Clockenflap festival 2018 comes to a close with Khalid, Erykah Badu, The Vaccines

Hong Kong’s longest-running music festival finished its 11th year in style, with performances from Erykah Badu, Khalid, Wolf Alice and The Vaccines. The annual event, which has been held at Central Harbourfront since 2016, saw more than 100 international and local artists presented on five stages over the three days.

Arguably the weekend’s most rapturous welcome from the crowd came for Khalid, the 20-year-old from Texas who is currently one of the hottest properties in modern R&B. This was the performance that most young Clockenflappers came for, and they got what they wanted, with the talented young vocalist delivering signature tracks Young, Dumb and Broke, and Location on Sunday night.

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne was the highlight on Saturday, staging his latest acclaimed live show in full on the Harbourflap stage. The US singer’s artistic, perfectly choreographed 90-minute routine, in which the 66-year-old didn’t even pause for a drink, was the stand-out moment of the weekend for many mature members of the audience.

Although nearing the end of a 146-date tour to promote his latest solo album, “American Utopia”, Byrne didn’t disappoint his long-term followers by also performing a handful of Talking Heads classics such as Burning Down the House and Road to Nowhere, reimagined by a coordinated troupe of musicians and dancers.