It's been a busy summer for Welsh bands and the BBC Introducing stage has once again seen us send representatives from Wales to the biggest events in the calendar. Here's a little catch up of who did what.
T in the Park
With a summer threatening to be a good old sunny one for a change, T in the Park kicked things off for the big festival calendar, and Wales' The Adelines and Astroid Boys took the long road up to Scotland to play to the notoriously up-for-it crowd.
The Adelines
"Being nominated to play on the BBC introducing stage was a big deal for us," said Astroid Boys. "Any opportunity for us to extend our fanbase and reach out to new audiences is greatly appreciated, and getting to play these events is a massive thrill."
Astroid Boys
"Crowds are very observant at first, and then about two songs into our set they start to lose their minds. It really is an honour for us and it's been great to see that we are making such an impact on every stage we have walked onto this summer. Without these festivals, bands like us and other new artists would struggle."
Glastonbury
As well as being nominated for the Welsh Music Prize this year for their debut album, Cardigan folktronica duo Trwbador were one of the lucky ones playing on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury.
When I called them live from the radio show to see how they were enjoying the event, they were chilling off-site and enjoying some home comforts at Owain's mum's near the festival site. Rock 'n' roll, guys!
Trwbador at Glastonbury
Owain from the band said: "It was great for us to be invited to play at Glastonbury festival on the BBC Introducing stage. The set was recorded and streamed live on the red button too!
"It was really cool to be able to play on a stage with such a big sound system, you could really hear the beats and the sub bass of our tunes coming through.
"When we'd finished playing we were waiting around back stage and The XX came in to do a sneaky song unannounced before their headline set that night. That was a cool thing to see!"
Reading Festival
The last but most fierce festivals in the summer calendar are Reading and Leeds, where bright hopes Peasant's King and Catfish and the Bottlemen went down a storm. Both bands have enjoyed patronage from BBC Radio One over the last year, and of course from me and Adam Walton on BBC Radio Wales.
Cai from Peasants King said: "I don't think I've ever had so many 'pinch myself moments' as I did over the Reading and Leeds weekend with Peasant's King.
"Imagine us, a band from Pontypridd playing at one of the biggest music festivals in the world. How the hell did that happen? The whole experience was incredible."
Peasant's King at Reading (photo: David Lloyd)
"We played at around 8 o'clock just before the headliners Dog Is Dead, and there were hundreds of people at both Leeds and Reading. There were even people singing along to our songs and wearing our band t-shirts!
"I threw my tambourine into the audience at the end of the set because at the time I thought it was a rock 'n' roll thing to do! Thankfully, some girls caught it and it didn't knock anyone out. My yellow tambourine now resides somewhere in the Swansea valley with a Peasant's King fan that came to watch us in Reading."
It was the first in a 12-year stint of working at Reading for me not to be there, so I was a little sad to miss their shows, but I caught Catfish and the Bottlemen in a new festival in Prague earlier in the summer. Here's a picture of them at Rock For People in the Czech Republic.
Catfish and the Bottlemen (photo: Michael Burnell)
