Last year my band got a lucky break. We were seen playing in London one night and asked by a promoter to go up and play at the Edinburgh festival! It was a very big deal for us because the night we were playing would be broadcast later on that night on Radio 2! It was the first interest that we had ever had from anyone other than your typical promoter that wants you to come and play down at the dog and Duck. On top of that it meant that we would be able to go and watch all of the other great things that the Edinburgh Festival had to offer. I had always wanted to watch the stand up comedians performing up there, because it is generally where you see all of the up and coming artists make their breakthroughs. People like Peter Kay had come through the festival to Super stardom so the chances were that we would see some future stars!

The only problem we had was transport. We had no motor vehicle to use so we decided to investigate the idea of flying up there. I managed to find some flights to Edinburgh online and after calling up the company I discovered that we would not have to pay too much for our equipment supplement. We all had flight cases for our equipment so this seemed like the best thing to do.

The performance was a great success, and the rest of the festival was fantastic. Nothing ever came of playing up there but it was a great experience and it was amazing to listen to our performance live on the radio in our hotel room that night!

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