“In 1995, The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando missed his slot at the festival due to rock star excesses. Arriving late at the site, he attempted to force an impromptu acoustic set on a crowd waiting for Portishead. They were vastly unamused: Dando had to be removed from the stage for his own safety. It remains a solitary recorded example of coffee-table trip-hop fans erupting in a livid wave of anger – the musical equivalent of assistant librarians rioting.”
Ami found this fine piece of festival writing in The Guardian today. I was one of the aforementioned coffee-table trip-hop fans and remember this event well. “Evan-fucking-who?” were I believe my exact words at the time as I tried to cope with having fought my way through an unexpected sea of Portishead aficionados only to hear a solo unknown (to me) guitarist’s drivel.
