Prodigy: End Fest, Bremberton, Washington
Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 19 September 1996
ON THE one hand, it was hard to see why Prodigy were chosen to close End Fest; the annual daylong outdoor music festival is usually rooted in alterna-rock. But once the sun set, the running-order rationale was revealed.
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