Review – Anjunadeep Open Air returns to Labyrinth on the Thames

Anjunadeep took over the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College for 9 hours on Sunday 9th August. One stage, seven acts, doors at two, curfew at eleven, sold out for the second year running. The best thing that happened all day was not on the running order.

Sadly William Orbit died just two days before at 69. Dosem and HANA marked it mid-set by dropping a rework of Ray of Light, Orbit’s 1998 production rebuilt over a much harder kick. Nothing was said over the mic. By the second chorus you could watch it travel across the lawn.

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