Date: 28th August 2009
Event: Leeds Festival
Venue: Bramham Park
City: Leeds
Country: England
Support: see timetable
Tracklist:
1. World’s On Fire
2. Breathe
3. Breathe (Dubstep)
4. Omen
5. Warrior’s Dance
6. Firestarter
7. Run With The Wolves
8. Voodoo People
9. Omen (Reprise)
10. Invaders Must Die
11. Diesel Power Beats
12. Smack My Bitch Up
13. Take Me To The Hospital
14. Out Of Space
Extra info:
Main Stage timetable:
22:00 – 23:30 Arctic Monkeys
20:20 – 21:30 The Prodigy
19:00 – 19:50 Maximo Park
17:50 – 18:40 Ian Brown
16:45 – 17:30 The Courteeners
15:40 – 16:25 Enter Shikari
14:35 – 15:20 Eagles Of Death Metal
13:40 – 14:15 The Rakes
12:45 – 13:20 Fightstar
12:00 – 12:30 Mariachi El Bronx
Review by nme.com
The Prodigy’s opening song at Leeds Festival tonight (August 28), ‘World’s On Fire’, proved prophetic, as it inspired fans in the crowd to light a flare.
The firestarters sparked up the flame before ‘Warrior’s Dance’, which inspired riotous scenes at the Main Stage.
The Essex band got the masses raving with a typically energetic set, including fan favourites such as ‘Breathe’ and ‘Voodoo People’.
‘Firestarter’ saw singer Keith Flint charge around the stage, while his co-frontman Maxim regularly fired the crowd up with rallying cries of, “Where the fuck are you Leeds Festival?”.
“If you ain’t fucking here, where the fuck are you? You’re fucking nowhere,” he told the crowd before ‘Invaders Must Die’, perhaps alluding to those who had chosen to go and see Glasvegas on the Radio 1/NME Stage instead.
The stage was lit up by a dazzling strobe show throughout the set, which culminated in a climactic ‘Out Of Space’.
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Photos from the show:
It was me who lit the flare and I can’t find any footage at all! Didn’t care then I loved it! Would be nice to have a visual memory!
A. Walton