Starsailor played numerous festivals in the summer of 2006; most notably Hyde Park Calling on 1 July 2006, alongside Roger Waters , and the V Festival , held in Stafford and Chelmsford . They also supported the Rolling Stones on their Bigger Bang Tour , replacing Amy Winehouse in Munich and Hamburg in 2006. Front man James Walsh told BBC 6 Music: “We heard on Sunday evening, our agent gave us a frantic call, and asked what we were doing this week, fortunately we had a week off!”
Hyde Park Calling performance
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