Festival Diary
The events and gigs of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Electric Proms hour by hour.
Saturday 28 October 2006
12.00
Saturday's events get off to a flying start with Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin's film 'loudQUIETloud', which documents the reunion of The Pixies and their subsequent tour in 2004.
14.00
The second showing of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ New Music Shorts; a showcase of five films specially commissioned for the Electric Proms.
15.00
Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland arrives at the FREEDM studio to discuss his highly successful career as a film composer with 6 Music's Ian Nathan, and to take questions from the audience. Following that, there is a showing of Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out which documents the early days of one of the world's most successful bands.
20.00
The Main Space bears a striking resemblance to the Royal Albert Hall tonight as the full sixty piece Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Concert Orchestra assume their positions on the stage. There's an air of expectancy as Guillemots join them and the conductor raises his baton. Together they perform a wonderfully eclectic set that features megaphones, a theremin and animal masks.
20.15
Pigeon Detectives take the Barfly by storm, causing a mini riot as fans invade the stage. Somehow the band still manage to produce a fantastic racket!
21.15
Larrikin Love take to the stage at a beer soaked Barfly. The crowd, who all seem to have broad grins on their faces, dance wildly to the folk inspired tunes that sound like less shambolic Babyshambles.
21.30
There's a highly charged atmosphere in the Main Space as Kasabian arrive on stage. The turn the Round House into one huge party as their anthemic rock is soundtracked by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Concert Orchestra. It's hard to know who's loving it more - the crowd or the band. "It's been f****n' monumental!" declares lead singer Tom Meighan as the fans leave the building singing all the way.
22.30
The Asian Network night kicks off at the FREEDM studio. A fantastic event with performances from Tigerstyle, Niraj Chag and Bombay Dub Orchestra
22.30
The crowds chant and sing as they leave in high emotion from the Kasabian gig.
