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Magistrates tell V Festival to 'get sweaty'

Local lads get Chelmsford's Sessions Tent dancing

Magistrates urged the crowd to bunch up and "get sweaty" during their high energy set at V Festival tonight (August 17).

The Essex four-piece took the stage in the Sessions Tent to a rapturous applause from the small, but committed crowd.

Singer and keyboardist Paul Usher, sporting a gold jacket, told the crowd before 'Stand And Wait': "Try and squash in more and get sweaty – it's sexual – it's a sexual thing!"

Kicking off with 'The Inbetweens' and 'Anyway You Want Me', the indie-dance troupe also performed forthcoming single 'Make This Work' and 'Tell Me'.

They closed their half-hour set with 'Colour Coordination', with Usher telling the crowd: "You've been good to us Chelmsford."

Magistrates played:

'The Inbetweens'
'Anyway You Want Me'
'Make This Work'
'She Don't Wanna Be Alone'
'Stand And Wait'
'Tell Me'
'Colour Coordination'


Keep checking NME.COM for the latest news, pictures, videos and blogs live from both V Festival Chelmsford and V Festival Staffordshire all weekend.

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