American act Girl Talk drew a large crowd with his set, despite competing against Morrissey for audience members. Girl Talk had everybody dancing with his seamless set of mash-up remixes, created with samples from well known pop, rap, rock and R&B songs. The set partially followed the progression of his latest album ‘Feed the Animals’, but also had a lot more to offer, with samples ranging from ACDC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ to Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. 
Girl Talk further entertained with an impressive light show and a stage full of dancers. The highlight of the set, however, was his finale in which he surfed over the crowd standing in an inflatable boat to the uplifting melody from Journey’s ‘Faithfully’.Australian electro duo The Presets also had the Sahara tent overflowing with fans, despite sharing a timeslot with headline act Paul McCartney. Girl Talk proved a hard act to follow, but The Presets’ unique sound pleased the crowd and the light show was just as spectacular. The audience danced wildly as the duo performed familiar hits such as ‘Talk Like That’ and ‘Are You The One?’, and although they closed predictably with ‘My People’ the set was far from boring. The Presets deviated as usual from the radio-friendly recorded versions of their songs, adding extra elements and extending the songs to make them more suited to the dance frenzy of the festival crowd.
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