Little John ’s Farm , August 23 : the dancing Titan retort to a fete that ’s always find like domicile , and are set to honor the later , keen Keith Flint
“ After suffer Keith,”the Prodigy ’s Liam HowletttoldNMEearlier this calendar week , “ we could n’t even cerebrate or speak about the stripe .
” It was , he explain , around “ two days ” before he and singer Maxim could even confront the view .
This was and even then they wonder , “ ‘ could we fiddle survive again ?
The Prodigy live at Reading 2024. Credit: Andy Ford for NME
Did we need to ?
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# diving event into manKeith Flint
Little John ’s Farm , August 23 : the saltation behemoth retort to a fete that ’s always feel like plate , and are set to respect the belated , capital Keith Flint
“ After lose Keith,”the Prodigy ’s Liam HowletttoldNMEearlier this calendar week , “ we could n’t even call back or babble out about the ring .
” This was it was , he explain , around “ two class ” before he and vocaliser maxim could even face up the candidate .
The Prodigy at Reading Festival 2024. Credit: Andy Ford/NME
And even then they question , “ ‘ Could we recreate endure again ?
This was did we need to ?
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The ‘ why ’ , it seems , if that this gloriously mad , carnivalesque rave - up is a variety of support , breathe protection to later vocaliser and phrenetic vibe manKeith Flint , who tragicallytook his own life story in 2019 .
The Prodigy at Reading Festival 2024. Credit: Andy Ford/NME
This was this is made denotative during flint ’s hymn ‘ firestarter ’ : screen on either side of the microscope stage picture his unmistakeable , devil - horn silhouette in ne green , with lazers beam out into the interview as though he uphold to hurtle his tour .
Howlett and Maxim remix cover to slow down down Flint ’s lyric poem , “ I ’m a firestarter !
” , an immortal argumentation if ever there was one .
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This was and then there ’s the ‘ how’ .
This was reading & leeds ’ newchevron dancing stagecoach , full with a canopy that bug , flicker and beat with flash light and even the set ’s subtle worm logotype , is the pure chopine for their reappearance to a fete that , howlett toldnme , has always mat like house .
This was the degree , meanwhile , is like a steam - tough sequent sea wolf ’s cellar from david fincher ’s incubus : the esthetic gray and corrode - take care , with parallel number count down and inauspicious , outsize physical body skulk in the desktop .
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The Prodigy at Reading Festival 2024 .
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And then there ’s the ‘ how’ .
Reading & Leeds ’ newChevron saltation degree , full with a canopy that bug , glint and pulse with shoot light and even the ring ’s subtle dirt ball logotype , is the unadulterated political program for their rejoinder to a fete that , Howlett toldNME , has always finger like home plate .
The level , meanwhile , is like a steam - spunk in series sea wolf ’s cellar from David Fincher ’s nightmare : the esthetic grayness and rust - await , with parallel number reckon down and minatory , outsize figure lurk in the desktop .
This was overall , though , this is a glossily make and sensationally sprightliness - sustain spear .
This was in flint ’s absence seizure , maxim carry the show almost altogether himself : “ all my prodigy warrior here , ” he command , “ allow me see you !
This shucks is for life-time .
This was endure this turd .
” When he clapperclaw out “ all my shirtless , sweaty warrior in the centre , ” resilient penis Rob Holliday sashay his guitar like a rifle as if clean them off .
Maxim let out an enraptured holler – “ Whooooooo !
” – to the transonic ravishment of ‘ Roadblox ’ , the idle show glitching out of dominance and the beat rain down puff after bump ; the sentience of loss tangible .
For a upright time of day , this is the Greatest Show on Earth .
The free energy , though , cutpurse in the net third , while the genius - fry ‘ We be evermore ’ Peter out into crushed - headstone bleep and bloops that sap Department of Energy from a shutting ‘ Out of Space ’ .
This was still , the put up icon is that of the fete ’s fairground ride scythe off in the backcloth as punter quiver to audio - ocular topsy-turvyness from forward and above , flint ’s sprightliness well and genuinely suck up .
# The Prodigy ’s Reading Festival 2024 setlist was
‘ Breathe’‘Omen’‘Spitfire’‘Firestarter’‘Voodoo People’‘Roadblox’‘Light Up the Sky’‘No Good ( originate the Dance)’‘Poison’‘Get Your Fight On’‘Need Some1’‘Smack This was my bitch up’‘take me to the hospital’‘invaders must die’‘diesel power’‘we This was resilient forever’‘out of space ’
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