One great venue, thirteen marvellous acts, one night.
As the Ulster Hall reopens its doors, ATL thought it was a
perfect time to remind everyone of its rich legacy to the Northern
Irish music scene. Rigsy was twittering away all day (most recent
tweet first)...
+ back to reailty. and reality = sleep. 4:32 PM Mar 10th
+ sorry for the sudden lack of tweets last night, after
so many. as you can imagine, it got crazy once we went on
air. just incredible. 2:11 PM Mar 10th
+ seriously.
check out the pictures. i don't
know what to say about tonight anymore. 1:05 AM Mar 10th
+ special guests all present and
correct. 6:39 PM Mar 9th
+ just did a photoshoot,
all the bands and us. i made a speech after and got a bit
weepy. the whole thing is incredible. 6:33 PM Mar 9th
+ andy cairns playing a dupstep only set at stiff
kitten aftershow, someone tell the shine board! 6:19 PM Mar
9th
+ about to go on evening extra to
chat about it all, 94.5fm 5:49 PM Mar 9th
+ nice to see rik
playing guitar too 5:43 PM Mar 9th
+ ash
now onstage. amazing choice of cover! tho its a cover of
a cover, really.... 5:40 PM Mar 9th
+ neil
hannon is soundchecking. he's doing a resonably obscure,
gorgeous song that i love ;-) 5:23 PM Mar 9th
+ did a wee
tour of the building for TV. really is very snazzy. even
the toilets smell nice. for now. 5:20 PM Mar 9th
+ everyone
has same basic rider. no egos allowed today. apart from mine
;-) 5:13 PM Mar 9th
+ so yea, it was like commentating
on the snooker 4:59 PM Mar 9th
+ havin to record
a link for a massive secret guest, we're tryin to do it so
no one around hears! 4:58 PM Mar 9th
+ here's
donna legge. best celeb of all :-) 4:49 PM Mar 9th
+ ha ha,
guy just walked into our shot carrying....a toilet 4:48 PM
Mar 9th
+ ash guys knockin about now. everyone
seems in such good form :-D 4:40 PM Mar 9th
+ duke special soundchecking.
hes playin with ANOTHER special guest i didnt even kno about!
4:01 PM Mar 9th
+ paul freakin out about guestlist
now. nightmare. luckily i bought six tickets! 3:52 PM Mar
9th
+ andy cairns is being briefed about the big daft finale, which
he will lead. did someone say 'band aid'?! 3:45 PM Mar 9th
+ fww
arent doing 'rock lobster' as their cover, i misheard, he
was saying i'm a 'rock monster' 3:42 PM Mar 9th
+ therapy? just
weighed in, guna grab a sarnie and watch them, may be a BIT
noisy to do links now.... 2:44 PM Mar 9th
+ so exciting. coupla
guys tweaking lights, dude to my left tuning a piano, camera
men building tracks. place is buzzing. 2:05 PM Mar 9th
+ about
to start tv links. had two nice beatles t-shirts, not allowed
to wear either :-( 1:42 PM Mar 9th
+ panama
kings cover sounds amazing! total reinvention of a track
by another band on the bill.... 1:29 PM Mar 9th
+ panama kings
soundchecking. noisy. graham smith already shooting. its
on. 1.01 PM Mar 9th
+ in the ulster hall. already a great buzz about the place,
LOADS of people running about. lafaro soundchecking at the
moment. 12:52 PM Mar 9th
+ awake and getting ready for a pretty....pretty....pretty
big day. trying to remember what colour t-shirts are best
for telly!! 10:46 AM Mar 9th