Classic Rock

BENJI WEBBE

Skindred ruled British festivals in 2021. From the Download pilot to Bloodstock and beyond, the Welsh ragga-metallers were a resounding highlight (in a run of notably homegrown line-ups), building on a long-standing reputation for having more fun with mega crowds than anyone else. Epic mosh pits, wheeling shirts in the air (aka ‘the Newport helicopter’), ‘waving like the queen’ – it takes a firebrand frontman to get thousands of rock fans immersed in such good-natured silliness.

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