Glasto Episode IV – A New Hope

  Somehow we’ve made it to Saturday and, as legions of Springsteen fans are still getting on-site this morning, we’re wading into the mire of the 4th full day of the Dirty Boots stage. It feels like we might never leave this place. While The Broken Family Band are waking up most of the site [...]

Glasto Day 3 review

At 11am the Dirty Boots tent is all about people chilling out in the diner deckchairs, catching up with the daily paper and dealing with the best bacon sandwiches on site. And then a beautiful lady in shiny trousers and theatre mask sashays on the stage with three all-black-clad mysterious men and they make a [...]

Glasto Day 2 review

How the hell are we going to beat day 2? From Newton Faulkner showing up and packing out the tent with mass singalong, Filthy Dukes blowing everyone away, hands in the air, on a big wave of bass, Thursday was one hell of a day for DirtyBoots. The Sunbirds got us underway – ace sunshine [...]

Glastonbury – Day 1 review

We’re off! Yesterday saw 13 hour queues outside while half the country seemed to get on-site for the first day of Glastonbury 09. DirtyBoots kicked things off good and early with the stage opening at 3 yesterday afternoon – Phil O’Driscoll from The Shallow Call might have been the first act to play Glastonbury this [...]

Let some sunshine in with Sunbirds

Sunbirds are another great sunshine band – capable of intoxicating swathes of shoegaze psychedelia and, as already proven on the DirtyBoots stage on Glastonbury’s opening day, they can turn their classic songs into acoustic gems. And they’ve got choruses other bands would kill for. There’s a couple of great tracks available for download at http://www.myspace.com/sunbirdsuk [...]

Band of the Glastonbury Day(s) – Sailorette

  Even though the gates have only just opened, we think we’ve already found one of our favourite Glastonbury bands; the lovely Sailorette. They charmed us round the campfire as the longest day of the year came to an end, and they were the first to test out our ace PA on the DirtyBoots stage. [...]

DirtyBoots at Glastonbury – One Day To Go!

DirtyBoots has well and truly landed in a quiet corner of Somerset. There’s still a full day to go before the Glasto gates open to the public, but the dedicated db team are well and truly settled in – so far we’ve had campfire singalongs, electro aerobics and an air guitar masterclass. And inbetween we’ve [...]

Lonely Chap Pop; An appreciation

Now I love a bit of funk as much as the next man.  Rob’s recent platter of soulful selections was a veritable treat; perfect for the far side of a summer barbeque that’s got you all over-stimulated on a cocktail of sunshine, booze, grilled meat and, most importantly; good company. But that’s not the sort [...]