Ned's Atomic Dustbin fans

Ned's Atomic Dustbin fans chat to the Express & Star following the One Heart One Way festival

Transcript

00:00 Paul Jenkins of the Express and Star Post, Ned's Atomic Dustbin. We've got some guys here who've really enjoyed the gig.

00:08 Just introduce yourself if you can and where you're from.

00:10 Hello, I'm Michaela, I'm very moist and I'm from Brighton.

00:14 Right, come all the way from Brighton for the gig. And you sir?

00:17 Simon, I've come all the way from Switzerland.

00:20 Really? Wow.

00:22 Hi, I'm Donna, I've come from Kent and the gig was ace. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.

00:29 And Donna, Donna. No, that's Donna. We can get muddled up.

00:36 So you guys, all three of you, you travel good distance to see Ned's. What is it about Ned's that makes you do that?

00:44 Been going to see them since 1991.

00:47 Been following them for many, many years. It's about the music but it's also about the social side of it.

00:54 The Ned's family.

00:55 The friendship that we now have is amazing.

00:58 We've all been meeting up over many years all over the country.

01:01 So did you meet at a Ned's gig or through Ned's?

01:04 Yeah, pretty much.

01:05 And online.

01:06 Yeah.

01:07 Not Tinder though.

01:09 On Facebook. The Ned's of Comic Dustbin Appreciation Society.

01:13 Can't find my mates anywhere mate.

01:15 Finally, finally, finally if we could just ask, what was the highlight of the gig for you all tonight?

01:21 Totally groovy, totally groovy. They haven't played that for years.

01:24 Ain't, ain't. They don't play that very often.

01:26 No.

01:27 And you sir?

01:28 Love it.

01:29 Just for all of them.

01:30 Just being with us.

01:31 You hoping they'll play again? Because it's a bit intermittent now isn't it?

01:34 Yeah, well we go to all the shows wherever they are so.

01:37 We'll be there when they do.

01:38 It's a fantastic night whenever.

01:40 And we're just in the shadow of the mitre where they play their first ever gig so.

01:44 We'll be going there shortly.

01:46 Carry on the party there.

01:47 We might have a few beers in there as well, yeah.

01:49 Okay, thanks for talking to us.

01:50 Thank you, no worries.