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.
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