Cooling off and Contrasting Concerts - Paléo Day 2

If you want to keep cool in the heat at Paléo you could jump in the water of the fountain (near the very entrance to the festival grounds), or you could just simply keep yourself hydrated. There are various places when you can fill water bottles up at Paléo, one of these is not far from the main entrance on the road to the buses and trains, and the other is near the fountains itself. Look out for the "palé eau" signs.

Note: There is also potable water in the taps in the toilets

Photo above - keeping cool with a fan... at the "Ski Bar". One of the other cool things about Paléo is the possibility of dipping in and out of completely contrasting concerts and being able to check out bands, some that you may have never have heard of before.  Tuesday night was a good case in point.  At 20:00 you could first catch Swiss band from Zurich, Klaus Johan Grobe playing the Club tent.  The trio sang in German, and played to a moderately sized crowd with synthesisers, bass and drums. Their music is labelled rather interestingly as "Romantik Neo Kraut", those more mature audience members who recall some of the music from the 60s' and 70's will have been transported back to those times during this concert. The band themself have toured many European festivals including the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Photos below - Klaus Johan Grobe

The Script playing on the main stage at 21:00 attracted a youngish crowd including many children, dancing and jumping up and down on their parents' shoulders.

A complete contrast was the raucous rock of Belgian group Triggerfinger playing in the Detour tent also at 21:00  Despite the heat in and outside the tent, their playing and energy was intense and loud as they thrashed out music which got the crowd rocking, whooping and dancing. Photos below Triggerfinger - All photos - above and below C.Nelson-Pollard