The civilised way to watch banging rock

The theme of ridiculously heavy Main Stage opening bands reached new heights of incredulity today with the double bill of Mastodon and Killswitch Engage. Our ears are still in shock. Ice cream solves the problem, although that involves handing over an eye-watering 2.50 for some froth in a cone. "Two fifty? Why do you call them 99s then?" demands the next customer. We spend the next ten minutes wondering why we have never questioned this before.

"Why would you take away Sunday? It would halve your weekend!" asks someone who clearly hasn't read their programme with due care. New York rockers Taking Back Sunday certainly stake a big fat claim on today, with tracks from new album 'Louder Now' slotting neatly into the emo urgency of their set. A man walks past clutching a sign declaring his love for triangles. A fight nearly breaks out when someone announces a preference for squares.