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Parklife 2022, the party returns to Manchester once again
11.06.2022 - 19:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
So Parklife is most certainly back. Yes, it was back last year too, but this time it feels different. There are no vaccine passports, no LFTs, no masks, no elbow bumping. It all feels like it was a nightmare and that ‘new normal’ that people were talking about has been truly abandoned, in favour of the old normal, which everyone liked fine.
It’s the first time at Parklife for Charlie, 23, and Aaron, 28. They’ve travelled five hours from Bournemouth and South Wales respectively, and it’s a relief to be back in a field after two years with no festivals. They know each other because they do extreme sports on horseback together. Obviously. It’s called the Mounted Games Association, and it takes them all over the world.
“We jump on and off and do stunts together,” bellows Aaron in deepest valleys brogue over Girls Don’t Sync’s garage set at, appropriately, The Valley stage. “We compete internationally, European championships. Flat out, mate. It’s just what we do.
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“We’re having a year where we’re just going to really go for it, and have a good time, like. It’s been two years since we’ve been to anything at all. We’ve missed it all so much, absolutely we have. We love it.”
Ahmed is another first-timer, and at 47, says he’s come to festivals a bit later in life. But with a golden eye transfer and a floating robe, he’s thoroughly embracing his inner rave. He’s a pharmacist from London, and his 19-year-old daughter is here - ‘somewhere’ - too. They’re hoping to meet up at Four Tet, who’s playing behind us.
“It’s my first time, I’ve heard it’s one of the best festivals, and I love dance music,” he says. “Almost everyone who I love in electronic music is
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Parklife
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