God Is In The TV - Reading & Leeds Festival Special 2013 August 2013 | Page 15

THey Have To Hear
THis summer and wHy
you love iT – eg a
band/Track/album
THey sHould go away
and download.
front man dan smith told us Playing the festival rePuBlic stage
last year Was one of the Bands’ favourite gigs of 2012. let’s find
out What they have Planned for this years’ Performance...

wHaT can we eXpecT
from your seT and How
would you describe
your live sHow?

A bunch of songs from our
album, our mix tapes and
our EPs. Our live show is
probably a bit bigger and
beefier than our record.

wHaT are your Top
Tips on How To survive
a fesTival?

Take a dodgy old phone with
weeks and worth of battery.
Make sure your alcohol is
concentrated so you don’t
have to carry too much. And
take bin liners to wear if it

rains and sit on if it gets too
muddy? Don’t drop anything
down those drop loos.
wHaT’s THe weirdesT/
funniesT THing THaT’s
ever Happened To you
aT r&l fesT?

Probably just seeing a sea of
tents being set alight on the
Sunday night when I was
campaign one year. Then
waking up to see what was
and wasn’t left the next day.
THe besT memory you
Have of r & l fesT?

Seeing Arcade Fire live for
the first time.

wHo’s your Top Tip on
‘one’s To waTcH’?

To Kill a King.

wHaT’s on your
fesTival rider?

Jamesons and Hot Sauce
are the two most important
things on our festival rider.
wHaT guaranTees a
greaT fesTival for you?

Being able to stick around
and watch as many gigs
as possible. And having as
many of our mates around
as possible.
please Tell fesTivalgoers one THing

There’s a girl called
Jay Brown who just put
out an EP. She has a
very distinctive sound,
somewhere between
Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver
and Hole. She’s awesome.
wHaT’s neXT for
you afTer THe fesTival
season and inTo
neXT year?

We’ve got a bunch of tours
around the UK, Europe and
America planned. We’re also
heading to Australia, Japan
and South Afri