Creamfields South Review: Love Island in Essex just with more booze and better music

Forking out the grand sum of 6.50 for a can of Carlsberg won't be everyone's cup of tea but it's hard to drink begrudgingly at a sun-soaked festival. Kicking off the UK's summer of music this year was the second-ever Creamfields South where organisers and revellers alike could not have dreamt of such perfect weather.

Forking out the grand sum of £6.50 for a can of Carlsberg won't be everyone's cup of tea but it's hard to drink begrudgingly at a sun-soaked festival.

Kicking off the UK's summer of music this year was the second-ever Creamfields South where organisers and revellers alike could not have dreamt of such perfect weather.

House music fans need little invitation to strip down the the bare minimum of clothing, so basking in 22C heat was more than enough for thousands of blokes to go topless and glittered women to go all but.

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And who can blame them for jumping at the chance to flaunt their Ibiza-ready gym bodies in Chelmsford, Essex from Friday to Sunday over our third May bank holiday weekend.

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As for the music, a brief glance at the line-up affirms that the festival which remains in its infancy is no measly spin-off of what is now known as Creamfields North.

Where else over the next few months are you going to catch genre giants Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Fatboy Slim in one place?

When V Festival called it quits at Hylands Park in 2020 the tried and tested festival location was swiftly snapped up by Creamfields bosses, who cannot be faulted for transforming it into a weekend mecca for dance.

As though by some divine intervention, the launch of Creamfields South followed my own move to Chelmsford making my journeys back and forth on foot an absolute dream.

I ensured I caught the aforementioned big names live as well as the likes of MK, Gorgon City and Franky Wah. I arrived a day late for Tiësto, Example and Becky Hill.

Thanks to the weather more than holding out, wellies were far from needed although anyone precious about mud did well to remain around the edges of the Nation tent.

For all the incredible DJs performing one after another around the site, Hospitality's Garden Party very much had its claws in me.

Great music, a queue-less bar and a Greek food stall (among others) made for an atmosphere as chilled or lively as one chooses.

A wandering gold man about flanked by a pair of women in full carnival head dress only added to the area's entertainment.

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From one end of the spectrum to the other – the Arc Stage is a behemoth of engineering. Compare DJs to bands or even singers and there's little competition in how well they can work the stage.

If LED screens for lights, graphics and movies are the only thing dance fans have to watch, then why not make them as big as physically possible?

Arise the 100 metre wide, 15 metre tall Arc Stage which kept eyes transfixed on Calvin Harris' arm-waving and the cinematic experience around him which was timed to every beat.

Creamfields North will be held over the August 24-27, Bank Holiday weekend in Cheshire.

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