Last year, I started going to gigs.  You knew that.  My *counts on fingers* *loses count* *checks list* fourth, was a little  free festival in Gateshead, the Orange Evolution festival.  Good day.  I saw some people I hadn’t seen in a while, got sunburnt on one arm, ate a cheeseburger, used a portaloo for the first time (NEVER AGAIN…SO MUCH POO…I’D RATHER PISS IN THE BUSHES) and saw some decent bands as well.  The Futureheads.  Kubichek!  Probably some others, I can’t remember.  The Others, yes, but they don’t count as decent.
I saw some shitty ones as well.  Hard Fi.  Fightstar.  The latter got bottled off.  My joy was uncontained.
So yeah, last year was alright.
But WHAT THE HELL possessed them to have HARD FI HEADLINING THIS YEAR?
ABOVE GRAHAM COXON?
THE TALENTED LEGEND WHO’S MADE A LOT MORE ALBUMS THAN HARD-FI HAVE AND THUS IS DESERVING OF BEING A HEADLINER?
He’s even SUPPORTING them on tour.  He’s supporting KAISER CHIEFS.  KAISER CHIEFS, for fuck’s sake.  He is one of their influences and he is SUPPORTING them.
Hard Fi should be supporting him.  Actually…scratch that.  They shouldn’t be doing anything.
Anyway, I don’t care, because I’m not going anywhere near that stage.  I wouldn’t mind seeing Coxon again (without being at the back with the added distraction of Duels standing right next to me) but then I’d miss JIM NOIR at one of the other stages.
There’ll be an outcry, I can hear it now, why is he billed above Field Music?  Why?  It’s all part of my campaign to make him king of the universe.  First Orange Evolution, next stop, the world, muahahahaha!
Um.
But yes, I’m a bit excited about this.  There’s Field Music before him and The Go! Team headlining that stage.  And I’ll be nowhere near Hard Fi!  YAY!