The final (or so you think…) Trees bands are here and it’s time to show the neglected big cousin of the festivals show much needed love. 

The arena fillers, the older legends and up-and-coming picks not to be missed from the bill. 

Also, what’s the deal with that Primus tour, weren’t they an ATG exclusive?

And did Core festival in Glasgow tell Gav they were moving to the weekend after Damnation and either way, why the hell is he so supportive?

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Man of many talents, Kevin Douch, joins the pod to discuss setting up and running the Big Scary Monsters record label over the past 25 years, band management and organising the madness of ArcTanGent and Trees’ merch tents.

But first, what’s in the box?

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It’s another pod exclusive ATG band drop, this time in the shape of the final 16 acts with some absolute belters and a few surprises in store. 

Gav and James also chat the latest HRH mishap and the strength of this year’s Download line-up before sinking their teeth into their favour subject: Take That.

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Photo from Jez Pennington

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With a rum and a beer in hand, James Scarlett is welcomed back to 2 Promoters, 1 Pod to tackle the neglected mail bag in a tipsy fashion.

First aid stats, Deftones live, silent disco turnouts, Yndi Halda love, news scoops, Converge’s new record, Happy Dimscûa Day and streamlining the booking process, all tackled. 

With a smile.

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Last week’s podcast discussing the current state of music journalism ruffled some feathers, to put it mildly. 

So this week Gav and James invite former Kerrang! editor-in-chief Sam Coare on to address the fallout. 

“Round Two. Fight!”

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Gav has had plenty to say on the pod about the declining quality of ballsy music journalism in the UK with talented scribes being reduced to hired hacks, used for the whims and wants of overbearing PR agencies, record labels and the bands and they represent. 

But now it’s time for those wordsmiths to fight back and have their say on how they view the industry in which they ply their trade.

Part one, in what will no doubt be a series of pulling back the curtain on music journalism, features former Independent writer, serial podcaster and Metal Hammer talent Remfry Dedman.

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45 ATG bands are here, and four hours before the rest of the world finds out - Arcane Roots aside! 

Gav and James discuss ripping up the promo plan when Radio 1 come calling, ATG bands taking off and Jamie Lenman being the first artist ever to ask to go DOWN the bill.

Then they get stuck into to as much geeky goodness as possible; playing tent Tetris with camping allocations, the chaos of organisational timelines, relationships with suppliers and what impact a Glasto fallow year has on the rest of the summer’s events. 

With a completely unnecessary and likely provocative AI grenade tossed in for good measure. 

Enjoy!

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After a long break from the mailbag, Gav and James dive back in for the first Q&A since October.

And what do the masses want to know about? If spotting and booking up and coming talent is luck or talent, how to weed out shit live bands before they hit your stage and what would James rob from Gav if his name were to be plucked from the Jug of Joy?

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The first wave of Damnation bands have been announced and they are bangers.

But it wasn’t without mishaps, leaks and panic… as Gav explains.

And James lays out his excitement for the year ahead from album release hopes to festival plans.

“For the fucking millionth time…”

We go again, every Thursday morning.

It’s 2026 and Gav and James are ready to go again but there’s one small festive task to wrap up… the best albums of 2025.

Surely they agree on most of the top ten, right? 

Right?

We go again, every Thursday morning.