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The festival will begin tomorrow, all performances should be posted here! You can RP whatever you think is appropriate concerning the festival here from now on - pre-performance nerves, interviews, anything you want just be sure you post on time tomorrow. If you can't, don't worry about just put the time you performed it at at the top of the post!

Edited by moderator 08 August 2010 22:51:49(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

We are extremly excited for this festival because it is Nicole's first show playing with the band!

-Matt(Suburban Sunrise)

Norman Murchland looked at his phone, "It was time to get going" he thought. He looked over at his two friends playing the X-Box and told them "We need to go, We've to pick Robbie up on the way"

The men piled into the car and Keith Lumsden asked "Got the tickets!?"

Norman smiled "Course I got them! Now lets go enjoy this Animal Festival troops, it's going to be class!"

Press Release from Liam O'Mally

In the time slot in which Stephanie Fierce was meant to be performing, we will instead burn an effigy of her on a stake in the middle of the stage.

That is all.

- Liam x

Jenny Hudson arrives backstage at the venue with Robbie Stimson from 4th Street Band.

Jenny: Oh man, I couldn't be more scared, look at how big this place is.
Robbie: Yeah, I think this is the biggest venue we've played at, it's gonna be an unbelievable weekend.
Jenny: Any tips on how to get rid of my nerves
Robbie: You could always imagine the audience naked, although if it's pretty sunny today you may not have to imagine it.
Jenny: Oh thanks that really helped.
Robbie: Nah, in all seriousness you've got all of us up there with you and we're all gonna have some sort of nerves, it's pretty normal it will get easier once you hit your first chord.

It was the day of the festival. Liam knew that there would be mistakes, hitches. Of course there would be, not everything could go exactly to plan. He’d left the organisation whilst the festival was running in the hands of Ben and Leslie, he knew they wouldn’t cock up. Well, Leslie wouldn’t. He did it so he could concentrate on his performance.

When your performing with a band, it’s almost easier. Still high on valium from the previous night, you’d walk on stage, numb to the world and perform as if it was just normal ofr you. Which in a way it was. But there weren’t any nerves. It’s hard to believe, but it just was like that. For year’s you’d be bottling it, you’d feel nauseas – so bad that sometimes you just didn’t want to go at all. And then that just clicks, and you perform. Emotions are drained away almost, it saps it out of you. The greatest band’s in the world get nauseas before their performances - they feel that adrenaline. That’s why they go on. But as soon as you get used to it, as soon as you stop getting that feeling, you lose the it.

But right now Liam still felt like that 17 year old sitting in the toilets of the local pub with Ben, Ian and Mike. He imagined it now. He was transported away to that place. Ben, skinning up on the toilet seat, glassy eyed. Ian as always, calm and collected, in his own mind. And Mike, he’d likely be lying on the floor, eyes closed in an entirely different world. And then there’d be Liam, looking at his green faced self in the half cracked mirror. Splodges of badly applied makeup dotted around his face and splattered across the plastic sink.

Someone shook his shoulder and he was sucked out of the alternate reality. It was Vince, his assistant in pretty much anything. Liam had never really been sure what his exact job was. He just sort of did, well, everything.

“Come on man, it’s nearly time for you to go on.” He smiled at Liam, and Liam gave an effortless half smile back. Vince knew what he was feeling, he could see it in his eyes. And he breathed a silent breath of relief – Liam was back. “Five minutes. Then you’re up.” Liam nodded, and looked at himself in the mirror. Perfectly applied makeup, his eyebrows plucked to perfection. His hair, neatly arranged. His shirt was light blue, pristinely ironed.

“Fuck this.” He said to himself. He walked over to the marble sink in the corner and splashed his face with water. His black eye makeup running down his face and his hair becoming soaked. It dripped down onto his face, sticky gel felt greasy upon his brow. He took off his shirt and jeans, reaching into the wardrobe to find his old, ripped Levi jeans and a stained white t-shirt.

Pulling off his socks he stuffed them into the back, grabbed his acoustic guitar and walked over to Vince. “What do you reckon Jack would say if he say me looking like that eh? This is meant to be fucking rock n roll.” He walked over to the door and he could hear the crowd cheering Satellite as they finished up. Vince smiled and turned around.

“I knew you’d be back. Now get out there and show them.” Vince smiled again, wider.

“Fuck off you ponce.” Said Liam, laughing. He opened up the black door and the afternoon sunshine poured in. The last ringing out of the guitar sounded and he breathed it all in, taking a step out onto the stage.

4TH STREET BANDS SET
It’s a typical London afternoon and onstage steps the 4th Street Band, their newest member Jenny Hudson making her live debut with the band is looking obviously very nervous in front of this huge crowd. The band fronted by Max Armstrong are about to embark on a world tour and are making they‘re live return today at animal fest, Max waves to the crowd. He steps up to the mic, “How you doing London, We don’t perform in the UK as much as we’d like to so today we want to give you all something special, We want to do the best gig we’ve ever done and I’m gonna need you help to make this memorable. Alright this first song is called Hallelujah Is A Word I Won‘t Use.”

The extremely recognizable harmonica intro reminiscent to the likes of Dylan and Springsteen sets the fans off as it’s probably 4th Street Bands biggest song and they’re opening with it today. The fans sing along and wave they’re arms in unison throughout the song and Max walks back and forth across the stage with the microphone stand and the mic in his hand, he’s not the showman type of performer, he’ll never be a Freddie Mercury, when he’s performing it’s more about the lyrics and the emotion in his vocals which characterize the Jersey born frontman.

Next up is a faster paced song called Look Into The Past, It’s a polar opposite compared to the extremely emotional Hallelujah Is A Word I Won’t Use. It’s everything you’d expect from a 70’s punk band in one song but it’s not at all clichéd. Max shares the microphone with Robin Krieger halfway through the song and it helps the song along nicely. The band are moving around with the freedom and the comfort of a band in it’s 20th year of being together but the reality is they’re still very much a young band, they’ve been performing together for three to four years now. The song ends with a chillingly beautiful vocal from Lucy Tyrell, “We Lived Our Life A Little Too Fast/And Now I’m Looking In The Past.”

Next up is a song called, Hey Kid, This Is My Whole World, it’s a tale of a father showing his teenage children around the place he grew up in as a teenager, it brings to mind the Bruce Springsteen song My Hometown, and it’s emotions are very similar, it’s one of the bands best songs about reminiscing about former glories. Max reaches out a hand from the edge of the stage and the fans within reaching distance, clamber forward to touch the man they seem to idolize.

Next up is a song reminiscent of Exile era Rolling Stones, it’s called Rock & Roll (Saves Your Soul), and it’s the first time today that Max has let go of the emotional side of the music and moved around the stage with the full intension of putting on a show, He walks along the edge of the stage pointing to the sky and encouraging the audience to sing along.


The band perform the next song a little differently, Jenny Hudson takes centre stage with an electric guitar while Max plays piano on Jenny’s own track Memories Of You, the crowd seem pretty content with Jenny taking centre stage, I think the fact that she’s a pretty attractive woman helps and she does a great job as front woman of 4th Street Band, I think it could be comforting to know that the band have cover if Max isn’t available and I could see a future 4th Street Band with Jenny Hudson on lead vocals it could certainly work.

Next up is a very American song called Skylines & Cute Smiles, it gets a pretty good reaction and is one of the bands best known live songs, the fans sing along in unison as Max steps down from the stage to get closer to the fans in the front row, he runs along the ramps with his arm outstretched and the fans stretch as far as they can to touch the front man’s arm.

As he makes his way back to the stage he plays into the guitar intro for the next song, Look Around Son, This Is Yours, which gets the biggest reaction so far, the song being the bands biggest without doubt, it’s also the most successful and it’s evident judging by the audiences reactions to it.
Max finishes the song and shouts thank you London, to the crowd before leaving the stage with his band.

They return about half a minute later for more due to the fans reaction, “We didn’t come all this way to just give you guys six songs, this is a new song called Cassettes In The Mailbox.”
It goes down fairly well as have most of the bands songs today, He belts out the chorus amid huge cheers. Miles Away From Home/Feeling So Alone/All You’ve Got Is Cassettes In The Mailbox/And A Fucking Unplugged Phone.


He steps back from the microphone before changing his guitar, “This is called Janey, See The Light.” He begins the recognizable intro and offers the crowd to sing along with him. It’s their most recent single and the fans are pretty familiar with it, singing along all the way throughout the song. He steps back and finishes the song with a bellowing vocal, JANEY, SEE THE LIGHT.

Next up is a new song called I Can’t Win, But For You I Will Try. It’s a love song but it’s not a soppy love song, it’s a song in a similar vain to Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen, it has pure raw emotion and vocally it’s probably one of Max’s best performances. During this song Max switched to playing the Piano rather than his trusty guitar, while Robbie Stimson who usually plays piano played guitar on the song and did a very good job.
Next up is another emotional song, about loneliness called Nobody Listens To Silence, It ends the set well and works really well alongside the other more well known stadium rock anthems. It’s set to be released on their first studio album and judging by the crowd reaction it’s likely to be a success. The band finish the song and all stand side by side to applaud and wave at the crowd, Max steps up to the mic for one final time, “You guys have been amazing, Have a great weekend”.

Setlist
Hallelujah Is A Word I Won’t Use
Look Into The Past
Hey Kid, This Is My Whole World
Rock & Roll (Saves Your Soul)
Memories Of You - [Vocals By Jenny Hudson]
Skylines & Cute Smiles
Look Around Son, This Is Yours
Cassettes In The Mailbox
Janey, See The Light
I Can’t Win, But For You I Will Try
Nobody Listens To Silence

OOC: Sorry it was kinda rushed, Let me know what you think.

Edited by user 01 August 2010 04:00:42(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Max: Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it, I loved being up there today.

OOC: This festival has so far been quite a dissapointment, I wish people would at least roleplay their set a little bit considering the effort Aj put in.

OOC: Your damn right, it doesn't even need to be amazing just a quick thing at least give something, I've already got another roleplay set for tommorow finished for my other band Thunder Road. I was never gonna not roleplay my performance, it's just common curtosy, I know people will be a bit busy but at least just post a setlist.