Without festival dads we'd have no festivals | John Harris

So over-30s are too old to rock? Tell Springsteen, the Stone Roses and an industry that relies on their supportA confession: despite my 42 years, I occasionally listen to Radio 1. Usually, it's a matter of being pushed rather than pulled: a flat in-car iPod battery or an episode of Moral Maze, and I'll be there. But usually only briefly: some of its evening output aside, the station seems to have long since reverted to the template minted in the days of Dave Lee Travis and the rest, whereby "per...

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