Music festivals

[Lewis]

Is this one twenty minute song or has it been a few different ones?

[Shindig]

The star was joined on stage by her brother, co-writer and "best friend" Finneas O'Connell

They're all each other's dads in that family. I guarantee it.

[Baz]

They're all each other's dads in that family. I guarantee it.

Happy Father’s Day to the best daddy in the world.

[pic of her husband]

:arry:

[Giggles]

I'm going to this nostagia fest next month :drool:


https://forestfest.ie/

[igor_balis]

I'm going to this nostagia fest next month :drool:


https://forestfest.ie/

would love to see the waterboys tbf

[Don]

I like Billie Eilish, but what's the point in being half a mile back in the crowd while she sings along to a backing track? She's nowhere near actually big enough to get the crowd engagement.

Run of ballads now, mass exodus on the cards imo.

Clashed with Foals, burn everyone over the age of 18 who chose her.

[-james-]

Saw a bit of Foals and they were pretty mega, but I've seen them enough times that I'd probably have headed up for Bill Eyelash (and left five songs in). Foals aren't big big but they should definitely be given a shot at headlining.

Tbh this has got to be the worst line-up in memory, though it's been sliding towards BBC-ification for a while. I nearly went down last minute before realising there was barely a single act I'd be excited to see. Macca maybe?

[Shindig]

I've probably got 4 sets I fancy watching which sounds like a low number.

[Don]

The best stuff I saw from yesterday was Foals, Seun Kuti and Bonobo, all of which I'd seen in the last year :cool:

Can't find Four Tet's set on iplayer, I swear they said they had it all.

[Don]

Self Esteem banged hard. Also lol at me not knowing Alana Haim was from Haim.

[Waffdon]

Noel Gallagher singing Dead in the Water will never get old

[Lewis]

If there was a Noel Gallagher-less band out there peddling this material they would be playing in your local.

[Manc]

This is horrendous.

[Mike]

When I saw him at V Festival years ago, he played a few of his new bands songs then announced he would now “play what we’d all come to hear”, and just did Oasis songs.

[Manc]

Didn't know he was a City fan.

[Offshore Toon]

Pa Salieu blew my fucking nut off.

[Manc]

Do we have anyone on the ground?

[Lewis]

This has started like the musical equivalent of watching Ronaldo fail to dribble some nobody.

[Don]

Let me hear Coming Up and I'll judge it solely off that.

[Don]

How's he in such good shape at 80? Is he teetotal?

[wullie]

This song just isn't the same without slo-mo bingo wings waving giant novelty cheques.

[Lewis]

He stopped supporting Everton.

[SvN]

To be fair to Macca, his voice went in about 2009, and it hasn't really changed since then.

He's a remarkable performer, especially for someone who's eighty years old.

[SvN]

Oh, and 1985 is probably the best post-beatles solo song any of them put out.

[Yevrah]

He's 80? Fuck me. He could get away with late 60s.

[Don]

Google is saying he lived a full life in his youth too. He's been blessed by Allah.

[Lewis]

I think the trick is mostly being immensely wealthy.

[wullie]

Brian Wilson is two days younger, but Wilson in the 90s looked older than McCartney does now.

[Shindig]

They must be three actors deep on McCartney.

[SvN]

To be fair to Brian Wilson, he's belonged in an asylum since 2014.

[niko_cee]

This is horrific.

Now he's just started chatting. :face:

[-james-]

I've been watching that new Beatles documentary and it's making this pretty jarring viewing. Aging's wild.

[SvN]

Crazy to think that someone might sound
a bit different 53 years later #deepthoughts

[Lewis]

Sorry for slagging Paul off mate.

[-james-]

Crazy to think that someone might sound
a bit different 53 years later #deepthoughts

Pretty much. I can't imagine I've seen HD footage of the same two people shot fifty years apart before.

[SvN]

Next you'll be calling him overrated.

[Lewis]

I tell people George Harrison was the best Beatle so they think I must be cleverer than them.

[Baz]

Say Ringo and they’ll make an excuse to stop talking to you.

[wullie]

Suge Knight's really getting himself over on drums in this.

[niko_cee]

:D

That guy is loving it.

[-james-]

His voice is fully gone now.

[Don]

I switched over to the miami stripper they got on Other stage. Lol.

Edit: fuck that, I'm back.

[-james-]

I'm in tears at him bringing out Dave Grohl and not fucking Ringo.

[-james-]

Ringo wouldn't have got the lyrics wrong.

[wullie]

I thought his voice not being what it was is fine as long as he doesn't go for something like Helter Skelter but apparently that's coming.

[Don]

Play Coming Up, you fucking dirty nazi cunt.

[-james-]

The second half of that was pretty fucking good. Better part of three hours in total, fair play.

[Lewis]

Yeah it ended up being ace.

[Don]

Jamie T set was lively :thbup:

[Manc]

Caroline Polachek had me transfixed.

[Don]

13 minutes into that Four Tet set I've had to stop it as I'm getting too carried away. Proper gagging for some of that.

[Baz]

Father in law had Diana Ross on. I know she’s old but I’ve heard better karaoke.

[Shindig]

I wouldn't have sent her out there after the Jubilee showing. I'm also listening to Four Tet.

[Don]

I've either missed things or today has been wall-to-wall shit. Excited about Kendrick though, it's gonna be a lot.

[-james-]

Charli time.

[Don]

He's gone big and he's gone early :drool: would be nicer without the gammon singalong having to go quiet at the n-words.

[Shindig]

That's where we're at now? I remember a few years back, a white Glastonbury crowd dropping them happily during Kanye's set.

[Baz]

I prefer the now. We can’t say that.

[Clunge]

Just got in from Glastonbury. Highlights:

- Libertines, never saw them first time round. Pete Doherty’s final evolutionary state is quite something. Tunes are better than I remembered.
- Wolf Alice, so good. No bad had quite the moment they did. Crowd was massive and they absolutely delivered. I could see them headline with one more knockout album.
- Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, both just consummate performers doing quality stuff. Have seen Plant before and getting three Zeppelin songs was a treat.
- St Vincent, only really know the album she did with David Byrne but knew I’d be a fan and she was immense. Such an intense performer and helped along by a crazy good backing band.
- Foals, probably the best all-round ‘set’ of the weekend. They’ve come a long way. I liked how the set was frontloaded with their dancier stuff and progressed into their heavy stuff. Inhaler was huge. We were right in the middle of the pit(s) too which was a lot of fun.
- Skunk Anansie, bit of a blind spot for me but totally exceeded my expectations and were very different to what I expected. It’s almost industrial-esque metal in places. Skin’s a 10/10 frontperson too. Serious banshee territory. The metre-long spiky headgear for the first few songs looked bananas.
- Avalanches, only caught about half of their set but their kind of extended jam scthtick reminded me of a more chill / blissed Chemical Brothers. Not a lot in it I recognised though (think they have a new album I’ve missed)
- McCartney, where to start? They first 90 minutes was awful. Just plain awful. Turgid crap, he lost his way a few times, hideous lip service to his old bandmates, the little song he did about Lennon was excruciating. And don’t even get me started on Obladi-oblada and Lady Madonna. All that great Beatles material and that’s what we get. After that, though, the set transformed into something that was try great. The guests helped, and sering Helter Skelter live was incredible live. Every modern indie/alt band owes that song a debt of gratitude. Crowd was obvs full of Hey Jude wankers but I was glad he didn’t close with it. Set of two halves, to put it in TTH cliche terms.
- Elbow, always good. Not much else to say.
- Jarv Is, best frontman in music. Solo stuff is silly and fun. On the Park Stage too, the best stage ofc.

Saw some comedy too - Jonathan Pie, Josh Widdecombe and Nish Kumar. Lefty af but come at me. They were all excellent.

And that was it acts wise. Festival was as great as ever, my fifth Glasto. My parents live 15 miles down the road so it does make it a whole lot easier to do. Seem to have returned with a lurgee but it’s doesn’t (yet) seem to be Covid so 👍

[Baz]

Yeah Doherty morphing into Don Vito Margera is surprising, to say the least.

[wullie]

https://video-images.vice.com/articles/5b7d316c37c9df00079e7d7e/lede/1534934921283-39887038_490371108096206_2701426011324547072_n.jpe g


It was always on the cards

[Baz]

This has raised some immense future concerns regarding my own future self. :uhoh:

[Offshore Toon]

Do we have anyone on the ground?
I was there. It was one of the best years I've been. The build up of anticipation over three years meant it was a blowout from the very start.

And now I've got COVID.

[Clunge]

I also have everything that amounts to Covid, bar a positive test for Covid. Been coughing and sneezing my soul out since Sunday.

[Offshore Toon]

Yeah, I shouldn't have bothered testing. I don't feel all that terrible, just exhausted. Days become meaningless there, which is great in the moment, but it means I've got a shitload of sleep to catch up on

[Josh]

I was there too and it was fantastic. Defo have covid but haven't got a test.

[Clunge]

Should have added that both my partner and me have tested negative so I don't know what new-age lurgee we have ended up with.

[Baz]

Is your partner a man? Sounds like Monkeypox.

[Clunge]

She's a she so no pox here :nod:.

[Ben]

Are you all buying tests online or something? I thought they’d pretty much disappeared when the Government pulled the plug on the pandemic a few months ago.

[Offshore Toon]

I have a decent chunk leftover as they sent me 40 back in November and I've only tested when I felt I might actually have it.

[Ben]

Obviously. Moving on.

[-james-]

I lolled at seeing Tesco selling tests for £2 a pop the other day. What saddo is buying those?

[Offshore Toon]

Anyway, I think I'll give my best set of the weekend to DJ EZ. Watching a DJ when the traditional headliners are on can backfire massively, but it can also pay off huge. Everybody in the crowd truly wants to be there and it can fucking pop off, which it really did on Arcadia (and for Jopkins on Friday night).

The set included so many tracks that I just can't keep up with EZ's mixing. It's incredible hearing him come up with ideas on the spot, and even binning off certain mixes for something else, but it never sounds anything other than masterful. He's got the be the best in the world at keeping the crowd bouncing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I lolled at seeing Tesco selling tests for £2 a pop the other day. What saddo is buying those?

There are still quite a lot of people who are really wound up about it, two years on. My brother was seething on the family whatsapp group the other day about having to attend a work team building day due to covid risk (he's wfh) and we were all forced to 'Well, anyway...' him in slightly awkward fashion.

[Shindig]

I've got two left. I don't think they'll ever get used.

[Lewis]

There are still quite a lot of people who are really wound up about it, two years on. My brother was seething on the family whatsapp group the other day about having to attend a work team building day due to covid risk (he's wfh) and we were all forced to 'Well, anyway...' him in slightly awkward fashion.

Did he leave the Army? Melt.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah. He now resides in some gaff outside Bristol and talks impenetrable corporate bullshit for a living.

[Lewis]

I sometimes think I should have joined the Navy and retired in my forties. Oh well.

[Lofty]

There is a petition to rename the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury. I must admit I raised an eyebrow when I saw it mentioned this year, thought after his candid admissions of child sex it would have been quietly dropped during the covid break.

[Shindig]

"Making their way to the Tim Westwood stage now ...."

[Don]

Peel was a nonce? Lol, that one must hurt the unwashed.

[Lofty]

They are rabidly defending him on social media despite him literally saying himself he used to get regularly piped off by a 13 year old and he said as late as 2004 he 'had an awful lot' of sexual contact with underage girls. Some hill to die on because he played some records they liked, but that's the internet for you.

[Offshore Toon]

It may well be because he has children like Tom Ravenscroft that are deeply sewn into the happy-go-lucky 'all music is brilliant' scene that encompasses the likes of Glastonbury and the BBC. That, or they've always known.

[-james-]

Apparently "teenage dreams so hard to beat" was plastered on the back of the stage this year. :lol:

Hard to imagine it not being renamed by next year.

[Lofty]

I foolishly got drawn into a facebook argument about this with his defenders and now one of them is threatening to falsely out me as a paedo, what even is that logic, defend a nonce by claiming someone else is? :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Too many of a certain type have got too much lifetime baggage (i.e. having nothing to offer so defining their entire personality on the basis of liking slightly less popular music than their friends) invested in Peel to let him go now.

[igor_balis]

I'm going to BLUE DOT with work, it'll probably be alright, it's free including train tickets and food for 3 days, plus we get fancy staff camping passes with showers and stuff. Also for leaving Fri morning and coming back Sunday evening, it means I get to avoid working Friday and get two days in lieu for the weekend. Not bad for having to only do like 6 hours over the three days or something.

[igor_balis]

Might regret it a bit by Saturday evening, and my colleague will definitely be regretting letting me share her tent with my disgusting snoring.

[Lewis]

Alex Turner sounds like Adam Sandler in Billy Madison.

[Don]

I had a real good time binging on the iplayer coverage of glasto last year so I've cleared out my weekend for the same again. Not too clued up on lineup info or whatnot so will see what we get served up.

[Manc]

This Glasto line-up is utterly depressing.

[-james-]

Arctic Monkeys vs Hot Chip vs Fever Ray on right now would have been the stuff of my nightmares. I'd have no doubt gone Pyramid and it would have been the wrong choice. It's always Hot Chip.

[Lewis]

Alex Turner sounds like Adam Sandler in Billy Madison.

I have just put them on, thought 'Vic Reeves', and sure enough it's trending on Twitter. Give up son.

[-james-]

He's just had laryngitis. It's hard to tell if it's that or it's just how he sings these days.

[-james-]

AM are proper clowning with this setlist. Half way through and not a single proper big hitter.

[Offshore Toon]

They're so shit these days. That said, I'd kill to be there. I'm doing a good job of avoiding it so far but I might tune in for Elton. Hopefully he brings out William Shatner for Rocket Man.

[Shindig]

And a Diana hologram for Candle in the Wind.

[Lofty]

Then reads the passage from his autobiography about gay orgies soiling his snooker table.

[niko_cee]

I had no idea the Arctic Monkeys were [or have become?] some sort of lounge lizard crooner act.

Seemed a pretty rubbish set really.

[-james-]

They are in this weird identity crisis where they clearly view themselves as above the stuff on their first couple of albums but also feel obliged to play it at every gig. I presume the setlist tonight was an attempt to win the masses over to their new stuff.

They should split up for a bit. They're clearly just Alex Turner and backing band. Let him fuck off and do his weird little thing for a bit.

[mo]

I never really listened to the Arctic Monkeys beyond their radio hits back in the day, so persevered through that set last night. What a load of wank.

[Giggles]

I hope the poor mites laryngitis was ok.

[Manc]

Expecting big things from Loyle & Christine/Chris/Redcar today.

[Don]

Missed yday but just watching Kiko's set on BBC now. Never really been a fan and this isn't doing anything to change that. Anything good happen yesterday?

[niko_cee]

:D

I noticed that comparison too.

Reaction seems to be mixed at best.

[Don]

Foo Fighters are great :cool: Fred Again, Young Fathers and The Comet is Coming seem to be the other stuff from yesterday that I need to catch up on.

This is brutal for today though:

Pyramid Stage
12:00 – 12:45: Rick Astley
13:15 – 14:00: Raye
14:30 – 15:30: Amadou & Mariam
16:00 – 17:00: Aitch
17:30: NHS 75th anniversary celebration
17:35 – 18:35: Lewis Capaldi
19:30 – 20:30: Lizzo
21:30 – 23:45: Guns N’ Roses

I'll check out Rick and A&M could be good but the rest aren't getting touched beside possibly seeing what Guns N' Roses are about. Plenty on other stages ofc (Loyle, Lana, Fatboy Slim, Maggie Rogers, etc).

[wullie]

Rick Astley was great, wasn't expecting an AC/DC cover in there along the way

[-james-]

Arctic Monkeys vs Hot Chip vs Fever Ray on right now would have been the stuff of my nightmares. I'd have no doubt gone Pyramid and it would have been the wrong choice. It's always Hot Chip.

Just watched Fever Ray's set back, hard to imagine there will be anything better this weekend.

Absolutely fuck all of interest today. Rina Sawayama in the tent would probably have been the only thing I'd have made the effort for.

Guns N' Roses, coupled with last night, should put paid to any hopes of another guitar band headlining this decade.

[niko_cee]

Rick Astley was great, wasn't expecting an AC/DC cover in there along the way

And he's doing some kind of Smiths cover/tribute with Blossoms later on apparently. :cab:

[Spikey M]

Not sure there's anything I want to watch less than Lizzo sweating all over a flute.

[-james-]

And he's doing some kind of Smiths cover/tribute with Blossoms later on apparently. :cab:

This is pretty good fun. You could hardly conceive of a safer bet.

[niko_cee]

Rick Smithley should have been headlining last night.

[Don]

Fred Again's set was great vibes.

[Baz]

lol wtf happened to the Arctic Monkeys

[niko_cee]

Are there sound problems on this Guns n Roses performance or are they just a bit shit/old?

The KLF had it right, [nearly] everyone should stop after 5 years or whatever.

[Mike]

Slash is still an absolute wizard.

[Shindig]

Are there sound problems on this Guns n Roses performance or are they just a bit shit/old?

The KLF had it right, [nearly] everyone should stop after 5 years or whatever.

And go out with a big, public shitpost.

[-james-]

Axl Rose's voice is fucked but that's no surprise. They all seem pretty up for it so it's better than I expected.

[Manc]

Loyle bringing NRG.

[Lewis]

Slash is still an absolute wizard.

I bet he absolutely stinks.

[Mike]

Guns and Roses have a lot of songs I don’t know.

[-james-]

Never been much of a fan but Lana is pretty captivating from the get go.

[niko_cee]

Slash is ridiculous.

Axl giving off strong Eddie Izzard vibes.

[Mike]

He looks like a nan

[Giggles]

Elton John.

[-james-]

Never been much of a fan but Lana is pretty captivating from the get go.

Showed up half an hour late and had the plug pulled before she could do her two biggest songs. :happycry:

I'm a convert though. She should headline for her next album.

[Baz]

Is this Lana Del Rey? My favourite song with her on (hands on the whee by schoolboy q) turned out to not even be her, it was someone called Lissie. :stamford:

[Shindig]

Wasn't expecting the Manics to go to the Holy Bible that much.

[Offshore Toon]

Glastonbury's headliner choice are so bizarre sometimes. Guns n Roses is them once again employing a previously gigantic band because they're cheap to book now. They're cheap for a reason, though. Meanwhile they take advantage of someone like Lewis Capaldi being willing to play for peanuts when he'd have made a far better headliner than either from the last two nights. The only chance he's got at headlining at the moment is by getting a sex change.

[Lewis]

I saw Lewis Capaldi at the Portsmouth thing the other year and between songs he was annoying. You Scottish mate aye?

[Spikey M]

I can't decide if he's likeable and honest or a dramatic twat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66010662

Probably a bit of both.

[Waffdon]

Imagine thinking Lewis Capaldi of all people is a twat.

The crowd taking over from him singing when his tics started to kick in was beautiful.

[Kikó]

Rick Astley being great is a nice bit of Rick rolling by him.

[Spikey M]

Imagine thinking Lewis Capaldi of all people is a twat.

The crowd taking over from him singing when his tics started to kick in was beautiful.

Keyword is "dramatic".

"When I have a panic attack, it feels like I'm going insane, completely disconnected from reality," he told the director, Joe Pearlman. "I can't breathe. I can't feel my breath going in. I get dizzy. I feel like there's something happening to my head. I'm sweating.

"The big thing for me with it is, I'm always going to feel like this now, this is me."

[-james-]

Keyword is "dramatic".

"When I have a panic attack, it feels like I'm going insane, completely disconnected from reality," he told the director, Joe Pearlman. "I can't breathe. I can't feel my breath going in. I get dizzy. I feel like there's something happening to my head. I'm sweating.

"The big thing for me with it is, I'm always going to feel like this now, this is me."


I don't think someone describing a panic attack means that they are dramatic.

[Shindig]

Yeah, that's just him being honest.

[Lewis]

It's him being a tart.

[Baz]

Easy to say when you don’t have panic attacks cos you’re not a spastic melt.

[Shindig]

Getting on stage for thousands of people would probably give me one.

[Lewis]

He should find another job.

[Pepe]

I don't know any of these people, but some famous singer with Mental Health Issues is the most 2020s thing ever.

[Giggles]

Yet none of them swap the fame and money, strange that. You'd almost think the publicists come up with all this stuff.

[-james-]

Mental Health doesn't exist and Lewis Capaldi was just pretending to lose his shit on the telly yesterday and also cancelled all of his shows this month in the lead up to bolster the agenda.

[Giggles]

Wouldn't be quite so over-dramatic. It does sell though and at the end of the day, he's swimming in publicity now.

[Spikey M]

I don't know any of these people, but some famous singer with Mental Health Issues is the most 2020s thing ever.

Sam Smith is the most 2020's thing ever.

[Waffdon]

Wouldn't be quite so over-dramatic. It does sell though and at the end of the day, he's swimming in publicity now.

Lol wot. I’m not sure he was ever struggling for publicity

[Spikey M]

Cat Stevens > 90% of the acts so far.

[Pepe]

Sam Smith is the most 2020's thing ever.

Having Googled him, is that some sort of 'trans' singer? If so, then yes.

[Spikey M]

Having Googled him, is that some sort of 'trans' singer? If so, then yes.

Yes, and future Fisherthem.

1626289908032602112?t=Exi6_fNOLzhKvbdUEC5flw&s=19

[Kikó]

Mental Health doesn't exist and Lewis Capaldi was just pretending to lose his shit on the telly yesterday and also cancelled all of his shows this month in the lead up to bolster the agenda.

It's big mental health in cahoots with the big green cabal, kids that identify as cats and George Soros.

[Don]

Do we reckon it's more difficult for Capaldi because of his overweight downs aesthetic? You'd think he would just take advantage and bag bishes all over and be able to jizz over his physical defects but I guess he probably still gets treated as the freak in private events and in the industry.

[Lewis]

To be fair, 'fisherthem' is quite good, and more reasonable than 'fisher'.

[niko_cee]

Imagine thinking Lewis Capaldi of all people is a twat.

The crowd taking over from him singing when his tics started to kick in was beautiful.

He was living a Stewart Lee dream, but instead of playing to an entirely sold out, but empty theatre, he was doing little ticks and getting the crowd to sing his songs for him.

[Baz]

Great ad for his documentary.

[Lewis]

This genuinely is Vic Reeves-like. I remember him sounding like this when they had the 2012 Jubilee bash, and people put it down to some temporary health issues.

[Don]

Leftfield and Fatboy Slim were a fun catchupearlier today but this has put me off the entire event this year.

[Spikey M]

I've never really got the fuss about Elton John. He has a few catchy songs but... meh. He's basically just the original Gary Barlow.

[wullie]

If someone wasn't familiar with his songs I wonder if they could work out a single word he's singing.

[Bernanke]

If someone wasn't familiar with his songs I wonder if they could work out a single word he's singing.

I definitely can't.

[niko_cee]

:D

And now he's just getting other randoms on to fill out the set.

[Bernanke]

:D

And now he's just getting other randoms on to fill out the set.

I'm sure Elton loves this guy for his voice and song writing talent.

[Lewis]

'Goodbye...'
*deep breath*
'...Norma Jeane...'
*breathe out*

[Bernanke]

I think Brandon Flowers just escaped Madame Tussauds.

[Offshore Toon]

It has to be something truly special to bother with the Pyramid stage for a headliner. The sound is usually crap and entering a crowd of 100k people is a big time commitment.

Its actually quite nice when the main stages all have meh headliners cause it means you can start the night earlier when the dance crowds are always so much better as its full of people who genuinely want to be there.

[SvN]

I'm genuinely gobsmacked to see him standing for a song.

[wullie]

Then he sits down for this one

[Bernanke]

Am dil danding. :youpi:

[Lewis]

Josh Homme has still got it. :cool:

[Manc]

QOTSA were fucking electric.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That Elton set was like listening to your own death. The only good headliner they've had for 10+ years was Stormzy.

[Clunge]

I saw QOTSA at Cardiff Castle on Friday. They've still got it. That Glasto set was fierce.

[-james-]

I saw Arctic Monkeys tonight and they were fantastic. A slightly better setlist and a good crowd makes a world of difference.

[-james-]

QOTSA headlining the Other Stage in 2013 when they went up against Beyonce was one of the best gigs I've ever seen. Sounds like a similar deal this year.

[-james-]

I don't think I've ever been blown away at the Pyramid. It's just way too big and full of camping chair wankers to get any sort of atmosphere going. And probably the acts never stray far enough from radio 1 territory. The best you can hope for it a massive singalong to a song everyone knows.

[John Arne]

I've only seen pictures, but those massive flags should be banned.... I imagine half the folks can't even see the acts on stage.

[Spikey M]

I think half the reason for all the fossils being headliners is that we live in a pretty superstarless era. Who could they headline with that's current? Stormzy, Adele and Ed Sheeran are the only superstars out there at the moment really. Fast forward 10 - 15 years and they're really going to struggle.

[Offshore Toon]

It's mostly the money on offer imo. Glasto don't pay anywhere near what a lot of the more corporate festivals do, so they rely on their reputation or bands ultimately giving in a bit. GnR would have been a great headliner any time over the span of about two decades, but still they only turn up when they're well past it. Americans don't tend to understand the allure until they've been around the block a few times so there's no chance they'll pay for bobbins when they're fresh on the scene.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think half the reason for all the fossils being headliners is that we live in a pretty superstarless era. Who could they headline with that's current? Stormzy, Adele and Ed Sheeran are the only superstars out there at the moment really. Fast forward 10 - 15 years and they're really going to struggle.

That is mostly just the industry being really corporate and safe, same as the film industry.

[Shindig]

I'm thinking the only band that give a proper headliner spectacle is someone truly daft like Rammstein.

[Clunge]

QOTSA headlining the Other Stage in 2013 when they went up against Beyonce was one of the best gigs I've ever seen. Sounds like a similar deal this year.
2011 – was there too. I remember Josh pretending all the fireworks were for him. I rhink they thrive on being the underdogs or also-rans, knowing they're going up against the biggest draw of the weekend. Fun Machine that night was enormous.

[Kikó]

I'm thinking the only band that give a proper headliner spectacle is someone truly daft like Rammstein.

Shame the lead singer is a bit rapey*

*Allegedly, only joking etc.

[Offshore Toon]

2011 – was there too. I remember Josh pretending all the fireworks were for him. I rhink they thrive on being the underdogs or also-rans, knowing they're going up against the biggest draw of the weekend. Fun Machine that night was enormous.
Yeah but did they do a Destiny's Child medley?

[Lofty]

2011 – was there too. I remember Josh pretending all the fireworks were for him. I rhink they thrive on being the underdogs or also-rans, knowing they're going up against the biggest draw of the weekend. Fun Machine that night was enormous.

This. I remember they played Leeds main stage and were ridiculously put as third on the bill behind The Killers who had one album. Josh came on and absolutely destroyed it, finished on an improvised guitar solo going on for ages. Brandon Flowers came on to mumble his way through their set, atmosphere instantly deflated.

Got tickets for the QOTSA Glasgow date :cool:

[Ben]

This. I remember they played Leeds main stage and were ridiculously put as third on the bill behind The Killers who had one album. Josh came on and absolutely destroyed it, finished on an improvised guitar solo going on for ages. Brandon Flowers came on to mumble his way through their set, atmosphere instantly deflated.

Got tickets for the QOTSA Glasgow date :cool:

I was there for that as well. Great stuff, especially considering he was bladdered too. Joey Castillo was a monster on the drums.

[-james-]

This. I remember they played Leeds main stage and were ridiculously put as third on the bill behind The Killers who had one album. Josh came on and absolutely destroyed it, finished on an improvised guitar solo going on for ages. Brandon Flowers came on to mumble his way through their set, atmosphere instantly deflated.

Got tickets for the QOTSA Glasgow date :cool:

I was looking at them last night but standing looks like it's sold out and it appears to be £85 for a seated ticket? Might see you there anyway. :henn0rz:

[Don]

+1 for QOTSA set appreciation, those are the scenes I was craving.

[Kikó]

Qotsa are paying in Frankfurt in November. Might have to get on it.

[Baz]

Do they play their cover of Christian Brothers live?

[Shindig]

Shame the lead singer is a bit rapey*

*Allegedly, only joking etc.

Aye, it wouldn't shock me but some of the accusations sound a little flimsy.

[Don]

Get a load of the Ezra Collective glasto set. Still up on iplayer.

[Offshore Toon]

My mate got through for Glasto tix with seconds to spare before the big SOLD OUT. We're back, baby. :cool:

Anyone else lucky?

[-james-]

Fuck all here. :seething:

[Offshore Toon]

I was resigned to not getting them even before the sale, but fuck it, if God wants it, he wants it.

Gimme a shout if you try in the resale.

[Bernanke]

https://i.imgur.com/azgn3Hd.png

Nothing too surprising but more than enough stuff to get me there again. Jai Paul, Gibbs/Madlib Pinata anniversary, etc.

[Offshore Toon]

Nothing too surprising? Clipse are back ffs. Apparently its "their only European show", but hopefully there's more to come. These festivals always announce dodgy shit, so the fact they haven't specified 2024 or summer makes me think its their only European show of May.

[Bernanke]

I feel like a Clipse reunion has been rumoured for so long that it didn't actually stand out to me as something special. I just went "ah that's a cool booking".

[Baz]

Why have neither of you said it’s kinda like a big deal.

[Bernanke]

Sabres of Paradise reforming without Weatherall is a bit of an odd one, but I'll definitely be there for the Primavera gig.