Wireless Festival 2009 Sponsored By Barclaycard

The Wireless audience have been on fire today (not literally, you understand – it’s a figure of speech), and one band you could tell they were all longing to see was N-Dubz. With a mighty roar from the crowd, their set kicked off with an awesome drum solo as Dappy, Tulisa and Fazer induced a deafening scream, kicking off with I Swear.

Everyone watching was in good voice, and Dappy got the entire Wireless crowd chanting the chorus to Ouch back at the Camden trio. Following an incredibly swift costume change backstage, the band broke in to Strong Again, Wouldn’t You and Better Not Waste My Time. Today, N-Dubz confirmed that they truly are masters of controlling a sold out crowd – they were amazing.

All this chaos was followed by what would turn out to be a legendary set from Scottish dance producer Calvin Harris, who owned the stage with his catalogue of hits. Starting out with Merrymaking At My Place, which was followed by awesome lesser-known track Colours, the crowd were loving Calvin, not least when he managed to get 20,000 people jumping up and down to a fantastically bass-y rendition of Acceptable In The 80’s.

With the sun pounding down on Hyde Park, there was a Balearic vibe in the air, and when he played Not Alone, Calvin confirmed, as if there was any doubt, that he really is a force to be reckoned with on the dance scene.

We were also lucky enough to see Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity, who would be playing their biggest gig since winning the show to the Wireless hoard. With the stage stripped of mic stands, drum kits and everything else, the troupe backflipped and summersaulted on to the stage, before being greeted by Kiss FM DJs and Wireless MCs Ricky and Melvin, who interviewed leader Ashley in front of everybody before the performance.

Ashely told us that they had been touring pretty much none stop since winning BGT, and that they had all arrived at Hyde Park in a helicopter. They did an extended version of the set that won them the show, which was followed by rapturous allplause and cries for more.

Meanwhile, the backstage area was a hive of activity, and before we knew what was happening we found ourselves rubbing shoulders with the stars, who were out in full force. Mark Ronson was spotted chatting to Jack Penate, two thirds of the Sugababes (Heidi must’ve been elsewhere) where wandering around with Alesha Dixon, and we were lucky enough to catch up with Noisettes, Flo Rida and Mr Hudson.

We’re off to chill out with a few more A-listers, and are finding it hard to believe that we’re only a few hours away from seeing Kanye West’s headline performance. It’s gonna be huge.