[Who were your top 5 of the weekend]

Libertines

Pubic Service Broadcasting

Lamb

The Chems

Patti Smith & Lama

 

All Incredible and Life-Affirming Experiences

[Post ONE song you're super excited to hear on Friday]

for the first time ; 

[Post ONE song you're super excited to hear on Friday]

for nostalgia ; 

 

[How many days left at work until you finish for Glasto?]

1.

 

so close

[So who are you going to see on the Pyramid]

the entrance of kanye and first few tunes before heading over to john peel

 

faithless when they get announced as the sub to florence...

 

and of course PATTI FUCKING SMITH

[3 hour 45 Minute gap between Mororhead and Florence]

Iggy Pop and Foals would be an absolute dream

[So who is going to replace Foo Fighters?]

its gonna have to be someone good to move me away from the avalon watching lamb 

 

 

FAITHLESS IT IS THEN !! 

 

or foals have just dropped a great new single today new album out august. move flo up and foals sub

[2015 releases you're looking forward to]

Foals !!!

[Your Biggest 2015 Sacrifice]

Jon Hopkins & PSB

[DJ's after dark?]

lots of choice haha i will be making an effort to attend;

Friday night at Arcadia - plex & beyer

Bez Acid House - 808 State, Mike Pickering (Saturday) , Alex Metric (Friday)

Acid Lounge - Primal Scream Northern Soul set (Saturday)

[Craig Charles]

His funk and soul night at band on the wall is always fun

Presume he will be playing similar sort of set at Glasto?

[The Dreaded Clashes]

Any chance of a piggie back? I just can't see making it in time at my age

Haha of course! You'll have to give me directions though

[The Dreaded Clashes]

The whole of Saturday night is BRUTAL

My top 3 of the whole weekend are suede, PSB and John Hopkins

Can also add deadmau leftfield and Kanye at that time too.

Suede will come out on top with an early dart to glade & try to catch the last few songs (hopefully Everest) of PSB who finish 45 minutes later

Was hoping George Fitzgerald would do an early hours slot somewhere as it is he's playing 10pm Sunday right in the middle of Idlewild or the Who ffs

[Arcadia Line-Up]

Friday night i'm there!

seen booka shade at sankeys a few times, really good stuff

plex and beyer as well, so in

[How is your Glastonbury excitement?]

simmering along very nicely...gonna be our first Glasto with my best pals!

just need the full line up now for excitement to go into overdrive and also to get some closure if the suede/kanye/PSB clash actually happens

[What have you done to get ready for Glastonbury 2015?]

committed to some decent karrimor walking boots and a snugpak poncho today

just the small matter of a tent now

[Who would you like added when the full line up comes]

Foals

Johnny Marr

Wild Beasts

Discopolis

[New bands you've found...]

From the Avalon line up....

Been listening to Lamb. Wonderful stuff, enjoying the new material equally but Gorecki and Gabriel are absolutely mesmerising songs

Will definitely be watching them, are they headlining the Friday?

[Headliners 2016]

Led Zeppelin
Prince

Morrissey & Marr as 'The Smiths'

[Electronica/Dance]

I think it's some kind of high wire trapeze act in the circus field! Not the DJs.

of course, your exactly right

i just read a&b and peaked

it was only after i noticed the 'theatre and circus field' haha

[Electronica/Dance]

Above & Beyond are marked as confirmed on the lineup/rumours page

please be true!!

[Avalon Stage lineup announced]

Idlewild & King Creosote!!

[Jon Hopkins]

I see King Creosote is now down to play Avalon.

Cheeky gig with Jon somewhere perhaps?

my thoughts exactly! hopefully

[Electronica/Dance]

Right chaps.

So, I like my dance music but, tend to focus on it mostly for the annual festival I attend - i.e. I don't listen to a lot outside of that environment as there are only so many hours in the day and I listen to so much non-dance mucis.

Given that, some tips, please for artists to listen to prior to GF, and possibly target seeing.

I am a long term Orbital fan. Am very much hoping that Paul will be there with 8.58. I like stuff like Luke Abbott (lots of analogue synths) and lots of old school techno. I like acid too, and am excited about Phuture playing. Not a dubstep/grime fan, really. I like minimalist, non-vocal, beaty, bassy stuff. Not a fan of cheese - for example, I find things like the 2 Bears a bit two-beat cheesy. I guess I am not a fan of stuff that gets very popular. BPM wise, I need it high enough to be able to bloody dance, so Ibiza rate stuff is good, even though I often find that a bit 'populist ravy'.

Right, after that garbled crap, who should I be checking out?

Ben

any excuse to post this;

Ayla - Nirwana

Solarstone - Pure

The Future Sound of London - Accelerator

[Electronica/Dance]

My model exactly, chaps.

Bands, bands bands until the main stages close, then off in search of some loud, dark, heavy dance stuff for hours and hours at night. Bed around 5-6am. Brief sleep. Repeat 3-4 times. Go home. Collapse.

Ben

can confirm, will be doing exactly this from wednesday through to sunday also

can't wait!