I've managed to go the whole weekend without watching a single complete set from the Glastonbury Festival.
Admittedly, Lady K and I have caught a few moments whilst channel surfing but it tended to land on acts like Coldplay or Shania Twain, prompting a reflexive prod of the remote control to move swiftly on.
Billy Nomates performed on the Leftfield stage on Saturday, though perhaps unsurprisingly after last year's appalling trolling and abuse, her set is not available to view on BBC iPlayer. A shame, as Tor Maries was easily one of 2023's highlights for this armchair festival goer and I've no doubt that she was brilliant this weekend too.
Billy Bragg joined Billy Nomates on stage for a version of the Bard of Barking's classic A New England. Sadly, no sign of this live rendition on YouTube either (yet), however Billy has shared her demo of the song, re-titled new ingland, with Billy Fuller (Beak>) on guitar. It's available as a name your price download on Bandcamp and suffice to say, it's rather special.
As a reminder or introduction, here's a selection from each of Tor's previous mixtapes/albums, tor tapes (2023), CACTI (2023) and Billy Nomates (2020), plus a new song wwid released in May.
I've reactivated the link to the Billy Nomates selection that I compiled in June 2023, which you can find here..
Tor's on tour, joining The Streets at Birmingham Centenary Square in August, then playing around the UK in November and December, culminating in a hometown gig at Strange Brew in Bristol on 5th December. I'll be there.
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