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[Vogue]

HOW GOOD WERE THEY?! It was the gig of my life, they were on top form and Jarvis' chatting and handing out chocolates between songs was just brilliant and hilarious. I loved that (for me, at least) no one around me seemed to be sure of who would walk out on stage, there was a lot of talk of arctic monkeys, and so when the beatbox-guy said 'special guests....PULP' it went absolutely mad. A brilliant feeling.

Only criticism- about the stage rather than the band, I was near the front and could barely see. The view for everyone could be improved if the stage were raised a few feet I think, and maybe some screens. Also, it was seriously rammed and there was no way anyone could have easily left the crowd, would be a worrying experience if someone had to urgently get out.

[Alcatraz]

Gig of my life as well. Jarvis is a master. Glad I took the time to sit through Tame Impala (which was a bit tedious) Worth it in so many ways

[blackcockerel]

F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C

[austingz]

Vogue, on 27 June 2011 - 12:37 PM, said:

HOW GOOD WERE THEY?! It was the gig of my life, they were on top form and Jarvis' chatting and handing out chocolates between songs was just brilliant and hilarious. I loved that (for me, at least) no one around me seemed to be sure of who would walk out on stage, there was a lot of talk of arctic monkeys, and so when the beatbox-guy said 'special guests....PULP' it went absolutely mad. A brilliant feeling.

Only criticism- about the stage rather than the band, I was near the front and could barely see. The view for everyone could be improved if the stage were raised a few feet I think, and maybe some screens. Also, it was seriously rammed and there was no way anyone could have easily left the crowd, would be a worrying experience if someone had to urgently get out.

Loved the show - so glad the rumours were true. I was on the raised banking so the view was good, but I can imagine it must have been a crush further down as the whole area got so crowded. I don't think the organisers would have been too popular if they had closed the area earlier though. A tough balancing act.

[prestonmike]

definately the highlight of glasto 2011 without a doubt, my only complaint was they were on at the same time as elbow, had to sacrifice one of them but dont regret the decision at all!

[slat]

I thought they were immense and a definite highlight. Not sure how Moz and Elbow would feel though having lost a sizeable part of their crowd to a 'secret' gig.

[DJL]

Only criticism- about the stage rather than the band, I was near the front and could barely see. The view for everyone could be improved if the stage were raised a few feet I think, and maybe some screens. Also, it was seriously rammed and there was no way anyone could have easily left the crowd, would be a worrying experience if someone had to urgently get out.
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raising the stage would help but I'm not sure about the lack of screens. A guy behind me was complaining loudly about it and I can see what he meant - personally I saw very little but heard everything and that was more than enough. There's a danger if they make the stage and setup bigger that it becomes just like the pyramid/other and loses some if the 'specialness' of the park, but if they do two guest slots next time people will be expecting headliners and we'll have 30000 people rammed in hoping for a good view. I think having some speakers facing the hill would help, we went up there first for radiohead, it wasn't too rammed and the view was ok but it was nowhere near loud enough to appreciate...

[jengeo]

only band I wanted to see and I missed it, gutted, hope everyone else enjoyed it though

[Gary]

We were camped about 30 meters up the middle path of Pennards and were told that the campsite was closed as people were using it as a shortcut to access the already (clearly) full Park. All I wanted was my wallet!

Not sad I missed them but golly was that area FULL. You could see the brown stain up the hill from the railway where everyone had trapsed up!

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

this thread is gonna kill me, but I went to the park for B.A.D. and couldn't see them play at all so I just left. Didn't matter to me if the rolling stones turned up, I couldn't see f**k all despite not being that far away. But yeah, I am a sour sod for missing Pulp.

[123ginge]

austingz, on 27 June 2011 - 01:08 PM, said:

Loved the show - so glad the rumours were true. I was on the raised banking so the view was good, but I can imagine it must have been a crush further down as the whole area got so crowded. I don't think the organisers would have been too popular if they had closed the area earlier though. A tough balancing act.

It wasn't that crowded near the front, if you want to get a good spot then head to the Park through the tipis and come up by the ribbon tower, people always block up the middle so the crowd on the right builds up fast and the left stays relatively spaced out.

Edited by 123ginge, 27 June 2011 - 04:06 PM.

[TwistedReligion]

slat, on 27 June 2011 - 01:21 PM, said:

I thought they were immense and a definite highlight. Not sure how Moz and Elbow would feel though having lost a sizeable part of their crowd to a 'secret' gig.

Morrissey was on Friday

I don't think Guy Garvey could complain about a band not appearing on the bill and going on a smaller stage

[Alcatraz]

JC-Mo, on 27 June 2011 - 03:10 PM, said:

this thread is gonna kill me, but I went to the park for B.A.D. and couldn't see them play at all so I just left. Didn't matter to me if the rolling stones turned up, I couldn't see f**k all despite not being that far away. But yeah, I am a sour sod for missing Pulp.

Big Audio Dynamite were on Friday man. So blame Radiohead

[clockworkpurple]

Amazing! So glad I went early enough to get a spot where i could see too, albeit about ½ mile back...

I do think they need to stop putting on such well-known special guests though: the infrastructure in The Park can't really cope with a fifth of the festival attendees descending on it.

[airds]

JC-Mo, on 27 June 2011 - 03:10 PM, said:

this thread is gonna kill me, but I went to the park for B.A.D. and couldn't see them play at all so I just left. Didn't matter to me if the rolling stones turned up, I couldn't see f**k all despite not being that far away. But yeah, I am a sour sod for missing Pulp.

BAD were on friday, Pulp on saturday

We went to BAD, we were stood near the front through out the gig, when it ended I turned around to see a mass of people, I knew this was for radiohead, so got the f*ck out of there, quick snap  

Found out they shut the park down, so for Pulp we got there about 1 1/2 hour early and it was still busy, but best gig of the week  

[pehaw]

They shouldn't leak who the special guests are.

That way you take a bit of a gamble on who will appear and may be rewarded with a great act.

[olliet101]

My mates and I were right at the front for Radiohead and we had a perfect view so I'm not sure but the sloped hill doesn't help sometimes.

[Vanderlyle]

Loved the gig. Classic moment.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

airds, on 27 June 2011 - 04:23 PM, said:

BAD were on friday, Pulp on saturday

We went to BAD, we were stood near the front through out the gig, when it ended I turned around to see a mass of people, I knew this was for radiohead, so got the f*ck out of there, quick snap  

Found out they shut the park down, so for Pulp we got there about 1 1/2 hour early and it was still busy, but best gig of the week  

I know this, but after going to big audio dynamite on the Friday I knew I wasn't going to bother with the special guests on the Saturday.

[airds]

JC-Mo, on 27 June 2011 - 04:40 PM, said:

I know this, but after going to big audio dynamite on the Friday I knew I wasn't going to bother with the special guests on the Saturday.

ahh, I see what you mean now  

Thats why we got there early on the saturday, had to miss 3 other acts though, but it was PULP !