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It was the Island’s biggest music event – a two-day bonanza of facepaint, flags, and plenty of festival fun that rocked the Rock with a kaleidoscope of global and local talent.
From indie to dubstep with a little Madness enroute, as we say goodbye to Jersey Live today, Express looks back at the festival's 13-year journey.
From humble beginnings came Jersey Live, originally a 4,000-capacity one-day event. Back in 2004, The Thrills topped the bill, with a blossoming band named Razorlight also set to perform - all for a charming ticket price of just £25.
With Kasabian, The Futureheads, and The Ordinary Boys heading up the Main Stage, a ticket for the Saturday extravaganza was a steal at £28.50, in turn attracting visitors from the Channel Islands and beyond.
2006 was another coup for the festival producers, who scored Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, The Editors, The Zutons and Snow Patrol, who at the time were enjoying the success of 'Chasing Cars' - the band's biggest selling single to date. They shared this special singalong moment with the JL audience:
One decade ago: the first time we saw the festival as it's best remembered - a weekend-long groove fest. The Dance Tent was on its way up, but indie acts remained the predominant force. 'Chelsea Dagger' singers The Fratellis took on Saturday, while Kasabian scooped Sunday's headline slot for a second year.
With a reappearance from The Zutons, and Foals, We Are Scientists, The Courteeners, and Cage the Elephant all on the agenda, 2008 saw Jersey Live was billed as, 'The biggest little indie rock festival in Europe!' But it was twisted fire starters, The Prodigy that took control of the Main Stage in this explosive performance. (Warning: you might want to turn the bass down)
JL '09 was a crazy time, with music lovers getting 'Bonkers' with Dizzee Rascal, wondering why they're 'so naive' with the Kooks, and culminating in a mass questioning of, 'Where's your head at?' with electro-dance professionals Basement Jaxx.
JL's 2010 line-up was a true auditory whirlwind of 23 hours of sounds from the worlds of pop (Tinie Tempah, Professor Green), dance (Calvin Harris, Chase and Status, Sub Focus), indie (Magic Numbers, Darwin Deez, Kate Nash) - and even from old school rocker Paul Weller. But here's a moment from an act that had festival goers shouting, "'Mon the Biff!"
By this point, the festival had grown to the extent that Islanders were calling for a three-day Glastonbury-style campsite, but the festival stayed true to its Saturday/Sunday form, taking attendees on a baggy-trousered journey to a 'House of Fun'.
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Five years before 'End Credits' played on the festival, Chase and Status brought dance and dubstep to the Trinity Showground with a bass-heavy set, while Sunday headliner Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds tunefully told the 10,000-strong audience, 'Don't look back in anger'.
In another musical blow-out, 2013 saw 'Funk soul brother' Fatboy Slim shape the soundscape in a headline set, but not before emerging artists Tom Odell, Gabrielle Aplin and Bastille had wowed crowds, and Chic feat. Nile Rogers had set the scene with some classic toe-tappers.
A slight wobble this year in the form of a temporary walk-off from Ben Howard, but that wasn't enough to sour the atmosphere, which was ignited by the likes of Ellie Goulding, Newton Faulkner and the Diversity dance troupe, and visually enhanced by a stunning set from Bombay Bicycle Club. Surprise stars of the show, however, were the Earth Wind and Fire team who say generations young and old take a trip to 'Boogie wonderland'.
They might not have had to walk 500 miles, but JL attendees were treated to a performance from Scottish musical stalwarts the Proclaimers in 2015, followed-up by classical-dance fusion heroes Clean Bandit and the dulcet tones of George Ezra. Rudimental and the Vaccines were key crowd-pleasers through, a line-up brilliantly showcasing the boutique fest's ability to entice both indie and dance audiences.
Unbeknown to crowds, 2016 was the fesival's final farewell. Apt, then, that Richard Ashcroft should sing a 'Bittersweet symphony', before one last injection of Madness. The final mic-drop was left with electronic duo Disclosure, who got crowds chanting, "I'm latching onto you" - a good metaphor, perhaps, for how many felt upon waking up to the shocking news of the festival's closure this morning.
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