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Review: Glastonbury Festival
These guys are no strangers to
playing festivals. They have played
Endorse-It In Dorset, Bearded
Theory, Ragged Hedge and in August
2007 they played to a 3000+ crowd
at Beautiful Days Festival but, this
was Glasto! and the Hobos were a
little nervous to say the least.

Arriving in the backstage area, they
could see they had a good sized
crowd and were ready to give their
all. Then the generator broke down
and they had another 20 minutes of
nail-biting waiting until the
backstage crew fixed it and they
mounted the stage to a capacity crowd (not bad for 1pm at a Festival!). Opening up with a
skiffle version of Led Zep’s Rock ‘n’ Roll the Hobos did what they do best, playing Skunk
(skiffle/punk) versions of classic rock and roll, punk, pop and traditional songs interspersed
with several of their own songs (available on their new CD Skunk & Disorderly!) with the usual
comedy banter between songs (who’s trousers am I wearing?). During their 40 minute set, the
Hobos drew more people towards ‘The Avalon’ Stage, many of whom couldn’t get into the tent
and had to be satisfied with straining their necks to see. Things slowed down a little when they
played their own song Tyburn Jig, a folk song about shooting a tax man which kept the
audience engaged ready for a rowdy version of Irish Rover that followed it. For an encore, they
handed out spoons, tin trays, pots and pans to the audience and finished their set with Lonnie
Donegan’s Mama Don’t ‘Low which they encouraged the audience to bang on their ‘instruments’
while Wino Tyrone performed a rap ‘dissing’ the controversial Glastonbury choice of headliner
Jay Z, sang the Um Bongo advert and Miser Bill led the audience to sing Give Peace a Chance.
40 minutes of singing, silliness, skunk rock and outrageous fun, a perfect way to start a
festival.
p34 | The Gig Guide | September/October
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