Victorious Festival 2022 Live Blog: Day 3 of Portsmouth festival reaches crescendo with Sam Fender and Anne-Marie headlining
and live on Freeview channel 276
The musical extravaganza started on Southsea Common on Friday and music-lovers from across the country flocked to opening day.
Some came from as far as York, Manchester and Edinburgh to soak in the spectacle.
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Hide AdPrimal Scream started the festival off with a bang, with Stereophonics headlining the Common Stage that evening.
Declan McKenna wrote himself into Portsmouth folklore yesterday following his opening address to the crowd: ‘I woke up this morning and I knew where I wanted to be - Portsmouth baby.’
Memorable moments include HMS Prince of Wales passing Southsea Common during a Sugababes set, with the crowd in full voice.
Sam Fender and Anne-Marie will soon be headlining the Common Stage and the Castle Stages respectively.
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Other prominent performers include Nothing But Thieves and Eurovision star Sam Ryder.
Day 3 has seen many highlights, for the right and the wrong reasons.
The dreams of members of the Portsmouth samba drum band, Batala, were made as they performed alongside Sam Ryder.
Others had a less pleasant experience, with so many spectators flocking to the Caste Stage for Sophie Ellis Bexter’s set that some had to be rescued to avoid being crushed.
The News will keep you updated on everything you need to know about the festival.
You can follow the live blog at the bottom of this article.
Victorious Festival 2022 Live Blog
Key Events
- It is the final day of Victorious festival today.
- Today, Sam Fender and Anne-Marie will be headlining.
- Other acts performing today include Nothing But Thieves and Sam Ryder.
Editors on Common Stage
Editors performing on the Common Stage. The crowd is going wild.
Sam Ryder!
Eurovision star Sam Ryder gave a magical performance on the Common Stage earlier.
‘A sea of faces'
Sam Ryder invited Portsmouth’s Batala samba drum band to perform his Eurovision hit ‘Spaceman’ on the main stage - as a completely last minute decision.
Nell Ravenscroft, who runs the Meon Stoke village shop when she’s not drumming, said: ‘We did something with him for a TV interview this morning.
‘They just asked for us to play for a few minutes after the interview, and he said, “do you want to be on stage with me?”
‘He was amazing. A big thank you to him for the experience. It’s the biggest crowd I have played to - it was a sea of faces.’
Sam Ryder!
Eurovision star Sam Ryder was joined by the batala samber drummers during his hit song ‘Spaceman’.
Rubbish galore
Overflowing bins across the site - some helpers out with litter pickers to tackle the trash.
Gosport Steampunk Society
Members of the Gosport Steampunk Society are hosting life drawing sessions where members of the public can try their hand at drawing some of the Victorian-inspired costumes.
Traffic misery
Hundreds of festival-goers are stuck at Lakeside North Harbour, with the bus service struggling to cope.
It comes as several people have reported traffic problems getting to the festival.
Power outage
The power reportedly went out mid set for Dub Pistols at the Beats and Swings tent.
The frontman kept the audiences entertained while it was fixed.
More to follow if we hear anything.
