and I am usually SUPER critical of things like this. The only nightmare was leaving the car park afterwards, but then it only took an hour and could have been worse. Everything else was great. The one thing that pissed me off was that tickets were £60 on the door which beat even Seetickets booking fee. luckily we picked up a couple of cheap ones from random people though. Neil was great as always although didn't play Like A Hurricane even though the dove from above was hanging there.

Love And Only Love / Hey Hey, My My / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / I've Been Waiting For You / Spirit Road / Fuckin' Up / Oh, Lonesome Me / Mother Earth / The Needle And The Damage Done / Unknown Legend / Heart Of Gold / Old Man / Get Back To The Country / Words / No Hidden Path // A Day In The Life

That does seem pretty short.
How were MMJ?

...absolutely fucking disgraceful organisation. Vince Power ought never to be allowed near another "festival" again. Not enough toilets or food stalls causing massive queues, nowhere to go to get out of the rain (it's Kent in July, plan ahead...), and no stewards in the car park so it took two-and-a-half hours to get out (and we weren't even at the back). No running times unless you bought a £5 programme, having already spent £50 on a ticket. And the smug git has the temerity to go on about it being "back to basics" and putting the punters first...

And what was with all the idiots refusing to move from their collapsible chairs (with picnic blankets) even when there were 30,000 people trying to get to the stage?

Neil Young, Rufus and MMJ were all great. But this was a shambles pretty much all the way down.

by the exiting bullshit at the end.
There's always gonna be a wait to get out, but there was not one steward in the main field, making it a fucking free-for-all. Got back to London at 2.30am.
Still, MMJ were best of the support, Guillemots were surprisingly really good (ie they can be awful).

First time I'd seen NY, so well pleased.

As for Vince Power, quality and well thought-out line up, but sort out the ****ing organising.

pretty fucking special.

I decided to leave at about 10.30ish so missed the end to avoid the traffic. I think this was a good idea!

some people are never happy. i didn't queue for more than 5 mins for anything, and as for there being nowhere to get out of the rain...there was that big bar in a tent right next to the stage?! plus what exactly do you expect? it was in a field! a shambles this was not. plus neil young sounded great!

was about as good as I've ever heard at an outdoor gig btw. even when the wind was a-swirlin'.

the people that go to one gig a year need a fucking reality check: you can't just sit on your chair in the middle of the fucking place and not expect people to want to go past you. god.

it was good though, i'm glad i went and i'm glad i didn't need to use the toilet. my burger from "fine" burger was about eight times overcooked and we queued for quite a while for it but it was fine. i probably won't go back next year.

As in Sgt Pepper?

and a little bit of the worst band in the world (Primal Scream) because I wanted to watch the tennis more than see a shit Q readertastic line-up (MMJ aside). Neil was fantastic though and made the trip very much worthwhile. I wish I had made more of an effort to get further forward because it sounded great when I got there towards the end.
Camping chairs/emplacements should be banned unless people are willing to sit near the back. It was a massive obstacle course.

Would anyone have actually gone to this if Neil Young hadn't been playing?

Car park control at the end was a complete shambles and a total disgrace. Arrived home so late and knackered had to take day off work today, thought it might take a while to get out but not one steward to be seen in mina car park. Other big gripe was there was no attempt made to service the loos at all during the day so no loo paper; and why don't people try the doors instead of just standing like sheep! Neil madeup for the rain and cold but an inside space would have been nice and the fiasco getting out almost ruined the day.

Rufus Wainright sounded very mournful but brought the house down with Hallelujah, although Jeff Buckley's version is bette. Thought Primal Scream were phoning it in, Supergrass good. NJ doing the Needle & damage done totally awesome.

Uncut website say something about an eccentric who's been around a long time, grey haired, country-loving, previously hip but one who's not going anywhere soon..... but less about the average Hop Farm festival go-er - I've paraphrased - but check it out.