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Where you at Cornbury - what was your highlight?

John
The whole thing was faultless - choice of acts, camping, facilities, food, drink, toilets, variety, etc. With one exception - the Sunday headliner. Seemed uninteresed, and what happened to the sound??

Stevie
The Felice Brothers on the Secret Stage! Plus, Seth Lakeman in the Oxford Folk Festival tent made a great warm-up for Blondie!

gemma
cornbury is the one festival me and all my mates look forward to all year, its slowly growing and becoming more popular.. which is awesome! and this year, i have to say.. the feeling stole the show!. it was amazing. and well done shed theatre, we rocked.x

Laurence & Rachel
Our first Cornbury and it was fantastic. Echo & the Bunnymen were awesome, and much better for being on the Word Stage as atmosphere was electric. Best gig ever!

Eileen
That Graham has a load threshold of entertanment. He should get out some more. The Proclaimers were sensational, the rest were tepid.

Bex
the whole of cornbury festival was wicked, i loved it. me and my friend em didn't stop dancing the whole time we were there. it was soooo much fun, and i can't wait to go back next year.

Ali
The Riverside stage was a little gem! As for Souljacker - these gave the big boys (and girls) a run for their money ... and some!!!

Graham
I dunno which show Mick conmy went to "kids with boarding school manners!" Mr conmy was obvoiusly not near the press area left of stage. a few unruley kids aside, It was a brilliant affair for which Mr Philimore should be heartily congratulated. I personally cannot understand Mr Conmys rantings regarding the festival. Suzanne Vega had the crowd on there feet opening and closing her set with an acapella version of "toms Diner" which was not vague at all, the proclaimers, waterboys and hot house flowers were sensational. Echo and the Bunnymen were spot on as was David Gray, hi-litess for me, The feeling, who whipped the crowd into a frenzy with a fantastic set fininshed with a thumping rendition of Queen's 'Fat bottom Girls'. the icing on the cake was blondie who closed the festival with a rousing set of there hits.

jake smith
it was a night of my life its not a once in a life time opotunity because it cheap and thebands were frenominal

Anouska Leighton-Pope
The Feeling were brilliant me n my friend jess were right at the front. they are wicked

Charlie
It had to be Bettye Lavette, Kate Walsh and the Broken family Band for me. Saturday afternoon rocked. Bit of a dry day for us. The long lines in the beer tent were crazy. Thank god for the pimms ladies. Well organised i must say, never drunk so much pimms in my life. Blondie what an ending to a great weekend wish you were on Saturday night fantastic..........

Heather
I thought the Proclaimers were the best est on Saturday.. close behind were the Waterboys! Great AMBIENCE. Only gripe, was the sound quality and volume on the main stage was poor- need bigger and better and higher speakers please, next year

Hayley & Jules
We had an amazing time, def back next year!The Feeling was def a highlight and Blondie was fab too! The only moan I have is the V.V long queues for everything, come on Cornbury organisers, you know how many tickets you sell provide more facilities!

mr mcgill
David Gray was our highlight clearly the best with his magnificent voiceand lyrics, hope he knows that, thank you.

Angela
Had a great weekend - loved the Broken Family Band, and as a Scot, I have to say the Proclaimers were great! Didn't find it quite so easy to get to the front of the crowd though as a result of all the chairs and picnic rugs - didn't think that chairs immediately behind the barrier at the front was very appropriate... I didn't spend too long queuing at the bar - maybe 10-15 minutes most times. Tip for next year - send a girl to the bar to get drinks as the men tended to be very polite and offer to let you go first! :o)

Geoff
a moan why was the booking office so far from the day carpark. this needs sorting out i have been to every cornbury festival so far and this is the first time i had to pick my tickets up on the day but what a slog sort it out please.

Hank Chinaski
Hugh - thanks for a well organised, peaceful and fun weekend. sort the bar queue problem and bring the waterboys back and we'll be there next year!

Selena Holloway
Standing right at the front for The Feeling, who were amazing.

Sian Williams
Cornbury was great. A nice, mellow festival. Blondie were outstanding, Suzanne Vega has a great, dry sense of humour. But why are there no pics of either of these artists onstage?

BeeBee Vavoom
I was at Cornbury- Highlight meeting up with friends from 3 continents and about 8 countries to see the Hothouse Flowers play and the Waterboys. It was my first UK Sumer music festival, and it couldn't have been better. We camped and had a great time with our neighboring campers. Next year I will bring my son and the whole family. Worth a flight from America. Absolutely!

Andy C
Echo and the Bunnymen.....Awesome!!

Montana
Do you think Mick and Arthur might be related?

The Newly Weds
For us the Proclaimers were great and really got the crowd going. David Gray was good but needed to up tempo a bit if you asked me. Scott Matthews was amazing and a real talent.

Hannah
I agree, make sure the Waterboys are headlining next year, they were great!

laura mackie
i was at cornbury it was great!!!we all had fun so yeah i hope it goes on next year... my highlight was the Proclaimers... worth a mention were The Feeling & Echo & The Bunnymen for atmosphere

The Feeb
I think the Waterboys deserve a headline slot next year, make it so Cornbury!!! :->

Gary Jackson-Burton
Sure was and it was excellent. The Highlight was the weather and Event itself. I thought the Waterboys were outstanding and the Feeling suprised me however after a worrying start with "Call Me" I thought Blondie got better and better with Clem Burke producing one heck of an effort on drums. Excellent Job.

Dave
The Waterboys, please invite them back next year Hugh, they made the weekend for everyone!!

Rob
The four of us traveled from Holland to the Cornbury festival (sat)It was realy worth the trip. Beautiful venue, great atmosfere and weather ! Hothouse Flowers were very good, loved the waterboys, Imelda May surprisingly, Proclaimers happy music, David Gray a good ending.Next year the 5 years anniversery !!

adda
blondie and the feeling were the best!!!!

Amy
Cornbury was awesome, i was looking forwad to it since i went last year, camping was brilliant, nothing was a dissapointment. the feeling were by far the best act, took control of the audience so well and just kept me interested the whole time. i loved every second of the weekend, cant wait til next year!

Arthur
Great review Mick, perfectly summed up a great week end, get more loos and bigger bars for next year.

Rodders
Marvellous overall! Imelda May, Broken Family Band, Flook and all acts on the small top stage were outstanding-the less well established acts appeared to relish being there rather more than the bigger names. Desperately slow service in the beer tents was a pain-surely some sort of system would work better? Copious amounts of free whiskey and Postman Pat were also highlights for me!

Angie Cox
The Feeling! The Feeling, The Feeling!

Shaz
Yep Echo & the Bunnymen wereexcellent!!! :-)

matty
it was great, i really liked the feeling the tmosphere was good

Nic Treadwell
Highlights were Suzanne Vega, Kate Walsh and David Gray who despite being unhappy about the sound problems still sounded good!!!

Pablo Yeats
Highlight of the festival or highlight of the year? Amounts to the same question to me - THE WATERBOYS!! More than atoned for missing last year's festival and as a fan who's followed them live for over ten years this was the best I've ever seen them play. Gotta feel sorry for David Gray having to follow a set like that....

joe lamb age 12
great fun loved the feeling and blondie be back next another 500 miles

M
THE FEElING!!!! they were fantastic!!!!!!!

Fiona
It was brilliant!

Mike
Saturday was the highlight for me, the proclaimer and the waterboys equaly good. They both lnow how to get the crowd joining in. Great!

Mick Cull-Dodd
Highlights were Suzanne Vega - clear and crisp and a real vision; all else was blurred. Didn't like her b4 this weekend. weird....and Los Pistoleros - cheeky accomplished country rock at its finest

Hannah + Thom
I Loved it. I had never heard of the waterboys before saturday but im a fan now. I was right at the very front for Blondie and the Feeling, which was fantastic, the best fun ive had in ages. I enjoyed the whole weekend, especially cuz we went camping and it was so easy to get to the front. I enjoyed the Proclaimers, so I bought their album. The best performance, though, was the feeling because the were really entertaining and we had a great veiw of them at the front.

Susie Bond
First time to Cornbury, what a fantastic festival. Hope that it is not allowed to get too big and end loose that special atmosphere you have created. Felt safe all weekend and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Well done Hugh Philimore and thanks.

Ailsa- 12
The whole weekend was emense but the best bit was the feeling, they were amazein!!!! peacexx

Melissa
Fantastic time on Saturday..Echo & The Bunnymen was the highlight! Throw in bunch of fortysomethings jumping around in the mosh pit at the front - brilliant!