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[godders1966]

The booking of U2 seems to have been a very emotive subject.  I was wondering how popular they are these days will Glasto punters.  Will the Pyramid field be full to bursting or not?  

They seem to be a very 'Marmite' sort of band.  People either love them or hate them but everyone seems to have an opinion.

So will you be there on the Friday night or watching anything else to avoid them?  I understand we don't know what the other options are but for some it will already be a clear 'yes' or 'no'.

Edited by godders1966, 25 November 2009 - 09:41 AM.

[jamseyboy]

Yes....having a sing-a-long.



(unless Greenday on other stage then maybe)

[coma girl]

No chance I'd see them, if there's no other bands on I like then, I'll just go and have an explore of the rest of the site

Edited by coma girl, 25 November 2009 - 10:02 AM.

[Crouchie]

perfect excuse for me to miss a headliner and do something weird

[JimOfTheJungle]

I went for "yes i love them", but in reality wanted "i quite like them, ive never seen them, and expect U2 at glasto to be a crackin singalong, with the possibility of an epic performance" option.  

Edit to say: I reckon they'll be a bit less popular on here than amongst the glasto crowd as a whole.

Edited by JimOfTheJungle, 25 November 2009 - 10:06 AM.

[Rachie]

I dont 'love them' by a very very loong shot! you dont have to love everyone you see surely
I'll probably never ever get to see them again (i wouldnt pay to just see them) so ill probably be there

[rosstopher]

i will be as far away as i can, not so much because i dislike the band, more just bonno.....

[LondonTom]

Unsure at the moment depends on who else is where, I wouldn't mind seeing them and as others say this would probably be the only time I would get to see them

[Chazeboy]

I would have said yes, but to tick i love them is a bit much so i went for maybe

[irons]

I'll probably go along as long as there's nobody else I realy want to see. I've never seen them and it could be a good singalong and a bit of Glasto history.

But if there's a band/act on another stage that I've not seen or prefer them then I'll be there instead. Bands like Faithless and Pixies. I've seen Pixies before but prefer their music to U2's.

[whotookthegoodname]

irons, on Nov 25 2009, 11:22 AM, said:

I'll probably go along as long as there's nobody else I realy want to see. I've never seen them and it could be a good singalong and a bit of Glasto history.

But if there's a band/act on another stage that I've not seen or prefer them then I'll be there instead. Bands like Faithless and Pixies. I've seen Pixies before but prefer their music to U2's.

Lets just hope theres not a Boomtown Rats reunion headlining the other stage, Bono or Bob ARGHHHHHHH

[mario man]

JimOfTheJungle, on Nov 25 2009, 09:56 AM, said:

I went for "yes i love them", but in reality wanted "i quite like them, ive never seen them, and expect U2 at glasto to be a crackin singalong, with the possibility of an epic performance" option.  

+1 for what he said. I don't love U2, but I will be watching them

[future_shock]

I'll be somewhere else. Not a fan at all their music has never excited me to be honest.

[frodoisdead]

I'll be elsewhere no matter what. I don't have anything against them playing I'm just not a fan.

[Mardy]

I'll almost certainly be up shangri la or arcadia or wandering about over that way somewhere.

[Ed209]

I think i will go check em out, but if any of them turn up in a cowboy hat then i'm straight out of there

[sweaver]

at the moment, U2 headlining on the Friday means that we will go to the Arcadia/Trash city opening - we always see it kicking off from the pyramid stage and often think why we arent over there checking it out.  

Next year we will definitely be doing that!

[Sipperana]

Depends who they're up against really.  I've never been a massive fan, though I've got a few of their albums, mostly early ones.  Might be interesting and I'm sure the Pyramid Stage will be busy, they are one of the most popular bands around after all.

[sifi]

I'm going to try to stand as far away as possible, whilst still watching them.  Where do people reckon?

[Toilet Duck]

sifimaster, on Nov 25 2009, 01:44 PM, said:

I'm going to try to stand as far away as possible, whilst still watching them.  Where do people reckon?

...behind the first set of repeaters is the best "far away" spot...I prefer the righthand side looking at the stage as there a bit more of a hill there...