"When we were in Montreal, a guy broke into the place we were playing with a sledgehammer, threatening the waitress and we were like, ‘this is more like it!’" - Elisabeth talks tour adventures...
"We’ve played here on the Kerrang! Tour and a bunch of other things and Norwich has always been one of those regional places that has always been fun to play, we enjoyed it." - Ellie Smith interviews Young Guns' Gustav
"Plus I love Alan Partridge as well - isn’t he the best? So yeah, it’s all about Radio Norwich for me." - Jaguar Skills talks about his love for the Eastern region!
"There’s something that feels really important about taking something that is supposedly difficult and ugly and creating something of beauty." - Lead singer Hayden talks to Outline...
"We’ve played Norwich so many times and there’s nothing you always bring a real spirit to the gigs..." - Felix talks about The Maccabees' relationship with Norwich
"I wanna do a little bit of acting and stuff, so I’m gonna go and do a bit of training and try and get in Eastenders…" - Wiley talks about future plans with Outline.
"We sound quite loud and rowdy compared to a lot of the other stuff that’s played on the radio." - Russell on their recent Radio 1 airplay...
"As soon as the orchestra started playing the intro to the first song, me and Christian just burst into tears and had to run out the room to save face…"
"Somebody said it was like pouring lemonade in your brain, so I don’t know if that’s the same." - Dave McLean on his band's first album...
"Oh, you’re getting the first show, so this is gonna be us, full energy; we’re gonna be five guys getting very excited about being on a stage"
"I think hopefully to play more outside Norfolk is my biggest goal" - local musician Lee Vann talks of his future plans...
"Every album should be an event of sorts to me, and this is a fresh start in my opinion. It feels like starting over…" - Alec talks to Outline about the new CYHSY offering.
"I just sort of think of it as a totally different world, and if people like it, if it entertains them, that’s fine with me." - Ellen talks to Outline
"Rodney P is fed into the very foundation of British street sound." - Outline takes a look at the career of Rodney P...
"‘Keep on Plucking’ is, I think, the only thing I can say!" - Hester gives advice to would-be ukulele wranglers...
We got to play to thousands of people in amazing theatres for 30 minutes, then be done by 9pm and get drunk and watch Jimmy Eat World!
"It would have to be our very first show we played. It was at B2, I was nervous, scared and made tons of mistakes, but 150ish people turned up and it was electric!"
"We’re riding on that same horse, you know. We just love the simplicity of good soul music." - Nalle of Vintage Trouble talks to Outline...
"We’re aware of the folk nazis. Hahaha. Every genre can be a cliquey kind of genre. They nominated us at the Radio 2 Folk Awards, which I thought was a bit of a laugh that they let us in there." - Adrian discusses the perils of folk music.
"I think because of the language barrier, sometimes it gets a little like people say, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about! You’re like a bunch of crazy people!’ - Joby talks being Lost in Translation...
"I didn’t really think about having to sing the word ‘whiskey’ with my mouth open for five seconds while pints of paint were being thrown at my face..." - Lisa on the making of 'Knots' video.
"We have this awful, awful syndrome where anyone that does well is just kinda cut off at the knees in New Zealand" - The NZ reaction to success...
"You can see a tree, or have a conversation with someone, or bump into a wall, or whatever and all of them set off triggers that might then give you an idea musically" - Fyfe Dangerfield talks to Outline...
"It was like holding on to a jet engine taking off, but ultimately going at that speed and being up that high, you’re gonna get covered in ice and fall off." - Dan Hawkins talks candidly about the pressures of success...
"This is the most work / thought / energy / muscles / skill / creativity I have ever put into drumming!" - Fliss on her new role as The Nightingales' drummer...
"Are we playing the Arts Centre again? It was really good there last time." - MC Andy Cooper on the last time they blew the roof off the NAC...
"So many record labels don’t have any respect for any creative instinct that the artists might have..." - Benjamin talks about the benefits of being on an indie...
"Obviously the Puppet Theatre is the stand out gig, for where it was and because we were wearing puppets!" - Jamie from the band remembers Norwich fondly...
"I have a tooth tattoo, ‘cause I lost a lot of my teeth. It’s a shout out to the teeth I lost on tour" - Eddie Reyes chats to Outline
You know, if someone picks their toes at the start of the tour, it’s funny, but by the end of the tour, you wanna kill ‘em! - Tony Mortimer talks to Outline about the trials of touring...
"The place was packed out, it was brilliant. It was a really nice feeling to know that people still gave a shit..."
I’m always wrestling some kind of imaginary dragon on stage as well, so I’ll definitely be wrestling something...
“It’s not you, it’s… Him.” When the real Emma-Lee Moss had to deal with the very real situation of her fiancé trading their relationship for a life with God, she found herself broken...
"They say it has no political background, but it has to come from somewhere…" - DELS talks to Emma about his music, and the recent UK riots.
Will Holland bust out the seams of his own name long ago; one name, one style, one country have never been enough to contain one of Britain’s most explorative musicians…