Fortress Frolics, Cost Cutting & ATG Clashes
Burzum, beans and budgeting... we're all over the gaff this week as Gav returns from Fortress Festival in Scarborough a shell of a man and James comes to terms with some difficult decisions with the A...
5 Juni 20251h 24min
Metallica, Machine Head and Meal Deals - Q&A 13
The drinks are flowing as the mailbag is plundered for a good ol’ fashioned Q&A. Gav and James tackle secret sets, the latest Metallica tour, favourite festival memories, worst Machine Head records a...
29 Maj 20251h 45min
Talking Headliners
Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Corrosion of Conformity and Napalm Death are FINALLY announce to top the festival bills... but it wasn't plain sailing. In fact, it was a series of sleepless nights aboar...
22 Maj 20251h 30min
The Industry with Meryl Streek
Irish punk Meryl Streek has bagged a unique hattrick of bookings at Trees, ATG and Damnation this year. But for one-man live revolt, who refuses to play the music industry game, how has he found hims...
15 Maj 20251h 29min
How Much We Made on Tour
The settlements have been paid, the bank statements have been printed off and the spreadsheets collated. Exactly how much were Gav and James paid on their debut tour and how much of it did they spen...
8 Maj 20251h 35min
Cancelling Kneecap, Death Threats and Trees Clashes
It was supposed to a fun afternoon arguing over the 2,000trees clashfinder but Sharon Osbourne, Scotland’s First Minister and the pesky bloody Tories had other ideas…. so the spotlight is back on the ...
1 Maj 20251h 24min
Ghost's Phone Ban and Kneecap's Coachella Rap - Q&A 12
Gav and James dive back into the virtual mailbag to tackle the most pressing issues of the day. Is Ghost's mobile phone ban a step too far? Have Kneecap become too hot to handle following their contr...
24 Apr 20251h 41min
The Contract
There's few things in the live music business quite like the circus of a band's contractual agreement with a festival. From sloppy copy and paste jobs to being told to sign off technical specs you ha...
17 Apr 20251h 52min
