Oxegen/T In The Park

Every year for the past 3, I've spent the 2nd weekend in July doing Oxegen & T In The Park festivals. They're twin fests in Ireland (Oxegen) and Scotland (T) meaning they have the same line up flip-flop on Sat. & Sun. Oxegen sucks. T in the Park is usually fun. This year the same was true. We arrived at Oxegen in the wind & rain to find they hadn't planned for rain when they built the stage. Genius.

Please note the difference between the fantasy version of the greeter woman and the real version.


Inviting, no?


Water+Electricity=Awesome!


The wind was so bad that it blew a lighting tower over onto our guitar tech Brian's head. He missed the gig and spent the night in the hospital. It made for a stressful gig trying to set the band up in 30mins in front of 50,000 people with a guy missing. He's ok though and that's what counts.

T in the Park was a much better day. It didn't rain and was even blazing sunny for awhile. This is a rarity at UK fests. Plus you didn't have to take a van to get to catering. I saw the Futureheads boys though missed their set again. We played right before The Who both days followed by James Brown. I was underwhelmed by both. I did enjoy the Magic Numbers and Arctic Monkeys though.

The Monkeys play to the sun...


As do the Strokes...


Ragan's idea of doing lights during the day...


Amsterdam next...me likey.