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    THE BOATY WEEKENDER

    Sep 19, 2019 4 minutes

    Belle & Sebastian host a buoyant indie cruise across the Mediterranean

    BACK in the late ’90s, investigated the idea of staging a festival aboard a P&O ferry sailing around the UK. Logistical concerns forced them to abandon the seagoing element and settle for a landlubbing affair at Camber Sands Pontins, with 1999’s Bowlie Weekender – essentially Hi-De-Hi with jangly guitars – setting the template for holiday-camp festivals for years to come. But the band kept their nautical dream alive, and for Bowlie’s 20th anniversary they’ve finally managed to replicate the whole shebang – complete with band-name bingo, indie disco and tenpin bowling, not to mention several of

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