A Belated The Great Escape 2025 Write Up
21 August 2025
With all the force of a full swing band from the roaring 20s, ‘She’s Got Brass’ the all-female London-based brass outfit, played classics like ‘Lady Marmalade’ that got everybody dancing. From the each beautiful riffing solo, to their booming ensemble sound, they hit every beat blissfully.
Bar Italia brought something entirely different, with an their alternative rock and bass blaring out across the hill at Glastonbury. The london-based band brought all sorts of styles, from noughties nostalgia, to shoegaze to britpop, each song sparked curiosity and excitement from their audience.
Caity Baser, known already for headlining Sound City earlier this year, seemed dreadfully shocked to find she had accumulated a following that had followed her to Glastonbury. Running onto stage, Caity immediately launched into her bubblegum-pop setlist, with classics like ‘Oh Well’ ‘Why Can’t I Have Two?’ and’ X&Y’ with a pantomime-like call and response between each song, if the call was Caity Baser jumping for pure joy to the roaring response that sang every single lyric back to her in sync. Truly, despite exclaiming that ‘she was just a girl from Southampton!’ Caity’s ecstasy became incredibly infectious as the crowd danced along in mutual euphoria.
