Wild abandon at Standon

Amidst the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, Standon Calling competition didn’t fail to please the punters once more this yr with its brilliantly eclectic vibe.

From the vastly charismatic Mel C on the primary stage on Sunday bringing some scrumptious Spice Girls nostalgia, to Rick Astley pleasing young and old within the crowd with covers of Harry Styles and AC DC, and pups strutting their stuff within the canine present , there actually is one thing to go well with all tastes.

On a largely gloriously sunny Sunday, crowd pleaser Mel C received hearts together with her vibrant feedback, at one level joking “Well that was rather unprofessional wasn’t it?” after a technical glitch made a comically impolite noise via the audio system.

In a foolish flight of fancy, Mel C proved she was in tune with the gang, asking “Has anyone seen the new Barbie movie yet? as she hadn’t.

Bringing the laid back Sunday up to eleven, Mel C stirred the Standon crowd  to hysterical joy, teasingly building up her string of solo hits into a medley of massive Spice Girl anthems, the elder members of the crowd singing every word and dancing with wild abandon in what for an hour felt like being back in the mania of the Spice Girls late nineties heyday.

A band of the moment, The Big Moon wooed the crowd with their carefully crafted indie folk as the sun began to set on the main stage, the lead singer at one point joking with the crowd that her sunglasses made her look like “An undercover detective”, their simple attraction on stage rapport completely in becoming with the vith the solar kissed really feel of competition ambiance.

Big hitters Bloc Party introduced their effectively honed headline set to a crowd who had clearly been ready in excessive anticipation for tunes reminiscent of Hunting For Witches, its menacing lyrics and synths giving a effectively timed electro edge because the solar set on one other hue weekend at Standon Calling.