The sprawling country bonanza returned to Wildwood this weekend for its fourth year
From South Jersey and Philadelphia and regions beyond, an army of 35,000 raucous, stars and stripes-bearing country music fans flooded Wildwood this weekend for the fourth installment of the sprawlingThe four-day, booze-soaked bacchanal kicked off Thursday night but didn’t get fully underway until Friday, where the fest’s first all-day lineup was headlined by Aussie hitmaker
Friday also happened to be “red, white and blue” day, the mammoth fest’s most popular fashion theme — each day encourages different dress — as a sea of star-spangled supporters stumbled across the powdery Wildwood sand. We’re talking American flag hats, shirts, overalls, dresses, socks, boots, sunglasses, capes and stick-on tattoos, plus an untold amount of patriotic glitter spread across bare chests and cleavage. The imposing Ferris wheel overlooking the fest was, of course, colored to match.
as Urban took the Miller Lite main stage for a 90-minute set. Donning a red flannel, torn blue jeans and the ugliest pair of chunky, white platform shoes I’ve ever seen — disparaging comments were made throughout the crowd; “what are thoseKeith?!” — Urban, 56, was in fine spirits, leading wide singalongs to his enduring hits “Kiss a Girl,” “Somebody Like You” and “You’ll Think of Me.
During “Long Hot Summer,” which included a bunch of improvised lyrics, Urban trotted over to the show’s dutiful sign-language interpreter, Stephanie,” and apologized: “I must be giving you a hell of a time.”Urban didn’t say much else of substance to the crowd — the usual urgings to have fun, let music wash your troubles away, etc.
took the main stage with his own brand of stadium-country and million-dollar smiles. Owen, 42, was also gregarious, signing hats, dancing with the interpreter and rolling a weathered beer cooler down the stage’s center ramp and tossing some cold ones to fans. His set was otherwise standard festival fare, all the hits — the twangy “Down to the Honky Tonk,” the appropriate “Beachin’,” and his biggest country radio smash, “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” to finish.
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