http://thelastgunslingers.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/latitude-festival/ ...will blow your very mind. Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thelastgunslingers.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/latitude-festival/#comment-4 Raevennan Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:21:28 +0000 http://thelastgunslingers.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-4 Certainly, Latitude is one of the most intelligent festivals this country has seen for a long while, however it is steadily becoming more and more commercial. What happened to their Folk style roots? Sure, it's more than just a music festival, but do they think that by cramming the poetry, literary and comedy arenas with well known names they can begin to slack at their choice of music stage performers? Sure, Sigur Rós will go down a treat at Latitude this year but Franz Ferdinand? Really? I'm beginning to think that Mean Fiddler are now just seeing Latitude as a cash cow and that never makes for a happy ending. Before long it will get as overcrowded as Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury and this is a real shame as it had so much potential in 2006. Certainly, Latitude is one of the most intelligent festivals this country has seen for a long while, however it is steadily becoming more and more commercial. What happened to their Folk style roots? Sure, it’s more than just a music festival, but do they think that by cramming the poetry, literary and comedy arenas with well known names they can begin to slack at their choice of music stage performers? Sure, Sigur Rós will go down a treat at Latitude this year but Franz Ferdinand? Really? I’m beginning to think that Mean Fiddler are now just seeing Latitude as a cash cow and that never makes for a happy ending. Before long it will get as overcrowded as Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury and this is a real shame as it had so much potential in 2006.

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