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Local Music SceneYou are in: Leicester > Entertainment > Music > Local Music Scene > Fazed? Not Us!  Fazed? Not Us!Summer Sundae kicks into action on Friday 10 August 2007 and Leicester band Fazed are far from living up to their name. Find out about their last rehearsal and how they're feeling about opening the main stage... When The Beat on BBC Leicester opened its competition to find a local band to open Summer Sundae over 130 bands registered to compete - but only one made it. Winners and Leicester-based band Fazed make their festival debut on Friday 10 August. Look and Listen: 09 August - Last RehearsalFazed had their last rehearsal the day before they're due to open the Summer Sundae main stage - BBC Leicester's Bridget Blair spoke to the band and took some photographs... Audio and Video links on this page require Realplayer The band say they've only played for audiences of a few hundred people before, so opening Summer Sundae will be a big difference.  They're due on stage at 15:40, but they'll arrive around midday to get set up and to have a look around. Kate Nash is performing after them, and they're pleased that their set is only 10 minutes shorter than hers! They've been looking forward to Summer Sundae for weeks now, but what will they do when it's all over? "I just really hope we'll be able to get some really big gigs out of it and get some recognition. "Hopefully there's someone there at Summer Sundae, someone from the industry, who'll be able to pick us up, who we'll be able to do stuff with. "Obviously ideally it would be excellent if we could get a record deal out of it." Listen: 07 August - Excitement about the big dayBBC Leicester's Bridget Blair caught up with Fazed to find out how they were preparing for the big day... Audio and Video links on this page require Realplayer
It's been a few weeks since the big announcement was made, but the band are still reeling from the outcome: "It was absolutely fantastic to find out that all those people voted for us to be able to play on the same stage as all those big bands. "It's like a dream come true, coming to play a big festival on our home turf." Fazed see this opportunity as a launch pad to their musical careers, hoping that the festival crowd will not only consist of new-fans in waiting, but perhaps a few music industry types. Famous FacesThere's one person in particular they'd like to bump into after their set. BBC6 Music's Steve Lamaq is a bit of a band hero, and responsible for getting them interested in many of the artists who have inspired them.  Music Hero: Steve Lamacq Since winning the competition the band have been rehearsing as much as they possibly can between their full-time jobs - oh, and of course all those radio and magazine interviews! Despite all eyes on them, the band don't seem too fazed by the week ahead (the pun had to be done!): "There's a lot of pressure on the band as it is with all the media spotlight but I'm quietly confident that we'll pull it off. "It should be good, we're really looking forward to it. " Keep listening to BBC Radio Leicester 104.9FM & DAB to hear Fazed at their last rehearsal before Summer Sundae!last updated: 10/08/07 SEE ALSOYou are in: Leicester > Entertainment > Music > Local Music Scene > Fazed? Not Us! 
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