Wireless Festival 2009 Sponsored By Barclaycard

Sunday at Wireless started early this afternoon, with the carnival atmosphere in Hyde Park from last night still very much alive and well.

South London’s very own grime superstar Tinie Tempah kicked off the proceedings on the Main Stage, playing to an already bustling crowd who had got to Wireless nice and early. As well as dropping in a bunch of crowd-pleasers, the 19 year old boi-wonder made a brief nod to the late great Michael Jackson, with the Billie Jean bass-line thrown in on closing track Hood Economics, much to the delight of the audience.

Next up, Noisettes took to the stage, injecting the Wireless masses with their inescapable chart-topping tunes. Singer Shengai looked amazing in a tight white dress, and the band quickly broke into Wild Young Hearts, before rocking out to the incredible Don’t Upset The Rhythm.

“It’s an absolute treasure to be out performing to you today,” she told the fans. “I’ve been looking forward to this gig.”

As the sound of Chipmunk’s DJ was detected on the Second Stage, the fans came running in from the bright July sunshine. The big top filled up in no time and it was the turn of the 19 year old London boy to command his followers. With virtually every pair of hands in the air, a raft of promo CDs were thrown into the audience before the star lunched into the number one smash hit Tiny Dancer.

He also treated fans to an airing of his new single Diamond Rings – if it does well in the charts, he may even be lucky enough to buy a few  himself – it’s out in the shops tomorrow!

We then headed over to the Tuborg Stage where Ratatat were striking up a moody set complete with sinister samples, freaked out guitar noise all set to a lazy trip-hop beat. The darkness gave way to a dub bassline and a squealing effect-drenched guitar which provided what has to be the most interesting incarnation of dance music we’ve heard in a while. Their performance took us on a journey of electronic music from The Prodigy through Air by way of Daft Punk – a real treat!