The Road to Glastonbury: Tautumeitas’ Journey and Unforgettable Experience

Rancāne tells host Jānis Šipkēvics that the road to the festival has begun in the show case in Amsterdam, where “Tautumeitas” performed. There they were noticed by one of the managers of Glastonbury’s many stages. “He came to our performance, he saw, he liked what he saw, and a couple of weeks later he also invited us,” recalls the singer. What followed was already a matter of management.

It is interesting that in Glastonbury the entire festival area is divided into small “villages”, says Rancāne. She remembers that there are about 36 such “villages” in this area, and each of them has about four stages. “Each stage has its own stage manager, and basically, each manager is in the hands of who will perform on that stage every day,” says the singer. “Then you have to establish a relationship with these stage managers.”

“Our stage was “Green fields” – with an ecological idea at the bottom,” says Rancāne. “What was so striking was that the audience was very loving and intelligent and responsive and abnormally open. In general, already in Europe there are much more open-minded people in the public than here in Latvia. It was therapy to be there all five days. Not only our performance – it was even secondary for us there, the feeling we got there – that’s why it was unforgettable.”

You can listen to the full recording of the program here!

2023-07-12 21:03:37
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