It’s summertime and for many musicians and music fans that means one thing… festivals!

We’re sure many of you have been to or are going to one this summer, or maybe you’re even playing at one! So in this episode we’re going to try and cover everything you need to know.

Alfie shares his festival memories and tells us about the festivals he’s played with Hudson Taylor. How did they end up playing so many great stages at festivals? Is it just luck or are booking agents integral to being booked?

Fionnán accepts a hypothetical slot at a made up festival next week, and together the lads go over how they could make it work comparing it to Hudson Taylor’s budgets from 2022 festival season.

The lads also go over some of the issues faced by fans trying to attend festivals, obviously they talk Glastonbury! They also check in on some independent music festivals in the UK to see if they are experiencing the same success.

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Welcome back! We’ve been covering a lot of doom and gloom recently so we want to lighten things up a little this week with a catch up.

Fionnán's got some big news. He’s changed his artist name to Fionnán Barrett, which is his own name (obviously!). He’s been thinking about it a lot and reveals to us why he’s done it and why it’s important to define who and what you are as an artist.

The lads catch up and reflect on the first time sharing a line-up together at the Never Fade sessions in London and finally tell us about the first time they wrote together.

We also hear exciting news from one of our listeners who shares exciting news about signing a US sync deal and loads of other stuff because as we know, Alfie loves to talk!

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Welcome back! Whilst we pride ourselves on being candid, this episode we get a little more serious as we are discussing boycotts and art washing. We’re going to focus on the boycott of SXSW (sponsored by the US Army) and Barclaycard sponsored events such as The Great Escape, Latitude and other Live Nation/Festival Republic festivals.

Many artists scheduled to play The Great Escape boycotted the festival in solidarity with Palestine, however Irish trio Kneecap didn’t. Alfie and Fionnán discuss Kneecap’s reasons to not boycott the festival and why they instead pointed the finger at the company behind the sponsorship, Live Nation.

Whilst on the subject of Live Nation, CMAT was among artists and performers who publicly announced that they won’t be playing their planned sets at Latitude because of their sponsor, Barclaycard.

This episode the lads try to answer the question, do boycotts work? It’s good news as this year artists have proven that they have power to make positive change. But does it come at a cost?

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