It’s true that they always save the best till last, Day 3 at the Wireless Festival definitely proved that. The main reason I wanted to go to the festival in the first place was to see Jay-Z. I’d have been happy if no one else showed up. More after the cut.
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However I think it’s a little unfair to the other acts if I don’t mention them. Like the day 1 recap; I’ve chosen my top 3 acts, well number 1 ya’ll already know who it is. In reverse order:
3. Lily Allen
I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of hers to be honest, mainly due to her chav-like tendencies and antics. I do like to listen to her music every once in a while but too much of that accent can drive me insane. She was good live, definitely has her own style of vocals and lyrical choice. She’s no Beyonce vocally but she’s real, even told the pricks in the crowd to stop throwing bottles.
2. J. Cole
I expected most UK folk not to know his lyrics but boy was I wrong. At least half the crowd were reciting his lyrics when he started spitting the first song ‘Losing My Balance’. It’s the song that made Jay-Z sign the Fayetteville born rapper. He definitely got the crowd going on with multiple songs off his 2 mixtapes before ending the set with his first single ‘Who Dat‘. He split the crowd into 2; first called one side, the other west but that got boos, so he chose Arsenal and Man Utd which also got boos. He was like ‘fuck it, ya’ll are 1 and ya’ll are 2′, he got one side after another to chant ‘who dat’. A star is born, watch out for his debut album.
1. Jay-Z
I spent the whole day, actually the whole week excited about seeing the Hova live. He was due to come on at 20:15 but 10 minute timer came up on the screen at that point. Most people including myself were tired as hell at this point ans Idiots were still lobbing bottles around but the second the NY rapper stepped on the stage everyone was energized and well behaved.
He started his set off with number 1 selling single off Blueprint 3 ‘Run This Town‘. Sadly my prayers weren’t answered and Rihanna didn’t show up on stage, oh well. I’ll see her in my dreams. Back to the HOV, he performed numerous hits from his recent album; including ‘Forever Young’ with an injured Mr. Hudson and ‘Empire State of Mind’ with the very fiiiine, Bridget Kelly. He went onto do a few of his classics before ending the show with ‘Encore’. He also gave an inspiring speech about how our generation can change the world. He has the money, the girl and the fame. *sighs* Throw your diamonds in the sky
There we have it, our Wireless festival coverage comes to a close. Hopefully next year, we’ll be able to get behind-the-scenes and meet a few of the stars. In other news, I’ve tanned like mad and now am the same colour is Yang, hold tight for Yang&Yang.com.
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