Oh, Victoria Park the sights you've seen. Over a month after Field Day festival takes over the Hackney park in June, thousands of punters invade its grassy patches for Lovebox festival on Friday and Saturday. Scorching temperatures rise to their highest levels so far this year, turning minimal clothing into the order of both days.
Battling this heat, the diverse bill of acts playing before dusk have to work hard to get the crowds moving. On Friday, teenage rapper Joey Bada$$ leaps across the West stage, shirt unbuttoned and billowing in the sticky air. The audience do their best to match his enthusiasm, throwing their hands up at his command and starting a miniature moshpit. In contrast with his youthful jubilance, Katy B bashes out a tightly rehearsed set including Crying for No Reason, from second album Little Red, and her breakout single Katy On a Mission replete with backing dancers and a sidestep routine.
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by Tshepo Mokoena via Electronic music | The Guardian
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