# @rocksound on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-07-11T09:15:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rock Sound (@rocksound) — https://gondola.cc/rocksound

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Funeral For A Friend, 2000trees Festival

Live Review: The fact that a Funeral For A Friend show has become such an anticipated event is incredibly wonderful.
Coming back together whenever the time is right, and making sure what they are doing has a special reverence, this headline slot at 2000trees is just nine days shy of it being a year since their last show, that being at Cardiff Castle. And based on the roar of the crowd as ‘All The Rage’ kicks into life, it’s a very welcome and long-awaited appearance indeed.
What follows is a pitch-perfect and powerful showcase of some of the finest songs to come out of the British alternative scene this millennium. From an impassioned ‘Streetcar’ to a bludgeoning ‘Bullet Theory’, a buoyant ‘Into Oblivion (Reunion)’ to a vibrant ‘Juneau’ (with a special guest appearance from Neck Deep’s Ben Barlow), it is a smorgasbord of influential and intense epics, sending the thousands in attendance into timeless raptures.
With this being the third festival season that he has fronted the ensemble, Lucas Woodland really has never felt more at home within these melodies, the smile plastered across his face throughout a surefire sign that the novelty of being in this position hasn’t even started to wane. And his enthusiasm and energy are clearly infectious, as the whole band push themselves to their absolute limit, losing themselves in their creations like it’s 2003 all over again.
And that sentimental value of that comes to a head during the closing gambit of ‘Escape Artists Never Die’, as Lucas bellows his last melody and leaves the stage to let the five remaining members bring it home, completely in tune with each other, musically and emotionally.
Knowing that these best friends can still send shockwaves through a crowd with their music is something to be treasured. And if their current set-up means that we get at least one FFAF show every Summer for the foreseeable future, then the world will also feel that little bit brighter.

✏️ jackmrog 
📷 mac_praed 

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