15 SEPTEMBER
★★★★
Having previously been headlined by ELO and Kylie, putting Pet Shop Boys at the top of the Festival In A Day bill makes perfect sense, especially when it’s their only show of the year and they’ve got their first hits tour to promote. It’s the rest of the bill that’s pleasingly anarchic.
Having a line-up that runs Status Quo/Westlife/Pet Shop Boys is the work of someone who’s got hammered at lunch.
That it all mostly works is testament both to the variety of Radio 2 and an up-for-it crowd buoyed by unseasonal scorching autumn sunshine.