Time Off Eh!!

So after a flight to Edinburgh and driving straight to site to make sure all the lights and video etc were all good, it was time for the T in the Park headline show, and what a show!! The band played great, the audience were fantastic as always in Scotland and with the time slot we had meant the sun set towards the last part of the show giving it a more magical quality than just playing after dark.

Unfortunately there was no time to enjoy the aftermath as we had to head straight to Dublin. After driving to Glasgow and checking into a hotel at 4.30am and checking back out at 6.00am and getting on a plane it was off to the Oxegen festival. I did get to meet 2 of my childhood heroes at baggage claim in Perry Farrell and Nuno Bettencourt. I have met Nuno before 2 years ago and bizarrely he actually remembered me and was able to tell me who i worked for and where we had met previously.

I have done every Oxegen festival since its inception in various positions from stage hand to Lighting Tech to Lighting Designer with acts 3rd on the bill to now being the Designer for the Main Stage headliner on Sunday night. Although this isnt the bigggest show ive ever done, it was great to feel a sense of acheivement and a career milestone to do shows for 80,000 people in my hometown.

So now that the Killers are having a month off it was off to London to prepare for another gig i had on the side.
The Latitude festival is a smaller and less commercial festival with a much smaller capacity and much more emphasis on family and arts as apposed to a Headline band. There is 4 music stages, a cabaret tent, a comedy stage, a theatre area and various other small performance areas dotted around the festival.

Over the course of the weekend there was sets from

Damien Rice


The Good, The Bad & The Queen


Arcade Fire


As well as a great set from Jarvis Cocker


Every young band should be made to watch his show and learn about stage presence and how to speak to an audience.

So, after the shows end i learnt a painful lesson.
Never trust anyone to do theyre job properly!!!!

There is usually a hole in the stage about 8 inches in width for all the cabling etc to run up through during the show, but after the show when the cables are removed the Health And Safety people are responsible for making sure the hole is secured. Unfortunately they didnt covered it properly and yours truly walked across it to get a case and my left leg went straight down through it right up to my hip so i ended up with a nicely brusied and swollen leg.


Nice Eh!!!