My new festival car

Artrockers,
yesterday I took delivery of a new car, a very shiny, very big, green car. That's to say it's painted green, it's not an Eco-car, but it is a diesel, the first one I've ever owned, which means I have to concentrate very hard when I go to fill her up or, well, you know, shiny new car with luncheon meat engine. The other thing I'm having trouble coming to terms with is the handbrake; I'm used to a handbrake that developes the muscles in the left arm, a good industrial lever, but my new car doesn't have anything like that - the handbrake is a button and it's either 'on' or 'off' - very disconcerting. Oh, and the interior is beige, or 'nude' as they're calling it in fashion circles - this summer's hot look. So my car has a nude interior...hmmm. But for all that, my new car has been purchased with the festival season in mind, it is resplendent with cup-holders and things you can plug stuff into, like lap-tops, mobiles, kettles amnd washing machines. Maybe not washing machines, but you get my drift. And should the tent blow away you can stretch out on my nude interior and listen to the DAB radio.
So which festivals will my new car be attending this summer? Well, first up we'll be motoring down to Kent for the Hop Farm Festival (2 /3 July) simply because I've never seen either Dylan or Van Morrison play live (however, Morrison's Too Let To Stop Now is definitely my favourite Live album of all time) and, well, you really don't know how much longer they'll be about. Then we'll tootle of to the 1234 Festival (Saturday 24th July) here in sunny London to check out the Artrocker stage, bursting with new talent. We, me and the car, will round things up at Offset (September 4 / 5) where Artrocker will once again command the main stage and play host to the likes of Mystery Jets, 80s Matchbox, These New Puritans, Factory Floor...All the cool stuff basically.
Of course my new car could get into Underage too, it's only a baby, but I am not, so I'll just have to hear about how it went on our stage from the Artrocker Youngers. It'll be amazing - it always is.

Tom Artrocker