My personal highlights this year were:
Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer
Various Cruelties
Caribou
Ed Sheeran
Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Kele
Alan Carr
 
lows of this year would be:
Mud
Mud
and more Mud
Toilets not close enough in the family campervan camping
Mud
Rude Ignorant Teenagers
Mud
Narnia (what a let down for my kids)
The Gruffalo (where was he?)
Posh Spoilt Teenagers
oh and Mud.

My highs-
 
Adam Ant
Kele
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Oldboy scored by the Guillemots
Suede
Disco Shed
Paolo Nutini
Giant Robot Restaurant
 
Lows-
 
Mud
Rain
Rude ignorant teens
No oxygen bar =(
Scala and the Kolancy Brothers

The proliferation of rude ignorant teens was worrying. There were large groups of them everywhere, most of them looked about 15, and they were clearly at their first festivals in many cases. At the risk of sounding like a massive intellectual snob, I think a large number of them didn't give a **** about the music at all. Although the same could be said for many many older family types, who clearly liked the idea of a festival, but didn't want to have to engage too much. I walked from Paolo Nutini to Foals during Paolo's set, and it was interesting to see the quite large number of people milling around in the middle of the site, clearly not watching any of the headliners on offer in any of the stages. And then half the festival appeared to leave halfway through sunday...

Didn't think the kids were that much of a problem this year really. All seemed to be having a good time but not really causing any bother.
 
 

Highlights
Caribou, The Walkmen, Tim Key, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Anna Calvi, Dylan Moran, Adam Buxton, Ghost Poet, Gold Panda, Eels, James Blake 

I totally agree with you! Half of them didn't sing, dance or even look at the ****** stage!

yeah they were alright apart from when i nearly had a fight (see the other thread)

Highs:
Mr B (charming, dapper, sophisticated chap - big grin on my face)
Cerebral Ballzy (full on, no prisoners - big grin on my face - mosh pit at Latitude???)
CW Stoneking (how did a 70 year old bluesman possess this young Australian?)
They Might Be Giants (witty, genuine, fun)
Spymonkey, Frisky and Mannish, Late Night Gimp Fight (funny, funny, funny)
Dylan Moran (hilariously surreal descriptions)
Some Like it Hip Hop (much, much better than Flawless IMO)
Electric Hotel (an experience I'm still mulling over...)
- and Mark Thomas, Adam Ant, OMD, God's Jukebox, Ed Sheeran
 
Lows:
Rain
Mud
Idiots pushing during Paolo Nutini
Bigger idiots lobbing beer cans into the crowd during PN
The "customer protection" crew were always visible in the comedy and cabaret tents, (and were discreetly professional during Cerebral Ballzy), but I didn't see anyone policing the stupid elements in the PN crowd
NO REAL ALE BAR AND THE HEKTORS RUNNING OUT BY 8PM SUNDAY!!!  (I sulked during Electric Hotel with a coffee...)
 

For me it was straying away from headline music quite a lot of the time, yes I did see quite a lot of the larger names OMD, Adam and the ants Echo and the Bunnymen, Caribou etc but couldn't be arsed with most of the teenage crowd pullers so spent a lot of time wandering off to Cabaret, the Lake Stage (already purchased These are end times and Dutch Uncles albums this morning) and Poetry and literary even got a look in this time so fortunately did get to see Mr B (though after being trampled by teens attracted in by some bad rapping and great beat boxing).
Isn't it the done thing to be a bit full of yourself and self absorbed as a teen though? I'm not sure I was a lot better back in the day!

maddix85


Didn't think the kids were that much of a problem this year really. All seemed to be having a good time but not really causing any bother.

The only person I saw causing any trouble was someone I know from my high school, who is a complete bellend. Saw him trying to start a fight with someone for pushing him in a (sort-of) mosh pit in Bombay Bicycle Club...I mean, seriously. If you're gonna be in the crowd, expect to get pushed around a bit...
 
Apart from that, I didn't see anyone doing anything overly stupid...

Highlights:
Saul Williams
The National
Ghostpoet
Caribou
Deerhunter
Blue Roses film score

Well did anyone see that idiot boy who climed the supports of the Word arena during the Vaccines???? What a ******* idiot! I wouldn't be suprised if we was banned from all FR festivals.
I thought the fireworks at the end of Paolo's set were a nice touch, BUT it was quite lethal! I was looking up to look at them, and one of the bits of cardboard/ash fell into my eye! It really hurt, I eventually managed to get it out, but if that were still hot, I would have gone blind!

Yeah i didn't really see anyone being too much of a pain. 

There was some drunk as sh!t girl at kele (to be expected) who was just shouting that she loved everyone and was giving hugs and high fives to people who looked uncomfortable but i just told her to shh and it was fine afterwards.

Strangely there was some aggravation towards me when i was walking into the Word arena tent to go into OMD (who were AMAZING btw) from some middle aged guy who was standing in the edge of the tent sheltering from the rain not giving a sh!t about any music it seemed and as i tried to edge past to get to the crowd, i said "excuse me, coming through" but he seemed to purposefully move IN my way; after i squeezed through, he then pushed the back of me and called me something that i didn't really register with but couldn't be bothered to argue with some loser like that. How odd.  Oh well.

Who was that kid? It made my palms sweat just thinking of the possible consequences of him falling off. Not for him, for the poor sods belows. Div.

eddytheviper
Strangely there was some aggravation towards me when i was walking into the Word arena tent to go into OMD (who were AMAZING btw) from some middle aged guy who was standing in the edge of the tent sheltering from the rain not giving a sh!t about any music it seemed and as i tried to edge past to get to the crowd, i said "excuse me, coming through" but he seemed to purposefully move IN my way; after i squeezed through, he then pushed the back of me and called me something that i didn't really register with but couldn't be bothered to argue with some loser like that. How odd.  Oh well.

One of my mates had the same kinda thing in the Word from a middle-aged woman. She told him to round another way, and that he had an attitude problem despite the fact that she had a massive empty space in front of her that no one was standing in...

Maybe he's the guy who piped up that he broke his leg on FB earlier?

Jimmeh

eddytheviper
Strangely there was some aggravation towards me when i was walking into the Word arena tent to go into OMD (who were AMAZING btw) from some middle aged guy who was standing in the edge of the tent sheltering from the rain not giving a sh!t about any music it seemed and as i tried to edge past to get to the crowd, i said "excuse me, coming through" but he seemed to purposefully move IN my way; after i squeezed through, he then pushed the back of me and called me something that i didn't really register with but couldn't be bothered to argue with some loser like that. How odd.  Oh well.

One of my mates had the same kinda thing in the Word from a middle-aged woman. She told him to round another way, and that he had an attitude problem despite the fact that she had a massive empty space in front of her that no one was standing in...

 
Big problem this, with middle aged types (sorry for generalising here, but it needs to said) not giving a **** about music and seemingly just there for a pleasant outing with the kids. When it was raining there were people who who sheltered at the very outside of the word tent, affording them cover whilst allowing them to remain as far away from the music as possible, and then stopping people who actually wanted to get in from getting in even though there was loads of space.
And most of the kids weren't doing much wrong, they just annoyed me by their very presence, treating the festival as some sort of Suffolk version of Newquay in the summer.
I feel like a moody bastard saying all this, especially given that I am barely out of my teens myself but that was my impression

Just got back from the doctors - reckons I'm suffering from Tiger Feet

I never really noticed much of a problem last year, but this year the kids semt o have got more out of control! It makes me question whether I want to come next year or not.

Oh no teenagers scary.
 
Cerebral Ballzy, Deerhunter, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Eels were all absolutely superb.