The entrance of one of Britain’s finest ever songwriters, Paul Weller, was typically understated, with the king of cool striding out, silver haired and tanned, and looking happier than ever.
Only Tim’s obsession with Instagram, that saw him repeatedly playing with his phone during guitar and keyboard solos, could have been deemed irritating – though it stole nothing from the music. With Burgess in fine voice and the band simmering, Blackened Blue Eyes rocked the joint and a searing rendition of Sproston Green closed an enthralling fifty-minute set. Stalwarts of indie-pop, The Charlatans laid on a hits packed set that included Weirdo, Can’t Get Out of Bed, The Only One I Know, and a rousing version of North Country Boy. The Charlatans have stood the test of time, and time seems to have had no impact on their impossibly youthful frontman Tim Burgess, who at 55 looks thirty years his own junior. It was the Modfather, Paul Weller, however, that closed the two week long event with support from Madchester heroes, the Charlatans, and as usual the crowds came flocking for two classic British acts. The Lytham Festival – relatively new amongst classic British music gatherings – boasted it’s finest ever line up this year with major names like Diana Ross, Lionel Ritchie, Duran Duran and The Strokes taking to the stage.
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