The Killers' Question

"I got sober but I'm not a soldier?"

The Killers bass drummed their way into the early afternoon Red Marquee crowd, hitting them with an energetic vibe with "On Top" as the bass rumbled and keyboards squelched...

"Maybe I could do it if I put my back into it"

Snow Patrol launched into their easy hit for a continually full Red Marquee, lead man Gary Lightbody 'uuh uuh oh'ing a breezy summer pop chorus...

"You say you love day but you come out at night"

The Zutons! The Zutons screach into place with a demented blues chicken scratch of Zuton fever. Falling in behind Abi Harding's creaky sax the whole band is of a singular sound, voodoo wahoo and...

"I'm in a State"

For too long we've been missing the perfect ugly beauty of the Pixies. But the band that launched a thousand '90s bands, much like the Velvet Underground in the '70's, is back...

"Sometimes I think I'm bigger than the music"

If you were a seven-year-old wondergirl about to be shot out of a cannon, after performing a short tap dance, what would you wear?

"There's only one kind of mind who truly satisfies"

The Charlatans (UK) were always best when they were a organ propelled band, the keyboard cousins of fellow Manchester residents Happy Moondays and Stone Roses...

"I want you to take me out"

Franz Ferdinand were a buzz, promising a stylish show and tight songs. FF are hyped as having an arty, dancy edge...

"Set You Free"

Others may stomp out the blues with sweet swagger and affectation, but the blues itself rips the song out of the Black Keys' guitarist Dan Auerbach...

"I get along"

The Libertines returned to Fuji Rock this year once again lacking Peter Doherty. Both years they have played with a substitute, due to Doherty's collision with who knows what demons...