Which act prompted Lord Benyon to tweet ‘Beyond superb’?

In his own back garden at Englefield House, Richard Benyon tweeted ‘@Hozier Beyond superb’… and N2 was there:

Hozier, Far From Saints & Victoria Canal, at Englefield House, on Sunday, July 23. Review by AMANDA HOLLIDAY

A SEA of enthusiastic fans awaited the arrival of Victoria Canal on Sunday.

The eclectic audience basked in the late afternoon sunshine as the Spanish-American singer-songwriter performed soul-stirring pop music with her three piece. She opened with the emotive Shape, dedicating it to gay girls everywhere with body issues. The touching, melodic Swansong is a tribute to her dad and obviously resonated with her committed audience. The set finished with a beautiful rendition of Own Me and a feeling of warmth and happiness.

Far From Saints: Kelly Jones, Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker, delivered a barnstorming set spanning country, rock, folk and Americana. The anthemic Let’s Turn this Back Around from their debut album highlighted not only fantastic musicianship, but also the great on stage chemistry between Jones and Lynn.

The band’s Let the Light Shine over You showed just how well their voices complement each other and was a crowd favourite.

The rocky Stop Draggin’ my Heart Around and the stirring The Ride contained powerful vocals and some sublime guitar playing by Jones. This skilful, dynamic performance will live in the memory for a long time.

As darkness fell, headliner Hozier took to the stage.

The Irish singer-songwriter brought his mix of folk, soul and blues to the park along with his multinational band. He appeared to rapturous applause and opened with the upbeat classic Eat Your Young.

Festival vibes hung in the air while the audience moved and clapped along to the dynamic, funky Jackie and Wilson. There was some call and response with the crowd before the very powerful bluesy To be Alone, complete with tribal toms.

The anthemic Francesca from the new album Unreal Unearth (out on 18 August) was greeted with joy by the crowd. The gospel-influenced, atmospheric Movement held the audience spellbound and when the much loved and anticipated Take Me to Church arrived it was wonderfully executed and did not disappoint.

For an encore, the soft and lyrical love song Cherry Wine provided an opportunity for Hozier to perform solo with acoustic guitar before the group reconvened to end this very memorable gig with a fine rendition of Work Song.

We left wowed and happy.