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Xfm Meets The Futureheads
Ahead of Xfm's Big Night Out (March 20), headliners The Futureheads spoke about their forthcoming album, festival plans and receiving complements from Kate Bush.
After the success of the first single (from their third album) 'Beginning Of The Twist' guitarist Ross Millard and bassist David "Jaff" Craig discussed their success since setting up their own management label Nul Recordings and reveal some juicy festival anecdotes.
You're headlining Big Night Out at Brixton Academy, representing Xfm. You excited?
"Yeah, we've only played here one time before and it was the only time I've ever crowd surfed..." [Listen To Full Answer]
What can we expect from your forthcoming album, 'This Is Not The World'?
"The rest of the record is pretty much the same as 'Twist'..." [Listen To Full Answer]
The next single is 'Radio Heart'. Can you tell us about it?
"It was pretty interesting, we had it all done and dusted in three hours..." [Listen To Full Answer]
You've set up your own label Nul Recordings, how has it been since going solo?
"We're doing away with convention and looking at selling our record in a different way..." [Listen To Full Answer]
You're set to play with Muse at the Royal Albert Hall. How do you prepare for a gig of that scale?
"You've got to take a few deep breaths when you're gonna play with Muse..." [Listen To Full Answer]
We heard that you received a call from Kate Bush congratulating you on your cover of 'Hounds Of Love'. What did she have to say?
"For a while I had this voicemail going, "Hi Boys. Really loved the cover version, thanks for..." [Listen To Full Answer]
Which festivals are you playing this year?
"We're doing V and Glastonbury, we're doing a lot in Europe..." [Listen To Full Answer]
What has been your best festival moment?
"For me, it was our performance at Glastonbury in 2005 because..." [Listen To Full Answer]
And what about your worst festival moment?
"The first time we ever played V Festival because..." [Listen To Full Answer]
Have you got any festival survival tips?
"[Jaff] The first time I ever went to a festival, me and Barry went, but he sleeps naked so..." [Listen To Full Answer]
What about any blagging tips?
"We've never done any of that..." [Listen To Full Answer]
Have you got any plans for tonight? Any surprises?
"It's always a special night, if we play a good show he'll [Ross] crowd surf again..." [Listen To Full Answer]
[Listen To Full Interview Here]
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