Portishead, Noel Gallagher, Alt-J, surprise sets from Ed Sheeran and Thom Yorke, pink sheep and a fresh water lake to blitz the hangover in.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary at Suffolk’s Henham Park, Latitude has proved its worth as a jewel in the festival crown.
Here’s our picture round-up of the best…
The Ed Sheeran rumour mill began churning when he was spotted drinking in a pub nearby days before. The Suffolk-born singer showed his appreciation for his home festival by performing a surprise set on the iArena stage on Friday night. As word got round, teenagers charged to the woods to see the Wembley headliner…
But only 1000 made it to the stage before the access path was shut due to health and safety concerns, leaving scores of forlorn kids bickering with each other for not being fast enough. This lot had the pace, or the sharpest of elbows…
Turns out Sheeran couldn’t get enough; he popped up again on Sunday, with Snow Patrol’s Johnny Quinn and Nathan Connolly, who also weren’t on the bill…
Another night at #Latitude15 – another @edsheeran gig, with Jonny & Nathan from Snow Patrol!! pic.twitter.com/iXx5H7vfeo
— Jon Wright (@JournoJon) July 18, 2015
It was Noel Gallagher and his band High Flying Birds’ first time playing Latitude. Before going on stage, he told BBC 6music: “This is like going behind enemy lines for me.”
Taking snaps of her rocker dad from side of stage was Noel’s daughter with Meg Matthews, Anais Gallagher…
As well as a refined selection of comedy, theatre, arts and nosh, there was also the option of a helter-skelter and funfair rides…
Others took time out for a smooch in the sun like these young lovers…
Sir Bob Geldof’s snakeskin suit. The Boomtown Rats played Saturday afternoon, with the frontman performing as confidently as his whistle…
And if you didn’t think the Live Aid curator would still be able to pull big crowd, he did alright at the weekend…
To mark the 10th birthday of Latitude, the lake was opened for swimming. Guests queued to take a dip, but there was no getting in gingerly, some somersaulted…
Others dived…
By night; BBQ pulled pork and puppet shows were on offer…
One of the biggest draws was Bristol band Portishead. Frontwoman Beth Gibbons mesmerised the crowd with her haunting vocals before finishing the gig with some impressive crowd-surfing…
All kinds of magical and whimsical events happen in the woods, like Opera North who performed on Friday…
The sheep got their ‘hair did’…
Once the swimmers vacated the lake, a 3D laser water show took over…
High-energy act Titanium performed a show of dance styles born on the street including breakdancing, flamenco and hip-hop on The Waterfront Stage…
There was even ballet…
Another huge star playing a small space was Thom Yorke. The Radiohead frontman joined Portishead before heading to the same stage as Sheeran performed on the previous night. The frontman and his producer, Nigel Godrich, who Yorke called ‘Pharrell and Robin Thicke’, performed a technical electronic set.
Johnny Depp was there too. (But we don’t have a picture).
Photo credit: All images by Dave J Hogan
