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The Wedding Singer Podcast: A tribute to tribute bands

GlastonBARRY

Season 1, Ep. 18
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Fancy a trip to Wales? If so, get yourself down to Romilly Park in Barry for an action-packed weekend of tribute acts, wrestling and juggling at the superbly named GlastonBARRY. This week, we chat to the festival's founder, Matt Blumberg.


Matt talks about the origins of the festival that has been on the go since 2013 and how it has grown to include a junior's day and two days of tribute action.


We hear about an out-of-control alpaca and the importance of having a bar you never have to queue at.


Will reveals he auditioned for Uncle Bryn in Gavin and Stacey.


You can buy tickets for GlastonBARRY at the link below:

https://www.glastonbarry.com/


And you can find them on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/glastonbarryfest?igsh=aHlnMGRkcGh5Y3V3


You can follow The Wedding Singer podcast on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/theweddingsingerpod/


Catch the UK’s best/sexiest/wittiest/coolest [delete as appropriate] The Strokes tribute band ‘New York City Cops’ live in a city/town/hamlet near you - dates here (you can also book us via the website):

https://newyorkcitycops.com


The track featured throughout the podcast is ‘Is This Me?’ by our talented friends Le Groupe Fantastique, find them on Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1bt8eDSsmV28QDxLCpLpDA?si=P3MSFW34RhGUxeFmm-yLWA


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