This Friday, BBC 6 Music are holding a very special event. National Wear Your Old Band T-Shirt To Work day is the brainchild of the legendary BBC Radio Indie God (or DJ, as he’s also known) Steve Lamacq, and is now in its second year.
We all have an old band t-shirt that we’re a bit ashamed of, that maybe you bought to impress a dude or when you were drunk after a gig. Chances are it’s been in the back of the wardrobe for years (because obviously you can’t bear to throw it away), maybe you sleep in it, or wash the car in it. It probably doesn't fit any more, that’s for sure. This Friday, get it out, wear it, be proud.
Steve himself says,
“The original T-Shirt Day was launched in response to all the celebrities who'd taken to wearing AC/DC and Rolling Stones shirts which their stylists had probably bought them! We thought it would be a good idea to reclaim the band T-shirt for us awkward music fans - and have a day where we could all show off the shirts we have hidden in a cupboard at home.
"Last year we saw everyone from scientists in chemical labs to people in building societies took part - so we thought we'd do it again.Dig out your T-shirts and be proud! Show the world we care who we wear on our chests; and that "we were there at the Brixton Academy in 1998" or "we travelled all the way to Wolverhampton on a Tuesday in November and still have the shirt to prove it."
Who will you be wearing? I have the day off work on Friday but I will proudly and loudly be wearing this Nirvana T-Shirt, although, of course, mine’s an original.
Band snobbery for life!