By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum (press ticket)

We were Bonkers.

• Read on for reasons including Massaoke, The Lottery Winners and Beatroot

Dizzee Rascal didn’t open today’s line up but he did for us. How did he have the energy for an hour’s set of banging and bouncing tunes?

He informs us in Baseline Junkie just how he gets his kicks, and in Bonkers, they’re for free. Dizzee and his MC crew get the crowd going in a slightly damp and muddy arena. Ponchos are de rigeur today. Highlights include: Calvin Harris-produced Holiday while it was actually raining, Fix Up, Look Sharp and new tracks from his upcoming album, We Want Bass, due out 4 September. Dizzee does what you expect: whips up the crowd, tries to break our ears with his basslines and sets everyone up for a great day.

We’ve heard so much about The Lottery Winners, but have never caught them. We were actually queuing for the awesome Lidl Hugo Haze hotdog deal, but had perfect sound and vision for their set. Singer Thom Rylance has enough charisma for the whole weekend and has everyone laughing about his diva roadie antics, in spite of tellling us they only have half an hour so can’t go on chatting! I can’t say I can accurately recall their tunes today, but I would definitely go and see them again and that’s down to their energy and stage presence.

It looks like Victorious listened to us about Massaoke being on for too short a time; their second set was 40 minutes, not as advertised. Much better to actually get into it. Today was the Dolly tribute, with us ending up singing Total Eclipse of the Heart, tribute to the late Bonnie Tyler as well. Day 3 an hour? Who knows!

Mr H missed the end of Massaoke to catch The Happy Mondays, while I stayed, only to catch half of the Mondays’ set, having seen them lots of times before. I’m not sure how to review this one, so I’ll just say that the music is great and however much the audience laugh at Shaun’s lyric-reading, or Bez’s repeated storytelling, you can’t take away from them their influence on the British pop scene, or the pure fact that Step On is a brilliant track – one of Britain’s finest in all musical history, in my opinion.

A lot of my gang were up for Jessie J, so I stayed really to get a good position for Nile Rodgers up next. Well, she just blew us away. With the usual complaints of “too many covers”, she chose the perfect moment to cover Purple Rain. Her rules she introduced set out her expectations: don’t cover your face with your phone, don’t sing on video if you’re out of tune, don’t look her in the eyes to sing along if you don’t know the words. Well, she got those right! Her speeches in between songs kept us remembering the important things in life, to see the positive. Mr H was actually almost reduced to tears from her set, all the more impressive given she’s not his bag at all. Jessie eventually regaled us with Price Tag, saying that the song was going to haunt her forever.

Nile Rodgers and the CHIC Organisation. Where do I start? Nile seamlessly rotates around his huge and varied back catalogue production-wise, from Madonna to Daft Punk, David Bowie to Diana Ross, not forgetting the brilliant Sister Sledge, and of course their own songs. Nile’s love for music in life shines through in any of his gigs, and I’ve seen quite a few of them. You just want to dance, dance, dance. As he states, these are the Good Times.

Mr and Ms H weren’t feeling it for the big headliners, so excused themselves after listening to Beatroot, a jazz funk fusion band in the People’s Lounge. Just what you need to end a Saturday rainy festival day.

• Pictures via Facebook courtesy Victorious and A Humdrum Mum. Tickets
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