In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Laura Shuckburgh is a shy, retiring quiet little sales exec who never goes out after dark. Okay, okay, who are we kidding - she’s a party animal and has just got back from V! After 24 hours recovery, she’s here to give us her views…
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Laura Shuckburgh, 24, from Oxford.
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In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Tom Hall (on the left in the pic) is a hairdresser from Hertfordshire. But when he’s not messing with tresses, he likes a bit of festival action. This is his view of the Chelmsford leg of V 2007.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Tom Hall, 25, from St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Festival News, In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Our latest festivalee likes to keep a bit of a low profile and has more than a passing resemblance to an L.A. IT Girl. Here’s her experience of the Field Day festival, minus the entourage.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Laura La Rue, 22, London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Field Day.
In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Phil Baldwin normally spends his days trying to educate small people in London. Now he’s on summer holidays though, he’s made the most of it with a trip to The Big Chill. Here’s what he found, in a school-trip-evaluation stylee.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Phil, 27, Hatfield, Herts.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
The Big Chill.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
No.
Alex Fyvie is a sales executive at Oxford dance & rnb station FM107.9, where MCT writer Sophie Bruce also works. So cut him some slack, he has enough to deal with. He’s shared his experience of a very muddy fifth trip to Global Gathering with us.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Alex Fyvie, 24, from Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Global Gathering.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Yes – 5 times! This year was good in respect of the music and DJs, but too muddy and too wet - my favourite jeans got destroyed.
Glenda Young, editor of Shiny Media’s authority on Coronation Street, Corrieblog, attended the Lovebox Weekender last weekend. She kindly answered the Toilet’s questions about the event, which featured Toots & The Maytals and The B-52’s.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Glenda Young, 42, from Sunderland but live in London. Now.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Lovebox Weekender, Sunday 22 July.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
No, this was my first ever time.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
B-52’s. Because they rock the world.
In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Kat Brown is a new writer here on My Chemical Toilet, bringing with her much experience of gigging, ligging and - quite probably - swigging. That’s her on the left in cartoon form. As an introduction she agreed to share her experience of this year’s Latitude with us. Theft, twats and a star of Spiderman singing about bait all featured.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
My name is Kat Brown, I’m 24 and I’m from London. Sir.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Latitude!
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Yes I have. And to be honest, this year was a bit shit. Not in terms of line-up which was lovely, or what was on offer, but from the wankers who decided to go along. I mean, seriously. It’s an arts festival in the middle of Suffolk, it’s hardly Leeds, so why all the beered-up twats with lax attitudes to suncare decided to come and “WEY-HEY!!!!!” their way into next Tuesday I’ll never know. Oh, and there was thievery, which was crap.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
Patrick Wolf. He could recite the times table and still be entertaining.
In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Last month Paul Roffey reported from the Knowsley Hall festival. This month he’s answering questions about his jaunt to Benicassim in the slightly more glamorous surroundings of Foreignland (Spain, to be precise). Do you think it rained there, readers? Whaddya reckon??
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Paul Roffey, 28, West Didsbury, Manchester.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Festival Internacional de Benicassim (FIB) 2007.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
No.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
Got to be the Arctic Monkeys. They’ve improved so much live - real tight, real good!
5. If you could have promoted one act on the bill to headline status, who would you choose? Why?
Probably Who Made Who. They stood in for Klaxons on their main stage spot and were excellent.
In-Tents Questioning, Music News
This is Andy Clarke. He was a very brave boy and went along to Glastonbury to sample some of the lesser-known delights in addition to the more obvious attractions. Allow him to educate you in angry hippies, horse-headed men and, um, Your Dad.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
OK, keep your trilby on. Andy, 27 ¼, Brighton, England.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Glastonbury.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Fifth time for me this year. A little damp under foot, but one of the best. Maybe because the line-up of bands on the main stages wasn’t all that, so we spent more time investigating unknowns.
In-Tents Questioning, Music News
Dave Stevenson is one of My Chemical Toilet’s esteemed bloggers. He went to Glastonbury and returned with tales of drug-taking stewards, Americans who look like your Dad and apologetic drunkards.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Dave Stevenson, 24, London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
I’m pretty sure it’s Glastonbury, but it’s hard to tell with all the mud on top.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
I was here in 2005. When, surprise, surprise, it rained a lot, the grass turned to clay, and we spent a lot of time learning exactly why bin bags are a form of currency at music festivals.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
Damien Rice. He’s one miserable git, but his voice was outstanding.
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