Foster The People recall run in with Snoop Dogg entourage over Nandos chicken

Foster The People have revealed they once got thrown to the floor by Snoop Dogg’s overzealous entourage at a music festival.

Frontman Mark Foster recalled the incident and hopes his UK experience will be a little less manic when the band take to the stage at Glastonbury and Reading and Leeds this summer.

‘There was a huge group of people waiting to get into some area after playing at a festival in England. I think there was a Nandos or something backstage and everybody was really hungry so we were all waiting,’ the 29-year-old recalls.

‘And then these giant bodyguards came storming in and just threw everybody out of the way. And it was Snoop Dogg’s entourage trying to get to the Nandos. I remember getting, like, thrown,’ he laughs.

With the band’s new single, Best Friend, out on June the 23rd, Foster hopes he can make new friends with his fans when he get’s the chance to mingle with the crowds at this summers’ events.

‘I remember at Coachella when I was 20, artists were all just hanging out and playing music together and it was super communal and kind of a hippy vibe,’ he reminisces.

‘I love walking into environments like that where there is no pretention and no cultural divisions and people are bonding over something, like music or whatever. It’s what you remember because it is out of the ordinary and people can kind of put down their preconceived ideas of society and kind of be a kid again.’

Catch Foster The People at: Glastonbury, Hove Festival, Reading & Leeds, Lollapalooza. Their latest album, Supermodel, is out now.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures 2014 Festival Guide, Friday 2 May 2014]