Review: Latitude festival
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A HOTSPOT descended on Latitude festival as revellers high on culture and sunshine took advantage of a long weekend away from the city.
Tom Jones introduced new songs that hinted at a darker, broody new offering of blues based spirituals while Jessica Hoop, Belle and Sebastian and Corinne Bailey Rae sprinkled a healthy dusting of stardust over Suffolk's most famed festival.
As festivals go, it had something for everyone whether it was the Swan Lake ballet floating on a lake stage, a psychedelic water show for aging hippies still in love with the music scene, up and coming indie bands for the teens, poetry readings and theatre for arts vultures or bubble makers, newt fishing, juggling and multicoloured sheep for the kids, among a long list of treats for all the family.
So while this was one that some of the hardcore festival goers might snub in favour of something more overtly hedonistic, they perhaps missed out on one of the most enjoyable, varied and, interestingly, relaxing few days pitched just a few minutes from the seaside.
And tucked away among the trees, the seminal moment of the festivities lay hidden on a stage garlanded by flowers when Californian born, Manchester based, Jessica Hoop sang as sweetly as the surrounding wildlife while the setting sun fell from the sky.
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