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  1. Kaiser Chiefs?

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    I quite enjoyed that. I saw them in 05 and they were spot on to watch as a live performance, great energy, catchy songs and an inflatable dinosaur roaming round the crowd.

    But then they did those god-awful second and third albums and it all went down the crapper. Hopefully they can bring that good-ness from Employment back into the new album. Little Shocks is hardly a musical masterpiece, but it's better than some of the drivel they gave us before...

  6. Q mag 'Top 50 Must Sees'

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    The new Q Magazine arrived yesterday - I know they seem to have broken association with the festival but I was still suprised to see that there is no Glastonbury preview, the only mention seems to be a review of a recent U2 gig in Brazil saying next stop Glastonbury. Are there any other magazines that may provide a decent Glastonbury preview apart from the NME telling me I should go and watch the Vaccines, Brother etc?! ;)

  9. Car Parking Sticker

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    Can you choose your car park or do you have to go to a specific one?

    I'm sure I remember last year there being different coloured car parks and we had to look for the one that matched the colour of your car park sticker. :unsure:

    Am I right or has my memory been frazzled by last years heat wave? :blink:

    Thanks.

  12. Clashfinder 2011

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    Halvin.

    I'm struggling to print off Pages 2 and 3. I can only print off page 1 (Wed & Thursday). Even though I select Print ALL pages it only prints page 1. The print preview only shows page 1 too.

    I'm sure it's something wrong with my printer settings but I'm damned if I can see it.

    I'm using IE9 by the way. I usually use Chrome but you suggested IE.

    Any ideas please?

  16. Other Stage 2011 Hurt/Heal game

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    Alice Gold 19

    Bombay Bicycle Club 15

    Bright Eyes 54

    Eels 55

    Fleet Foxes 27

    Friendly Fires 30

    Primal Scream 40

    Queens Of The Stone Age 44 (-5)

    The Chemical Brothers 78

    The Kills 31

    The Naked & Famous 37

    The Twilight Singers 36

    The Vaccines 39

    The Wombats 37

    Treetop Flyers 22

    TV On The Radio 34

    White Lies 31

  17. Other Stage 2011 Hurt/Heal game

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    Alice Gold 22

    Bombay Bicycle Club 24

    Bright Eyes 45

    Cold War Kids 18

    Dan Mangan 20

    Eels 48

    Fleet Foxes 21

    Friendly Fires 29

    Primal Scream 30

    Queens Of The Stone Age 53(-5)

    The Chemical Brothers 73

    The Kills 31

    The Naked & Famous 36

    The Twilight Singers 27

    The Vaccines 41

    The Wombats 39

    Treetop Flyers 22

    TV On The Radio 35

    White Lies 30

  19. Why are you going to watch U2.

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    There was a good article in the NME about why you should see U2 at Glasto. Sums it up very well I think

    "I have, it is safe to say, never been the biggest fan of U2. I hate their sanctimonious politics, I’m angered by their massively hypocritical ‘tax efficient’ schemes that operate while they simultaneously encourage Western nations to ‘Drop The Debt’. It pisses me off that their singer got so cosy with Bush and Blair, who are in many people’s eyes war criminals.

    It even annoys me that least one (maybe two) of the band doggedly refuse to just accept that they are bald. And that’s before we even get to the music, most of which just sounds like pompous bluster to me. So how come I’m actually looking forward to seeing them finally headline Glastonbury?

    I know I’m not the only person who is feeling these strangely conflicted thoughts about their forthcoming Worthy Farm performance. But if I was going to see U2 play a one-off show anywhere, it would be on the Pyramid Stage.

    Why? I’ve pondered this for weeks now. It’s because when you are watching an act in that arena you can switch off from all the stuff that generally annoys you, a bit like suspending your disbelief when you watch a film with a silly premise.

    What matters most is the communal feeling, and that’s something that U2 are very good at. They have the kind of anthems that are capable of generating an amazing atmosphere on that Friday night – songs that the surely massive crowd will be able to sing along to, in a way that they weren’t able to do when Gorillaz filled in for the injury-stricken Irishmen last year and played loads of songs of an album most people hadn’t really had a chance to savour properly yet.

    It’s fine to be challenged musically, but a headline slot on the big stage at Glastonbury isn’t the place for it. Most people who have gone there for entertainment are well-oiled, in a great mood and want an uncomplicated hour-an-a-half that makes them feel titanic.

    Like R.E.M. in 1999, Bowie in 2000, Macca in 2004 and Blur in 2009 – they all got it absolutely spot on. And there’s no doubt U2 have that in their locker.

    They have the tools to succeed – a massive back catalogue with tons of hits, and the experience to know which of their songs will work on the night (why do you think The Edge made the trip to Glasto last year? It wasn’t just to help out Muse).

    But with so many tunes, you can’t be exactly sure what you’re in for. So as well as being reassuringly familiar, there will also be an element of unpredictability, unlike someone like The Killers in 2007, who had at that point only released two albums. It wasn’t difficult to work out what would feature in the setlist.

    Anyway, you would expect that they will definitely play all the big ones from ‘The Joshua Tree’ and ‘Achtung Baby’, as well as ‘Beautiful Day’ and ‘Vertigo’. There’s a strong possibility they’ll also perform ‘The Flowering Rose Of Glastonbury’, the song Bono wrote in 2010 for a festival he hasn’t even been to.

    But like I say, I have a funny feeling that it will be a massive triumph for U2. They are clearly desperate to do it, and they will pull out all the stops. They will make it work, even without that stupid claw of theirs, which would have just been a distraction anyway. And I can’t deny that it will be exciting seeing them trying to pull it off."

  23. Other Stage 2011 Hurt/Heal game

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    Alice Gold 20

    Bombay Bicycle Club 26

    Bright Eyes 35

    Cold War Kids 14

    Dan Mangan 20

    Eels 41

    Fleet Foxes 25

    Friendly Fires 25

    Jimmy Eat World 24

    Mumford & Sons 8 -3 = 5

    Noisettes 17

    Primal Scream 25

    Queens Of The Stone Age 33

    The Chemical Brothers 46 +2 = 48

    The Kills 27

    The Naked & Famous 32

    The Twilight Singers 28

    The Vaccines 27

    The Wombats 37

    Treetop Flyers 21

    TV On The Radio 25

    White Lies 26

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