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| 6 April 2005 |
| Written for the Web UK Magazine, Marillion's Fan Club, about our gig at the Marillion Weekend 2005 (www.marillionweekend.com) |
| It was obvious when we arrived on Friday night that we were in a special
place. We were dropping off our equipment back stage as Marillion were playing
their set - and a song had just finished. The cheer that erupted from the
crowd was immense - they were well up for it, and it got a buzz going between
all of us. After the Marillion set we finally met up with Erik - who you may
know works for Marillion in various capacities! He had been there since
Thursday, and apparently things had been very rocky, and he was completely
shagged out... so we sent him off to bed and celebrated on his behalf! |
| This year has been busy for The Plugs. We were recording all winter and pushed
ourselves to get our debut EP finished in time for this weekend. We all went a
bit mad as deadlines approached - and just as we finished it, we had to jump
straight into a few furious rehearsals and a low-key local gig to iron out any
glitches in the set. So after a few weeks of mild panic we were all buzzing
with both fear and excitement as we met up for sound check around 4:00 on
Saturday. We got a good sound both on and off stage - we were ready as we were
going to be. |
| Our show time was an early (maybe a little too early?!) 6:00. As we walked on
stage the crowd had an expectant look on their faces; they were there waiting
for Marillion, but at least seemed ready to be entertained. We launched into
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first song and the sound and the lights and the crowd combined to fill us up
with that indescribable buzz you only get from playing live! Exhausted and
exhilarated, we left the stage and carried that buzz with us for the rest of
the weekend... (...and Spencer carried his to the dance floor later that
evening!) |
| Thanks to Marillion for inviting us and thanks to all of you who caught our
set - especially Paul Tinker, who got so into The Plugs 'Big-Wigby' vibe that
he helped sell CDs for us! It was a strange and fun, and we'd certainly do it
again... |
| -Steve (and the rest of The Plugs: Spencer, Tom, Erik, and Clam) |
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