I’ve spent the day wandering around the site and think I’ve probably walked around it twice. It’s a big site. And it was pouring it down off and on throughout the day. So I’d walk for a bit then duck inside a tent while it rained. So this morning I watched jugglers in the circus field tent, Big Beat in the Cabaret tent (drums from various bits and pieces and really good music), then some interesting poetry, then I just walked and looked at things. Ended up down at the John Peel stage in time for a Finnish metal band – very loud. Then the cinema field where I saw most of An Inconvenient Truth. And finally to the Avalon stage where I was waiting for the one act I’ve been trying to see since 2004. First though there was a very good boogie band and that was fun.<\/p>\n
So in 2004 Joe and I had headed to a stage advertising Chumbawamba acoustic, but no one seemed to know what was going on and they never came on. So a few months later I saw a concert of theirs advertised, but then couldn’t get tickets. So this year, at the Avalon Stage today was Chumbawamba acoustic and third time lucky – I was there, Joe was there, Olly was there, and Chumbawamba was there. Playing old and new folk and protest music. Hooray! And they were wonderful.<\/p>\n
In all a very good day indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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