This week has been a cosy little number for me. I’ve spent the past seven days at Union Chapel lighting various bands. Sometimes it’s been for TV, but mostly it’s just for the audience. Either way it’s meant I’ve been getting paid to see some great live music.

So far we’ve had roughly 25 bands and I’ve still got two days left. We’ve had the likes of The Killers, Stereophonics and Biffy Clyro, Cage The Elephant, James Morrison and Adele, Esser, Damien Rice and General Fiasco, Angus & Julia Stone, Seasick Steve and Sam Beeton, Kasabian, Reverend & the Maker and Katy Perry.

This week has been great, not because I’ve seen lots of bands for free, but because it highlights how important live music is and that there are still lots up great musicians producing some amazing material.