While we're on the subject of problems at gigs/festivals (alleged or otherwise), we have to mention the culmination of Arctic Monkeys' second headline show at Lancashire County Cricket Club last night (29 Jul), which avoided the technical hitches that reportedly tarnished the first gig.
Despite success in this department, the show still had to be stopped twice as a baying crowd surged forward, forcing lead singer Alex Turner to request that they all take a step back during both 'Still Take You Home' and 'Dancing Shoes'. Later a crowd member dressed as a Bo Selecta version of Craig David caused another stoppage, though no crowd surges that time, rather Turner's irrepressible laughter, with the singer commenting that the David look-a-like was "freaking me out", adding "get the camera on this guy". After closing the set with perennial favourite 'A Certain Romance', he suggested that his band should do a Lancashire Cricket Club gig every year because "we've had good weather, plenty of sunshine and good bands as well".
Whether his fellow Yorkshire-men would agree I don't know.