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As your mortal coil pushes 40 it certainly gets harder to go up and downhill for four days straight. You’ll start giving up on the idea of partying until closing time. You’ll curse the dubious choices of headliners and how late some of your must-sees are playing. You’ll also curse how early some of your must-sees are playing because it’s 30+ every single day. You’ll decide you don’t have to watch every single show of the festival even if you should because you’re working. You’ll slap your head in disbelief when you notice your gel insoles are too worn out and it’s too late to order new ones, you’ll search for keywords like “metatarsal pads”, you’ll bring your own pillow and fan to your accommodation (yes, you last pitched a tent in 2007). You’ll still end up with a neck strain. And as soon as you leave you’ll start making plans to come back the next year because no matter the lineup, the amount of kids smoking cigarettes like this isn’t the year 2026, the diminishing amount of friends making the trip as they get even older than you, the weather, or the amount of dust in your lungs, there is no place like home.

Trying to reduce four days (actually, seven) of a festival with upwards of 70 shows to a top 10 is always a tough endeavour. Shoutout to several acts that didn’t quite make the cut below but deserve a mention: Terraplana, Kurt Vile, Horsegirl, Wet Leg, CMAT, Show Me the Body, Hetta, Patrick Watson, Aldous Harding, or Hermanos Gutiérrez (saying their 11pm slot was some unfortunate scheduling is an understatement). But here’s our top ten: