Here we take a look back at Bestival 2013 which included one of the biggest names in music playing his first ever UK Festival!The 3 headliners for the 2013 event were Fatboy Slim, Snoop Dogg, and one of the biggest names in the music industry and in a UK Festival Exclusive, and playing his first ever UK Festival... Elton John! Other acts included M.I.A, Franz Ferdinand, The Flaming Lips, The Knife, Bombay Bicycle Club, Tom Odell, Chic featuring Nile Rogers, Tom Odell, Bastille, Wu-Tang Clan, DJ Fresh, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Rudimental and many more.
And the theme for Bestival 2013 was HMS Bestival.
Friday - 6th September 2013:
Fatboy Slim headlined the Main Stage and was joined by numerous special guests including Isle Of Wight (Location for Bestival) band Resonate. Other acts to play on the Friday included The Flaming Lips, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jessie Ware, Wu-Tang Clan, Pretty Lights, Disclosure, Belle & Sebastian, Sinead O' Connor, Richie Hawtin, Duke Dumont, John Newman and many more.
Unfortunately Fatboy Slim's setlist is unavailable. However The Flaming Lips who performed before Fatboy Slim, their setlist is available and here are some songs that they performed A Spoonful Weighs A Ton, Do You Realize?, Look...The Sun Is Rising, The Terror, The W.A.N.D, Try To Explain, All We Have Is Now, Turning Violent and many more.
Left: Fatboy Slim sat beside a piano during his headline set at Bestival 2013.
Right: John Newman performing at Bestival 2013.
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Saturday - 5th September 2013:
Snoop Dogg headlined the Main Stage with other huge names performing during the day. Other acts that played during the day included Frnaz Ferdinand, Rudimental, The Roots, Bastille, DJ Fresh, The Knife, Johnny Marr, While She Sleeps, The Polyphonic Spree/Rocky Horror, Annie Mac, Ghostpoet, Swim Deep and many more.
Again there is no setlist for Snoop Dogg's headline set however there is Franz Ferdinand who played before Snoop Dogg on the Main Stage. Franz Ferdinand's set included performances of songs such as No You Girls, Evil Eye, Take Me Out, Walk Away, Right Action, Bullet, Michael, Ulysses, Love Illumination and more.
Left: Snoop Dogg headlining the Saturday night of Bestival 2013.
Right: Bastille getting into the theme of HMS Bestival.
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Sunday - 8th September 2013:
The final night of Bestival 2013 and it really went down a treat with Sir Elton John performing in a UK Festival Exclusive however that wasn't the only thing that made his set special as it was also Elton John's first ever UK Festival performance! Other acts that performed on the Sunday include Tom Odell, Chic featuring Nile Rogers, Crystal Fighters, James Blake, Lissie, Dexys, Angel Haze, The Cuban Brothers, Max Romeo, Carl Cox, Knife Party and many more.
Elton's John headline set included songs such as Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Crocodile Rock, The Bitch Is Back, Candle In The Wind, Home Again, Tiny Dancer, I'm Still Standing, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, Levon, Bennie And The Jets, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) and many more.
Left: Sir Elton John playing his first ever UK Festival, Bestival 2013.
Right: Nile Rogers performing with Chic at Bestival 2013.
To see more pictures from Sunday of Bestival 20013 then click here.
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