Inside the bakery

The results are in and the best local bands have been chosen. Over the past four weeks local acts in Bristol, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool and Glasgow have entertained the crowds at Carling Supports - a showcase for local bands.

There have been over 200 entries to Carling Supports with over 750 people attending the events that were held at selected Carling Academy venues.

The best bands as chosen by an independent panel of judges are as follows:

Carling Supports Bristol - Pinstripe
Carling Supports Birmingham - Page 44
Carling Supports Liverpool - The Inventors
Carling Supports Glasgow - Yoshi
Carling Supports Newcastle - Stoneleaf

The best bands in each region get a support slot at a future Carling Academy show, enjoy seeing their name in print in a national music magazine and have their two best tracks featured on a specially produced Carling Supports CD.

Wow, its been quite a summer here at Cake Towers and with Bestival taking place at the weekend so heralds the closure of Cake’s Summer of Love 2007. Over the (non) summer various members of staff worked in a vast array of roles at nearly all the major festivals across the UK (and one member of staff even reached Texas!). Throughout the summer a little tally has been made and herewith are the Cake Festival Statistics. 2007…

Most miles traveled by an employee - 23,208 (by Account Director Tim Pearson)
Media schmoozed – 893
Total Hotel Room nights booked – 431
Famous people met – 263 (A-C list including bands)
Number of Wellies worn – 236
Photographers escorted – 164
Hours of footage filmed for Carlings Festival Postcards - 73
Most Festivals attended – 16 (by Account Director Tim Pearson)
Blisters registered – 14
Minibars emptied – 9
Average number of phone recharges a day – 3.4
Cars stuck in mud – 2
Gigs staged in a truck! - 1