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Noah and the Whale play the Manchester Cathedral on Saturday 3rd July and it’s been a while since they were on Manchester streets (the last time they were here all their equipment was stolen) so I caught up with Charlie[Fink, front man] ahead of their show for a chat about machine guns, Prince and Roman amphitheatres.
First off, have you beefed up security since the last time you played Manchester?
"Yeah! We have a bank of sandbags now, machine guns, dogs ... Nothing’s going missing this time."
What’s your favourite song to play live?
"I don’t know actually, that’s a tough one, it depends on whatever song you’ve written the most recently. We’ll play one new song in Manchester, so I’m probably most excited about playing that."
What do you prefer: Ticket sales or album sales?
"I don’t know really, well, both ideally. The way the music industry’s going people think that the emphasis now should be put on the live shows, but I don’t know, I enjoy both. To be honest, probably album sales, because I just like people to have the record."
What’s the best venue you’ve played?
"We did a gig last week actually in a venue in Lyon in France. It was an old Roman amphitheatre, so it was carved into stone, it was amazing."
I’m very excited about the Manchester Cathedral, I’ve seen it from the outside but I’ve never been in, so it’ll be exciting seeing that. What’s the best festival you’ve played?
"The best festival... Either Coachella in California, or maybe Latitude Festival actually, we’re doing that again in two weeks, that’s a really cool festival."
Do you have any musical guilty pleasures?
"I don’t feel guilty about my guilty pleasures, you know what I mean? The music that people would class as a guilty pleasure I’m pretty proud about liking. This isn’t guilty at all, but I absolutely love La Roux, that’s one of my favourite records of the past year. Er, I like Yazoo, I like Michael Jackson, is he is a guilty pleasure? Prince, I love him. Prince is like one of my favourite artists at the moment."
Finally, do you have anything to say to fans or aspiring artists?
"Well obviously thank you to the fans, I love you guys. Aspiring artists, I never know what to say. Just do it, go for it. Enjoy it."
Tickets are available for £15 from www.ticketline.co.uk TAGS: Noah And The Whale, Manchester Cathedral Words by: Grace Brown
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