Santogold brought the Nottingham leg of the Dot To Dot festival to a dramatic close last night (May 25) as she performed to a packed Rescue Rooms.
Queues of fans eager to see the Brooklyn singer snaked around the block for an hour before she came on at midnight - and many were locked out as the venue reached capacity.
Performing with two backing dancers, who were wearing flamboyant baggy trousers and sunglasses, her choreographed dancing went down a storm with the audience as she worked through tracks including ���?L.E.S. Artistes���?� and the climatic ���?Creator���?�.
Expanded this year to two days, Dot To Dot played host to an eclectic mix of new and established bands. Dirty Pretty Things headlined Saturday in Rock City with a set that included ���?Bang Bang You���?�re Dead���?� and ���?Blood Thirsty Bastards���?�.
Meanwhile, over in Rescue Rooms, Chrome Hoof brought Saturday night to a close playing the most spectacular set of the weekend. The eight-piece performed their progressive jazz/metal/dance amalgamation dressed in gold sequinned robes to loud applause. People danced one minute for ���?Spokes of Uridium���?�, then head-banged the next when the bassist donned a metal helmet to provide growling vocals for the death metal ���?Mad Air Punch.���?�
Before Santogold on Sunday, Mystery Jets played a jubilant set in Rock City runing through tracks drawn largely from their new album, including ���?Flakes', ���?Young Love���?� and ���?Two Doors Down���?�. They were received with mass sing-a-longs and frenetic dancing.
May 26, 2008 at Carling Bar Academy, Birmingham -
May 30, 2008 at Sub Club, Glasgow -
Jun 1, 2008 at Crawdaddy, Dublin -
