by Jules & Katie of The Ting Tings

We arrived in Chicago on Friday the 1st un-fresh from a St. Louis over-heated gig. Chicago was boiling too, but in the excitement of being at Lolla we drank & stayed up too late. On Saturday morning, the weather sympathized & turned down the dial 10 degrees, still sunny but with a cooler breeze... thankfully. Us Mancs not used to these blistering heat waves. Our main stage time of 12.45 midday was probably the earliest we've ever played to an audience & being a new band in the USA, we thought no one would get up from their spin head beds to make it on site till later in the afternoon. Shocked & amazed to see around 8-10k people turn out for us & then sing along, wave 'n dance. Playing to that enthusiastic crowd made our day! With the city panorama propping them up, has to be one of the festival highlights this year, no doubt!
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