SBTRKT’s new tunes and on-stage guests
Electronic musician Aaron Jerome, aka SBTRKT, performed new material from his forthcoming album Wonder Where We Land, and was joined by some very special guests. Playing under a giant inflatable Aztec-Egyptian jaguar, SBTRKT performed with Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig on New Dorp New York and Warpaint‘s Emily Kokal on War Drums (below).
Watch: SBTRKT – War Drums (feat. Emily Kokal) (Live at Reading Festival 2014)
Paramore’s Hayley Williams is joined onstage by her sister and a fan
Paramore closed out day 2 of Leeds Festival this year, with singer Hayley Williams being joined onstage mid-set by her sister Erica. As NME notes, the band played a hit-filled set which included Still Into You, That’s What You Get and For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic. Watch the band play Misery Business and pull up a fan, identified only as Ellie, live at Reading Festival.
Watch: Paramore – Misery Business (Live at Reading Festival 2014)
Queens Of The Stone Age impress everyone, yet again
Queens Of The Stone Age’s headlining performances marked their fifth time playing the festival but their first time headlining. After kicking off their set with You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire, QOTSA performed a number of tracks from their most recent album …Like Clockwork, including My God Is The Sun, The Vampyre Of Time And Memory, If I Had A Tail and I Sat By The Ocean. As the BBC reports, Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams told the Leeds Festival Crowd that Josh Homme-fronted American rock band Queens Of The Stone Age are “the best live band” she’s ever seen. Watch QOTSA tear through set-closer A Song For The Dead, below.
Watch: Queens Of The Stone Age – A Song For The Dead (Live at Reading Festival 2014)
Gerard Way gives his debut solo performance
Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way made his debut solo performance at Reading 2014, and drew mostly positive reactions from fans and offering a sneak peak of his forthcoming Soundwave 2015 performance. When asked by the BBC why he chose the festival for his debut, Way said, “I have a long history with the festival, but… I needed a finish line, I needed a deadline.” Watch that interview, below, alongside Way’s performance of No Shows, a cut from his forthcoming album Hesitant Alien.
Watch: Gerard Way – No Shows (Live at Reading Festival 2014)
Watch: Gerard Way Discusses His Debut Solo Performance at Reading Festival 2014
Aussies impress big festival crowds
A number of Australian acts were at full force during Reading & Leeds Festival 2014, including Flume, Tonight Alive, DZ Deathrays and Rufus. “Thank you Leeds Festival!! You were awesome and we had a great one!” DZ Deathrays posted on Facebook, alongside a picture of themselves performing (below). Rufus shared an amazing stage photo (below) via their official Instagram page, adding via Twitter, “Reading Festival. We owe you one,” whilst Soundwave 2015 act Tonight Alive shared a gallery of photos from their set (below) via their Facebook page. Sydney beat-maker Flume headlined the R&L Dance Stage over the weekend, impress many punters with performances of his own material alongside remixes of Disclosure and Lorde.
