Nile Rodgers was the highlight of Kendal Calling, according to Twitter

Nile Rodgers and CHIC were the highlight of Kendal Calling, according to new research from Ibis Hotels.

The hotel chain analysed Twitter conversation throughout the weekend, and found that 95.6% of tweets shared about Nile Rodgers were positive, making him the most popular headliner of the weekend. 

Here are the top 5 most popular performances of the weekend:

1) Nile Rodgers and CHIC – 95.6% positive

2) Doves – 92.7% positive

3) Courteeners – 91.6% positive

4) Manic Street Preachers – 89% positive

5) Idles – 81.4% positive

As well as Kendal Calling, Ibis looked at Y Not Festival, which also took place over this weekend, with Two Door Cinema Club coming out on top as Twitter’s favourite performance of the weekend, with 96.6% positive tweets.

Here are the top 5 most popular performances from Y Not Festival:

1) Two Door Cinema Club – 96.6% positive

2) Franz Ferdinand – 96% positive

3) Elbow – 94.3% positive

4) Wolf Alice – 78.6% positive

5) You Me At Six – 75% positive

In the run-up to the festival, Ibis Hotels looked at 20 of the UK’s most popular festivals, analysing conversation surrounding their line-ups over the past 10 years, to find out the UK’s favourite festivals. You can see the full set of research over on the Ibis website – https://ibis.accorhotels.com/gb/editorial/article/the-uks-most-talked-about-music-festival-line-ups-3-v2352.shtml