Saturday was Boosh history, and we were part of it! :D Myself, Lucy and Phil were all up and ready to leave nice and early on Saturday morning - all up by 7am and ready and off in Petra by 8.30. Sadly, Elliott has phone at 7.15 to say that he was too ill to come, and despite texting round everyone I could think of at 7.30 on a Saturday morning, on-one was available to take his place. We were a trio on a journey through time and space!
The journey was brilliant, lots of good music and breakfast of Iced Gems, lollipops and white wine - none for Phil of course, as he was the Designated Driver and very responsible with it :)
We navigated our way there with the help of TomTom and arrived nice and early. There was already a large number of people there waiting for the gates to open, so many in fancy dress! In the distance, we could see the main stage and the huge red and black Boosh banners rippling in the breeze - all the memories of being at Festivals in the past came flooding back, and with them such a sense of excitement, I was literally bouncing around like a hopeless fangirl, high on too much sugar. Which is effectively what I was ;)
The gates opened and we piled in, went straight to one of the Nabootiques and got ourselves kitted out with fabulous Boosh goodies. I got myself a nice skinny vest in green (of course), very happy indeed with this, while Lucy went for a Festival t-shirt and Phil got himself a wicked black Electro Boy one (must remember to borrow that occasionally!) to match his face paint which I'd done! After a quick wander round, we installed ourselves on the grass to the left of the stage, just below the huge screen and picnicked on veggie burgers and Party Ring biscuits, drank cider and took many many photos as the day went on. Every so often, we'd text one to the dedicated number for the Festival and a short while later it would appear on the screens on the side of the stage! Fame at last ;)
Photos on my facebook, and for those without one, they can be found here.
Hurrah!
It seriously was outstanding - and that was just at the main stage Monkey Hell. We never actually made it round the corner to the Velvet Onion to see the comedy stuff, because we were far too busy enjoying the events on our stage! In between bands, various DJ sets were played by the likes of Peaches and Jarvis Cocker - so brilliant, and such a great excuse to dance! The bands were great too, a really eclectic mix of jazz, electro and rock - exactly what you'd expect from a Boosh Fest I guess! Loved Robots in Disguise, second time I've seen them and was jumping around like crazy to my fave tunes. Gary Numan was an absolute LEGEND though, he's such a rock star! He swaggered about, pouting and smiling and really gave the crowd their money's worth. BRILLIANT. Had to text Barnaby while he was on, was such a shame that he had to work that day. During his set, I noticed Dee and Sue from RID dancing around in front of us in the crowd, so I snuck up next to them and asked to have a photo taken with them - they very kindly said yes and Noel Fielding's little nephew who plays Kirk in the series jumped in the picture too - he's SO CUTE!
Obviously, the highlight was The Boosh band themselves, arriving as The Future Sailors - Vince on a giant pirate ship and Howard in a dinghy! They ripped their way through all the best songs - but where was Love Games?! Old Gregg was up on stage but my favourite song was very sadly lacking! The costumes, characters and backdrops were spot on apart from that - we were even treated to a few appearances by THE MOON!! I love him, he's fabulous. Really hope they keep him for the Live Tour later this year!
Basically, The Mighty Boosh are most mighty, most wonderful, their songs are worth shouting your heart out to, and I LOVE THEM.
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