Latitude Festival 2019 – Henham Park, Southwold
Bands seen: Working Men’s Club, Big Moon, Lucia, Life, Nadine Shah, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Black Country New Road, Walking On Cars, Futureheads, Honeyblood, Another Sky, Neneh Cherry, Parcels, Brickwork Lizards, Jenny Lewis, Anna Calvi

My 12th Latitude Festival in 13 years (missing out only 2012), which I feel is a bit of an achievement.
Sadly, like music festivals in general, there’s been a slow decline since the mid-2000s in the number of bands I want to see. So it’s typical that my highlight were The Futureheads, who played three fantastic songs on the main stage and then had to leave pronto because of a thunderstorm.
I also interviewed Ross and Jaf who were very very nice and very very tall. The Latitude organisers promised they would be back next year because of it. 2020 was of course cancelled due to the pandemic, and they didn’t appear on the bill on 2021 or 2022. Oh well …
Were there any other highlights for me? I would have loved to have seen Martha but I was working elsewhere on site when they were playing, so that would have been a highlight. But I did get to interview them again and they were lovely again. Life were full of, erm, Life. Actually, that’s not meant to be flippant, they were very good. Honeyblood were a bit of a disappointment for me – the follow up to Babes Never Die just didn’t hit the spot for me, which was a real shame as I played BND to death. Working Men’s Club were pretty good. But it’s a long way to go (and a lot of steps to the car and back every day) for a couple of bands per long weekend.
Anna Calvi
Jenny Lewis
Brickwork Lizards
Parcels
Neneh Cherry
Another Sky
Honeyblood
The Futureheads
The Futureheads
The Futureheads
The Futureheads
Walking On Cars
Black Country, New Road
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard
Life
Life and Nadine Shah
Martha
Lucia
The Big Moon
Working Men’s Club
Joy Crookes
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Gigs
- Aggrasoppar – OY Brewery, Tórshavn
- International Pop Overthrow 2025
- Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Marble Factory, Bristol
- HMS Morris, Pictish Trail – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- The Others – The 100 Club, Soho
- Stray Tracks: White Gates Band, Mystery Team, Basharan, SNM, Monumental – Pink Toothbrush, Rayleigh
- Franz Ferdinand, Master Peace, Great Leslie – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Melys, Yr Anghysur – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Ynys, Sybs, Lafant – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- Sultans of Ping FC – Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
- Franz Ferdinand, Permanent (Joy) – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
- Half Happy, em koko – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
- My Life Story – The Quarry, Liverpool
- Melys, Osgled – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- They Might Be Giants – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
- Darling Buds, Simon Love and the Loves – 229, Great Portland Street, London
- Fightmilk, Tugboat Captain – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney
- Bugeye, Lucky Number You – The Victoria, Birmingham
- Art Brut – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
- Sultans of Ping FC, Meryl Streek – The Ritz, Manchester
- Chroma, Baby Brave, Lila Zing – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- Melin Melyn, Ynys, Pys Melyn – Town Hall, Llangollen
- Antarctic Monkeys – The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury
- Bloc Party – The Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham
- Urdd Gobaith Cymru: Achlysurol, HMS Morris, Llareggub Brass Band – Mathrafal Field, Meifod
- Echobelly, Camens – Live 45, Kidderminster
- Futureheads, Adult Play – Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
- Adwaith – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
- Melys, Pys Melyn, Sophie Kilburn – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Sea Power, Callum Easter – Town Hall, Birmingham
- Dydd Miwsig Cymru: Morgan Elwy, Tew Tew Tennau, Mynadd – Y Institwt, Llanfair Caereinion
- Bikini Beach Band – The White Hart, Stoke Newington
- Pacifica, House of Women – Academy 2, Islington
- Fonda 500, Bugeye, Hurtling, Colossus – Amersham Arms, New Cross
- Snow Coats, Toodles and the Hectic Pity – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Snow Coats – Tunbridge Wells Forum
- Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
- Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
- Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
- Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
- Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
- Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
- Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
- Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
- Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
- The Others – The Garage, Highbury
- Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
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