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Kylie Minogue, GMTV's Penny
Smith, Top Gear's James May and Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen were among the
celebrities at the UK's most exclusive festival last night – as well as
Mirror.co.uk of course.
Headlined
by The Feeling, the bill also included a surprise set from The
Hoosiers, Tom Baxter, Sophie Ellis Bextor and a comeback gig from Will
Young, who revealed a surprising new jazz direction.
But
the general public were not allowed to the bijou bash in the
picturesque grounds of Chiswick House in West London – it was the
second annual festival thrown by private, members-only club Soho House.
Also
strolling about the manicured lawns of the stately home while tucking
into complimentary lobster, oysters and champagne and enjoying the
music were Anneka Rice, Matthew Wright, ex-Heat editor Mark Frith,
Sarah Cawood, Richard Bacon, Radio One's Jo Whiley, Angus Deayton and
Jamie Theakston.
The
Kooks played an exclusive acoustic set at the beginning of the warm and
sunny evening at House Festival to the delight of early arrivals, who'd
clearly managed to get the whole of Thursday off work.
But
it was the Sugababes who stole the show, with the immaculately-dressed
girls putting on a hugely energetic set while getting the entire crowd
whooping and clapping along.
However, a performance from Goldfrapp earlier in the evening didn't go so well.
Their
new folkier material saw the audience chatting loudly throughout their
set – leaving frontwoman Alison looking decidedly grumpy.
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