Maximo Park The Split Festival Sunderland 25 Sep 2010
The Split Festival has been going for a couple or so years in Sunderland, however this year’s festival seemed to have a much stronger line-up and as a result a much higher profile. It was the first time that we’d been along to the festival even though it is only afew minutes walk from home. Marie, Laura and I decided to go along on the Saturday night, primarily because Laura wanted to catch local heroes Maximon Park.
We arrived while Frankie and the Heartstrings (rocky, and a bundle of energy) were onstage. The festival was in a large marquee within the grounds of Ashbrook Sports club, with two stages at opposite sides of the tent, allowing for rapid change over between bands. So more or less straight after Frankie finished Maximo Park took to the stage to a great reaction from the crowd. Front man Paul Smith is a live wire, using the whole of the stage, and really getting the crowd going. The band are pretty high energy rock and got a great reception from the home crowd. Their set was relatively short at aorund an hour, but that seemed about right,given the fast punchy and short nature of the songs. A great set, and a pretty nice local event. Looking forward to next year.
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