Playing Pride was one of the biggest honours we could have been bestowed. Ending the weekend was a dream come true.
The day was a packed out affair with Barclay, Reza and Keith descending on the seaside town in the early afternoon in different cars.
Parking at the back of the stage we spend most of the day chatting with performers and seeing the event from behind the stage, before venturing out into the lively Hastings crowd and sampling the best of culture from the South’s LGBT community.
The day was a lot busier than the running order would lead you to believe with Pride organisers going out of their way to present a truly exciting, relaxing and fun day. And best of all it was free.
We hit the stage a little late due to one artist overrunning, but it didn’t dampen the crowds spirits too much and when we unleashed the opening bars to Personal Jesus the crowd lit up.
After a quick but extremely punchy set we felt we had arrived, particularly being congratulated by the stage crew, managers and sound engineers. A great day and a fabulous cause.