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A bit of Efests nepotism with this one, but thought it would be appropriate given the subject of the song.    My son's band released their debut single on Friday and it is written in loving memory of my best mate and fellow Glasto enthusiast who tragically passed away in August 2022 from a brain tumour exactly 3 months after his 3-day festival themed wedding at the age of 42. On his wedding day he was fit and healthy with no symptoms whatsoever.    Only a few weeks later he started to get blurred vision, unable to focus on messages on his phone and suffered blind spots in his peripheral vision when driving. His condition deteriorated rapidly, forcing him and his new wife to abandon their honeymoon at Glasto while they waited to find out what the issue was.   Finally, in mid-July he got the devastating news that he had an incurable brain tumour and was given, at best, 18 months to 5 years with treatment. Sadly, he only lasted 5 more weeks, losing the ability to speak or understand anything that was happening to him, and he passed away on the 3 month anniversary of his wedding.    He was Godfather to my eldest son and honorary Uncle to my youngest. He had been a constant presence throughout both their lives and was like family to both of them. When I took my two boys to say their goodbyes to him at the Hospice my youngest son, who was only 16 at the time and had just been accepted into Music College, made a promise that he would write a song for him. This is that song and I am so unbelievably proud of what he has produced.   Despite him and his band mates only being 17/18, I think most people will be surprised at how mature and timeless the songwriting is, and it is a fitting tribute to a guy who was universally loved by everyone who knew him and was a true Glasto lover having attended multiple times over the years.    Anyway, the band is called Cold July. They have well over an album's worth of material ready to go, and they will be releasing more music throughout the year. If you like what you hear, then give them a follow over on Instagram and whatever your chosen streaming platform is. As you all know engagement, follows, likes, playlist adds, etc are all so crucial these days for young bands starting out, especially with debut singles, so I'm sure they would appreciate the love from the Efest community.         

hahahahhhahaha     no.

Production is the same it seems like stage wise and all that. So prob went with what was going to work.

I think they have disenfranchised a great number of past experienced stewards by doing this and as they say today, the 'optics looks poor'....

LITTLE