Review: Norfolk Spectacular featuring N-Dubz, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, Labrinth, Tinchy Stryder & More!
This weekend saw the arrival of a new music festival to the East – the Norfolk Spectacular. A line-up of many of the top acts in the UK’s rap, hip hop and R&B scene drew crowds in their thousands to the Norfolk Showground on each day, rain failing to dampen the spirits of both the crowd and the performers!
Tinie Tempah Photo by Chloe Peek |
Yasmin performed a set for about 20 minutes, featuring her singles ‘Finish Line’ and ‘On My Own’, as well as ‘Runaway – Part 2’ her own version of the song she originally recorded with Devlin, ‘Runaway.
Maverick Sabre followed with his Summer tour set, his new single ‘Let Me Go’ proving to be a huge hit with the crowd. The highlight of his set was his cover of Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’ with the crowd singing along to all of the lyrics and creating an amazing festival atmosphere.
Succeeding Maverick Sabre came Tinchy Stryder, who everyone in the crowd seemed to love. He performed a range of his hits, including ‘You’re Not Alone’, ‘Take Me Back’ and ‘Never Leave You’, as well ‘Number 1’, for which he told everyone to ‘put your ones in the air’ and had everyone dancing along. ‘Let It Rain’ has everyone singing along, however perhaps the lyrics were not the most appropriate for the day, as soon after the song finished, it began to pour with rain, soaking everyone!
Labrinth Photo By Chloe Peek |
Devlin followed Labrinth, performing a few songs from his album, as well as popular single ‘Runaway’ which was the highlight of his set, the whole crowd singing along to choruses, proving to be an excellent end to his set.
Next came the 3 performers which everyone was looking forward to the most. The first of this was Taio Cruz, who performed all of his singles, including ‘Like A Star’, ‘Break Your Heart’ and ‘Higher’, concluding with ‘Dynamite’, which made the crowd go crazy and left everyone eagerly anticipating the next performer.
Tinie Tempah’s DJ came on stage next, whipping up a set of about 10 songs which all linked into one another, ending finally with ‘Barbara Streisand’, for which the lyrics were changed to ‘Tinie Tempah’. Tinie Tempah then took to the stage, opening with ‘Frisky’, which had everyone in the crowd jumping along. He also performed ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’, ‘Hitz’ and ‘Wonderman’, in which Tinie got the crowd to put their hands up in the air in the shape of a W. He also performed his newer song ‘Love Suicide’ for which he taught the crowd the chorus and asked everyone to sing the choruses whilst he rapped the verses, encouraging everyone to get out lighters and camera lights to wave in the air. Tinie Tempah declared the Norfolk Spectacular ‘the best show I have done in a long time’, before leaving the stage. As soon as he left, crowds began chanting for an encore, and back Tinie came to the stage to perform his hit ‘Pass Out’.
N-Dubz Photo by Chloe Peek |
Review by Chloe Peek
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