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Aaron Thomas - downloadAlbum: Follow The Elephants
NewsBright Eyes shine as Benicassim kicks offBright Eyes wound up his international tour tonight (July 19) as Benicassim 2007 sprung into life. The beachside festival, just outside the town of Castellon, traditionally opens a day early with a reduced line-up on the main stage. And this year the party, dubbed Fibstart, coincides with the final night of Conor Oberst and band's international tour. Oberst led the band, clad in their trademark white suits, through a set heavy with tracks from current album 'Cassadaga', including 'Hot Knives', 'Four Winds' and 'Middleman' alongside classic 'First Day Of My Life'. Oberst told the crowd he wished he could stay for the weekend in Valencia, but the band were straight on a plane home to Nebraska. He said: "We have to say goodbye to one of our favourite drummers, Janet Weiss." Weiss joined the Bright Eyes touring line-up after her own band Sleater-Kinney split last year. The other big highlight of Fibstart was a chaotic show from Iggy Pop and The Stooges, which saw another now-traditional stage invasion. Stay tuned to NME.COM for our exclusive video interview with Iggy Pop himself. Benicassim 2007 begins in earnest tomorrow, with fun in the sun from Klaxons and The Horrors. The Gossip brand George Bush a 'fascist' The Gossip's Beth Ditto has lashed out at George W Bush. When asked about her political persuasions, the singer stated firmly her views about the US president. She said: "George Bush is absolutely a fascist piece of shit. "As a radical queer, there's never anybody I can 100% trust in politics. It's a fucking joke to even call it a debate with the idea that we (haven't yet treated) human beings like they are on the same par with everyone else, from homos to immigrants. "It's two-thousand-fucking-seven, get with the program, you know? There's so many candidates and it's like the worst of two evils - not that I think they're necessarily evil." Ditto told The Advocate: "There are things I don't trust, because when money is involved, it changes everything. You can't trust people to be in charge of a lot of people when there's that much money at stake." It's been a bad couple of days for Bush and indie stars with Lily Allen also tearing into the US leader this week. |
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