If you were looking for a party on a Saturday afternoon, ALMA’s performance on the Dance Stage at Reading is exactly where you needed to be.
Elated to the highest heavens, this is music at its most footloose and fancy-free. If there was ever any doubt as to the Finnish pop artist’s acclaim, the rapturous applause that follows every song instantly drowns that out.
Jumping around the stage front, ALMA commands her audience with unwavering delight – an emotion echoed in the frenetic footwork and embellished dance movements of everyone present. A beacon of brilliance in the otherwise darkened tent, ALMA places a power in sheer freewheeling enjoyment that’s as addictive as they come.
“Now is the time to party!” she declares to her crowd as she launches into closing song ‘Bonfire’ – though there wasn’t a person who wasn’t revelling in the celebration already.