After a heavy night on the pop on Saturday at The Newcastle O2 Academy watching the fantastic Chas & Dave, l thought Sunday had come a little too early as pick up time was 9:45 am prompt.
My hangover hadn’t even had time to kick in as we headed out of Northumberland and south of the Tyne! Today us LoGOz boys are kicking off the Riverside Live Festival at Chester Park in Chester-le-Street! With rain forecast all week for most of the day we were happy they seemed to get it wrong in Michael Fish type proportions, as we rolled into Chester Park with the sun peering through the clouds above.
As we made our way through on site security we were greeted by Promoter Ben, who was also nursing a previous night’s hangover! But these were easily brushed aside as we had important business to attend to! With LoGOz being first band on at 12 noon we had the unenviable yet privileged task of opening this Mod Ska Festival up. Main headline acts to follow included Secret Affair, The Selecter, The Lambrettas and From The Jam.
A slightly different kind of vibe and band that we're used to playing with. But this is all part of LoGOz get up, we like to think and play slightly outside the box, and we couldn’t wait to get started!
As time rolled on the stage was set, even a slight problem with our Drummer Harry's bowel movements, due to possible mild food poisoning, wasn’t going to spoil our moment, and not enough time to plumb in a bog seat instead of his usual drum throne! One Direction might have Harry Styles, but LoGOz have Harry Stools, and pumped up with Imodium and bicarbonate of soda the guy was ready, we all we were! I even had time for a quick Bourbon as we took to the stage...not the whisky...the chocolate biscuit variety kindly supplied in the backstage green room area! But before we knew it and after a quick Soundcheck, Mr Compere had announced us and we blasted straight into LONG TIME DEAD. The Festival was really starting to fill up as the Mod and Ska aficionados poured through the gates in the hundreds to the tones of LoGOz. It was great to spot a few familiar faces amongst the Parkas and Harringtons in the ever increasing crowd! We had a 30 minute slot time so the public got what the public wanted! Half an hour of pure energetic punk pop rock n roll...even if we do say so ourselves! The crowd agreed too as we went down a storm adding more friends and fans to LoGOz Army!!! As we left the stage we were collared by The Sunderland Echo Entertainment Journo Katy Wheeler for a brief interview! You can read it here
As we mingled amongst the crowd we chatted and had pics taken with friendly faces old and new! Harry also took his life in his own hands playing flushing roulette by chancing a festival hot dog! Safe to say the Brown Reaper didn’t come a calling! It really was a cracking day for the band and everybody involved. Big thanks go to Gareth, Ben and Pauline for their behind the scenes hard work and pure professionalism in making this day a huge success! Cheers to all the other bands who played their part too, including The Style Selektors, The Whodlums and The Last Fakers. Last but not least big thanks to everyone who bought a ticket and made the trip to see the bands, we really appreciate the support :) Onwards and upwards!
So here we are another week another Bank Holiday Monday and in my world that means another AcoustiCalendar track. So song #21 comes in the shape of NORTHERN LiFE. Another reflective perspective on life around me as I see it through my Northumbrian eyes. The title is a nod to the old Regional News programme from a few years back. As always the song will be available to download for FREE from www.logozworld.com/52 for 7 days until the next song is uploaded. This kinda wraps up all things publically for me and LoGOz for the month of May. Still plenty of behind the scenes arranging and rearranging going on as we speak and a very busy June is fast approaching so watch this space!
Cheerz
Peesh
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