Ales was a very much loved and resepcted local musician and songwriter in the local band called The Atats. He was tragically involved in a car accident back in June of this year which took his life, tonight we pay our respects to him by raising money for The Noah's Ark Trust which is a childrens charity and I know Aless would have loved the thought that his special night would be helping kids in this way because he was that kind of a caring guy.
There are loads of bands playing tonight and we'll be keeping the night going through until 4am but even so, the amount of bands we are putting on is a very small percentage of the amount who wanted to play, and if we were to allow them all to play we wouldn't be done within the week let alone the extended night....