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Field Day vs Underage: Tom Baker discusses
Field Day vs Underage: Tom Baker discusses
This weekend sees London's Victoria Park host two age-dependent festivals, Underage and Field Day. Tom Baker from Eat Your Own Ears has with ears in both.
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Cuban Brothers' Guide to the summer
Cuban Brothers' Guide to the summer
Havana's infamous honchos, The Cuban Brothers, would only have a interview with VF on the stairs of an old theatre. With most of the office scared to meet them, we sent Phil Brady for a little chat...
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Art attack - Latitude's Amy Jade Cadillac
Art attack - Latitude's Amy Jade Cadillac
At Latitude the art is just as integral as the bands but just who's behind the painted sheep? We caught up with Amy Jade Cadillac to talk about the visual aspect of the festival and the art plans for 2008...
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Iggy Pop at the Isle of Wight
Iggy Pop at the Isle of Wight
Virgin Radio's Tania Snuggs caught up with the punk legend, still limping and drenched in sweat after his highly charged main stage performance. We tagged along.
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The Sex Pistols' John Lydon
The Sex Pistols' John Lydon
Ben Jones caught up with 'Johnny Rotten' for an insightful backstage chat after the Sex Pistols' spectacular headline performance on the main stage.
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Kaiser Chiefs at the Isle of Wight
Kaiser Chiefs at the Isle of Wight
Virgin Radio's Sarah Champion caught up with Ricky and Nick from the Kaiser Chiefs backstage at the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival ahead of their first ever UK festival headlining appearance. We tagged along!
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Bang Face Weekender's Saint Acid
Bang Face Weekender's Saint Acid
Hiding behind his DJ guise, Saint Acid, chats to us about the first ever Bang Face Weekender. We get the lowdown on what makes the festival tick and we don't just mean that Human Rave Bomb...
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Truckin' around - Truck's Robin Bennett
Truckin' around - Truck's Robin Bennett
11 years in and Truck Festival is still upholding its reputation for bringing the best independent acts to the forefront before anybody else. We search for their secret with organiser Robin Bennett.
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Greenfingered - Green Man's Jo Bartlett
Greenfingered - Green Man's Jo Bartlett
When Jo Bartlett and Danny Hagen were dropped by their record label and they found themselves without any gigs to go to, they settled on a change of direction, and decided to bring the bands they wanted to see, to them...
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Beach Break Live's Celia Norowzian
Beach Break Live's Celia Norowzian
Readying itself for its second semester, we chat to Beach Break Live headteacher Celia Norowzian about what she's got planned for this year's student soiree.
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Born Slippy: Underworld, the ultimate survivors?
Born Slippy: Underworld, the ultimate survivors?
If ever there was a lesson about what not to call your album then just look at what happened to Underworld in 2007.
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Emily Eavis - Glastonbury's Park life
Emily Eavis - Glastonbury's Park life
Emily Eavis undoubtedly has many treasured memories of her life spent in the fields of Worthy Farm but perhaps none more so than last year, during Glastonbury Festival, when she hosted her own stage, The Park.
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Rob Da Bank - making Bestival Camp
Rob Da Bank - making Bestival Camp
How to mix Bestival with babies? Why devise a new festival that accommodates both, of course. Rob Da Bank's a man who gets things done.
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