Not many bands can hold a weekend festival all on their own. Marillion manage to 🙂
Three evenings might sound like a tough one to do without repeating material, but with 30+ years of material to draw on, the band have lots to choose from.
The enormous screens on the backdrop were made good use of. The graphics were some of the best I’ve seen at a concert. The light show and lasers were pretty good too.
The music is the most important thing though, and the first two evenings were largely a best-of from the H era. Most people remember Fish fronting the band, but it’s worth remembering that H has been with the band for 30 years. The songs on Friday seemed to be the shorter ones, with longer ones saved for the Saturday.
The Sunday evening was dedicated to one particular album – Happiness is the Road.
As seems almost traditional now, the crowd surprised the band with a light show of our own. We were sat on the next to back row in the circle, so the picture really captures the sight of all those lights.