Brighton was the venue city for the latest leg of Channel 4's Transmission show, and I was in attendance to bring you the inside story. Starring on this weeks programme (broadcast 11:40 25th May on C4) were Scissor Sisters, Gossip, Cold War Kids and Bats for Lashes, along with an interview with the legendary Yoko Ono.
Presenters Steve Jones and Lauren Laverne interviewed a specially camped up sofa of guests for the seaside city's show, with gay members of Scissor Sisters Ana Matronic and Jake Shears sat alongside Beth from the Gossip. The aforementioned Mr Jones even snogged Jake, all for the cameras naturally...
Mingling inside the VIP tent, I was brushed past by Ana Matronic and sat watching Yoko Ono's interview alongside the guitarist from the Gossip (whose name has slipped my mind). Much free beer and food later I stood alongside Lauren Laverne and Steve Jones to watch the Gossip perform new tracks in the outdoor stage.
Cold War Kids performed new single Hospital Beds inside the 200 capacity studio tent, followed by Bat For Lashes folky style of laid back tunes. Scissor Sisters played a couple of new songs too apararently, but I was too busy sucking on the free Ashahi to notice.
Aftershow venue was the Glouster Barfly, where the impressive Ghosts performed to a rammed venue of Brighton music festival too-cool-for-school kids and luck ol' meeeee!
