CaledonianGonzo

Given Illusion might be time to call the paramedics on DL3. Kevin Parker d@bs down yet again.

2015 - which seems to be when Lulu last surfaced - had various other older heritage acts drawing reasonable crowds on the bigger stages - Lionel, Burt Bacharach, Patti Smith, Mavis Staples etc so I'd not really agree that there's been a shift. That said, if you were to posit that 2024 is looking so threadbare that Lulu will actually become a big attraction because there's f**k all else on then I'd probably agree.

One of our crew is in the BBC footage in a dinghy, sailing out of the pit and into the stagefront during Diana Ross

Really hope this is true as it'll tick the Annie Mac box for the guys in my group who always seem hellbent on trying to find her after hours.

She played it 5 or 6 years back to very little fanfare.

There are two Bob Vylans?

Might be. Not really a bar as much as a row of pint-slingers. Same goes for the Dreamtime and the Chameleon (?) over by the Other Stage.

And no sign of The Man With The Golden Gun IIRC

That's the one. There is a Spotlight Bar somewhere though, right?

The Boulevard Bar?

Avril vs. Janelle Monae feels more likely, although it does also suck.

Yeah - I was there for that. She did Relight My Fire - but only her bit of it i.e. about 20% of the song

Calling it The Brewery implies a better selection of beers - but no mention of that in the actual blurb. Assume the Spotlight Bar or whatever it's called won't be going anywhere...

Ex-Avalon acts getting increasing prominence on the main stages isn't really a sign of a prosperous golden era.

What was it like when she played Avalon before? Didn't hear that it was chaos.

People arguing against big surprise special guests happening every year have presumably also only celebrated Christmas once.

Aye - so Julian doing his own stuff not really a d@b up.

Ziggy Marley in 2022

Though they have just announced for Italy:

TBH I'd completely forgotten that they'd been booked yet again. I wonder what sort of kompromat they have on Emily?

A bigger factor is usually a pre-existing relationship with the festival. Most secret sets tend to come from people with quite a lot of history with the farm.

I believe it was closed for the accommodation sale a couple of weeks later.

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/2024-ticket-resale-faq/ A very limited number of tickets for which the balance was not paid, will be made available via ticket resales, which will take place at 6pm (BST) on Thursday, 18th April (Ticket + Coach travel options) and 9am (BST) on Sunday, 21st April (General Admission tickets).

Fair enough I'm not in regular touch with lots of young folk on the issue - so maybe my sense that they'd prefer to see the likes of Tyla or Tate McRae rather than Paul Heaton or Cyndi Lauper is misplaced.

I'm not so sure. SZA aside, the line-up seems light on hipper young acts - at the expense of reheated leftovers from about 10 years back