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And so the fun in the sun and live music continued in Hyde Park, with the balmy weather and incredible summer atmosphere welcome additions to what is already turning out to be our best Wireless ever.

At a more salubrious pace, Danish minimalists Chimes and Bells charmed the Bella Union Stage with gorgeous sun kissed songs. The set was well received as the band ended with a rousing rendition of their single Do The Right.

Meanwhile, London stalwarts St Etienne graced the Main Stage as the afternoon temperatures soared. Fox Base Alpha signs were clearly visible in the adoring crowd as the band launched into a fan-pleasing set laced with chilled summer beats. Bob Stanley and Sarah Cracknell’s finale of He’s On The Phone really served to get the crowd moving.

Oblivious to this were the crowd who had gathered at the second stage for what proved to be a stonking set from German dance-punk duo Digitalism. The guys emerged to hysterical cheers from the already hyped crowd, coming out to the euphoric Idealistic, before hammering out most of the choons from their awesome debut album.

Tommy Sparks lifted the roof off the Tuborg stage with a great rendition of the Stardust classic Music Sounds Better With You and closing his set with the one the crowd were all waiting for She’s Got Me Dancing - and yes, he managed to get us all dancing too!

Over on the Main Stage, it was the turn of chart-topping man-of-the-moment Jack Peñate to entertain his mass of assembled fans. After a quick round of the ‘crowd-division-noise-making’ competition from our resident compares Ricky and Melvin, the atmosphere was more Carnival than stroll in the Park as Jack ripped into songs off his new album in addition to some old favourites.

I’m So Near and Everything is New  were conducted with the famous Peñate swagger whilst We all Spit At Stars and Torn On The Platform delighted fans with the stunning accompaniment of a small brass section. ‘Cor it’s hot out here’ quipped Jack as he continued his tirade of hits, he even managed to live up to the old Rock ‘n’ Roll cliché of smashing his guitar at the end of Give Yourself Away – ‘excuse me, it all got a bit too much’ he said afterwards.

No problem Jack - embrace your inner rock self!