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Exclusive chat with Dan from The Wombats
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20/05/2025
Dan Haggis of The Wombat's fame spoke to us ahead of the band's performances at Radio 1's Big Weekend and On The Waterfront, both taking place in Liverpool.
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00:00
And aside from your tour, you also have two dates in Liverpool coming up this summer.
00:04
How are you feeling about those?
00:06
Yeah, we're doing Radio 1 Big Weekend.
00:10
That's in a few weeks, I think, in Sefton Park,
00:14
which is actually like about half a mile that way from where I am right now.
00:20
And so my kitchen's going to be like the backstage and I'll just walk up there.
00:25
I take my little boy to the park all the time, right near there.
00:29
So it's going to feel very, probably quite strange, but like also absolutely awesome.
00:35
Like friends and family and Liverpool crowd, obviously for us, is great.
00:38
And so really looking forward to that one.
00:40
And then the crowning summer moment for us is going to be June the 19th.
00:48
We're playing, I think it's called On the Waterfront,
00:51
is what they're calling the theories of gigs.
00:53
Like us, things playing on it.
00:56
And yeah, but it's going to be a great few days of music.
01:00
And yeah, we're headlining one of the nights.
01:02
There's a load of other like Liverpool bands playing.
01:05
I think Pale Waves are playing with us.
01:08
And it's going to, it's literally, I don't know if you've been to that place before,
01:11
but it's right on the Mersey, right by the Liver building on the waterfront.
01:17
So, well, yeah, you would expect, you'd expect that given the name of the show.
01:22
But absolutely like buzzed in for that one.
01:25
Can't wait.
01:26
Just fingers crossed for the weather.
01:29
Fingers crossed for both of them.
01:31
Actually, I'm going to BBC Big Weekend and I just know it's going to rain probably the whole time.
01:37
May is usually pretty good.
01:39
I mean, if it was like this, it's going to be just unbelievable.
01:42
But also like growing up in the north of England, you just, you're used to the rain.
01:47
You know, you can't let rain stop you having a good time and no one ever does.
01:51
I remember going to Leeds Festival when I was 16 and I was in shorts and a t-shirt.
01:57
It absolutely leathered down.
02:00
The place was a mud bath and I had one of the best weekends ever.
02:03
It was just like people having mud races and sliding down hills and, you know,
02:07
you just make your own fun and crack on, don't you?
02:09
Like no point going, oh, it's raining.
02:11
You just get an umbrella if you need it.
02:14
Just hop on in and get your wellies on.
02:17
Definitely.
02:19
Obviously, you're from Liverpool.
02:20
The Wombats are from Liverpool.
02:21
Does it feel different when you perform in Liverpool?
02:25
Yeah, there's an added sense of occasion, I'd say, a little bit in the, like, again,
02:33
family and friends who've been sort of supporting us, you know, from the beginning
02:36
and all the memories we've got around the 50s from just myself and Murph's childhood,
02:42
but also as a band.
02:44
Like the first year we were a band, you know what it's like for bands starting out.
02:49
You don't really play gigs outside your, like, hometown.
02:54
So we played, like, everywhere around Liverpool.
02:57
And all those memories come, like, you know, flooding back whenever we play Liverpool,
03:04
to be honest.
03:05
So it's got a little extra zing.
03:09
So, yeah, it's going to be fun.
03:10
So, yeah.
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