In an already saturated London music festival market, even in Victoria Park itself, you could argue that adding yet another weekend of pop-meets-electronic in the form of Massive Attack, Jamie xx, Charli XCX and London Grammar would struggle to find its audience.
Culture Music Live music · Lido Festival day two with Jamie xx, Romy and Sampha | Live review · 8th June 2025 · Sarah Bradbury · Shot by Mike Garnell · Sarah Bradbury Shot by Mike Garnell · 8 June 2025 ·And so the inaugural Lido kicked off this weekend, with Massive Attack opening on Friday and Jamie xx headlining on Saturday. The obvious comparator for the festival is, of course, All Points East – or, more specifically, its Field Day component, it also being of an electronic bent and set in the exact same location.But as the day wore on, there were enough dry spells to appreciate some music. Carefully curated by Jamie xx himself to reflect his influences, there was a solid, handpicked lineup – though perhaps more thought could have been put into the scheduling. With Jamie going back-to-back with Skrillex and Nia Archives first thing, such heavy beats would have surely played much better once people were warmed up.Thank god, then, for Romy, vocalist and guitarist of Jamie’s xx’s other project, The xx, whose set in the second stage was the ultimate revival, the enclosed space of the big blue top becoming like a giant house party of friends as she performed songs from her 2023 solo album Mid Air, including Lifetime and her recent reinterpretation of 90s pop classic I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis – Always Forever.
