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Rob Da Bank: What Makes a Great Festival?

Rob Da Bank talks Mary Anne through the alchemy required for a great festival ahead of 6 Music's first ever go at putting one together.

Rob Da Bank (BBC Radio 1, Bestival) talks us through the alchemy required for a great festival, ahead of 6 Music's first ever go at putting one together. We need all the help we can get to make The BBC 6 Radio Music Festival a great event.

Meanwhile, Mary Anne pulls out some classic festival sets from the corners of the BBC Archive.

Light the campfire, open a can (of pop), and kick off your wellies ...

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Sat 22 Feb 201407:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Otis Redding

    I Can't Turn You Loose

    • Atlantic.

  • Prince & 3 Rdeyegirl

    Pretzelbodylogic

    • Npg Records.

  • Pulp

    Sorted For E's & Whizz

    • Island.

  • Alex Turner

    It's Hard To Get Around The Wind

  • Magazine

    About The Weather

    • Virgin.

  • James Blake

    To The Last

    • Overgrown.
    • Atlas.

  • Jeff Buckley

    Grace

    • Columbia.

  • The Human League

    (Keep Feeling) Fascination

    • Virgin.

  • Damon Albarn

    Everyday Robots

    • Everyday Robots.
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

  • Andrew Ashong

    Special (6 Music Session, 15 Feb 2014)

  • Björk & David Arnold

    Play Dead

    • Island.

  • Goldfrapp

    Thea

    • Tales Of Us.
    • Mute.
    • 001.

  • Pretenders

    KID

    • Real Records.

  • Naughty by Nature

    O.P.P.

    • Tommy Boy Records.

  • St. Vincent

    Digital Witness

    • St Vincent.
    • LomaVista/Caroline International.
    • 001.

  • The Specials

    Rat Race

    • EMI.

  • Midlake

    It's Going Down

    • Antiphon.
    • Bella Union.
    • 001.

  • Gregory Isaacs

    Night Nurse

    • Mango.

  • Hartheim

    Yellow

  • Joni Mitchell

    Carey

    • Reprise.

  • Ramones

    Blitzkrieg Bop

    • Sire.

  • The National

    I Need My Girl

    • Trouble Will Find Me.
    • 4AD.
    • 001.

  • George Clinton

    Atomic Dog

    • Music Club.

  • Nick Mulvey

    Cucurucu

    • Fiction.

  • Jackson C. Frank

    You Never Wanted Me

    • Jackson C. Frank.
    • Earth.
    • 10.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

  • The Mohawks

    The Champ

    • Pama.

  • Metronomy

    Love Letters

    • Love Letters.
    • Because Music.
    • 001.

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Purple Haze

    • MCA.

  • Real Estate

    Talking Backwards

    • Atlas.
    • Domino Recording Co Ltd.
    • 001.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Cousins - Glastonbury Festival 2010 25/06/2010

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Rob Da Bank: What Makes A Great Festival

  • OutKast

    The Way You Move

    • Speakerboxxx / The Love Below.
    • Arista.

  • Sunriser

    • Donso

      Jugu (Baconhead Remix)

      • Comet.

  • Daft Punk

    Around The World

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Joan As Police Woman

    Holy City

    • The Classic.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • 001.

  • Lou Reed

    Vicious

    • RCA.

  • TOY

    It's Been So Long

    • Join The Dots.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Ye

    Jesus Walks

    • Roc A Fella.

  • Jessie Ware

    If You're Never Gonna Move

    • PMR Records.

  • Song for Huey

    • Polar Bear

      Be Free

      • Leaf.

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Feb 201407:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music