Your Glasto Hidden Gem Performance

[One Tonne Baby]

What has been your best Glasto 'find' band wise. Maybe someone you only watched because of a mate, or it just so happens you were walking past at the time. Someone that you liked/loved but didnt know a lot about before seeing them.

for me, last year was my first Glasto and we didnt know what to do so we looked at the lineup at the time and decided to go to west holts to see The Phenomenal Handclap Band simply based on their name being cool. It was one of my favourtie performances of the festival.

Edited April 13, 2011 by One Tonne Baby

[Taikonaut]

The last time I went to Glasto about 3 years ago, it was so muddy my girlfriend and I just couldn't be bothered walking anymore so just went in the nearest place which was the circus tent. We saw this comedy juggler who juggled to the music of Queen, sounds awful but it was one of the most funny entertaining things we'd ever seen. I wish I could remember his name.

[Bisque]

Big band... The Flaming Lips last year. Bloody incredible!

Small band... The Operation, played twice, once on Wednesday & again on Thursday. Hoping they will be back. They played in a cafe opposite the Oxfam globe & along the path towards The Park (?) near where the 40th Anniversary Arch was last year. If anyone knows what this venue was called I would love to find out!

DJs... Drumound & Simon 'Bassline' Smith. Played after a packed out Professor Green in the Pussy Parlour on Thursday, didn't think I'd get in. Their set was such a stormer, management had to close down the tent before A1 Bassline came on to let the speakers cool down.

[king_oxymoron]

My big band one would have been Vampire Weekend - I knew a couple of songs, A-Punk and Cousins, but I loved the entire set - one of the very best of the entire weekend for me.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Last year, a Swedish hip-hop swing group called Movits! - totally tore up the Bimble Inn on the Thursday night.

Ended up seeing them again the next night in Croissant Neuf as I'd enjoyed them so much...

[Scouse Andy]

2009 - Friday morning after the overnight rain leaked into my tent had me in a stinking mood, found Croissant Neuf, had a great breakfast and a cup of tea in a mug (heaven) and then wandered into the Croissant Neuf tent and saw an awesome Bangra band.

But the one I want to mention was 2 hours later in the same tent, Paulo Nutini. I was never his biggest fan but being 6 foot from him and his band in a tiny tent changed my mind. Very passionate about his music, loved performing and was a great bit of fun, the whole Croissant Neuf experice picked me up for the rest of the weekend.

[Lynne Scratch Perry]

I remember being in the JazzWorld field waiting for the Levellers a few years back. Before them was an Iraqi guy called Ilham al-Madfai.

His music was beautiful and went down very nice with a few Brothers'.

Check out his song Chal Chal Alayea el Rumman.

[Guitargeek4]

I went along to see nick cave cos a mate said he'd be good. Hope right he was.

[drthingy]

spiritulized 2007 in the park with an orchestra.

about 50 poeple there

amazing

[Wooderson]

Last year, a Swedish hip-hop swing group called Movits! - totally tore up the Bimble Inn on the Thursday night.

Ended up seeing them again the next night in Croissant Neuf as I'd enjoyed them so much...

[redmosquito]

Biggles Wartime Band. On the bandstand in the greenfields. Such a fun performance

[redmosquito]

Biggles Wartime Band. On the bandstand in the greenfields. Such a fun performance

[jimmyt]

Ska Cubano on the JazzWorld in about 2005. We only went because we liked their name and yet I ended up having some of the best fun I've ever had at Glastonbury.

[Filthy]

Pee Wee Ellis in the glade 2007, on our way to the Pyramid to meet friends to see bloc party and heard the most amazing sax funk coming from the glade. stayed for the whole set and was one of our highlights of the weekend

[Craigston]

Loved the Turin brakes at the acoustic tent last year. Only went cos my mates a huge fan but thought they gave a superb performance.

[LondonTom]

Sitting having a cider on the sunday at west holts last year before anded up really enjoying Tunng and The Bees, was fantastic. Pity we didn't watch all of Tunng.

Also to some extent Kele, never a massive fan of Bloc Party or at all really apart from a few singles, went along to wait for ellie goulding and had loads of fun was really good party atmosphere in there for him.

[BlackHole2006]

In 2008 on the Thursday I was in Shangri La and I stumbled into this random tent where a band called King Porter Stomp was playing.

Was the highlight of my weekend, everyone was dancing and the tent was so tiny.

[puppetmode]

2009 jumped out of the rain in the afternoon and into the Tadpole tent and watched Ichi. A completely bonkers Japanese guy. Well worth looking out for

[p.pete]

Fight Like Apes in the queen's head 09 at my sister's recomendation, really enjoyed their set.

[Madmark]

Last year, Muse, was never really keen on them... Well was i f**kin wrong!.. Mindblowing stuff!

[fatyeti24]

a Colombian band called 'Systema Solar' in the Igloo, Friday night last year. had me dancing like a loon.

[Marmite Monster]

My big band one would have been Vampire Weekend - I knew a couple of songs, A-Punk and Cousins, but I loved the entire set - one of the very best of the entire weekend for me.

[ItsBadForYa]

Ellen & The Escapades last year.

Stumbled across them purely by accident on the way down from the Stone Circle on Thursday night. They made that much of an impression on us that we went to watch them again on Friday (Acoustic) and Sunday (Avalon), and even befriended Ellen, the lead singer. Lovely girl she is, too.

Hoping they're there this year again.

[Thrash D Garbage]

What has been your best Glasto 'find' band wise. Maybe someone you only watched because of a mate, or it just so happens you were walking past at the time. Someone that you liked/loved but didnt know a lot about before seeing them.

for me, last year was my first Glasto and we didnt know what to do so we looked at the lineup at the time and decided to go to west holts to see The Phenomenal Handclap Band simply based on their name being cool. It was one of my favourtie performances of the festival.

Edited April 13, 2011 by Thrash D Garbage

[sisterofmercy]

I ended up seeing The Stranglers as my friend wanted to see them. I'm not a huge fan of their stuff usually, but in the sunshine with a cider I really enjoyed it. There's also a tent up in the tipi fields where people sing a-capella. Nobody famous, just ordinary people. I can honestly say it was stunning, a real moment of calm loveliness amongst the chaos of the rest of the weekend.