On the traditionally indier-than-thou Other Stage, Mika bravely faced a constituency that regards him with mistrust and bludgeoned them with much-needed pop optimism. Gazing up at rainy skies, he insisted everyone help to stop the rain by copying his high-pitched “Hawaiian prayerâ€. For Love Today, he mounted his drummer’s bass drum like the Statue Of Liberty’s sexually undecided teenage brother and negotiated his multi-octave range like a speeding car on black ice and, yes, eventually embarrassed the rain into abating.
Given that Mika enlisted two roly-poly female dancers in blue corsets, and several more other chums, to dress up as wild animals while brandishing huge letters that spelt “LOVEâ€, the least Pete Doherty could have done for the Babyshambles set was rehearse a bit.
(Not sure if this is a positive or negative review)