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The Comet Is Coming instead of Ms Lauryn ?. Saw the start of their set and had to literally drag myself away. That was one harsh clash on announcement, but in reality it was a lopsided non-clash.
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On 7/10/2019 at 9:42 PM, gigpusher said:
Lauryn Hill herself was a victim of that for me. I kind of wish there was some BBC footage of it so I could see what it was like. I suspect like Janet Jackson probably not as bad as people are describing.
I think it kind of depends on your expectation levels. There were some lush arrangements by some very talented musicians to be sure. The biggest problem was her being so obvious distracted throughout the set (by monitoring issues). It meant that the performance came across as nervy, and she never achieved a sustained connection with the audience.
There was a lot of good will at the start of the set, but you could feel it slowly evaporating away as time went by and she seemed to have more and more wasps in her monitoring earphone.
However, it did rally somewhat - most notably during the Killing Me Softly finale, but to a certain extent during the couple of tracks leading up to that. Not a complete disaster by any means, but very disappointing all things considered.
btw - there is some bbc footage online.
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You can have a healthy love of the festival *and* a full and fulfilling life you know!
Unfortunately I just have an obsession with the festival, but I've heard that both are possible.-
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On 7/7/2019 at 6:49 PM, Jimmyjam1 said:
How much was a bag of ice just out of interest? guessing full size bags?
Bloody good deal (as above). Unimaginable really.
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Didn't actually see much (heat, energy levels!). Saw lots of fragments / quarter sets, but embarrassingly these are the only full sets I saw:
Ms Lauryn Hill - 5 ?
Lankum - 8
Amyl & The Sniffers - 7.5
The Comet Is Coming vs Steamdown (Wormhole) - 10
The Fedz - (won't mark for personal reasons)
Janelle Monáe - 11 (seriously!)
I was a little bit ill in the run up to the festy, but it's only doing this do I realise how much impact it had on my energy (despite feeling pretty much fine during the festival). Still had a great time though! (saw and enjoyed snippets of quite a lot of other stuff, plus DJ stuff.)
Annoyed to see someone marking The BIg Moon. Hadn't sussed that they were playing! ?
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There are plenty of better offers on site than the meal deal. Had a fantastic veggie West Indian curry with coleslaw for a fiver in Shangri-La. Was nom. Saw plenty other £5 deals.
Thought co-op was great btw. Appreciated the muted branding. Purchased lots of ice. Game changer.
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I have a recommendation to not worry too much about where you're camping. It won't have half as much influence on your festival as you think it will.
Just get yourself vaguely in the half of the festival where you think you'll spend most time, and don't sweat it, is my advice.-
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1 minute ago, FatAmmy said:
A motivated power walker can cut these times in half
Yeah, but I think amphetamine sulphate has gone out of fashion somewhat.
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On 5/29/2019 at 3:56 PM, briddj said:
Could really do with an updated version of this - it's quite old now. I don't have the skills.
Nothings really moved very much though, so what would you update? Mind you those timings are very optimistic. I'd call them best-case scenarios.
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Staying up
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I'm feeling the same way. Getting too old to trust my ticker with class A's ?.
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My favourite cocktail is an Aviation (with Crème de violette), but I'm not sure about that cider!
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Since we're dragging out the oldies:
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On 28/06/2017 at 11:17 AM, TomViolence said:
Frank Carter - 4/10 - Meh.
I know this is very much a 'to each - their own' type of thread, but I find the above a very strange arrangement of letters and numbers indeed.
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This is all quite terrible, and heartbreaking really.
One positive is that these issues are being highlighted more and more (in fact it's possible, but not certain, that we are seeing a rise in reporting rather than a rise in assaults).
I saw no less than five bands (if the napalm death cite is true - I don't fully recall it) speak out about this very issue.
The others were RTJ, Frank Carter, Petrol Girls, and First Aid Kit (rape injustice).
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On 27/06/2017 at 1:16 PM, rivalschools.price said:
With regard to the posters, there was vegan posters everywhere, seemingly oblivious to the fact that it is a dairy farm, ha ha.
Unless Mr Eavis put them up himself there really isn't any contradiction.
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I loved the political charge at this years festival. I was extremely impressed that no less than four acts spoke out about female safety at gigs and rape, especially as two were all-male acts. Frank Carter initiating a safe-space female crowd-surfing frenzy was one of my moments of the festival.
Napalm Death have been wailing angrily about modern day slum landlords for years. How much more powerful and dark that track was in the shadow of Grenfell.
As for the Corbyn mania, some of it was heartening, some of it was moving, and yes, some of it was a bit naff, but the man himself delivered brilliantly I thought.
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Gonna be a lot of high marks here -
Nepalm Death - 9 Shitkicking brilliant stuff. Political, angry, funny.
First Aid Kit - 8
The Beat - 10
Anderson .Paak - 8
Steve Ignorant - 8
Wormrot - 8
Petrol Girls - 8
DJ Yoda (AV show) - 6 Uninspired
Girl Ray - 6 Nice tunes, but a serious charisma deficit which made it hard to enjoy.
The Big Moon - 8 (only saw first half of their set, but was very impressed)
Run The Jewels - 9
Ryley Walker - 7
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - 9
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On 25/06/2017 at 2:04 PM, WS_Jack_III said:
Got to rubbish this. Unless you spend all your time away from the big areas.
Well, what I mean is I've never spent more than two minutes or so in a queue. But then, yes, I do spend the vast majority of my time away from the biggest stages.
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9 hours ago, themuel said:
You just need to be smart and look more than in your immediate vicinity for toilets. There are always quieter ones within a five minute walk.
This. I've never queued for loos at Glastonbury.
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Strangely enough I've been finding it *less* crowded than usual. I was fully expecting this thread to be about that!
Maybe there's some kind of weird bunching going on, with the bigger stages more popular than usual or something?
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2 hours ago, Mr.Tease said:
7 newbies?! How did that happen?
I can trump that - I'm going with 13 newbies!!!
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The Greenhouse is a full-on reggae stage running all festival in Shangri-La. Including Solution Sound System, Jah Observer, etc.
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Both great shows. This one perhaps a bit tighter - a bit more 'Michael' or 'Janet' in their prime. A bit less jazzy.
2011 was (literally at times) ABC / I want you back. 2019 was more Thriller.
Can't say how privileged I feel to have seen both those sets.
I was watching a bit back just now, and what struck me is how perfect her vocals are, despite all the choreography. She has truly incredible breath control. A whole bunch of performers need to try and work out how she manages that.