The best bit of V98
by Sarah L Dixon (thequietcompere.co.uk)
Sarah L Dixon
Saturday 23 October 2021

This article is from
A Brief History of Beer
issue 71
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It wasn’t sitting around the campfire
as a spliff was handed around.
Or the guitarist three tents over
playing us to sleep.
Or when you saw James
for the first time in your flower top.
It wasn't the slow wake up among a small sleepy audience
for Lionrock in the dance tent.
It wasn’t when Green Day rocked so much their songs
pulled you further and further through the crowd
Or when The Verve played ‘the drugs don’t work’
and you cried into the shoulder of a Geordie lad.
Or when the sun set behind the stage
and lighters became fireflies.
It was the impromptu mud dance with strangers,
singing ‘Staying out for the summer!’ by Dodgy.
First published in Green Fields, Maytree Press, March 2020
Cover photo: Louis Comar
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