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22 ISSUE 103 / 2017 FESTIVALS If one festival in the UK can truly be described as a giant playground for adults, many would certainly say it is the festival affectionately known as Boomtown Fair. With twelve distinct areas in which you can choose to spend your time, Boomtown is a festival truly proud of its eclectic identity, paying homage and supporting the vast majority of music genres. Once chosen by General Eisenhower to address the allied troops prior to The D-Day landings, The Matterley Bowl and Estate has now over the recent years played host to numerous festivals such as Homelands, Slammin' Vinyl & Glade, though Boomtown has easily been its most successful. With last year's Boomtown having been a resounding success with its all round magnificent production and non-stop sunshine, it was looking rather bleak for the 9th installment of the this full-on fun fest. A fortnight filled with bad weather and heavy downpours nearly turned the site into an enormous mud bath before it had even started. However, by the time the gates to Boomtown eventually opened to the public midday Thursday, all was ready in true fairground splendor for the eager campers. With far too many acts to mention individually, we have chosen a selection of the biggest crowd drawers and the most powerful performances that were on offer at this year's Boomtown. The biggest act set to perform on Friday was the mighty Cypress Hill. The reefa smoking rap legends ran through a selection of their biggest hits that left the crowd begging for more. Celebrated UKG veterans Heartless Crew had the crowd at Banghai Towers popping off with a set filled with garage classics. From Friday night into early Saturday morning, the High Focus Records took over the Poco Loco stage which drew huge crowds. On Saturday Grooverider, Fabio, Randall and Ray Keith formed the core acts at Robotika, making sure the crowds were treated to a quality selection of dark, liquid and neurofunk styles from three of the genres most consummate professionals, getting the drum heads ready for Nicky Blackmarket's early evening slot the following day (which he totally smashed) and of course Shy FX's headline Sunday night set. On Sunday, Ben UFO, Mr Scruff, and Joy Orbison individually performed storming sets before going back to back to close the Vamos stage with the kind of one off set you might never see again. A rare UK appearance by Sublime with Rome made for a magical performance on the town centre stage. Uptown, while Gentleman's Dub Club and Eva Lazarus turned up the crowd a few notches with the penultimate set before Lion's Den headliner M.I.A. Who sparkled during her performance of 'Paper Planes'. Black Sun Empire were given the honours of the closing set for Banghai Towers and they did not disappoint. Anyone spending time at Boomtown would marvel at the ferocious production values and couldn't fail to notice the dnb & reggae that serves as the festivals spine. However, those with an affinity with rock, indie, and even jazz were all well served, making the four day festival accessible to all musical tastes. THE ULTIMATE ESCAPISM OF BOOMTOWN FAIR

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