My Festival's Better Than Yours: Loch Lomond
Guitars and decks reunite as the rock DJ heads for the Bonnie Banks...
| 10 Jul 2007
AC/DC might have reinvented The Bonnie Banks O'Loch Lomond as an unlikely rock anthem, but thankfully there's more to this year's Live At Loch Lomond than screechy cover versions and school uniform-fixated antipodeans. According to Shitdisco's Darren Cullen "Loch Lomond is one of the best place to get wrecked in Scotland." And with two days of live music, DJs and open-air bars, the event promises to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.
Festival favourites Feeder headline the Main Stage on the Saturday night, with support from Carl Barat's Dirty Pretty Things and Thirteen Senses earlier in the day. Be sure to catch The Bluetones too, as their live set is still guaranteed to bring the house down, and lead singer Mark Morriss is renowned for his quick-witted banter with the crowd. Meanwhile the Sunday Mail Stage offers up a long list of rising stars and underground favourites, including sets from the Cosmic Rough Riders, The Shakes and up-and-coming miserablists Grim Northern Social.
If you fancy something a little funkier then Scotland's own Shitdisco will be headlining the Death Disco stage, bringing some "new-rave" weirdness to the party on the Loch - though we know they've been around much longer than the terrible expression. Add in DJ sets from Pete Tong, freaky dancer Bez and, rather curiously, indie survivors Ocean Colour Scene, and Saturday kicks the festival off in style.
Sunday sees Faithless and Supergrass playing the Main Stage, both of which promise to be unmissable, while those anthem manufacturers Embrace, new gypsy kings The Rumble Strips and ordinary boy Preston will all be on the decks at the Rock DJ Stage. The Sunday Mail Stage is the place for followers of fashion to be seen this year, with local lovelies The Hedrons, Stoke scarf-wearers The Alones and Glasgow's mop-topped Figure 5 all contributing sets. It's the first time that Figure 5 have played the festival, and in their own words: "Live At Loch Lomond should be magic even if it's pissing down - roll on the good times and good weather."
If the rock vibe gets too much for you, then Death Disco gives way to Hacienda Classics on Sunday, so dig out those baggy jeans and maracas. There's a live set from Gerald Simpson, otherwise known as A Guy Called Gerald, and DJ sets from Primal Scream's Mani and New Order's Peter Hook. Once that's got you in the mood then head over to the Dance Stage for one of the hardest-working men in the industry, uber-DJ Carl Cox, who'll be bringing the festival to a suitably wild end.
So what are you waiting for? Pack your wellies, dig out your sun cream, and prepare yourself to get low-down and dirty on the shores of Loch Lomond. All together now: "You'll take the high road and I'll take the low road…"
Festival favourites Feeder headline the Main Stage on the Saturday night, with support from Carl Barat's Dirty Pretty Things and Thirteen Senses earlier in the day. Be sure to catch The Bluetones too, as their live set is still guaranteed to bring the house down, and lead singer Mark Morriss is renowned for his quick-witted banter with the crowd. Meanwhile the Sunday Mail Stage offers up a long list of rising stars and underground favourites, including sets from the Cosmic Rough Riders, The Shakes and up-and-coming miserablists Grim Northern Social.
If you fancy something a little funkier then Scotland's own Shitdisco will be headlining the Death Disco stage, bringing some "new-rave" weirdness to the party on the Loch - though we know they've been around much longer than the terrible expression. Add in DJ sets from Pete Tong, freaky dancer Bez and, rather curiously, indie survivors Ocean Colour Scene, and Saturday kicks the festival off in style.
Sunday sees Faithless and Supergrass playing the Main Stage, both of which promise to be unmissable, while those anthem manufacturers Embrace, new gypsy kings The Rumble Strips and ordinary boy Preston will all be on the decks at the Rock DJ Stage. The Sunday Mail Stage is the place for followers of fashion to be seen this year, with local lovelies The Hedrons, Stoke scarf-wearers The Alones and Glasgow's mop-topped Figure 5 all contributing sets. It's the first time that Figure 5 have played the festival, and in their own words: "Live At Loch Lomond should be magic even if it's pissing down - roll on the good times and good weather."
If the rock vibe gets too much for you, then Death Disco gives way to Hacienda Classics on Sunday, so dig out those baggy jeans and maracas. There's a live set from Gerald Simpson, otherwise known as A Guy Called Gerald, and DJ sets from Primal Scream's Mani and New Order's Peter Hook. Once that's got you in the mood then head over to the Dance Stage for one of the hardest-working men in the industry, uber-DJ Carl Cox, who'll be bringing the festival to a suitably wild end.
So what are you waiting for? Pack your wellies, dig out your sun cream, and prepare yourself to get low-down and dirty on the shores of Loch Lomond. All together now: "You'll take the high road and I'll take the low road…"
Balloch, Loch Lomond, 4-5 Aug.
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