2015-08-07 @ Wilderness Festival, Oxford

Postby **Moderator** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:29 am

Post reviews, pics, videos etc of this gig here

buttons · Postby **buttons** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:04 pm

Post reviews, pics, videos etc of this gig here

i wish i could go to this .... Manchester was so good,,, i'm getting withdrawal symptoms

Jukka · Postby **Jukka** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:19 pm

if you can't go, you could serve us with links to papers covering the gig. Please!
But you need not exceed MartinSlovakia! (I was like...!!!!...when I lately, so late, so late browsed that Pohoda airport gig.)

paganpoet · Postby **paganpoet** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:00 pm

Looks like I'll be there.

faber · Postby **faber** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:07 pm

Looks like I'll be there.

Wonderful! Report back

This has now turned 100% more special considering that, as of now, this will be Björk's last concert this year

(how good would it be if they livestreamed this concert as a payback for the other cancellations?

)

stavaas · Postby **stavaas** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:20 pm

Me and my husband were supposed to go there. Then we decided to go to Reykjavík instead...

faber · Postby **faber** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:31 pm

Wild things. It's here. We simply cannot wait to see you.

Björk will still be headlining Wilderness Festival 2015 on Friday August 7th despite recent cancellation of other shows. Wilderness is currently the final show in her tour schedule.

The final few tickets Weekend Tickets are available at the box office x

mylojamajo · Postby **mylojamajo** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:06 pm

anyone knows at what time the show starts?

phaneron · Postby **phaneron** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:06 pm

Have fun everybody! Don't forget to take pictures

far & away · Postby **far & away** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:23 pm

Last show! Have a great evening!

Postby **Moderator** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:34 pm

anyone knows at what time the show starts?

21:00

far & away · Postby **far & away** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:10 pm

far & away · Postby **far & away** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:00 pm

O M G, I can't wait to see the new dress!

jotafred · Postby **jotafred** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:32 pm

Looks like I'll be there.

Plase record it

Darkest Moon · Postby **Darkest Moon** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:22 pm

Some first impressions:

https://instagram.com/p/6GE8URJQnL
https://instagram.com/p/6GFXRnBHIP
https://instagram.com/p/6GGRzCTfAC -> That's quite far way from the stage

Voltagenic · Postby **Voltagenic** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:26 pm

https://instagram.com/p/6GE8URJQnL

Wow, crazy fireworks & it's only the first song!

Has she gone completely off-piste for this gig? She wouldn't have fireworks during 'Stonemilker', surely?

Looking forward to seeing the setlist.

Darkest Moon · Postby **Darkest Moon** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:32 pm

@Voltagenic I thought the same. May-be she started with Lionsong for some reason (at least according to https://instagram.com/p/5vHYF3yJgi, in Rome there where smoke bombs during Lionsong) or may-be the description is incorrect.

Here's another one with the red smoke: https://instagram.com/p/6GHRpXLID1

Sadly, we cannot see the backdrop which could have helped identify the song.

PS: Well, at least we know now that she did Lionsong (no surprise): https://instagram.com/p/6GGhTrI8kp/

jotafred · Postby **jotafred** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:55 pm

The backdrop is very white, it should be Lionsong

Hope a surprise in the set shows up, maybe a little Isobel here, a little Jóga there

far & away · Postby **far & away** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:05 pm

Where's the dress?

toque · Postby **toque** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:36 pm

she's getting wild... in wilderness

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:39 pm

go home mod, you're drunk

Postby **Moderator** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:43 pm

haha
what, i can't be funny?

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:48 pm

haha
what, i can't be funny?

Glutar · Postby **Glutar** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:29 pm

anything?

faber · Postby **faber** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:37 pm

no info anything

Burnface · Postby **Burnface** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:41 pm

Red dress again (not sure which one cos pics are terrible and it's a slow night on Instagram, probably the Rome one cos I see leg).
New mask? https://instagram.com/p/6GLXTSTVUA/?tagged=bjork
Confirmed songs: Lionsong, Black Lake, Stonemilker/Family (the background could be from both...).

Burnface · Postby **Burnface** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:50 pm

https://instagram.com/p/6GXhDOOWj1/?tagged=bjork

Army of Björk?

Postby **Moderator** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:56 pm

pigeonboy · Postby **pigeonboy** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:04 am

Seems a strange opener, but I like the setlist.

mrs bungle · Postby **mrs bungle** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:07 am

I like that she's played with the setlist a bit. Unravel!

Didn't think I could be more gutted that I'm missing seeing her again, but there it is...!

Burnface · Postby **Burnface** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:07 am

Seems a strange opener, but I like the setlist.

Maybe she wanted to do the smoke trick before it got too dark?

pigeonboy · Postby **pigeonboy** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:09 am

Seems a strange opener, but I like the setlist.
Maybe she wanted to do the smoke trick before it got too dark?

Good point Mr Clever.

sawako · Postby **sawako** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:14 am

https://instagram.com/p/6GaCnpRhw5/

pigeonboy · Postby **pigeonboy** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:26 am

mod edit // here ya go!

phaneron · Postby **phaneron** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:42 am

mod edit // here ya go!

beautiful shot!

Thanasis · Postby **Thanasis** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:29 am

Wow!!! Great!!!!

far & away · Postby **far & away** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:07 am

Wild-dress festival!

faber · Postby **faber** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:19 am

I thought this gig would get more interest, seeing this was her last for a while
Well let's hope a bootleg surfaces, anyone who attended can write a report if they feel like

dubstar · Postby **dubstar** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:55 am

I thought this gig would get more interest, seeing this was her last for a while
Well let's hope a bootleg surfaces, anyone who attended can write a report if they feel like

Has any 4umer been there? It surprises me too that there is hardly any information or pics of the festival...

humbuk · Postby **humbuk** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:56 am

the dress is so cool, pity because the concert was attended by noone apparently. how was it??

Smörgås · Postby **Smörgås** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:06 pm

It looked quite busy from the photos on Facebook:

I wonder what the huge chest piece was about?

phaneron · Postby **phaneron** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:19 pm

The red smoke is beautiful!

abandonship · Postby **abandonship** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:30 pm

I was there, it was a really interesting gig - a mixture of heartbreak and anger. She did A LOT of her angriest songs and made many digs which I can only assume were aimed at her ex husband (You can't handle love BABY) as an example.

Black Lake was heartbreaking, more like a therapy session than a song - I wouldn't be surprised if it was the last time she performed it live. Her energy was very fragile to start off with for the Vulnicura tracks but post-Family she became a lot more warrior like.

At the end she thanked the crowd for letting her sing long, slow emotional songs.

It was an amazing gig, I'm so happy I was there. I wouldn't be surprised if she only performs NotGet and Stone Milker from Vulnicura again if at all. The crowd weren't that I go it, but that has to be expected at a festival.

paganpoet · Postby **paganpoet** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:36 pm

I was there last and and just a few rows from the front, and it was definitely an interesting show to be part of.

I was at the Manchester show where she was rocking the "Up yours!" songs and seemed to genuinely be having an amazing time. Her energy was brilliant.

Last night's Wilderness setlist was fairly similar (apart from 'Unravel' instead of 'Bachelorette'), and starting with the explosions of 'Notget' and 'Hunter' definitely suited a festival setting more. But her energy was just different. You could tell it was more of an emotional gig for her. But, she certainly delivered and saw it through to the end.

Festival crowds in general are usually the worst... But as Wilderness is such a middle-class, yuppie festival, it was generally a pretty well behaved crowd. But the sentiment of the evening was probably wasted on the masses who were only there for a weekend of over-priced organic beers, bubble-teas and alternate therapy tents, bar the occaisional screams of "fans" screaming "Love you Be-yorrrrk!", before asking loudly to anyone around them "what song is this?!" immediately after every song made after Homogenic.

But yes... The weight of this gig on her shoulders didn't stop her giving a brilliant, memorable show. It wasn't as "fun" as Manchester. But, it was as pounding and was very clearly a touching one for her.

I was at the Biophilia MIF premiere in Manchester back in 2011, and then at the end for the Alexandra Palace gig. There was such a huge shift between those two, as Biophilia went on such a long journey and the show became such a well oiled machine by the end, despite that obviously being around the time when Björk was probably going through her toughest period. There was a sense of achievement and huge relief getting through the Ally Pally gig.

If last night is indeed Björk's farewell to Vulnicura, it was definitely more of an executive decision in order to pay homage to the music she's made out of this bleak period and now put it to bed swiftly, dust herself off and boldly say: "NEXT!". I'd definitely say there was a mixed sense of sorrow and necessity in that though. But, needs clearly must.

I'm very lucky to have scored a last minute opportunity to go yesterday, and to have had the chance to see a chapter literally being consciously brought closed before our eyes. x

Fiveways · Postby **Fiveways** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:33 pm

Great gig!! Fantastic to finally see her!

She even almost had me with the Oh So Quiet bait and switch at the end.

An Echo, A Stain · Postby **An Echo, A Stain** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:38 pm

She even almost had me with the Oh So Quiet bait and switch at the end.

Could you elaborate, please?

Erik · Postby **Erik** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:57 pm

The chest piece looks heavy

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:56 pm

what was the chest piece made of, by the way?
i can't figure out from photos.

Burnface · Postby **Burnface** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:59 pm

what was the chest piece made of, by the way?
i can't figure out from photos.

The souls of her enemies? I swear I see a face in the glass...

Like a white walker or something.

benjicoq · Postby **benjicoq** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:00 am

You see her squished boobs