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And yeah, Khruangbin and Vampire Weekend are doing Khruangbin and Vampire Weekend things and those things are always good things.

Agree with the Waxahatchee shouts - she has racked up a seriously impressive back catalogue now. Not a duff album but still continues to outdo ourself. Took a while to arrive but the new Grace Cummings album came today and is amazing as well. 'Everybody's somebody' massive song. Gutted I cannot make it to either Waxahatchee' or Grace Cummings' gigs this summer - such good value for such awesome artists.

Can't imagine any names will be given but if the 3rd headliner has been finalised and it is SZA or O-Rod, I could see her saying that they have 2 female headliners plus legend, which would of course corroborate info we have.

Another ✅ for 'Things the Grandchildren should know'. Amazing read.

Nadine Shah early contender for album of the year, I reckon...

New Brittany Howard album is seriously good...

Wasn't trying for myself this year but we got 0/3 groups

Biffy Clyro were the Mark Webber / Felipe Massa of Glastonbury and the 1975 are the Sergio Perez / Valtteri Bottas.. not half bad, but got 'nearly' tattooed on their foreheads

Nah, 1975 will do a Biffy. Could they have headlined? Probably. Did they? Nah. Sam Fender and Dave I reckon will.

Agreed, but things move at a very quick pace. 5 years ago, none of us had much of a clue about Billie Elilsh, or Dave, or Sam Fender, and Dua Lipa was playing the tent. Things move quickly. In 5 years Olivia Rodrigo may have missed the boat and we are talking about the next new upstart. Bands like Foo Fighters / Coldplay / Arctics will always be in the mix but who joins them will always be fluid. I think Billie / Macca / Kendrick was one of the best mixes of headliners they've ever done. In 2017 that would have sounded pretty feeble...

Never mind the buzzcocks, Graham Norton, Jools Holland... Well done CMAT. Tonight in Brighton, smashed it out of the park too. She goin' places.

CMAT Elton Fred

Highlight of the festival for me too. Was ready to head over on my own, managed to bring that whole team, and now all 10 of us have bought tickets to see her again. Shame it wasn't televised as I think that could have blown her up. I Wanna Be A Cowboy was THE moment of the weekend.

Where have you seen which gigs have been moved?

AM - 30% ... I'm a fan of them on record but I've seen them before and I don't have any urge to see them again. If there's a tasty run on the Pyramid beforehand and the group consensus is to stay there, I can't see myself putting up too much of a fight. But equally I'd be very surprised if there's nothing that drags me elsewhere. GNR - 5% ... I can enjoy Welcome to the Jungle and Mr Brownstone I suppose. But yeah, overall not for me. Would much rather be elsewhere and it would have to be a pretty pitiful day for me to consider. And even then, I'll probably just go SEC. Elton - 90% ... There are a very small handful of acts that could pull me away. Realistically though, I'm not going to be missing this.

Surprised there's not been anything more on this yet. Normally one of the days is a slam dunk Christmas present for my Dad so I've had to actually think this year. Anyone heard any news?

Thank you! I'm doing it for a bit of fun really (after some pestering that I should start turning my obsession with listening to music into a more productive hobby) but it's been enjoyable to have to articulate what I think about what I've been listening to 🙂

For anyone interested, I've started reviewing my top 50 albums of the year in a Facebook page... Once that's done I'm going to try and think of new ideas to keep it going and probably turn it into a blog but here it is 🤙 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087982491998

1. Black Country, New Road 2. Angel Olsen 3. The Suffers 4. Danger Mouse and Black Thought 5. Jockstrrapp Track of the year: The Place Where He Insterted The Blade by BC,NR Gig of the year: Phoebe at Glasto

That was quite a surprise 😃 very happy!

Friday. And I wouldn't change a thing. From the music to the memories with my friends, it was the best day of my life.

Thursday: Sofy - Hippo Soundsystem - Thrill Collins - DJ Chris Tofu - Beans on Toast - Nia Archives B2B Izco - Sasha - Franky Wah - Campelphat Friday: Libertines - Arooj Aftab - Greentea Peng - Confidence Man - Wolf Alice - Arlo Parks - Phoebe Bridgers - Bonobo - Foals - Groove Armada - Chase and status B2B Carl Cox - LSDXOXO Saturday: Kikagaku Moyo - Tems - Skunk Anansie - Metronomy - Squid - Big Thief - Avalanches - Burna Boy - Jamie T - Paul McCartney - Calvin Harris Sunday: Kojey Radical - Sea Girls - Lianne La Havas - Diana Ross - Elbow - Lorde - Kendrick Lamar - Daniel Avery B2B VTSS - Sub Focus B2B Dimension Feat ID Plus loads of other random stuff in SEC and artists I walked past and caught a couple songs of (Supergrass / Idles / Kae Tempest / First Aid Kit..)

See for me it was the other way round. Squid and Big Thief I was half way back stage left and the sound was fairly quiet. Moved to the front left for Avalanches and it was the best sound all weekend.

Finally taken the plunge and got the 4.1 air tent. Arrived today. Cannot wait to be all smug in a few weeks time.

I've listened to the new track 5 times or so now and I seriously think it's the best thing he has done since TPAB. Absolutely sublime. Especially that Nipsey verse at the end. Stunning.