"...Next up, it’s Razorlight on the main stage. Now, given that he’s let the world and their mum and her grandmum know that Razorlight are on their way to world domination, Johnny Borrell would look rather silly if they were shite. But they’re not. They, too, are fucking great! As is important at all festivals, where most bands look like they’ve been dragged from the bunk on their tourbus onto the stage, the walk-on is, er, spot on. Drummer Andy Burrows races on, throttles his drums to death with pounding rolls and then the rest follow and crash into ‘Rip It Up’. In the early afternoon sunshine, Razorlight radiate. ‘Don’t Go Back To Dalston’ and ‘Rock’n’Roll Lies’ clear the skies with their relentless, throbbing choruses, ‘Golden Touch’ grabs hold of every pair of lungs in sight and squeezes them to a pulp and new song ‘Keep The Right Profile’ proves that ska can be done without it being absolutely, tit-achingly awful. A few technical problems later and it seems Johnny might be walking off early, but the showman’s showman sticks around long enough to throw roses in the crowd and race around the stage for the chaotic climax of ‘In The City’. After this start, the rest of the day has some living up to do."
"“….’Appropriately massive crowd’, meanwhile is probably the first thing Johnny Borrell writes on Razorlight’s (Main Stage) rider demands. Oh yes, he loves an audience does our Johnny, hence the otherwise inexplicable removal of his shirt midway through their set, leaving his gleaming nips bared for the ladies to gawk over. Which they do. An exhibitionist he may be, but this can’t detract from his band’s thrilling performance today. After sweeping through ‘Don’t Go Back To Dalston’ and ‘Golden Touch’, the set ends with Johnny becoming a one-man Interflora and giving the kids flowers. It’s a beautiful moment.”"
"Clad in trademark skinny jeans and teeny t-shirts, Razorlight wowed a fantastic turnout this breezy summer afternoon. Stumbling, fumbling and wrecking all in their path, they bought a torrent gush of fresh indie rock to an eagerly awaiting young crowd.
Dragging his guitar along stage whilst tangled in his foot, lead vocalist Johnny Borrell strutted majestically, spilling beers, leaping on and off stage, throwing flowers and swinging that mic with reckless abandon.
The 13-track set encompassed new song Keep The Right Profile and forthcoming single Vice, which Johnny explained, “is about 2 girls.”
Spine-tingling To The Sea calmed the crowd for a few minutes, but that wasn’t for long. Singles Golden Touch, Rock’N’Roll Lies and Rip It Up were exactly what they were yearning for.
Dashing and dramatic, Johnny stripped his t-shirt off in the heat, flashing a little bum cleavage in those low-slung jeans of his.
With people running on and off stage to mop up the beer and untangle the wires on a stage sprawled with petals, this arty energetic performance had everyone enticed. Sweaty, wild and on their knees… this is rock n roll!"
"...But before then it was time for Razorlight (pictured) to show everyone exactly how to make the best use of the giant space of the Main Stage as Johnny Borrell lept, crawled and sprinted all over the place. 'Vice', 'Leave Me Alone' and 'Golden Touch' rang out one after another, and with the sun shining it was a truly beautiful moment watching the band tear into the huge crowd."