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by Andrew Trendell | Photos by BBC
Amazing photos of the first ever BBC 6 Music Festival, Manchester
Damon Albarn, The National and more
Tags: BBC Radio 6 Music
28 February - 1 March, 2014: The first ever BBC 6 Music Festival took place at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester with performances from The National, Damon Albarn, Franz Ferdinand, Kelis, Lykke Li, Haim, Jake Bugg and many more. It was absolutely brilliant. Check out photos from the festival here.
Taking to the main stage on Friday, Albarn's headline set marked hia first UK gig as a solo star with new band, The Heavy Seas. Kicking off with the title track from upcoming album, Everyday Robots, Albarn and co wondered through a fairly esoteric set that leaned heavily on new material, but also included 'Tommorrow Comes Today', 'On Melancholy Hill' and 'El Manana' by Gorillaz and 'Kingdom Of Doom' by The Good, The Bad And The Queen and Blur b-side 'All Your Life' (played live for the first time ever).
The National headlined the final night on the main stage, and were undoubtedly the highlight of the entire weekend. We we there, and can vouch that their performance was nothing short of monumental and the atmosphere magnificent.
Performing a career-spanning and jaw-dropping set, The National brought the crowd to life like no other act all weekend - with frontman Matt Berninger up to his usual crowd invasion antics, taking the time to sing the closing verses from the audience and even scale the viewing platform for disabled fans. Performing entirely unplugged, the band united the entire of Manchester's Victoria Warehouse in unified song for a gut-wrenchingly intimate rendition of 'Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks'. It was pretty special.
Midlake, James Blake, PINS, Metronomy, Wild Beasts, The Horrors and more also played.
