Xfm At The Isle Of Wight 2007 - Part 1
It's Day One of Xfm's coverage of the legendary Isle Of Wight Festival 2007, and despite a slow start and some weather trembles, both Snow Patrol and Groove Armada are locked in position to thrill the masses.
Day 1, June 8 2007
It's Day One of Xfm’s coverage of the legendary Isle Of Wight Festival 2007, and despite a slow start and some weather trembles, both Snow Patrol and Groove Armada are locked in position to thr:10 ill the masses.
17:03 Backstage at Isle Of Wight on the first day of the 2007 event, there’s a hushed sense of terror. The blistering sunshine promised by every news report in the country seems to taking place prematurely and in its place a humid stickiness that threatens thunder with every dark cloud and every unconfirmed spot of rain.
Can Koopa can save the situation?
17:15 …Frankly, no. Regardless, the Essex three-piece huddle on IoWF’s sole proper stage like the end of the world is nigh.
Thankfully, a reported siting of Echo & The Bunnymen enigmatic fontman Ian McCulloch strolling around backstage lifts spirits considerably and Xfm toddles off for a chat with those loveable scamps, The Feeling.
18:01 Despite making housewives’ hearts swoon and devoted indie kids angry in equal measures, The Feeling know a good thing when it rushes up, bites them on the nose and harmonises in their face, and Xfm caught up with the band to discuss new material, their 'Twelve Stops Then Home' victory lap and a surprise cover version.
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18:40 The rain clouds on the Isle Of Wight seem to have disappeared for now, but McCulloch and his Bunnymen bring the gloom back as the IoW gets enveloped in their classic indie sound. The hits get rolled out including 'Killing Moon' and 'The Cutter', plus 'Nothing Ever Lasts Forever' featuring a live interpolation of the Lou Reed classic 'Take A Walk On The Wild Side'.
18:41 The boys from Koopa seem to have taken up residency in the media room and spend a clear five minutes making eyes at female tabloid journalists. The rascals.
19:05 It's all go in the Xfm media tent as everyone from Groove Armada to Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol call in for a chat. Check out the blog later to listen again to the full interviews.
19:07 Xfm's Ian A Williams sits down with Snow Patrol main man Gary for a chat about the band's new material and his contribution to the recent Spiderman film, revealing that 'the single 'Signal Fire' was his reaction to the parts of the plot that resonated most with him.
Not the spiderweb flinging then... [Listen]
20:15 Over in another part of the field the man nursing a post gig drink is Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch. Xfm caught up with him to discuss his favourite, and least favourite, parts of modern popular culture.
Check out the interview in full here [Listen]
20:46 Back on the main stage Groove Armada follow their chat with Xfm [Listen] with a storming set featuring a whole host of gusts and band members alongside the Armada duo. A final 1-2 punch of 'Super Stylin' and 'I See You Baby (Shakin That Ass)' seals the deal as the masses warm up for the headline act.
22:13 Snow Patrol are in fine form as they rock Isle of Wight with a hits-led set drawing from their growing back catalogue. Opening their set with 'Hands Open' the band played a number of their world-swallowing hits including 'Open Your Eyes', 'Chasing Cars' and 'Run'.
On 'Set The Fire To The Third Bar', Martha Wainwright's original vocal line was sung, not by a member of the crowd as on recent dates, but by friend of the Patrol Miriam Kaufman.
The full setlist ran as follows:
- 'Hands Open'
- 'Chocolate'
- 'It's Beginning to Get to Me'
- 'Spitting Games'
- 'Headlights on Dark Roads'
- 'Signal Fire'
- 'How to be Dead'
- 'Grazed Knees'
- 'Make This Go on Forever'
- 'Chasing Cars'
- 'Shut Your Eyes'
- 'Set the Fire to the Third Bar'
- 'Ways and Means'
- 'Run'
- 'You're All I Have'
- 'Finish Line'
- 'Open Your Eyes'
- 'Post Punk Progression'