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Nice to see the incredible amount of coverage Home of Metal has been getting is trickling down to the Supersonic Festival mothership with this nice spotlight in the Guardian’s “Pop music’s mavericks” feature.

Like many great events, Supersonic came about by not so much ignoring the rules as not knowing them. Meyer and a friend had enjoyed small-scale all-dayers in Leeds and Nottingham, and wondered if they could host a much bigger version. So they started emailing their favourite bands, using the computer at an arts centre. “We didn’t know what we were doing,” Meyer says. “We’d get really excited if we went back the following week and someone had actually replied.” Perhaps intrigued by how innocent enthusiasm bypassed accepted channels, people did reply.

Here’s a great example of why Supersonic is the best festival: Tony Conrad is playing this year. Tony who? Precisely.