The Isle of Wight was indeed triple awesome. We played out of our skins friday night, had a great response from a great crowd, we also did a bunch of interviews over the weekend. More news to follow about that and everything else…

I got home really late last night, fell asleep on the last ferry and almost got stuck on it all night (with the van and all the equipment!)

To see a replay of friday night, don’t forget to come down to the surface unsigned on wednesday night.
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see you all soon,
Simon

Yellowgroove with Diesel Dan

In the build up to the Isle of Wight festival we took the oppurtunity to get in a quick session in Somerset to tighten our groove nuts and get out set in tip top shape for the big occasion. While we were there we took a quick trip to see Diesel Dan over at BioSulis in Radstock, which is just round the corner from our studio. He provided us with 50 litres of his finest ex-veggie oil, bio-diesel for our trip down to the island this week.

Dan’s process takes waste vegetable oil from fast food restaurants, caterers and bakeries and converts every single drop into bio-diesel with minimal waste. The bio-diesel is almost carbon neutral and can be used in any standard diesel engine, with the only side effect being a chip shop smell coming out of our exhaust! Equally important is that the bio-diesel is cheaper than regular, fossil diesel, at just over £1 per litre rather than +£1.20. We’re also helping to support a local industry rather than the evil likes of Shell/Esso/BP…..

Makes sense really!!

As our preparations for this weekend continued we all realised that every guitar lead we own will be far to short for the Isle of Wight stage and in a moment of panic we quickly made some orders for extra long leads, strings and speaker cables ready for the big day.

Yellowgroove @ The Goldhawk

Well, the very Yellow weekend went amazingly well. It was even extended by a day thanks to a last minute bit of organisation (and fortune), putting Yellowgroove on the bill at a small venue in Shepherd’s Bush called the Goldhawk. This was YG’s first London outing and it was such a success that the promoter has offered a further two dates in the city. More pics from this night

Friday night was another corker! It was YG’s second date at the Hobbit, a great little venue in the heart of Southampton’s studentville. In comparison to their previous performance in the cosy place, the band were all healthy and flu free! The guys played an hour long set to room that was so packed that many people were left standing in the corridor trying to fight their way in. Look out for Yellowgroove appearing at the Hobbit again very soon! Many thanks go out to Jason Petrou who took some great pictures of the night.

Eastleigh Music Festival

On Saturday afternoon Yellowgroove played the mainstage of the Eastleigh music festival to headline the free section of the festival day. The typically British July afternoon (rainy and grey) seemed to slightly deter the crowds from this great event however, the stage was fortunately sited under a large big-top. The crowd were soon aroused by the set. Emma Richards took this stunning set of photos.

Guestlingbury music festival was next on the schedule however, this small, family run event had unfortunately been over-run by festival goers. They estimated that over 2,000 people had turned up on the Friday night and when compared to the couple of hundred the previous year, the event couldn’t cope and was understandably cancelled.

Overall, a fantastic weekend was had by all and many thanks go out to all of those who came to support or were involved in the organisation and logistics. More Yellow events will be on their way soon!

Friday 10th July sees the band take over the Hobbit supported by FROCK, a rocking band from Bournemouth. Both bands will play an hour set with FROCK on at just before 10.30pm and Yellowgroove at around 12.00am. Entry is free before 10pm and after is £2.

On Saturday 11th, Yellowgroove are playing two music festivals. The first is in Eastleigh town centre for the Eastleigh Music Festival. Yellowgroove are headlining the free section of the festival day and will be playing a 30 minute set on the main stage at 4pm. The guys will then head across the country to a small village called Guestling, the other side of Hastings, where they will be playing at the Guestlingbury Music Festival around 10pm.

There will be most likely be spaces for any of you that want to follow along.
It’s certainly set to be a mad one! Hope to see you there

See backs turned we weren't joking...

Hey all we have turned our backs a little on the website as of late mainly due to a bunch of gigs. So here’s a quick update of what we have been up to.

Videos

About a week ago we very unceremoniously unveiled a Videos section for the site it’s still in its infancy at the moment but, we should be having more content up there in the coming weeks but for now you will have to make do with a little Studio Session gem stone. Things get a little crazy at 3 in morning and you still have 10 tracks to record lead guitar for. “Nah he can’t hear us! …. DAN”.

Coming to a field near you…

We have been confirmed to play Eastliegh music festival Saturday 12th July 2009. We will be playing the same day as British Sea Power, King Creosote, Dlugokecki and Broken Links. It’s FREE to see Yellowgroove and we are on in the Early afternoon but for the main acts tickets are available direct from the Eastliegh Music Festival site.

See you Soon,

Yellowgroove