Festival Boy!
Post categories: Rob da Bank
|09:52 UK time, Monday, 21 February 2011
Howdy folks and folkettes and welcome back to a da Bank blog on whats happening in my world. Was wetting myself with excitement about two things this weekend: 1) the new Radiohead album landed in my inbox
2) PJ Harvey did a session for my show and its downright brill!
It's also about time I got Festival Boy out of his cupboard, dusted him down and got him ready for the 2011 festival season. Yup, I know its only February but the announcements are coming thick and fast for festivals from Lands End to John O Groats ... and personally I'm as excited as a rabid mouse stuck in a washing machine that soon I'll be donning my wellies and once more venturing forth into festi-land!
Big announcements in the last week from Stateside. Coachella have a corker lined up for with Kings Of Leon, Kanye and Arcade Fire with a healthy smattering of UK acts in Mumford and Florence. Check the full line up at Coachella.
With a slightly more hippy vibe our friends at Bonnaroo over in Manchester, Tennessee have unveiled Neil Young, Robert Plant and Dr John alongside some bloke called Eminem and the omnipresent Arcade Fire and The Strokes.
Back in the UK the Isle of Wight festival has sold out with Pulp, Kings Of Leon and Iggy and The Stooges amongst many others whilst Evolution in Newcastle has announced a corker with Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Two Door Cinema Club alongside our very own Annie Mac.
Hot gossip emanating from Worthy Farm with Coldplay and U2 alongside Beyonce heavily rumoured and mostly self-confirmed!
Belgiums Rock Werchter is looking saucy with Underworld, Magnetic Man and Fleet Foxes joining Iron Maiden and Portishead whilst the Sonar line up in Barcelona looks ace also with Underworld and the legend that is Steve Reich.
It's enough to make you forget its grey and miserable outside, crack open the pina coladas and slap on the suncream.. well maybe.
I'm going to be bringing back my Festival Boy, who may now be a Festival Girl, most weeks from now on my show (5-7am Saturday mornings kids!) so tune in for the latest news and mutterings. Have a cracking week.
Love Robby
x
2) PJ Harvey did a session for my show and its downright brill!
It's also about time I got Festival Boy out of his cupboard, dusted him down and got him ready for the 2011 festival season. Yup, I know its only February but the announcements are coming thick and fast for festivals from Lands End to John O Groats ... and personally I'm as excited as a rabid mouse stuck in a washing machine that soon I'll be donning my wellies and once more venturing forth into festi-land!
Big announcements in the last week from Stateside. Coachella have a corker lined up for with Kings Of Leon, Kanye and Arcade Fire with a healthy smattering of UK acts in Mumford and Florence. Check the full line up at Coachella.
With a slightly more hippy vibe our friends at Bonnaroo over in Manchester, Tennessee have unveiled Neil Young, Robert Plant and Dr John alongside some bloke called Eminem and the omnipresent Arcade Fire and The Strokes.
Back in the UK the Isle of Wight festival has sold out with Pulp, Kings Of Leon and Iggy and The Stooges amongst many others whilst Evolution in Newcastle has announced a corker with Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Two Door Cinema Club alongside our very own Annie Mac.
Hot gossip emanating from Worthy Farm with Coldplay and U2 alongside Beyonce heavily rumoured and mostly self-confirmed!
Belgiums Rock Werchter is looking saucy with Underworld, Magnetic Man and Fleet Foxes joining Iron Maiden and Portishead whilst the Sonar line up in Barcelona looks ace also with Underworld and the legend that is Steve Reich.
It's enough to make you forget its grey and miserable outside, crack open the pina coladas and slap on the suncream.. well maybe.
I'm going to be bringing back my Festival Boy, who may now be a Festival Girl, most weeks from now on my show (5-7am Saturday mornings kids!) so tune in for the latest news and mutterings. Have a cracking week.
Love Robby
x
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