
Listen DIY PODCAST 006: Live Night with the Class of 2017
Declan McKenna, Loyle Carner and Abattoir Blues all performed on the night.
“Hooray,” we hear you yelp from the other side of your smartphones, as the DIY Podcast returns to get familiar with some of the Class of 2017 at last week’s launch at new London venue, Omeara.
Declan McKenna, Abattoir Blues and Loyle Carner all made live appearances on the night (as did Pixx, but she and band scarpered before we could shove a mic in her face), and they show us around the swanky backstage area on top of chatting all things ‘new year’, plus we find out more about the venue via boss Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons.
If you’ve not yet subscribed to the DIY Podcast, then do - we’ve gone backstage at both Reading and Latitude festivals so far, on stage with Slaves, and across a lake with Weaves.
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