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Anyone else off to Glastonbury this week?
I am and really looking forward to it. First time in ages I’m looking forward to seeing headliners (guns and roses and Elton) mainly about smaller bands for me though.
bit disappointed William green has gone as great place for small bands and dad dancing to guilty pleasures and power ballads later in the evening.
weather is obviously a big factor and looks like could still go any way.
anyone else going? What are you looking forward to doing or seeing?
Went a lot in the late 90s and 000's but no more. I'm not a fan of camping nowadays.
By brother is but I’m not, despite us having an agreement to get each other tickets if we got through. He got a ticket for his ‘lady friend’ but she isn’t going (and of course tickets are non-transferable, and on-site security is way too tight).
FFS
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Been once. Jumped the wall, slept on the floor of the acoustic tent.
I went a couple of times in the early 90s - looking at the line up it doesn’t seem to have changed much
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I went a couple of times in the early 90s
The sunburn years 😎
Just checked. Went 90, 92 and 93. At least one of those was an under the fence job. Highlights were The Orb, Sinead O’Connor, Cure, Porno for Pyros and Happy Mondays - and Rolf Harris before we knew he was a perv….
Did not win at the ticket game _again_
Wish I was going
Enjoy!
Are we not all going to Hannah's wedding instead of Glasto?
Are we not all going to Hannah’s wedding instead of Glasto?
I think my postman is going in my stead as my invite was "lost". Yea postie.
All my mates are going, I've been several times, but this year I spent my cash on riding the Frontier 300.
Girlfriend is going, she goes most years. I didn’t fancy it. It’s all a bit too much for me. I’m doing Kendall Calling instead.
The story of the long drop is one of the many reasons why I’ll never go. I’m too old and needing my creature comforts.
It’s been a very long time since I’ve been keen on going to Glastonbury. It’s just too damn big, and there’s too much walking between the various stages.
My ideal festival is Greenman and End Of The Road. I’ve done Greenman twice, and EOTR last year, which was a superb lineup for me.
Greenman had a good lineup this year, but it sold out well before the lineup was even hinted at, and EOTR didn’t have anyone at all to make it worth going.
I think the only person who could make me want to go to Glastonbury would be Joni Mitchell.
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See you there 🙂
Can everyone stop calling it Glastonbury 🙄
Did 6 of them back in the 1990.
3 wet, 3 sunny. Was there for Pulp, The Prodigy, Robbie Williams, RATM, Blur, Oasis, Rolf Harris etc.
I'm genuinely torn as to whether I would want to do it again. I have some fantastic memories, but I suspect that I have blocked out a lot of the less fun bits (loos, queues, getting my tent robbed, the mud etc...)
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Love it. Lovely ride out Brissle folks. There is a photo there doing some very heavy lifting on the 'sandy beach'side of things 🤣
Yup - I'll be there, first time every at the grand old age of 46 - think I'm their ideal demographic.
Work in IT - member of STW - listens to 6music.
Also doing Green Man & EOTR this year
going, but I'm local so even with taking tent might go home for sleep and shower
going, but I’m local so even with taking tent might go home for sleep and shower
Has it rained much there? Coming down from the north of England and it's spent a few days raining here.
cloudburst for an hour last night, rained for a couple of hours Saturday, but its been hot/warm and dry for a month.
BBC Weather (usually acurate for here) got showers shown for this afternoon and tomorrow then 23-26c into next week
Looking over towards the site yesterday evening. Weather much the same today after that brief wetting last night.
How the hell does anyone get tickets. We've tried for years but never managed!
Greenman had a good lineup this year, but it sold out well before the lineup was even hinted at
I remember in the 90's we waited until the line ups were announced then decided if we'd go.. Believe we bought our tickets over the phone too!
Can everyone stop calling it Glastonbury
Why? It is, after all actually called The Glastonbury Festival. Or are you a pedant who insists that it should be the Pilton Pop Festival, just because that’s the village where Eavis’ farm is?
You’re on a hiding to nothing if you actually think anyone is going to pay any attention after all these years!
How the hell does anyone get tickets. We’ve tried for years but never managed!
Yeah, well that’s why I gave up on Glastonbury years ago, after repeated attempts to get tickets. Plus it’s now got twice the population of Bath! 😳
Smaller festivals like Greenman and EOTR are becoming more popular because they are smaller, and far easier to move around, but their ticket numbers are kept fairly low, although I think Greenman has increased by a couple of thousand or so. People enjoy them because of the atmosphere, and will often book up for earlybird tickets as soon as they’re announced - last year’s EOTR was the first after the Covid shutdown, and I booked the moment I heard Pixies were still going to be a headliner, I didn’t care about anyone else. As it turned out, it was a very good lineup indeed, but this year hardly anyone who I’d want to bother seeing. I can remember a time when you actually had to write to the box-office with a postal order or a cheque! That was for gigs as well, or else you had to turn up at the box office and queue!
Never wanted to go to Glastonbury, I will however be at Greenman and EotR. Greenman line up looks good, not sure about EotR, but I've said that before and found plenty of music.
Wish I was at the farm this weekend.
Is eotr/gm the stw festival of choice now then? Add to the wood burner, pizza oven, transporter list?
(Going to eotr, it's always quality)
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Watching this band on iPlayer at the moment, the Churnups. They're ok for a band I've never heard of.
Didn't one of them used to be quite famous?
Family are two rows back from the front of the pyramid stage…..and I’m in the pub….let’s hope they’re not on tv or I’ll never hear the end of it!
Will post some pics tomorrow hopefully if they have a signal.
If this is going to be the annual Glastonbury thread, including those watching from home, im loving Young Fathers on iPlayer right now! Cracking set so far...kind of wish i was there...
Masie Peters killed it
Never got the Foo Fighters
Royal Blood pretty awesome for a bassist
Artic Monkeys our house believes!
Royal Blood pretty awesome for a bassist
I like their song, so was delighted when they played it over and over and over...
Enjoying Fred Again, agree about Maisie Peters she looked as though she was having the time of her life.
Looking forward to AM.
Watching Fred Again, bringing back some of the best memories of my life 😄 Really do need to go again. Will be at EotR again this year as I get residents tickets. Not really that fussed about the lineup as I trust the curation and I love randomly stumbling across great live music.
Lol yes I actually typed ‘a bit samey ’ for Royal Blood but then deleted it as thought it a bit negative for a glasto thread - but yes they were.
Anyway I feel AM owes me as I had to pick my kids up from the chaos at Emirates last Sunday and sat in traffic for an hour - not to mention the crazy ticket prices for them and their mates that I paid!
so better be a good show tonight lads, none of that sore throat stuff!
Discovered Khruangbin and Angelique Kidjo last year from pinging around iPlayer.
Nothing grabbing me yet.
some of the stuff I want to see doesn't seem to be on iPlayer - Benefits and Billy Bragg on Left Field stage.
Hoping they have it on catch up somewhere.
Looking forward to Christine and the Queens on Woodsie's tomorrow night. The Grauniad really rated his latest show (more than a concert) so hoping it's at least part of the same - he has always put on a show rather than just played their music.
I too really enjoyed Young Fathers.... particularly liked the shout out for Suella.
I started with Gabriels whilst doing some admin.... thought that they were superb. Then caught some of the Foo's...I'm not a fan as such, but they're basically the perfect festival band I guess, really good! Saw a bit of CVRCHES...not really my bag, decent band though. Caught some of BADA$$.... seemed to be a bit of a miss rather than a hit to me. Royal Blood, loved their first album.... they're a bit 1 dimensional I guess....not much more you can do with that lineup though. The stuff he does on bass with his pedals as well as doing lead vox is very very impressive imo. Currently enjoying Warpaint and enjoying them, will watch some of AM but I'm on the road early tomorrow and not back until Tuesday with naff wedding gigs, so will miss the rest of it. Seems better than any in recent memory to me.....I've thought that the last several have been absolutely dire.
Just watching Los Bitchos. I think I'm in love with the bass player.
Where as I fell in love with Cat Myers drumming for Texas
all girl bass players rock, fact. From Carole Kaye to Tina Weymouth to Gail Ann Dorsey to Kim Deal to Laura Lee and many many more, they are the coolest musicians in the world.
Sparks are mental aren't they, with Cate Blanchett as backing dancer.
Just......just.......weird.
theyre a bit 'dadrocky' for me, but i was impressed with the foos new drummer.
Yep. All girl bass players rock!!!! Lottery winners Katie Lloyd…..omg, amazing talent!!! Had the fortune to speak to her a couple of times….not sure I said anything apart from “I love you”!!!!!
Alex Turner's accent really doesn't work with the older songs does it?
Love my music but never been a fan of huge crowds so festivals are generally watched via the TV and sofa. Loved Fred Again so far.
Alex Turner engaging more with Glasto crowd than he did at the ‘Homecoming’ gig at Hillsborough ☹️
^ 'homecoming' gig sounds like it will be in LA next time.
@ifra I’m the same. I go to loads of gigs, but Glastonbury is just a step too far me. Missus and co are there, but it just doesn’t appeal to me….costs a fortune as well.
We are doing Kendall calling, and I am looking forward to it. Have to admit I’m slightly jelous tonight as been some great bands on, missus has seen Lottery Winners (awesome by the way); foo fighters, royal blood and now arctic monkeys. That’s a good line up for a Friday!
What happened to the Arctic Monkeys?
I mean, Radiohead went ****ing awful after the Bends but this dirge is a whole lot worse. It’s hard to believe they were once spiky teenagers on the internet getting to number 1 with some awesome indie rock. Are all the people ‘enjoying’ this being ironic?
what am I missing?
Well I’m enjoying the Monkeys!
At the risk of being the negative guy on the Glasto thread yet again.....this AM isn't very good is it?!
yeh, not really doing it for me either. Have to be there to feel it I think
Will await the verdict from the fam who are there. Missus isn’t a fan. We watched them last week in London, and she still wasn’t a fan.
There was a clash with the Chemical Brothers tonight and I still don’t know why she’s gone to the Monkeys….I’m a big fan of the monkeys so I’m expecting a text in the morning saying it’s my fault!!
Perhaps you just don’t like Arctic Monkeys!? 🤔
It’s Monkeys playing their songs - they’re not teenage kids anymore.
GnR tomorrow will either smash it or bomb! Hopefully the former.
Well, Wizkid seems to be smashing it on 'the other' stage, (listening on radio) Got bored of the Artic Monkeys so switched over,
Wizkid bringing a full live band, wonderful musicianship and plenty of Fela Kuti vibes.
Perhaps you just don’t like Arctic Monkeys!?
I really like them! First album came out in my first year of uni, so a soundtrack of my formative years. Just feels fairly flat to me.
Bear in mind he has Laryngitis so isn’t going to be exactly pushing it. Decent set IMO
My daughter has just texted and said they were far better at Coventry and Alex just looks a bit fed up! 😀
Kids are telling me this whole set is much slower than the set at Emirates.
Plus Mardy Bum in Los Vegas drawl…really?
Text from me daughter!…
“he defo had more energy when we went though”
😀
Another text from me daughter…
“ he does look rather stoned as well😭🤣”
… so perhaps not as good as it could be.
Missus W just called, her thoughts on the Monkeys….nope still doesn’t like them. She was saying he’s just not engaging. Almost like listening to an album being played….and why the **** do I like them as I made her miss the chemical brothers and the lazer spider shooting fire….knew it would be my fault!
waking up to reports of the monkeys and billy nomates being slated, and BNM asking for her footage to be removed from BBC.
what have i missed? were they really that sh1t?
FWIW saw BNM supporting amyl and the sniffers earlier this year and she seemed to be well received, altho a little boring to this middle/old aged ex-punk 😀
were the crowd slating them, or just the keyboard warriors afterwards?
BNM - I read that she'd been targeted by some nasty misogynist trolling / abuse after her set, rather than particularly about quality or otherwise of performance.
https://twitter.com/simonemarie4/status/1672347438005252096
AM - I am (was) a fan 10 years ago, not so much now but daughter's boyfriend saw them at OT 3 weeks or so ago and said it was amazing. OK, he's been ill since but I was expecting more TBH rather than just playing some songs live. Contrast Cocker (son, not Dad) at IoW last week that even on TV was compelling viewing.
My 2p as a non-paying punter.
Shame to read about the BNM abuse.....no live band means I'm unlikely to watch, but no need for a pile on!
Not seen huge amounts of the lineup today as I'm missing it all, but really recommend Loyle Carner if people aren't feeling GnR. His live band are ridiculously good, Rocco Palladino on bass usually (yes he's Pino's son). West Holt's headliners, I'm hoping it'll be on iPlayer for a few days. I think that Ezra Collective are on today too, again absolutely awesome live band.
Edit: Jacob Collier too today I think?
Alex turner has never been a "banter" frontman, he's always about his music and nothing much else. He was way more talkative last night than any time I've seen them before! I love the fact that the music has changed as they've grown up & he hasn't lost the swagger of his 17 year old self, it's just changed. He is becoming somewhat eccentric though 🙂
The new stuff is great, amazing really that they have continued to put out music of consistently high standard (IMHO of course). I'd happily watch a live show of AM onwards and sod the old stuff. Anyway, it was a "four out of five" from me 😁
Agree - Monkeys have moved on a lot in their style and performance. People think they still make the same music they did in the beginning though.
Foo’s - yeah all energetic and stuff but 30 mins is enough for me. There’s only so much shouting I can put up witH
Fever Ray were amazing, I want to go and see that live.
Feel a bit sorry for Arctic monkeys, same goes for any bands with a landmark debut. They might have spent 20 years morphing into Roxy Music, doing what they want, but it must irk them a bit knowing that most of the crowd is just there itching for them to play the opening two tracks off the first album. I liked their set but it definitely felt a bit subdued. Maybe pyramid stage headline expectations are too high.
Young Fathers and Comet is Coming were brilliant obviously.
Watching BBC Breakfast before I went out.
There was a great interview with Shaun Ryder's son, Bez's son, and also Andy Barker's son out of 808 State who now (I was late to the interview) are part of the Unfairground. Telling stories about their Dad's at Glastonbury and coming as kids was great.
Also - Rick Astley on the opening slot today might be ironically fun. But apparently he's playing with Blossoms later....doing all Smiths covers which sounds awful but is apparently brilliant.
Looking forward to Lana Del Rey tonight
Rick Astley on the opening slot today might be ironically fun.
Nope. Just all in good honest fun, for a one hit wonder that was great.
Just watched Billy No Mates, after hearing she'd had some hassle on social media after her slot yesterday. Thought her voice and performance were superb. Then read more about what had been going on, and her statement which almost sounded as if she was going to throw in the towel after her next few shows. Social media can really be a very sh***y place with some real scumbags lurking cant it? No one should have to try and to tolerate that. Music should be celebrated as a broad church and if people dont like something, just move on to the next thing.
I cant see what's so different about her stuff and, say, Sleaford Mods with the backing tracks. Just they dont seem to get the same level of c**p thrown at them (quite the reverse). But they're blokes and there are two of them...? BNM and SM both loved in this house:)
wrong phrase but much as I love a live band and the interplay, it takes balls to be the only one there with a backing track - everyone's attention is in only one place, you have to bring the energy of 4 or 5 or more. If you can do that then why not?
I'm only a couple of songs in but I like it (previous only passingly aware, through collabs with Sleaford Mods, etc). I like it a lot.
Music should be celebrated as a broad church and if people dont like something, just move on to the next thing.
This. The reality is there aren't any 'bad' bands performing, there are simply not that many that appeal to my taste or listening pleasure.
Too many gatekeepers.
Really enjoyed Sudan Archives. New to me.
Great performance that shows you don't need a load of people/band.
Just violin, beats, talent and creativity.
is billy idol reading the lyrics from a screen a la karaoke?? certainly looks like it 😀
is billy idol reading the lyrics from a screen a la karaoke??
I'm getting more of a Karate than Karaoke vibe...
