkan, Esser, Appleblim, Cagedbaby, Tom Middleton, The Subs, Ohbijou, Martyn, Tommy Sparks, Coki, Grum, Hudson Mohawke, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Chew Lips, Heartbreak, Alix Perez, Speech Debelle, DJ Friction, Reso, Boy 8-Bit, The Loose Cannons, Sunny Day Sets Fire, It Hugs Back, Blindfold, Kid Carpet, Foamo, Baddies, Man Like Me, Blue Roses, Plastician, Hijack, Ebony Bones, Cosmo, Damian Lazarus, Lizzy Parks, The Ragga Twins, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, Napoleon IIIrd, Sportsday Megaphone, Lemonade, Derrick Carter, Tayo, The Workhouse, Lark, Dinosaur Pile-up, Micachu & The Shapes, The Mummers, King Roc, Toddla T, Riva Starr, 2020 Soundsystem, Skint & Demoralised, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Optimo, George Pringle, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, The Cuban Brothers, Drums Of Death, Tim Sweeney, L-VIS 1990, A1 Bassline, The Argonauts, Justin Robertson, Greg Wilson, Kinny, Raffertie, Lee Mortimer, The Ghost, Annie Mac, they came from the stars i saw them, GoldieLocks, Lucky Elephant, Peggy sue, Fabio & Grooverider, The Hat, Joe Gideon & The Shark, MC Rage, Rob Da Bank, Flying White Dots, Annie Nightingale, Bloco Electro, Benji B, Casio Kids, The Duloks, The Time & Space Machine, Jazzie B, Rox, Monsters At Work, A Skillz, Rachel Barton, The Hot Rats, Skibunny, Oris Jay, Orkestra del Sol, Outmode, Björn Again, YILA, BeardyMan, Bastila, Beat Boutique, The Dawn Chorus, Black Acid, firas, Kasra, Fresh Legs, Pete Gooding, i!AMYOU, Zane Lowe, Free Peace, Robert Luis, Kry Wolf, Jaymo & Andy George, The Shanklin Freak Show, sound of rum, Gimpo, Michael Cook, Luke Pritchard, MC Wrec, Dj Derek, Trojan Sound System, Takura, Goodbye Stereo, The Shutes, Ross Allen, The Cordelier Club, Ergo Phizmiz and the Midnight Florists, Wild Geese, Bobby Friction, Dj Charge, Eddy Temple Morris, Paul Trouble Arnold, Huw Stephens, Krysko, Fear of Theydon, a child rasputin, Johnno, Jaguar Skillz, DJ Aggro, The Big Hairy Band, XO-MAN, Dj Coley, Gaz's Rockin Blues, Fake Bush, Crimes Against Pop, Sombrero Sound System, JC & Angelina, Daisy Heartbreaker, dublime, the gramaphone, The Correspondence, The Adventurists and The Shellac Collective

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UnrealCity-Mart wrote:
September 2009

I've bought my return ticket for 2010. If on this earth there are other festivals as good as this, then please message me.

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tomjgibbs wrote:
September 2009

the bollywood tent was literally raining sweat...brilliant

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funkytechnician wrote:
September 2009

The sound on the main stage on Friday was, basically, piss poor. They had it sorted by Saturday but Massive Attack didn't make the impact I was expecting. But hey, I loved it, such an improvement on last year, layout and weather (thanks god) though putting the main stage at the top of a slope wasn't the brightest idea and gave those who are slightly shorter a problem... Favorite areas: Rizla, always kicking off, Bollywood, brilliant as always. Come Dancing in the Speigel tent was just bonkers. Thoughts: more toilets, more water stations, but for venue, location, people, music, it's the best festival in the UK in my opinion. Bring in 2010!!

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Cliffatron wrote:
September 2009

dancing by yourself is fine, i spent most of the time in the bollywood tent by myself as a i lost my friends basically as i got in. I didn't see massive attack but my friend said they weren't too good, i think it was just the sound on the main stage in general. It just made all of the bands sound so dull

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UnrealCity-Mart wrote:
September 2009

I agree with those below, Martyn was the highlight of the festival, but I saw many many others that I really enjoyed: Sound of Rum, Micachu, Kraftwerk, Bat for Lashes, 2manydjs, Erol Alkan, 65dos, Klaxons, Passion Pit, Delphic, The Field, Casio Kids, Pivot, everyone I saw in Bollywood, The Cuban Brothers, The Shellac Collective - I danced through 20 sets, sometimes by myself :( . People were lovely - especially on the front row!

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indy-kid wrote:
September 2009

Was I the only one to think Massive Attack were pretty poor?

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tomjgibbs wrote:
September 2009

martyn late in the redbull tent on sunday owned. as did rob da bank after in the bollywood tent where it rained sweat inside, and whoever was in the polka tent after...

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vidanes wrote:
September 2009

Oh no! That is just terrible! Why did they just move Metronomy to a smaller stage at an earlier time without making an announcement? Really unfair!

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besafe wrote:
September 2009

can anyone tell me the set list for massive attack? Appreciated.

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The_Red_Chili wrote:
September 2009

what happened to Toddla T? gutted if i missed him. london elektricity and chase & status tore it up. amazing

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Nafoute wrote:
September 2009

Some videos of Kraftwerk & Bat for lashes on my YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/Nafoute More to come...

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mankymusic wrote:
September 2009

any one know what happen to the FSOL set, they only did 3 songs for some reason..gutted!

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DFA1979 wrote:
September 2009

Metronomy never cancelled - but for some reason they got moved to the Red Bull stage at 2.30 Friday afternoon. I saw half of it and it was a good show, but the stage was far too small for them.

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vidanes wrote:
September 2009

Why did Metronomy cancel? What a disappointment! Great festival though!

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ShellSci wrote:
September 2009

Best bits for me... Sound of Rum, WI tea tent, sunshine, Scroobius Pip, Fleet foxes, good food, dance lesson, the bandstand, Elbow, The Cuban Brothers :) Worst bit... the young, inexperienced crowd who had no idea of festival etiquette or how to behave in crowds, and not enough bins :(

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Firstmuse wrote:
September 2009

find of the festival: the correspondents! sweatiest tent: bollywood for annie mac, literally the roof was dripping. la roux, florence and the machine, jack penate, klaxons were all ace.

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besafe wrote:
September 2009

can anyone tell me the set list for massive attack? Appreciated.

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my-my wrote:
September 2009

Not ONE decent Bowie costume? Anyway, best acts: Kraftwerk, Lindstrom and Bat For Lashes. Most pleasantly surprised by: La Roux, Friendly Fires and Passion Pit. Most fun: Fake Bush and Fake Blood. Best dancing to be had at: Wedding Disco. Highpoint: Black Dahlia bar staff and their cocktail knowledge. Lowpoint: assorted horrendous people.

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Cliffatron wrote:
September 2009

the bollywood tent was rammed full of them for certain acts which was pretty annoying, i also had a beer can threw at my head in the campsite and the guy then blamed it on the fact he spent £40 on some girl and didn't get any. the sound was awful for the main stage, 65days, kraftwerk and bloody beetroots were the highlights for me. besides that just hanging out by the flags at the main stage was cool just catching bands etc. next year i think i'll either go abroad or stick to latitude depending on line ups.

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tyb182 wrote:
September 2009

65daysofstatic fucking owned the Bestival

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Tracks from the Lineup

	Mika - Open the Gates to… free download	4:44
	Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow…	6:23
	Doves - There Goes The Fear full track	6:52
	Klaxons - As Above, So Below	3:57
	Elbow - Forget Myself full track	5:23