Japan's foremost music festival, Fuji Rock, might be over for another year, but for those who couldn't make the trek to Naeba Ski Resort last weekend, or the 130,000 who did but couldn't catch everything, our reporting team -- Daniel Robson, Simon Bartz, Philip Brasor, Mark Thompson, David Hickey, Richard Smart and Jason Jenkins -- offer their postparty analysis.
The Fuji Rock Festival regularly serves up big name crowd pleasers to headline the Green Stage. They get the masses moving, if not always the critics.
Friday night saw a triumphant set from U.K. art-rockers Franz Ferdinand. Drummer Paul Thomson has recently become a first-time father and despite pulling out of many other international gigs, he was unable to resist the band's Fuji set. Reunited with their friend after several shows with a stand-in, the band played with real vigor.