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Playing all across the land

This is it!

The Battle of the Bands!

Today...

Audience applause will be measured on the show's gig-o-meter.

Remember, fans, you get to decide just who is

THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET!

All bands must bring their own packed lunch.

we are, we are

Andy, I was thinking, at the Battle of the Bands,

maybe I could get up on stage...

and, you know, being the star...

Oh...maybe I can do a little dance?

Great rehearsal, guys!

Only a short one... Andy!

I...I was thinking.

At the Battle of the Bands,

maybe I could get up on stage and, you know...

..pack away all of our instruments like the perfect roadie you are!

Aw, thanks, old buddy, old pal.

Thanks, Whiffy, you're a legend.

Open wide! Ugh...

HE SIGHS

COMMUNICATOR BEEPS

Godfather of Rock,

we're at the venue for the first round of Battle of the Bands.

You've done well, Emerald.

Remember, The Odd Socks must win this competition today

or Planet Rock will fade out...

..forever.

No pressure. Godfather?

Hurry, Emerald! Godfather!

COMMUNICATOR HUMS

Can you please stop doing that?!

Oops! Sorry, sorry, sorry.

The band, everything - I'm on it.

Totally. Over and out!

No pressure.

..turned out to be an orchestra of mice! Mice?!

THEY LAUGH

Hi, Emerald. Hi. Why aren't you running through your set?

The future of rock depends on it!

We're having a pre-gig chillax.

Yeah!

Don't worry about today, Emerald. We're going to crush it. Yeah!

Says here, the fans of Sandy and the Same Socks

have been queueing round the block in their hundreds.

They could sound pretty loud on the gig-o-meter.

The audience could love them!

They could win the Battle of the Bands!

Hey, cool it.

They have terrible merch. Terrible merch!

CUCKOO! Airmail! Ooh.

"To Andy and the Odd Socks,

"thought you might like a glimpse of our new merch.

"Sandy and the Same Socks."

Aw!

Thanks!

Whoa.

And what about OUR merch, Emerald?

Graphite writing implements!

Pencils? Interesting name.

Andy and the Odd?

Perhaps you should have ordered longer pencils.

How about an Odd Socks fortune cookie?

Mm... Ow!

"Always be careful when opening a fortune cookie."

We were hoping for something a little...

..cooler. We've got T-shirts.

Now we're talking.

So, how do we look?

Um...

Emerald, are you sure you're OK?

Yeah, yeah. Everything, totally.

I'm fine. Relax!

Agh! No, stop relaxing!

It's gig time. Here we go. No pressure!

Still a cupboard. Oh...

Are we in trouble here?

ROCK MUSIC

Why don't you carry all the heavy gear into the venue, Whiff?

It's just 47 steps to climb!

Hey, no way. It's Shady the Panto Horse.

And there's Mike and the Mics. Hi, I'm Mike.

I love his music.

OK, Odd Socks, I'll go find the red... No, blue...

No, green room!

Hey, is that...?

Sandy and the Same Socks.

Be nice, we're all pals.

They're part of the same record label now.

Odd Socks. Ciao, how goes it?

Hi, Sandy. Thanks for the merch.

Cool, cool. Thank you guys for the, er, pencils.

Maybe they need to be a bit... We know! You know the band.

Blu, Drew,

Rio, Cleo,

Moxy, Foxy,

Cousin Mac, Cousin Jac...

..queline. Hi, guys.

Ah...

Anyhoo, what song are you starting with guys starting with?

Oh, an Odd Socks classic. One of our favourites.

Who's In The Odd Socks?

We are!

Huh? Great number, great choice.

Well, you know, it's all about the big M.

Oh, yeah, the money!

No, music.

Huh?

Oh, cute.

May the best band win.

Oh... THEY CHUCKLE

it's just so you

you're going for, Blu

have such a way with it

HE LAUGHS

it's really all about our songs

we're proud and we truly admire them

that can really inspire them

but have you sold any hats?

and we'll do more than that

for as much as we can

we are all in a band?

that makes you feel good

if you're misunderstood

with your friends and sing

you can do anything

the love of music, right?

and your moral upstanding

are really expanding

have totally smashed it

we've literally trashed it

and what we want to be into

to talk the talk

to walk the walk

Ah. Why is it called the green room? Nothing's green.

PHONE RINGS Ooh.

Oh, it's the record company.

Hello?

Hi there. Just called to wish you the best of luck.

Aw! Thank you.

You'll need it.

Huh? Why?

We're getting too busy these days

so we're going to drop one of the bands from the label.

But you only have two bands on the label!

Us and Sandy and the Same Socks.

Yah, tough choice to make, yah?

We'll drop the loser of today's Battle of the Bands. No pressure.

OK, that's not good.

I think I feel ill.

BLU SHUDDERS

So THAT'S why they call it the green room.

HE STRAINS

Oh, stupid amp! Stupid gig!

Stupid 47 steps!

HE PANTS

Hey, are you the world-famous Whiff?

Famous? HE SCOFFS

Not yet. Sounds like you need the excitement of being out on stage.

Well... Well, I do have certain musical ambitions.

Then we need to get to know each other.

You must be full of stories.

I have seven.

And I want to hear every single one of them.

Cheesy puff?

HEAVENLY CHORUS

I could be tempted.

HE CHUCKLES

It's getting exciting out there!

Hey, what's up?

We need happy faces, not sad ones.

Well, haven't you heard?

The record company are dropping today's losers.

I, er... I hadn't been told.

Sandy and the Same Socks are racking up fans.

Yeah, but you're better.

Guys, forget about the amazing musical skills of the rival band.

Forget about the massive expectant crowd out there.

Forget about the colossal burden of knowing that your musical career

could be utterly, utterly destroyed in less than three hours.

Forget about it all.

How'd I do?

CHEERING

Welcome to the Battle of the Baaaaaaands!

Please welcome your first act,

taking the music world by storm,

Sandy and the Same Sooooooocks! CHEERING

Is that Sandy and the Same Socks? Yeah.

And we're on next.

Isn't this an Odd Socks song?

You are!

That's our song!

They've stolen it.

But that's what we were going to start with.

CHEERING

Love that Same Socks sound. CHEERING CONTINUES

Sounds like you like it too!

Well, this is going to the good old gig-o-meter.

Ohhh...

Uh-oh.

Whooooooa!

What great start to the show! CHEERING

What are we going to do?

What are we going to do? That was our song!

It's all my fault.

Why did I let Sandy know what we were going to play?

Maybe I should make a quick rousing speech.

No!

I'll do it.

Band, we've still got lots of material we can play.

We're going to go out there

and we're going to play good, honest rock music, like we always do.

For our fans.

Cos they're the best.

Who's in the Odd Socks?

We are!

Agh!

I'm OK. Let's go!

THEY CHATTER AND CHUCKLE

Whiff, old pal,

have you ever thought about being in a world-famous rock band?

Well, I've never been asked.

Oh! I think we could find a place for you.

CHEERING Your last act for this round.

Andy and the Odd Socks! LOUDER CHEERING

Hello, everyone.

MICROPHONE CLATTERS

FEEDBACK SQUEALS

CROWD BOO AND JEER

We're the Odd Rocks.

Now, get ready to suck!

CROWD BOO

Start playing!

Three, four...!

BAND PLAYS OUT OF TUNE

Whiff?

DISTORTED KEYS BLARE

HE CHUCKLES

HE PLAYS KEYS

OFF-KEY NOTES PLAY

HE CHUCKLES

WHOLE BAND PLAYS OUT OF TUNE

HE HUMS, CHUCKLES

FEEDBACK RINGS OUT

CROWD JEER

Ah... Er...

The Same Socks are WAY better than this.

Sorry, everyone.

I think we'd better go.

MICROPHONE CLATTERS, FEEDBACK BLARES

BOOING

DISTORTED KEYS BLARE

That was rubbish.

That was the worst.

I might have to go green again.

And that completes

rou-ou-ou-ound one!

Let's take a look at that leaderboard.

In the first place, Sandy and the Same Socks!

CHEERING

And in a jaw-dropping last place...

Oh, they're not there.

Oh, they're in the bin.

PHONE RINGS

Uh-oh. It's the record label. Ah.

Hi.

You know, we've been watching and we think we've made our decision.

Wait.

There's another round to go. We've still got time.

Look, we're a great team -

the band, Whiff, Emerald.

Emerald? Who's Emerald?

Our manager. The one you sent to manage us.

Never heard of her.

What?!

There's no-one called Emerald working for us.

Wait, what? Well, who is Emerald working for?

Guys...

All right! Yes!

HE LAUGHS

for you, you, you

Andy and The Band