Throughout the weekend we dug the dirt, hunted down the gossip and made up a few things along the way.

Saturday / Sunday

Saturday - 13.30

Huey (from the website)

We're flippin here!!!

Just arrived and on first impressions the site looks the best of every Big Weekend we've ever done. So what makes a good site for a hard working web hack? Well a chair is useful. Believe me...I've done so many of these and had to fight over a chair only for it to go walkabout the minute you turn your back. The tea tent isn't a million miles away which is ideal for a 20-cups-a-day-man like myself. And finally our office is perfectly placed right next to the artists dressing rooms.

I'd like to be able to promise lots of pics through dressing room windows, rock bands fighting over who has the best tour bus and tvs thrown out of portacabin windows...but the best bit of gossip I've come across so far is not really gossip as it was broadcast to the nation. Snow Patrol use the 'F' word in an interview with Jo Whiley... Rock and Roll.

Saturday - 14.45

Matt (also from the website)

Dirty Pretty Drunk Things

Word is Carl and Didz were on Soccer AM this morning looking more than a little worse for wear, barely able to string a sentence together. Not sure exactly what was happening but there was comedy high jink involving milk. Let's see what kind of state they're in when they arrive.

Meanwhile the other half of DPT have been enjoying the wonderful catering that we're going to be fuelling ourselves with for the weekend. Sat on their table was none other than Fearne Cotton, no doubt discussing whether choosing the lasagne over the chicken curry thing was a good idea. I think it was a loser either way, but maybe dinner will be better!

Anyhow, it's been great so far. Loads of people crammed into the 'Star Bar' for Corrine Bailey Rae, and it sounds like things are going down a storm out front of stage. I'm off to the signing tent where the Moyles team are going to be scribbling on bits of paper. Should make for great photos. No, really it should.

Saturday - 14.55

Huey (from the website)

C'mon the underdogs!!!!

Colin Murray somehow managed to blag himself a helicopter ride to Cardiff for the FA cup final between Liverpool and West Ham - I want West Ham to quite litterally Hammer them. How could he even dream of leaving Dundee to watch it. Meanwhile down the road 2nd division Gretna are playing the Mighty Hearts in the Scottish Cup final. My money is on both underdogs.

Saturday - 15.45

Huey (from the website)

Me and my big lens

I've just been kicked out of the artist dressing rooms for sticking my lens where it doesn't belong. I caught a look through the Razorlight door and saw a flash of white zoom past. I might be mistaken but I'm sure it was Johnny wondering what pair of white pants from his hug white pants collection he should wear. Just as I was about to click I felt a stong arm on my shoulder and was swiftly given directions to the exit. Never mind...sneaked in through the back door and pics of them coming out. Check them later.

Oh yes... half time at the FA cup final and West Ham are 2-0 up. My £10 bet with Matt looked good five minutes ago and looks even better now that we have just doubled it to £20. That boy is far too confident.

Saturday - 16.55

Huey

Lucky Liverpool

Just checked the score... 3-3. What goes on there? Matt looks like a chuffed cat that got the chuffin' cream.

Gnarls Barkley seemed to have cut their set short. I'll speak to my 'contacts', or as the Sunday papers call them 'a close friend of the band', to try and get to the bottom of it.

Saturday - 18.22

Matt

Huey, I'm in. Cover me.

Amidst all the action this afternoon there's rumours of a special guest tomorrow. I don't have a clue, and our boss is keeping quiet about it. Maybe he's just having us on.

In other news, Scott Mills has been having fun on his buggy. He's got his own driver but that's probably for the best as he was looking a bit 'tired and emotional' last night.

Where as Huey got thrown out of the 'artist area' I got in on official business with Trevor Nelson who was interviewing Mike Skinner from The Streets. Lessons learned from this little trip are 1. Mike Skinner has a very nice jacket 2. Everyone loves Trevor Nelson 3. Trevor Nelson loves everyone. 4. Trevor wants it to rain. I really don't understand the last one, although I think it might be something to do with justifying why he's wearing brown trainers (to hide the mud).

Oh, and Bobby and Nihal were pouring a pint for Annie Mac for a piece on BBC 3. Random.

Huey, where's my 20 quid?

Saturday - 18.50

Huey

Hoodies, terrorist and mouthy collegues.

Liverpool win on penalties so I expect Colin Murray and Spoony to be in better spirits than the two unnamed DJs who were suspected of being terrorists on entering the site. Naturally they weren't happy... and no, its not an easy mistake to make.

Story has it... and this is very funny (or not), but apparently Gnarls Barley left stage after 4 tunes because a BBC employee working for TV was overheard saying "We'll be OK once the fat bloke starts singing".

I mentioned earlier that the weather had taken a slight turn and it was getting a wee bit nippy this far north. Bad news for most but great news for Radio 1 who managed to shift a load Radio 1 hoodies we've had left over form previous live events.

Saturday - 19:00

Matt

Bang, Bang!

For the record, Dity Pretty Things played. They rocked. No signs of Soccer AM milk trauma.

Saturday - 19.55

Huey

Mike Skinner needs a facial

He does though... honest. I got a picture of him and Chris Moyles' mum and he was the one in need of the Oil of Ulay. She really is amazing, she knows all the stars on first name terms and can even do that funny handshake with Westwood without muddling her fingers up.

Saturday - 21.00

Huey

Speaking in Tongs

"He's here, he's there, he's every flippin' where, Pete Tong". That Tongy knows a trick or two. How he DJed on one stage then managed to introduce Primal Scream on the other stage at the same time is beyond me.

And finally my favourite bit of gossip comes right at the end of the day. Whilst one has to have a Glastonbury spirit at events like this I was amused to hear that a BBC exec was overheard in the food tent saying "Is there no real coffee, I need a latte!" Genius.

Saturday - 22.20

Matt

Rumours, more rumours

Huey wants to give me more money. Not content with the £20 I took off him this afternoon, he wants me to take up a bet on who will be tomorrow's special guest. Truth is though, neither of us have a clue. Perhaps a more worrying matter is that Huey seems to be developing a gambling addiction.

Back to what happened tonight, all the final acts seemed to lift the roof off the place. Having always heard how Scottish audiences are, in 1996 speak, 'mad for it' they didn't disappoint today. Dundee is looking good.

I didn't see one jester hat today - thank the lord!