Talking to Tramlines 2024 acts Miles Kane, The Snuts and Balancing Act

The Star, Sheffield

The Scottish Snuts were full of praise for Sheffield’s sunny weather over the Tramlines weekend, Miles Kane talks about the sentimentality of the city, and Balancing Act experienced the best crowd of their lives.

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00:00Hiya, we're here with the Snuts today at Tramlines with the best dressing room ever. I mean, what a view is that?

00:06What a dressing room. We're here with Balancing Act at Tramlines. Guys, what a start to festival

00:12season for you guys. Yeah, tonight, well today was, that was a bit of a game changer for us.

00:17It was amazing, so many people. Yeah, more of this please, everyone.

00:23You last performed Tramlines in 2019. How does it feel to be back this year?

00:28I'm a bit nervous today, you know, but when we did it back then, it was an amazing gig,

00:35so I'm just hoping that we've got a big crowd and everyone's up for it.

00:39You guys are no strangers to Sheffield. You've played here a fair few times.

00:44What is it that keeps you coming back? We love it here. I think it's, you know,

00:47it's got a history of indie rock and roll. You know, it's pretty cemented. All our favourite

00:53bands, you know, we grew up going to see like Melbourne and stuff like that. We came down to

00:57see like the first Melbourne reunion, stuff like that. So we've got a lot of great memories here,

01:03just as like, you know, like fans of music as well. So every time we play here, it's tremendous.

01:08You've got a bit of a history with Sheffield as well. So what was it like for you? Was it

01:11like a bit of a homecoming show? Yeah, it's my adopted hometown.

01:15So coming back and playing it to that many people was, it was a cool full circle moment to come back.

01:23Shame none of my friends came, innit? No, I'm joking, I'm joking. No, it was good, it was good.

01:28And also that was just after Tramlines had first moved to Hillsborough Park, so

01:33even more people here this year, bigger crowds, crazy crowds. Yeah, it just keeps getting bigger

01:36and bigger, innit? It's great. High hopes for the crowds and everything, especially with the

01:40weather being a bit better than last year. Yeah, let's hope so.

01:47So last time you guys were at Tramlines, you were on the other stage and like making that jump

01:53to the main stage. What's that felt like? Because that's got to

01:56kind of be a real signal to you of how far you've come since then.

02:01Yeah, it takes a bit of training. We were kind of very comfortable. You know, you get totally

02:05comfortable with the stages you're on. And then the first kind of main stage we've done, we were

02:09like, whoa, this is massive. And then like, as Jack said, we're lucky enough to have kind of

02:13done a few festivals leading up to this, right over the summer and about last year. So we've

02:18ended up kind of honing our dance moves and we can kind of shift about the stage now.

02:24A bit more freedom again. That's it, freedom, freedom to dance.

02:30That's the statement of intent today, freedom. Freedom to dance. Freedom, exactly,

02:34it's a Scottish thing. Also, you had the song on the advert, advertising the festival. I mean,

02:40that's a bit of a prophecy. What was it like to have that come to life today?

02:44It felt like, you know, when, you know, on like Soccer AM or something, when they do the

02:50montage with you two, man. Yeah, oh, that's the truth.

02:53Felt like that. It was great. People singing along. Obviously, they all saw the f***ing advert.

03:01You did play in Sheffield last year at the Lead Mill. A little intimate gig for one man band.

03:07Yeah. What is it that keeps you coming back to Sheffield?

03:10Um, it's just, you know, for me, it's like, it's like a lot of this, you know, Sheffield,

03:16Manchester, Glasgow, they're all, they're kind of like my second homes, you know what I mean?

03:20And I've been doing this for like 20 years. So it's, you know, I've been coming every year,

03:26like throughout my career. So it's like, it's been good to me and I respect it.

03:32You know, you've mentioned Scotland. I got to bring us onto it. The weather today,

03:36you're obviously not used to this. Yeah. But how are you keeping your jackets on in this weather?

03:41It must be hot. We did a cowboy thing, like the cowboys always keep their jackets on and

03:45they're in the hottest place in the world, you know, on the horseback in the desert.

03:48But the jacket actually keeps you cool. It's an old, it's an old cowboy trick that we do.

03:51I must admit, today, the cowboy trick didn't work for me and I had to take the jacket off.

03:55So, so I don't know if it's tried and tested. It's been great, you know, I think this has

03:59probably been our sunniest festival so far. Well, we take that.

04:03Yeah, we were in some European festivals and this Sheffield sunshine has totally stole price.

04:09I have to say, it's not usually like this, but thanks for bringing the sun with you from,

04:14you know, from the European festivals. Is Sheffield, you know, is it, is it kind of

04:20somewhere you're planning on coming back to after today or will it, will it be making the dates?

04:25Well, we were just saying there's no Sheffield date at the moment, but after that we might try and

04:29squeeze one in. Lead Mill.

04:31Washi. Yeah.

04:34Maybe a bit big though for Washi, considering that, because that was packed.

04:38That was, yeah, yeah. I mean, let's not get over it.

04:42Thank you for your time guys and go stream the EP and buy tickets to the tour.

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