by Helen O'Sullivan, Greenbelt Music Group Administrator
Friday night was the first full run-through of the Bertolt Brecht play ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ (Tony Kushner translation) in the 1100 seater Olivier Theatre at the National in London. There was a preview the previous night but due to lack of technical rehearsals, only two-thirds of [...]

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My Greenbelt has been slightly different to most. In amongst arranging press conferences and planning interviews with what feels like every local BBC radio station in the UK, time to stop and watch is understandably limited, as is time to write reviews of what I've seen or conjure the words to describe it…
Last night [...]

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One of Greenbelt's photographers, Jonathon Watkins, walked around site yesterday, took some pictures of the set-up and has posted them all on Greenbelt's Flickr photostream. And don't forget, if you're taking your camera this weekend and will be uploading the results to Flickr, tag your photos 'greenbelt09'.

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Over the weekend, our Commercial Manager Phil Smith will be recording a video diary and posting it on YouTube, and here's his first effort. (Loving the sunglasses, by the way…)

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Another commercial on YouTube from Agents of Future:

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The Invisible are a London-based three-piece who have recently been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for their eponymously-titled debut album. This single, London Girl, was picked up by Zane Lowe and played on Radio 1 as his 'Hottest Record in the World'. The Invisible are pretty special, and they're playing Mainstage as part of [...]

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I came across this image on Twitter, uploaded by one of our designers, Chantal Freeman. It's a photo of all the signs that have been handmade by our team, and they look fantastic. Maybe next year I'll ask Chantal to make one that says 'My Tent: this way'…

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US 'jalopy-gospellers' Agents of Future are coming to Greenbelt and have posted two 'commercials' on YouTube. Keep an eye out around the Festival site for their 'Kollabo-kiosks', part of AoF's plan to collaborate with every Festival-goer over the weekend. They're so enthusiastic, they might just do it…

And for our interview with Agents of Future, click [...]

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Journalist and Greenbelt volunteer George Luke recently interviewed Stu G (guitarist with Delirious?) for the Church Times, and asked him some questions about his forthcoming solo gig at Greenbelt:
With the end of Delirious? only months away, guitarist Stuart Garrard – aka Stu G – makes a rare solo appearance at Greenbelt, playing an acoustic set [...]

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Hannah Maiden (pictured above at Greenbelt '08 with daughter Eve) is a long-time Greenbelter, from Newcastle, who’s involved in campaigning with one of our key partners, Christian Aid. We asked her how she got involved with Christian Aid and how she’s getting on.
Having had many wandering conversations about living more greenly and ethically over [...]

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