Sonic Boom: Cypress Hill, Chase and Status, Sister Sledge And Co Ensure Unforgettable Chapter Two

Boomtown throbbed across Hampshire at the weekend, with the 66,000 capacity music and theatre festival bringing a range of huge acts and huge range of actors to the fore.

Chapter Two: The Twin Trail was a huge success as people explored the festival's famous storyline, as well as experiencing performances from Sister Sledge, Cypress Hill, Confidence Man and hundreds more.

After The Prodigy had to cancel due to medical reasons, Chase and Status played the final set on Grand Central to tens of thousands of people as they celebrated the end of the weekend.

(c) Giulia Spadafora

Boomtown is famed for its ever-evolving storyline and this year, for the first time ever, attendees were able to affect the final outcome by voting on the Woov app.

Over the weekend the different districts of the festivals were searching for Elen, the main character of the story.

(c) Leora Bermeister

They were searching for her for different reasons and every app user was sent a notification to vote for Elen as ‘Friend or Foe’.

The winning vote was that Elen is a Friend, and so the closing show reflected that, and she will remain as the main character.

(c) Boomtown

Eco Bonds were really successful as four times more people took two full bin bags back to the Eco Bond hub, to reclaim their £20 deposit.

3,000 people signed up to be an ‘Agent of Change’ as they pledged to make an extra effort to use the correct bins, take their tents home and encourage their peers to do the same.

Boomtown will be back between August 7 and 11 in 2024.