The Global Cool bus made the second stop on its summer of festivals as it pitched up at Hyde Park for London’s premier music festival, Wireless 2009. The bus had an unrivalled view of the Wireless main stage, which featured headliners Basement Jaxx and Kanye West, and if you stopped by you had a whole bunch of treats to add to the weekend’s outstanding music.
In case you’re in any doubt as to which way to travel is best, one visit to the Global Cool bus and you’ll see that there’s a heck of a lot more fun to be had when you and your mates don’t have to drive the vehicle yourselves. Just like our first festival of the summer, Download, the goodies on offer at the GC bus kept everyone happy – giant jenga and Connect 4, Lego, dominoes, acoustic guitars, hammocks, videos, sweets and exclusive Bluetooth content of Klaxons, Mystery Jets and Groove Armada were all on offer. Hundreds of festival-goers also helped us make the Global Cool bus the best looking thing on the road by signing the outside and writing their messages alongside those that their festival-going brethren at Download had left.
And if you’re not already following us on Twitter or Facebook, then it’s definitely time to get your Tweet on. After one quick message from Global Cool, some lucky Twitterati and Facebookers had a last minute bonus for their weekend, as they were quickest to respond to our “Get Yer Free Wireless Tickets Here” messages. We just love to give!
Several of the weekend’s other performers came and checked out the Global Cool bus, including Mpho, The Hosts, Master Shortie, Zarif and Steve Appleton. Of course, we didn’t let them get away without sharing their favourite journey stories with us, and signing a t-shirt as well as putting their own mark on the bus itself. Special mention goes to New York’s gorgeous Mpho for having with her some special Mpho travelcard holders, and to the uber-cool Zarif for getting to Wireless on the tube – that’s what we like! We also bagged interviews and signed tees from Sneaky Sound System and Skint & Demoralised.
But you don’t have to be famous for us to want to know your cool journey stories, and if we interviewed you at Wireless, check out our Facebook and Myspace pages soon and you’ll have some video of yourself to forward to everyone you’ve ever met.
So make sure you visit globalcool.org or catch up with us on Myspace, Facebook and Twitter to catch the next round of competitions as well as all the new Global Cool videos and interviews.
And if you weren’t at Wireless, don’t worry because there are still two more chances to come and visit the Global Cool bus this summer. Next stop will be Scotland’s legendary T In The Park festival (10-12 July) followed by the awesome V Festival (Chelmsford site, 22-23 August).
Visit the Global Cool bus this summer and see how much fun you could be having when you let someone else do the driving.
Matt Wheeler
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Tags: Basement Jaxx, Facebook, Groove Armada, Kanye West, Klaxons, Lego, London, Master Shortie, Mpho, Mystery Jets, Scotland, Skint, T In The Park, The Hosts, V Festival, Wireless
