by Gilli KaneOver 12,000 music fans descended upon Bangor's Ward Park last night for day one of the Tennent's Vital festival. Headlining pop-rock trio The Script attracted people from across the country to the Co.Down town. Arms swayed in the air as frontman Danny O'Donoghue's booming vocals, falling somewhere between U2 and Timbaland, ricoshayed off the trees. The boys played a host of hits including We Cry, The Man Who Can't Be Moved, Breakeven, Talk You Down, Before the Worst, For the First Time and Nothing. Multi-instrumentalist Mark Sheehan revealed that Bassist Ben Sergeant had attempted to keep his birthday a secret. His punishment was to down a bottle of beer as the crowd chanted 'chug' before bursting into a spontaneous chorus of Happy Birthday. O'Donoghue and the band worked the 60m stage with ease, regularly shaking hands with fans in the pit and even giving a lucky few the mic for a singalong. The Stand out track of the night was If You Ever Come Back from The Script's latest album Science & Faith. The band are set to tour America for two months. "We'll miss being able to get a decent cup of tea", Mark said. Another band worth mentioning are Bangor and Donaghadee natives Two Door Cinema Club. The humble indie rockers said they remember practising "down the road" from ward park and writing lyrics before introducing "a wee summer song" which turned out to be their first chart hit Something Good Can Work. Ellie Goulding, The Wombats and Ryan Sheridan also played the main stage. (GK)
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