Charli XCX Lido Festival review: London show proved why she’s one of the biggest pop girlies right now
Charli XCX didn't need any surprise guest appearances at her London Lido Festival show to prove why she is one of the biggest pop girlies right now.
It’s weekend 2 of Lido Festival and after last week's downpours the sun was luckily out on Saturday.
But amidst the clear blue skies, Victoria Park was well and truly a wash with brat green.
The final weekend of its first year, Lido is handing artists the control to create a festival entirely programmed by themselves.
With Brat collaborators Bladee, The Japanese House and The Dare all on the supporting bill for her day, Charli invited fans to vibe with some of her favourite artists and even joined the crowd to watch sets across the afternoon.
Arriving just after general entry around 2pm the site was already busy and was set to get a whole lot more as the evening went on.
After a bit of exploring and making our way through the crowds, we headed to the main stage to see The Japanese House and her indie guitar pop was a hit with music fans enjoying the sun.
Next was a dash to the other side of the festival site to The Dare who drew in such a crowd event stewards had to close it off.
We managed to catch the set from the side and could only just see his silhouette amongst his smoky filled staging but missed Pink Pantheress as more people ended up joining the crowd.
Back towards the main stage we scouted out a good spot to see Charli and enjoyed Gesaffelstein’s chrometastic set.
Then just as the sun began to set the party girl herself hit the stage and the crowd of course went wild.
Opening of course with her partygirl anthem 365, soon a rather torn up looking Brat curtain came down which Charli then ripped down as Von Dutch’s catchy bold beats began to alarm.
A highlight of any of Charli’s recent shows has been the Apple dancer and for the London Lido show it was famed presenter and interviewer Amelia Demolenberg which garnered a big cheer from fans.
Featuring some of her biggest Brat tracks as well as throwback songs from some of her past albums the crowd had their arms up and jumping throughout her set.
Track 10 under pouring rain was on another level which was followed by the Icona Pop track I Love It which rounded off the evening slightly earlier than her scheduled end of 10.55pm.
While the London Lido Festival didn’t get any surprise guest appearances from Lorde or even Troye Sivan, Charli really didn't need them to make her show great.
The night was a true triumph for her, proving just why she is one of the biggest pop girlies right now.
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