WHAT a contest, what a night. The Battle of the Bands final cranked up more energy than Drax power station and showcased enough raw talent to outscore every overcooked Pop Idol fop.

Many music fans have lamented the takeover of last weekend's Glastonbury Festival by the middle-aged middle classes. Fibbers provided the perfect antidote: fresh, strange sounds to scare parents back to their Genesis collection. Congratulations to the winners, North Yorkshire's own Sixty 6 - stardom bekons.

Updated: 11:15 Wednesday, June 30, 2004