Natasha Bedingfield Saves the Day After Rain Delay

Gallery and Review by Gallery of Rose

June 6, 2026

I truly believe that one of the worst things that can happen at a music festival is rain. And that is exactly what happened late into day two of Let’s Go festival. About half way through Matt and Kim’s set, they promptly left the stage, and a very clear message was displayed on the screens: “The threat of lighting striking is in the immediate area. For your safety, please stay clear of all stages and structures and be patient while we wait out the storm.” As we evacuated the festival grounds to find shelter, there was lots of uncertainty; how long would we have to wait? Would it start storming so bad the rest of the festival would be cancelled? What do we do?? People had been standing at barricade all day to have good spots for the headliners. Everyone was so excited for the last few sets. And now, it was pouring rain and we just had to wait it out. 

After around half an hour, thankfully, the rain started to clear up. Everyone made their way back into festival grounds. People were unhappy - they lost their good spots, Matt and Kim’s first show in two years was cut short, Valley’s set was entirely cut due to losing time from the storm. With attitudes running quite low, the next set had one very important job: raise spirits and bring back the energy. I believe there was no one better for the job than Natasha Bedingfield. 

Now, I of course had heard of Natasha Bedingfield before - I mean, who hasn’t? She has so many incredibly iconic songs. But, I had never really delved further into her discography than those iconic songs. Still, I was super excited for the set. 

As soon as Bedingfield ran onto the stage, the crowd was immediately back into it. The rapturous energy you would expect at a festival was back, with cheers erupting and Bedingfield doing some call and response with the crowd. She started off with her beautiful song Love Like This and then plunged into Pocketful of Sunshine, which is such an uplifting song and was so perfect to begin her set with. 

As the set progressed, I looked around at the crowd. It was as if the rain and evacuating had never happened, and the energy was once again high. One other thing that massively contributed to this was Bedingfield’s energy herself - you could tell that she was having an absolutely amazing time performing her set, and her energy was so infectious. 

She ended her set with Unwritten, of course - a song about feeling the rain on your skin after we all felt the rain on our skin. As I walked through the crowd as her set came to a close, I noticed that every single person I saw was singing along. Now, I’ve been to many concerts in my life, and there have been a lot of moments where the whole crowd was singing along, but this felt different. I am so certain that there was not a single person in that entire crowd who wasn’t moving along to the music and living in the moment. Everyone released their inhibitions to feel the rain on their skin. It was such an incredibly magical moment to live in. That is something truly special. 

Natasha Bedingfield took a rough moment - rain, evacuation, sets being cut short or cut completely - and turned it into something truly beautiful and magical. It was a performance full of excitement and a fantastic sense of connection. Her set was a massive highlight of my weekend, and I hope to be able to see her again soon!