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BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB HEADLINE COLUMBIA HIKE SOCIETY’S HIKEFEST WHICH REQUIRES MUSIC FANS TO HIKE TO SECRET DESERTED BEACH

How far are music fans willing to go to get lost in the music? Well, for some, the answer is to hike 18 miles.

The weekend saw hundreds of music lovers venture to the far reaches of the British Isles for the UK’s most remote gig.

The off-grid gig, part of Columbia Hike Society’s HikeFest, a festival of hiking, cast hikers away to a secret, deserted beach in North Wales for an intimate gig headlined by Mercury Prize-nominated indie heroes Bombay Bicycle Club.

Attendees were required to up their step count – hiking their way through fields, along coastal paths and over sand dunes to an isolated area of Anglesey before reaching a stunning natural venue where a unique beach gig took place.


The remote location was a place where phone signal is non-existent, leaving listeners with...

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