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20th Jul 2015

19 highlights from Latitude Festival

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Lia Nicholls

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…

Latitude Festival - Day 2

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…

Latitude Festival - Day 2

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…

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.”

Latitude Festival - Day 4

Taking snaps of her rocker dad from side of stage was Noel’s daughter with Meg Matthews, Anais Gallagher…

Latitude Festival - Day 4

As well as a refined selection of comedy, theatre, arts and nosh, there was also the option of a helter-skelter and funfair rides…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

Others took time out for a smooch in the sun like these young lovers…

Latitude Festival - Day 3

Sir Bob Geldof’s snakeskin suit. The Boomtown Rats played Saturday afternoon, with the frontman performing as confidently as his whistle…

Latitude Festival - Day 4

And if you didn’t think the Live Aid curator would still be able to pull big crowd, he did alright at the weekend…

Latitude Festival - Day 4

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…

Latitude Festival - Day 2

Others dived…

Latitude Festival - Day 2

By night; BBQ pulled pork and puppet shows were on offer…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

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…

Latitude Festival - Day 3

All kinds of magical and whimsical events happen in the woods, like Opera North who performed on Friday…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

The sheep got their ‘hair did’…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

Once the swimmers vacated the lake, a 3D laser water show took over…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

Latitude Festival - Day 1

High-energy act Titanium performed a show of dance styles born on the street including breakdancing, flamenco and hip-hop on The Waterfront Stage…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

There was even ballet…

Latitude Festival - Day 1

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.

Latitude Festival - Day 3

Johnny Depp was there too. (But we don’t have a picture).

Photo credit: All images by Dave J Hogan