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BACKSTAGE AT GUILFEST

Dermot O’Leary and Janice Long both had fun backstage at GuilFest this year.

Dermot broadcasted live from behind the Radio 2 stage where he coaxed the stars into his cosy little studio for a bit of a gossip and a few good tunes. Whereas Janice gathered together all the best music played at the festival, along with some great interviews, to take back to Birmingham with her. From Monday morning and for the rest of the week she played them out on her show.

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Radio 2 has been a huge fan of GuilFest over the years and this year they have once again done us proud with three great headliners Supergrass, Squeeze and Madness. Also joining them on the Radio 2 Stage were The Ordinary Boys, Magic Numbers, Thirteen Senses, Morcheeba, Toots and the Maytals, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Crazy P, The Hold Steady, Jimmy Cliff, Sandi Thom, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, The Dub Pistols (with Terry Hall), The Icicle Works and Skaville UK.

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To find out more about the festival, visit the official Guilfest 2007 website.

FRIDAY 13 JULY
SUPERGRASS HEADLINE THE RADIO 2 STAGE

It's been thirteen years since Supergrass first started. In that time the band have notched up six consecutive top selling albums, all of which have attained Gold and and Platinum status, and released a string of hits including ‘Pumping On Your Stereo’, ‘Caught By The Fuzz’, ‘Going Out’, ‘Lenny’ and ‘Richard III’.

SATURDAY 14 JULY
SQUEEZE HEADLINE THE RADIO 2 STAGE

For the first time since 1998 the band's founder members Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford play together as Squeeze, reliving some of their great hits like 'Cool for Cats', Up The Junction', 'Labelled With Love', 'Hour Glass' and 'Take Me I'm Yours'.

SUNDAY 15 JULY
MADNESS HEADLINE THE RADIO 2 STAGE

Stalwarts of the British music scene, Madness bring the festival to a raucous close, with some of their 21 Top 20 hits that include 'One Step Beyond', 'Night Boat to Cairo', 'Baggy Trousers', 'House of Fun' and 'My Girl'.

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Other highlights of the festival included The Saw Doctors, Newton Faulkner, Richard Thompson, Cherryghost, Ross Copperman, Rory McLeod, Ghost, Amy Macdonald, Damien Dempsey, Uriah Heap, Sunny Sweeney, Simon Friend and Redlands Palomino.


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