Culture-clashing highlights from the festival on the other side of the planet – in every sense. Chiba Marine Stadium, Japan, Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9

by Jaimie Hodgson

Unless Neptune, Gabba Land or Lady Gaga’s knicker draw have started throwing parties, there’s few more amazingly alien festival destinations for the average British gig-goer than Tokyo. From the minute you step off the plane, the things that strike you as you enter mid-summer Tokyo for the first time are: the heat (stifling), the air (oppressive), the language barrier (baffling).

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