Well I’m sat in Copenhagen Airport, our broadcast from Roskilde Festival’s Radio Station is done for another year and it was by far the biggest roller coaster ride of a trip we've had in our 5 year sojourn presenting a show at the festival.
The weather was mostly to blame this, getting so severe at one point we thought it was game over and early showers all round. We lost the lovely Laura our reporter to the conditions and almost our producer Gry such was the sheer muddy, damp cold misery at some points.
However that's not what I'll remember about this year's festival, When the sun came out over the last few days it was sublime, we had some truly magic moments of broadcasting and forged some great friendships. The show went down a storm and on the last day in a blaze of publicity we auctioned off the Queens of the Stone Age signed guitar we blagged, raising an insane amount of money for charity. Not bad considering we started with a tent peg and a vague idea.
Other highlights included Victoria getting on the front page of the biggest Sunday paper in Denmark with a bunch of naked men, me being forced to do a lap dance in the open air studio while being filmed by TV (it was a highlight for everyone else not me!) and P3 the equivalent of Radio 1 in Denmark ripping off our show!
You can check out photos Here for your amusement.
As for music, disappointing I have to say, it was a line-up that promised much but delivered little, hamstrung I feel by the major acts playing Live Earth on the same day and the sound on the infamous Orange stage being well below par. Here’s a round up.
The Who – Not a huge fan of the aging rocksters, but I have to say I warmed to them, they tried really hard to entertain and seem genuinely grateful to be able to headline festivals and play huge crowds at this stage in their careers.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – A MASSIVE disappointment, might as well not have shown up, the talk of the festival the next day was simply how bad they where. They played at 1am and where very obviously not interested, Even Flea was covered up, head down and the sound was horrific making most of the crowd give up halfway through. The most half hearted attempted at playing a festival I’ve ever witnessed in many many years. The festival should be asking the band for there money back, simple as.
Flaming Lips – Lovely as always, they never disappoint, Wayne Coyne is a great showman and they put more into their show then any other band. Alas they still have less hits then you assume.
Muse – Tried hard but suffered from the curse of the Orange Stage sound desk not being able to cope with guitar music, it was so bad I left early.
Basement Jaxx – Closed the Festival in grand style with a several thousands pounds worth of fireworks, excellent show.
I was on-air during Beirut, and by all accounts they where amazing, so that has annoyed me hugely as after Arcade Fire they where my destination of choice.
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