thesecretingredientiscrime Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) Michael is talking at Oxford Union tonight, and it's being livetweeted by Oxford Union. Talking points so far: Move has been brought up again but is being described as "potential", current festival rents land from 22 other landowners and when Michael heard of Jay-Z, he thought it was pronounced Jaycee like Stacey. https://twitter.com/OxfordUnion Edited May 2, 2016 by thesecretingredientiscrime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero000 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 NOOOOO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smytho15 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil the shrew Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Always have that twinge leaving the festival each year that it might just be the last time, guess that's becoming more of a reality as the years go by Part of the magic of the festival is knowing that mini city has emerged out of the fields of Somerest and will sink back into them once we all leave. Just wouldn't be the same on a new purpose built site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Leach Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 1 minute ago, phil the shrew said: that mini city has emerged out of the fields of Somerest and will sink back into them once we all leave. That's a brilliant description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesecretingredientiscrime Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) For those who don't read twitter, he's gone on to cover some of the most regularly discussed things on here. - He backs Europe as being the saviour of milk farmers. - Paid tribute to Prince and said they did try to get him, but said there's nobody really the festival hasn't had that he'd want. - Is a fan of Beyonce's political activism - Says Glastonbury is still a political festival Edited May 2, 2016 by thesecretingredientiscrime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostdancer1 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 i still regard this attempt at staging a festival elsewhere as largely a bargaining tool in land rental negotiations. if it goes well then and the landowners keep upping their demands, then it's off elsewhere. if it goes well they might realise that what they have, or even a little less, is much better than nothing at all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 It will be up on YouTube in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stuartbert two hats Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said: i still regard this attempt at staging a festival elsewhere as largely a bargaining tool in land rental negotiations. if it goes well then and the landowners keep upping their demands, then it's off elsewhere. if it goes well they might realise that what they have, or even a little less, is much better than nothing at all.. I tend to agree. I found this comment very interesting: With my very cynical hat on, I might think that means he's had an offer from one of his neighbours for their land, but the price is too high. He's bought land before, not sure why he would have any issue with buying more in principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Lee Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 26 minutes ago, phil the shrew said: Always have that twinge leaving the festival each year that it might just be the last time, guess that's becoming more of a reality as the years go by Part of the magic of the festival is knowing that mini city has emerged out of the fields of Somerest and will sink back into them once we all leave. Just wouldn't be the same on a new purpose built site Hopefully it's just a warning, but if it happens outside of the 2018 'one-off' then I think that will be me done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie_and_a_pint Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 41 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: It will be up on YouTube in a few days. Good news - I'm a member of the Union and have no idea how I missed that he was speaking tonight or I'd have gone along YouTube will be a reasonable alternative though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 55 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said: the Radiohead rumours are definitely better 56 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said: not sure about having a stage dedicated to a particular genre of music, and why the first genre to have it is grime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andeeroo Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 12 minutes ago, FloorFiller said: not sure about having a stage dedicated to a particular genre of music, and why the first genre to have it is grime... As ever with Michael, I'd take that with a pinch of salt. I expect Sonic or Wow will just have a strong grime presence as it is flavour of the month, as opposed to being solely Grime dedicated. Similar to the Saturday of 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwinevino Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 13 minutes ago, FloorFiller said: the Radiohead rumours are definitely better not sure about having a stage dedicated to a particular genre of music, and why the first genre to have it is grime... Will probably be a tiny one in Shagra la or that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 5 minutes ago, Andeeroo said: As ever with Michael, I'd take that with a pinch of salt. I expect Sonic or Wow will just have a strong grime presence as it is flavour of the month, as opposed to being solely Grime dedicated. Similar to the Saturday of 2010. yeah that's kind of what i imagined would be happening really. still a bit of a weird idea considering grime could fit in to so many of the other stages rather than bundling it all together, but ah well, guess we'll see just how truthful he was being - i'm sure the likes of Skepta will have higher slots, even possibly as high as the Pyramud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WS_Jack_III Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) Being mentioned way too often now. Getting worried Edited May 2, 2016 by WS_Jack_III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defrio29 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 did he mention anything about radiohead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 47 minutes ago, defrio29 said: did he mention anything about radiohead? Pretty sure they'd have mentioned it 4 posts up if he had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 8 hours ago, Andeeroo said: As ever with Michael, I'd take that with a pinch of salt. I expect Sonic or Wow will just have a strong grime presence as it is flavour of the month, as opposed to being solely Grime dedicated. Similar to the Saturday of 2010. As I said in a post about a month ago, there's loads of grime on one (I've forgotten which, now) of the Silver Hayes stages on Friday, and loads on another stage on the Saturday. So there you go, I've just told you something with more accuracy than Eavis has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andeeroo Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, eFestivals said: So there you go, I've just told you something with more accuracy than Eavis has. That's virtually standard practice these days isn't it? Bless 'im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budvar Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I remember seeing Michael speaking at the Oxford Union back in 2004 - always a pleasure to hear him talk. I noticed he hung around afterwards and chatted to a few people in the bar; good on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwinevino Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 It's just hitting me this might be the final "proper" Glastonbury if it is really going to move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budvar Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Full video now up on YouTube: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy92 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 I really hope it doesn't move! There's something just really special about that site, and I'll be gutted I'll have missed the last year it's there if it does move!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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