LIDO Festival: London Grammar triumphantly close the debut year of London’s new festival – Day 5

The inaugural LIDO Festival closed on Sunday with a showstopping set from London Grammar following unique bills curated by Massive Attack, Jamie xx and Charli xcx, along with Outbreak Fest headlined by Turnstile.

London Grammar topped a lineup including Celeste, Róisín Murphy and Maverick Sabre.

“The widescreen pop of London Grammar was celebrated to its full with songs like ‘How Does It Feel’ ringing around Victoria Park, Hannah Reid’s vocals riding the beats. Their cover of Kavinsky’s ‘Nightfall’ is an unlikely singalong but it is gorgeous in its stillness before the unrelenting rhythm kicks in. 

‘House’ was equally thunderous, London Grammar laying claim to the site, while ‘Wasting My Younger Years’ and ‘Lord It’s a Feeling’ reverberated around the field. 

‘Baby It’s You’ was heartbreak disco for the park’s dancefloor and ‘Metal & Dust’ was cloaked in regret. Fans were treated to stripped back versions of ‘Fakest Bitch’ and ‘Darling Are You Going To Leave Me’”.

Throughout the five separate days of LIDO, heavyweights such as Jamie XX and Charli XCX, and Massive Attack headlined, with each and every event a celebration of music and culture in the capital.