Alabama shook
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Agree with Ed209 that security staff were better at Bestival!
Saw some hairy moments I thought they handled too heavily but I've definitely see far worse at Glastonbury.
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Oh and Elton played Tiny Dancer, Yellow Brick Road, Philadelphia Freedom then as he began Rocket Man the girl behind me sighed and yelled "play something we know".
For everything else there's MasterCard.
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Thanks Justiceforcedave!!
Great to know all that! Thank you.
I think you are right in everything you said and where as I'd go to Glastonbury no matter what the lineup, maybe I should have to consider the acts booked when planning other festivals.
Well hopefully this year hasn't set a new trend and in future it will return to the times you fondly remember.
Similarly. We had a fantastic time thanks to going with a great group of people. I'd happily go to Glastonbury on my own if my usual crowd missed a year.
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I think I was at a different event.
Smashed Glasto 2013? Of course it didn't!
Port lacked imagination. From the original description it sounded amazing but in practice came nowhere near to the beauty of anything created by Mutoid Waste, Arcadia, Block 9 etc. It was shoved in a bottleneck with thousands of pilled-up teenage chavs floating towards that one spot making it look like a dirty fairground of chlymidia. It lacked the atmosphere, community feel and edge that even the dullest parts of Shangri-la spew from every oraphis. Total let down.
The Line-up across the festival seemed to just blend into "boom boom boom" (with a few obvious exceptions like Chic).
Police presence and attitude was unreasonable and unsettling even for the innocent.
Good points: The very young crowd seemed unaware/uninterested in Flaming Lips, the ballroom, come dancing and most of the things I liked so there was space where I wanted.
The Ambient Forrest is fantastic and without doubt one of the best features of any festival in UK even though it feels quite artificial (but so does the whole event).
Don't know I'll bother next year.
Doesn't come close to Glastonbury!
Bestival line-up was +90% DJs playing Renegade Master. At my age I had enough of that in the late 90s.
I thought it was a little bit better than V festival but only because of the Forrest, without that it was a poor atmosphere and vibe throughout with narrow minded entertainment catering soley for kids on drugs.
At 29 years old I felt ancient and my favourite acts this weekend had all formed before I was born. There have been many new, good bands and entertainers in the last 3 decades, why stand in field for 4 days listening to bloke play records when you could see a charismatic performer attempting to push boundaries and express his/her real emotion? I'm guessing because it's cheaper! One of the many ways Rob DB and crew are trying to squeeze every single penny out of the clueless kids attending.
£4.30+ for a CAN of warm lager! Extra charges for most attractions like wall of death etc, so different to Glastonbury and the smaller festivals I'm used to.
Over priced, over hyped shite.
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You and so many others (here and on iorr) told me I was dumb when I said ages ago that they'd start with JJF. Anyway, £200 off Paddy Power!opening with Jumping Jack Flash was a masterstroke as well.
It's alright now.
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Any truth in the rumour of the Arcadia special guest being The Prodigy?
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Has it always been around the greenfields at least?
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I find it odd that everyone assumes the set list will be nearly the same as previous gigs when this is the first outdoor gig of the tour, the first to have warm up acts, the first with a crowd over 25,000, the first to be aimed at non/casual stones fans, the first to not use their custom built staging, the first where they're not in control of every aspect.
The 40 licks tour saw them play a stadium, an Arena and a theatre in the world's major cities. They changed the set list massively based on the size of the venue and other factors. While all stadium gigs had a slightly similar set list (from memory, don't shoot me) these were radically different from all the arena set list.
I find it hard to believe they will start with get off my cloud.
Special guests such as Gary Clarke Jr would be a waste of time.
Guests like Bobby Womack and Jack White (or in a dream world Bowie, Tina Turner and McCartney) would be fantastic. Names that mean something to the average Glasto goer.
There are a lot of songs that have been rehearsed that still need an airing. With London being the only city to have been visited twice on this tour (with a large gap in between) I don't believe they will just churn out the same set.
These are 3 very special performances to round off the 2nd leg of the tour. These guys are professionals, the like of which Glastonbury nor the world has seen before. I'll be so disappointed (and shocked) if they just do the standard 50 and counting set list. Opening night was a bit different, just watch, we're in for a treat.
Ruby Tuesday!
Lets Spend The Night Together
Heard it through the grapevine (heavily rehearsed)
These and other well known classics still need an airing and time is running out.
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Yeah, utterly surrounded by security.
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To have access to quiter, cleaner facilities is great. As well as the short cut.
Usually a bit of shade/shelter back there too.
You do get artists drinking in there. Even the odd headliner. Bono was in there last time on the Saturday.
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Underground Piano bar for me.
Anyone know if it opens on the Wednesday?
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Not having a go at the OP, but it's a shame it got spotted really. I think some one else said they'd taken down the webcam today to try and hide it, i suppose it's inevitable that someone would of seen it but it would have been great if they'd kept it a surprise untill the night.
Now everyone's going to be waiting for this fire breathing dragon/bird during Stones.
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I think you may be right. Whatever it is I'm sure it is something to do with the Stones.
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Well I've gone for the full package. 2 fans, space blankets and spray.
Lets see if I can be bothered to set it all up on arrival.
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A giant mechanical Grrrregory the Gorilla to follow to stick up for the Saturday?
I think not...
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I expected that response. But she can sing.Joss Stone? Please god no! Didn't she do some "supergroup" thing with Jagger a while back? Makes it alarmingly possible...
I just hope it's Lisa for Gimme Shelter.
Has Bowie as a special guest definitely been ruled out? I fear if it happened it could go very wrong. Macca or Bowie and stones fans would be so pissed to have missed that.
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Surprised no ones mentioned local girl Joss stone as a potential guest.
I really believe Macca is a maybe, thinking that for months. Also, surely Jack White.
3 song mini set list... Don't loose the casual fans, at least do Ruby and Rocks Off (a dig/nod to Primal Scream)
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True!oh yes.... forgot they did Street Fighting Man back then.
Another song they usually murder live
Great song though. Not sure if they should do it at glasto.
Angie is a must though. That is the rarity they should bring out for Glasto. Or Ruby Tuesday... They can still pull that off (with a large crowd to mask the chorus)
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I'm lucky to have seen the stones many times. Keith's set often gives casual fans an excuse to nip to the loo/bar. This already makes the atmosphere dip a bit. When he does Before They Make Me Run it seems to lift the crowd again (IMO) but Happy just sounds like a catastropy live, to my ears, compared to the first time I saw them.It is just you.
Not sure on You Got Me Rocking for the second song, could lose a few casual festival website owners with that. Is it well known amongst non fans?
He's played it at every gig I've been to apart from one.
He said in an interview that you can't help but smile when you hear the intro. Only reason I smile when he plays it is from the relief of emptying my bladder.
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Huh? How many times have the stones played Hyde park?Huh? Which Hyde Park?
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Just to add my endorsement of using space blankets. Can be a bit fiddly to arrange them on a windy day, but it works really well.
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This forum is selling bestival to me. So much friendlier than the Glastonbury section of efestivals.