Hello folks,
hope that all is sound in the land of parkandride and everything
is well with you all.
We just got back yesterday from Barcelona. We had a great time
at the festival, which turned out to be probably the best gig we've ever
played. The crowd were fantastic, and made us feel very welcome, very big
thanks to anyone who was there. Special thanks to Jordi for all his
hospitality and help, and to everyone from elefant and primavera sound.
Celebrity flight sharing first. On our flight out from Glasgow,
we had that TV's Dominic Diamond on our plane, and on the Flight back from
Barcelona we had TV's Jeremy Spake (?) out of Kurt Benson from Hollyoaks and
Holby City, replete with bleached mohican hairdo a la Fran from Travis
(highly amusing).
We had an inter-dressing room screeching competition with Moldy
Peaches backstage before going on, which was fun (see graham norton on
father ted).
the whole festival was amazing, set in a showcase village built
in the 30's on the hills above barcelona to celebrate the architectural
diversity of Spain. The best way to describe the atmosphere would be to
compare it to the Bowlie Weekender, everyone was milling about from stage to
stage smiling, sitting in bars and restaurants, on steps, watching and
listening to some great bands. Highlights for us were pulp, tindersticks and
Echo and the Bunnymen playing in the open square in the early hours, on the
rock delux stage, moldy peaches were superb on the friday night, and
delgados sounded stunning on the saturday.
Other trip highlights include getting to see Barcelona in all
its glory. It really is a beautiful city. If you get the chance, i would
recommend you go and take a look (Stay in Hotel Coronado, its great and has
El Minco the night porter), meeting some great people, and one of us being
nearly knocked down then simultaneously nearly arrested for jaywalking about
half an hour before we left the country.
All in all, its been a wonderful weekend, and whilst its always
nice to come home (pissing with rain and deeply grey as usual in Glasgow on
our return) We're sorry we didn't have longer to explore Barcelona more
fully. Still, there is always next time.
For us its straight back to working on the album (no rest for
the wicked)
Anyone still after t-shirts, we're sorting them out at the
moment, and you can email us at cameraobscura@xxxxxxxxxxx for more info on
them, and how to actually get one.
thats about it for now, take care, cheers, gavin
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