Top 20 Live Performances of 2016

I was fortunate enough to attend 2 large festivals in 2016: Coachella in Calfornia and Primavera Sound in Barcelona. I was also fortuitously given a free last minute ticket to Green Man in Wales at the end of summer. Circumstances mean that I'm more likely to visit smaller venues next year than international festivals, which will help me to re-engage with the grass roots of new music discovery. Meanwhile, these past 6 years of live music have left me with many incredible memories, and made life seem worth living, and celebrating. It seems highly appropriate that I end this year where I began in 2010, with Edward Sharpe. Here are pictures of my top 20 live experiences of the year.

1) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Coachella Day 3, April 2016

2) Grimes, Manchester Academy, 12th March 2016

3) Sigur Ros, Primavera Sound 2016, Day 3

4) M83, Coachella 2016, Day 1

5) Angel Olsen, Manchester Club Academy 14th October 2016

6) PJ Harvey Primavera Sound 2016, Day 3

7) Savages, Primavera Sound 2016 Day 2

8) Kamasi Washington, Green Man 2016

9) Laura Marling, Trades Club, 17th February 2016

10) Warpaint, Green Man 2016

11) GOAT, Albert Hall 22nd October 2016

12) Daughter, Primavera Sound 2016 Day 1

13) Anna Meredith, Soup Kitchen, 24th March 2016

14) Phantogram, Deaf Institute 17th November 2016

15) Kevin Morby, Deaf Institute 22nd August 2016

16) Weyes Blood, Castle Hotel 23rd November 2016

17) Julien Baker, Primavera Sound 2016 Day 1

18) The Oh Hellos, Green Man 2016

19) Surprise of the Year: SZA with guest Kendrick Lamar, Coachella 2016 Day 2

20) Disappointment of the Year: Radiohead, 2016 Primavera Sound Day 2
(runners up: Adele Manchester Arena, Warpaint Albert Hall, Jesca Hoop & Sam Beam RNCM)