Music review Young triumph at the post-GCSE rite of passage

You're at the start of what might be the best weekend of your life," Manchester's dance-grooved "pop poet" Antony Szmierek tells a cheering audience, capturing the buzz which brings tens of thousands of teenagers (and older) to Leeds festival (and its Reading counterpart).

- Dave Simpson

The festival is a post-GCSE rite of passage. Two years ago, Szmierek was a special needs teacher before becoming a dazzling wordsmith, so draws on his backstory (and gets another cheer) when he tells the kid in the front row who failed all his exams: "It doesn't matter. You will be someone."