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Off the back of three singles, Villanelle have spent the summer barrelling from festival to festival with barely a breath in between. This leg took Gene Gallagher, Ben Taylor and Jack Schiavo somewhere new entirely: Spain, and Mad Cool Festival, for the first time in the band’s history. No prior gigs in the country, no idea what to expect from the crowd, just a flight out of London and the intention to give it everything. What followed was a blur of airport busks, roadside Estrellas, a tent soundcheck done at speed, and a set that by all accounts had the crowd going properly mental. Here’s how it went, in their own words.
Cheeky airport busk
Sebastian the cat
How do you prep a setlist differently for a festival slot versus your own headline show?
Typically the set is shorter so instead we are pushing for maximum energy from the tunes. We normally leave out the softer moments designed to make the set more dynamic and just aim to thrash it out and get the crowd moving.
Is there anything about playing Spain specifically that changes your approach, language, crowd energy, past experiences here?
None of us had played in Spain before so we went in blind with the intention of just giving it everything we had. Naturally Gene made some comments about the football and local team, but other than that we just cracked on as normal.
Villanelle se bebe una Estrella
Checking that sound out.
Multi-day festivals mean sharing a bill with a huge range of artists, did anything on this year’s lineup make you want to catch someone else’s set?
We caught as much as we could on the day of our show but we were gutted to not stick around to see the rest of the weekend. We would’ve loved to see Pixies but we will catch them on the road over the Summer.
How different is your soundcheck process at a festival with a tight turnaround versus a full production night?
Playing a tent with a closed door meant we got a pretty solid soundcheck at Mad Cool so it was pretty akin to our normal process albeit done with a bit more pace. We get our ear monitors ready to go and trust our team with the sound out front.
Bleu gone fishing.
What kind of rituals do you guys have before performing on stage?
Finishing the whole rider of drinks a few hours before and then scrambling to get more for the stage
What’s one thing about this festival that surprised you compared to what you expected going in?
We had heard so much about how great the European hospitality is as a touring band and it did not disappoint. Everyone from the festival team were so attentive and the free bar was a lovely albeit dangerous plus!
Were you able to catch any other bands/artists’ sets?
We tried to catch everything we could. We caught Hot Wax before our show but sadly clashed with Wolf Alice who we were keen to see. We managed to see Foo Fighters though and loved it.
Crowd going mental clearly.
Look at Dave go.
We played here.
header image. Thomas Smith
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Off the back of three singles, Villanelle have spent the summer barrelling from festival to festival with barely a breath in between. This leg took Gene Gallagher, Ben Taylor and Jack Schiavo somewhere new entirely: Spain, and Mad Cool Festival, for the first time in the band’s history. No prior gigs in the country, no idea what to expect from the crowd, just a flight out of London and the intention to give it everything. What followed was a blur of airport busks, roadside Estrellas, a tent soundcheck done at speed, and a set that by all accounts had the crowd going properly mental. Here’s how it went, in their own words.
Cheeky airport busk
Sebastian the cat
How do you prep a setlist differently for a festival slot versus your own headline show?
Typically the set is shorter so instead we are pushing for maximum energy from the tunes. We normally leave out the softer moments designed to make the set more dynamic and just aim to thrash it out and get the crowd moving.
Is there anything about playing Spain specifically that changes your approach, language, crowd energy, past experiences here?
None of us had played in Spain before so we went in blind with the intention of just giving it everything we had. Naturally Gene made some comments about the football and local team, but other than that we just cracked on as normal.
Villanelle se bebe una Estrella
Checking that sound out.
Multi-day festivals mean sharing a bill with a huge range of artists, did anything on this year’s lineup make you want to catch someone else’s set?
We caught as much as we could on the day of our show but we were gutted to not stick around to see the rest of the weekend. We would’ve loved to see Pixies but we will catch them on the road over the Summer.
How different is your soundcheck process at a festival with a tight turnaround versus a full production night?
Playing a tent with a closed door meant we got a pretty solid soundcheck at Mad Cool so it was pretty akin to our normal process albeit done with a bit more pace. We get our ear monitors ready to go and trust our team with the sound out front.
Bleu gone fishing.
What kind of rituals do you guys have before performing on stage?
Finishing the whole rider of drinks a few hours before and then scrambling to get more for the stage
What’s one thing about this festival that surprised you compared to what you expected going in?
We had heard so much about how great the European hospitality is as a touring band and it did not disappoint. Everyone from the festival team were so attentive and the free bar was a lovely albeit dangerous plus!
Were you able to catch any other bands/artists’ sets?
We tried to catch everything we could. We caught Hot Wax before our show but sadly clashed with Wolf Alice who we were keen to see. We managed to see Foo Fighters though and loved it.
Crowd going mental clearly.
Look at Dave go.
We played here.
header image. Thomas Smith
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