bbc showed a few of their songs from the john peel stage at about 2 oclock this morning on one of the red button channels and it was the most exciting thing i've seen on the coverage all weekend.

from what I have seen which is most of the highlight shows every night and the odd bit of diggital coverage.

Winehouse was alright for the first bit of her set then was a mess and I got bord.

Kings of Leon where quite bland I couldn;t get into them at all.

Lykke Li did a lil accoustic thing which I enjoyed quite alot.

I have had to turn the sound off on The Verve I couldn;t handle any more.

was good. The Ethiopiques bit was really really good too. Mulatu Astatke was rocking the vibes like.

Nowt better than The Stooges last year though :(

being Jay Z.

I'm in no way a fan of his records, but his performance was brilliant.

I've only caught a few others, but nothing really stood out as being great.

Black Kids were terrible though, seriously disappointing stuff.

elbow were pretty good, they work with the big audience and the afternoon slot, they didn't play/show grace under pressure though :( and jay z was bitchin'. I don't think there are many bands now that would make me go WOW and would also be a big hit with the audience, radiohead, maybe daft punk...

I havn't seen anything on the BBC's coverage and thought "WOW!"
Pretty dull all round. I'm glad I didn't go.

my hands on nathan followills drum sticks!!!!!!!!

and generally being with my friends and brother and having a good old time

mgmt were great, their bassist caresses his instrument like its a baby

they're on interactive after the groove armada.

cos it never rained.

that Dizzee Rascal did with Calvin Harris was bloody ace. That was the highlight for moi, along with Westwood's interview with Jay Z, which was pure comedy gold.

This is what it looks like!

amazing. many people round me had a tear in their eye or a lump in their throat...

cerys doing a string laden version of 'you've gotta a lot to answer for' was pretty special.

and jay z's intro was beyond amazing.

or MGMT

we'd completely given up on the rumors and were well into getting wasted on a hill when we heard matinee start up so we ran down and danced our bottoms off. Pretty vintage.

esp. the cover of "Push It". Also Crystal Castles going insane and getting chucked off. Jay-Z was ace too.

Jay Z
Seeing Leonard Cohen - that was some list ticking shit right there. I shed a little tear during Everybody Knows as I couldn't believe I was actually witnessing it
Holy Fuck
Hot Chip
Band Of Horses
Stars (despite their short set because they finished on time unlike every other motherfucker there)
Does It Offend You Yeah nearly starting a riot
Vampire Weekend
The National despite next to no one being there

Disappointments

After telling everyone for about a month that Franz Ferdinand would be the special guests not going and missing what sounded like a classic set
XX Teens - caught them by chance last year in the Dance Tent and was blown away. A year later in the same place and they were an utter disgrace
MGMT - bored the fuck out of me

YEAH!

Leonard Cohen - Fucking legend!
The Verve - Bittersweet was amazing
Seasick Steve (acoustic) - Fucking great fun
And of course the sun!

Neon Neon were great, not very lively until Har Mar got involved (his hilarious bald forehead moustache made me chuckle) but some awesome tunes.

was fantastic, as were:

Eddy Grant
Black Mountain
MGMT

But the best performance was by Rodney Branigan in a small tent in the green fields singing and playing two guitars simultaneously all powered by two audience members pedalling a tandem.

Half the people we were camped with being in a perma K-hole.

Shouting "K-Hole!" at these people.

Watching the sun rise on numerous nights.

Story telling workshop (this was amazing for reasons only about 3 other people will ever know)

A pair of drug dealers going around the campsite with a drugs menu.

The Igloo (and the whole place exploding to 99 Problems)

Upside down disco.

Discovering a massive bed in Shangri-La.

The DJ tower in Trash City shooting out lasers and 20 foot flames

Jay-Z, especially the intro.
Crowded House's banter with security and Weather With You.
Franz Ferdinand.
Dizzee, especially when Calvin Harris turned up.
Annie in the Dance Lounge on Sunday night, there were only about 40 people there, she opened with Chewing Gum, it was incredible.
Realising how many great songs the Futureheads have now, i.e. lots.
British Sea Power in the Leftfield tent.
Vampire Weekend - having heard they were meant to be shit live, it was a pleasant surprise to discover they were ace.

- Jay-Z, unsurprisingly
- Dizzee Rascal. Always, always brilliant
- Vampire Weekend in the John Peel tent. Can't believe some people think they're shit live
- Neon Neon. Coolest band ever?
- Hot Chip
- Lupe Fiasco
- Lykki Li
- Ending with The National

Low points:

- MGMT in the John Peel tent. How bad was that sound?
- Roni Size. Again, awful sound
- Making the mistake of killing some time before Lupe Fiasco joining my mates for the first two songs of the Tings Tings. Absolutely hideous
- Not being able to see a thing at Mystery Jets. Especially Laura Marling :(
- Not realising DJ Format was on for way over an hour due to mental state at the time

..battles?! (I didn't, I wasn't there..)