PARKLIFE at Platt Fields went out with a bang, quite literally, over the weekend as final headline stage act Dizzee Rascal played out the park's three year festival to a smoke and firework display and of course ‘Bonkers’, not once but twice.
Former guitarist of The Smiths, Johnny Marr, joined Nile Rodgers and Chic on stage on the Saturday while other headliners later that day included Noah & The Whale, The Flaming Lips and a somewhat disgruntled Kelis.
The crescendo followed a weekend of both mixed music and mud surfing for the 30,000 in attendance. Day one was almost a washout, but that didn’t stop hoards of Manchester’s student population pretending they were in Magaluf, as you can see in the pictures below.
Former guitarist of The Smiths, Johnny Marr, joined Nile Rodgers and Chic on stage on the Saturday while other headliners later that day included Noah & The Whale, The Flaming Lips and a somewhat disgruntled Kelis. The 'Milkshake' singer later took to Twitter to rant how Parklife organisers had been ‘the pin that busted the bubble of fun’ for cutting her sound ‘half way through so that some dj could play.’
Regardless of her gripes, unfortunately Kelis’ set didn’t live up to her performance at Parklife 2011and this year she certainly missed a trick by favouring her new musical direction over her greatest hits.
Nevertheless, the show went on with the likes of Zane Lowe and Nero livening up the Metroplex tent. The biggest disappointment of the festival for many was last minute drop out of Azealia Banks on Sunday’s main stage, however De La Soul, Labrinth, and later, Dizzee Rascal, soon made us forget the ‘212’ singer had gone AWOL.
This year also saw homegrown acts Murkage and Juicy DJs on the main stage much to the delight of their loyal, local fanbase. Check out the weekend in pictures below plus a video to give you a taster of the atmosphere for Labrinth and Dizzee Rascal...
Kelis at Parklife 2012
Labrinth at Parklife 2012
Strategy of Broke N English at Parklife 2012
Johnny Marr and Chic en route to the stage at Parklife 2012
