Gareth Kelly from the Music Venue Trust joins us to untangle the mystery of PRS and explain how your favourite bands actually get paid. It'll all make perfect sense... probably.

Gav delivers some all-time premium waffle and the excitement for Trees reaches fever pitch.

Oh, and how did Gav end up in an American's basement at 4am on a Thursday??

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Gav checks in from Boston to share stories from Scotland’s World Cup adventure, with the Tartan Army turning the city into a week-long party. From sold-out bars and viral fan moments to Scotland’s chances of progressing, it’s a lively update from the heart of the tournament. 

Back in the festival world, James talks Trees Festival preparations, 2027 booking progress, the fallout from last week’s PRS discussion, and new music from Cult of Luna. As always, there’s plenty of industry chat, listener questions and the usual festival banter. 

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New music, accidentally booking bands onto the podcast, navigating the baffling world of PRS, who actually gets paid when it comes to music venues, and just how much does it cost to truck water into a festival site?

James is fully immersed in Trees season, while Gav is busy firing out Damnation announcements, and with the year already at the halfway mark, it's time to see how those Album of the Year contenders are stacking up?

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Gav and James delve back into the mailbag to discuss venue upgrades, manageable festival growth and their favourite pod moments. 

But before that, Gav takes the chance to gloat about the extreme metal coup of the year… booking The Berzerker outta nowhere!

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Gav hopped on and back off the best tour of the year quicker than you can say “you don’t have a bunk”. 

But bus dramas aside, the We Lost The Sea, Overhead, The Albatross and Dimscûa package delivered in spades. 

Meanwhile, housebound James secured some exciting 2027 bookings and updated his favourite albums spreadsheet.

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The stacked We Lost The Sea, Overhead, The Albatross and Dimscûa UK tour starts tomorrow. 

Mr Departure Songs, Mark Owen, joins the pod from Paris to discuss playing Europe before arriving on these shores for their debut UK run. 

Selling out cities, sacrificing profits for crew, early load ins and bigger production and where they sit in the post rock landscape. 

Do not miss this tour.

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Security. The festival job that should be invisible. And sometimes, they’re completely missing…

This week, we finally get to the long-awaited security episode.
The people who keep you safe while you’re crowdsurfing, stop you sneaking onto Gav’s balcony, and (ideally) keep the whole festival running without you ever really noticing they’re there — this episode is all about them.

Oh, and James’ neighbours drilling? That gets a few mentions too.

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Gav and James dive back into the mailbag to tackle the topics of the day: the importance of grassroots venues, how their “future” headliner predictions panned out and how cancelled are the cancelled?

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From a "scrappy" punk kid to a corporate big wig at Marshall, Steph Carter has had an unusual and contrasting journey in the music business.

He joins the pod to discuss the shocking rise and unfortunate demise of his old band before using his experience to help guide one of the most recognisable brands in rock n' roll.

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And. We’re. Back! 

Sober and as on the ball as you can expect. Gav and James tackle Damnation’s biggest ever announcement and a surprise promise, if People Power pulls through, before getting caught back up on all the drama from the past three weeks.

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