Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil Sets Fire to Guitar for Reading Fest Headline Slot
Monday, 26 August 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Biffy Clyro made their first ever headline performances at Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend - and frontman Simon Neil played so well, his guitar burst into flames.
Well, not quite - the singer and guitarist was so happy with closing the massive Reading Festival after headlining Leeds’ opening night, he set fire to his guitar with a flare after finishing off the band’s set (he jumped the gun a bit - the band came back for a three song encore just after!).
Having been gifted some of the best set-times of the two festivals, the band kept thousands upon thousands of fans enthralled for a hefty performance which featured a career-spanning selection of tracks, featuring 2002 single ‘57’ and Top 20 2013 track ‘Black Chandelier’.
At the end of their set - post-guitar-fire - the band performed their supermassive hit ‘Mountains’ to a thunderous crowd sing-along, with bass-player James Johnston telling the crowd:
“Thank you so much. You don't know how much this means to us. We hope you've had fun. We've probably had the best night of our lives."
Neil added:
"No doubt about that. We've waited our whole lives for this. Once again, we're Biffy fucking Clyro. You're Rea-fucking-ding.”
You can check out the set-list below - were you at Reading or Leeds Festival, and did you catch Biffy Clyro? If so, tell us how it was using the comment box underneath!
Setlist: 'Different People'
'That Golden Rule'
'Who's Got A Match'
'Sounds Like Balloons'
'Biblical'
'God & Satan'
'Glitter & Trauma'
'Saturday Super House'
'Bubbles'
'Folding Stars'
'Question & Answer'
'Machines'
'Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies'
'57'
'Many Of Horror'
'Modern Magic Formula'
'Black Chandelier'
'The Captain'
'Skylight'
'Stingin' Belle'
'Mountains'
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