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Gigs And Tunes – JULY
The festival season is now well under way! The 40th Glastonbury festival happened at the end of June where many big names performed to the huge crowds. A plethora of Yamaha gear was used throughout the weekend from the main stage to the smaller introducing tents. Many hugely talented artists flew the Yamaha flag on stage, below is just a small list of which Yamaha artists were IN YOUR FACE at Glasto, along with those who are available to download and on the airwaves IN YOUR EARS this month!
YAMAHA IN YOUR FACE @ GLASTONBURY 2010
STEVIE WONDER
Living legend Stevie Wonder performed during the weekend, sounding no different and still as fresh as he did all those years ago. Throughout his long successful career Stevie has continued to use Yamaha equipment, this time around performing on MOTIFXS stage pianos.
LA ROUX
Literally fresh from touring THE WHOLE WORLD, La Roux made an impressive home coming. Playing their hybrid DTX kit (we are at about 3 electronic kits conjoined and counting); they wowed the crowds with their 80’s inspired electro pop.
DIZZIE RASCAL
Mr Rascal whipped the crowds into a frenzy with hits past and present, including the world cup anthem 'Shout', on stage Dizzie's band used a DTX multi pad and CP1 stage piano.
EDITORS
The boys of Editors performed a blinding set with drummer and Yamaha endorsee Ed Lay playing his Maple Custom drum kit. Glastonbury was just a warm up, look out for many more live dates throughout July.
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
Rodrigo and Gabriela, the Mexican musical duo, specialize in playing fast, rhythmic acoustic guitars, and boy did they do that at Glastonbury. The duo's members are Rodrigo Sánchez, lead guitar, and Gabriela Quintero, rhythm guitar, they play a custom NX guitar, truly putting it through it’s paces!
GORILLAZ
Replacing U2 as the headline act at Glastonbury this year, this gig was Gorillaz only UK festival appearance. As always it was a massive audio-visual spectacle which ignited the Pyramid stage - this was a show not to be missed. MOTIFXS8's and RACKS were the Yamaha gear used.
As well as the above big names, two young unsigned bands Yamaha are supporting also performed on the 'BBC Introducing Stage', Patch William and Band for a Grand winners, The Theory Of 6 Degrees (T6D).
YAMAHA IN YOUR EARS
JASON DERULO - RIDING SOLO
He's feeling like a star and you can’t stop his shine he’s riding solo - and still riding high in the charts! Jason continues to dominate the UK charts with his new single 'Ridin' Solo' with the help of Andy Fisenden providing the beat on his Oak Custom kit.
PIXIE LOTT - TURN IT UP
Fresh from supporting Rihanna on the UK leg of her tour, Pixie releases the 5th single off her debut album, 'Turn It Up'. Pixie is supported by Yamaha artist Sean Barry turning it up on his trusty S90XS and MOTIFXS7.
RIHANNA - TE AMO
Rihanna has just released the summery slower tempo 'Te Amo'. With Yamaha UK artist Hannah Vasanth and American artist Chris Johnstone she is in good Yamaha hands! Yamaha gear used - MOTIFXS8, MOTIFXS7 and DTX Multi pad.
ELLIE GOLDING - GUNS AND HORSES
As well as performing at Glastonbury Brit award winner Ellie continues to dominate the charts as well. With a full arsenal of Yamaha gear Ellie's band are using CP300, MOTIFXS7, APX1200 and a Subkick.