Ricky Wilson's festivals highs and lows

It is amazing what people do to get into a festival. When we were younger, my bandmates Nick, Whitey and I would find new and devious scams to get backstage. One year, I pretended to be the singer from Gay Dad. It wasn't my idea: a Melody Maker journalist approached me and said, "How did the set go?" So I told him about Gay Dad's bold plans for our next album, as we strolled past security.We grew up in Leeds and the festival was 15 minutes from our homes. Once we pretended we had given our passe...

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