The festival season well and truly kicked off for us two weeks ago with two sets
at Glastonbury, followed by an appearance at the Metropolis Festival in
Rotterdam last weekend. (I will cover all these festivals in a bit more detail
later, this is just a brief one as the bed I was sitting on to type has just
collapsed...)
This weekend just gone saw us at T in the Park, scene of
our first festival appearance two years ago at the T Break Stage. It was good to
be back, albeit for a flying visit, playing on the new BBC Introducing stage.
There is a video of it on the
BBC website or
those of you who like that sort of thing.
There will also be a song on BBC Three
(telly, not radio) on Wednesday night, they are doing an acoustic special from
the BBC's "Intimate Stage" in the backstage area. It is quite an unusual stage
set up and looked pretty cool from where I was standing at the bar (as drums
were deemed, in this instance, a little too much!).
We didn't hang
around too late, despite the free beer, as we had a five o'clock start on Sunday
to head to Dublin for the Oxegen Festival. I had forgotten that it was the 12th
of July and the ferry from Stranraer to Belfast was something of an experience
to say the least... We had a great time at Punchestown Racecourse though, thanks
to all who braved the (extreme!) elements, although we were in a tent so maybe
it was the people who didn't want to brave the elements, hmmm...
Anyways,
there should be bits and bobs of interviews etc. on Vic Galloways T in the Park
specials over the next few nights so stay tuned, and again BBC Three tomorrow
night at seven o'clock for some acoustic action.
The last couple of weeks has seen us playing at Latitude Festival and Truck, playing two different ends of the spectrum in terms of stages, the first being the main stage at Latitude which was quite an experience. One of the few times where we have felt there was almost too much space on the stage! We arrived there later than we expected on Friday due to the storm that seemed to follow us all the way down the M1, but an advance party had set off the day before and when we got there at around nine in the evening they had already set up all the tents which saved a load of hassle, thanks guys! 
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