High Voltage Photo Spectacular
Come inside for some choice images from this past weekend’s High Voltage festival.
High Voltage was a triumph. Okay, we know we’re biased, but overall we reckon it’s been the best outdoor festival so far this year – because it was bold and brave enough to bring back ELP, to back prog and to give us a bill that was all killer, no filler. Roll on 2011.
Check out a selection of rather excellent photographs from High Voltage below. Ah, memories!
Did you spot Yoda on stage with Bigelf?
Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth
The main Classic Rock Stage
Cormac Neeson and James Heatley of The Answer
Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society
Kelly Hansen of Foreigner
Gary Moore
Luke Morley of The Union
ZZ Top
The Metal Hammer stage
The Prog Stage
The Wall Of Death, one of the many fairground attractions at High Voltage
Hey Guys are you not cheating a bit.
The ZZ top pic shows last years drumkit. Not the one on display sat night. Also wrong guitars.
However brilliant festival. Can’t wait for next year – you got the formula just right.
Hey ZZ Top pic . You sure thats high voltage. Drums and guitars are last years and not the ones on stage saturday.
Loved the fest though.
great weekend overall i really enjoyed it.just a couple of gripes-not enough time between gates opening and the first band coming on(i missed the first 15 minutes of touchstone,a major upset for me)and i thought the metal stage was too close to the prog stage.
Great 2 days
the prog stage needed to be bigger and better lighting
any chance of a band schedule more widely available on site
Enjoyed the festival in the sunshine except for 2 things: the food poisoning I got, and £4 for a warm can of lager in the VIP. A proper liberty.
Harsh review of the Union guys. They were brilliant and Pete’s voice was supurb.The crowd recieved them really well for a new band with unknown tracks and they opened the weekend with a BANG! I and many others thought they ROCKED!!!!
Yeah wrong hat too (ZZ Top)
Great weekend in the sun.
Frankie London. i got the runs as well from the VIP, overpriced, pretencious sandwich bar. i had the fish. anyone else????????
That’s right!! The ZZ Top picture is definitively NOT from the High Voltage Festival!
So … only 20 mins between the gates opening and the first band playing with hundreds of people waiting outside?!
The Metal stage was too close to the Prog stage, we could hear everything!
They should’ve at least alternate the set times between the Main and Prog stages, like they do at Sonisphere for the 2 main stages. Many bands we like had less audience because of this.
Also, it was really embarrassing how Gary Moore and Joe Elliot & Ian Hunter were kicked out of the stage!! Was it their fault not knowing what time they were supposed to finish … or were they not informed at all?
Anyway, nice weekend though …
Thoroughly enjoyed the Festival. One bone of contention, the Metal Hammer stage is too close and points directly at the Prog stage leading to “noisy neighbour syndrome”. Even Steve Howe mentioned it!! You need to sort that for next year.
I’ve enjoyed the festival very much!! I’v placed a review with a lot of pictures on my website
http://www.uriahheep-discography.com
What happened to the photo you took of the prog crowd from the stage? I was on the barrier so I expect I’m in it! The best festival I’ve been to in years. I spent all Sunday at the front of the Prog stage before going to see ELP. What a line up! Uriah Heep and Argent were fantastic, well worth the 35 year wait since I last saw them.
Brilliant festival – highlights for me were; Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash, Steve Hackett (set too short though), Argent (sensational), the Wall of Death, Food (had roast hog then paella). ELP absolutely brilliant! See my photos on Flickr; http://www.flickr.com/photos/8834193@N07/sets/72157624465009779/