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19 hours ago, charlierc said:
Same weekend as Glastonbury. Could well act to rule out Foos, QOTSA and Royal Blood, though admittedly all 3 were at Glasto this year so they may not have been likely anyway.
I would very much like Brutus and All Them Witches from that line up for Glastonbury. Others I'd like to see for sure, but suspect unlikely for Glasto's usual picks (not to mention their absolute disgust for anything remotely heavy).
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34 minutes ago, Skip997 said:
A quick mental assessment suggests around 50/50 male/female for the acts I saw.
Think we were not far off that (although numbers a little skewed by only seeing one and a half acts on Saturday thanks to the heat). I just feel position wise and booking wise female artists got done badly this year, particularly with the amount of available talent.
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17 minutes ago, moogster said:
Beth Orton actually headlined Avalon a few years ago.
I think that saying the fest hates female acts is pushing it a bit far.
So early on West Holts feels like a demotion from that position, for an act that has a new (very well received) album last year.I was being hyperbolic for the sake of drama 🙂 However it did feel like a certain area of music that is currently thriving got rather short shrift this year. I'm sure there are some behind the scene reasons for some acts that are currently touring not getting stage time, and for the ordering of the stages, but still... a gripe is a gripe, and that is mine.
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*WALL OF TEXT ALERT*
I'll preface this with the following: I run events myself (not to the scale of Glasto obviously), and usually if someone is complaining about something we are already aware of the issue. Assuming someone from the festival team even looks through this (and I'm hoping they do), they are likely aware of most/all of these things, there could be very good reason things aren't different.
Caveat: I live locally and travel in each day, so can't speak to the camping side of things. My number one gripe would be how far I have to walk from the car park to the stages 🙂Gripes:
Shade: this has been a problem for the last few years. This year I ended up with heat exhaustion (my own fault for trying to go from Gate C to Woodies to see Rick Astley, it being too crowded so heading to the Park all in one trip), I went to the lovely Peace Gardens near The Park which is shaded and a good place to not be surrounded by noise. That having been said, outside of that area it was a bit of a nightmare trying to find some decent shade.
Suggestion: Not sure how feasible it is, but sails between the tent pole formations around the edge of the stages could provide much needed shelter (think three points of connections between three of the flag poles).Ghettoisation of heavier music: Sure that isn't Glastonbury's main thing, but shoveling off anything remotely heavy* to The Truth stage at some ungodly hour (to the point where Skindred got moved) gives me the feeling that Glastonbury's relationship to heavier music is basically the same as Cate Blanchetts. Which is funny considering the amount of acts in the genre that are more inline with Glastonbury's supposed ethos than say The 1975......
*I guess The Hu were on West Holts, whilst they are very much great they are also one step removed from a gimmick act.Hyping up "the moment" to dangerous degrees: It is great to have a headline about viewing figures and crowd sizes for certain acts, but it is often creating potentially dangerous situations. Also it is a bit f**king rude to everyone else on the bill when by the festivals own marketing and promotion they are almost guaranteeing a smaller audience for the other acts on site. It isn't about there being obviously larger crowds for some headlines, it is the relentless pushing to make something happen, it sucks the oxygen out of the wider festival (happens with Legends slots as well previously).
Poor cross stage curation: Clashes at festivals are inevitable, part of the whole experience, even more so when you have a broad taste in music. Glastonbury does seem to want to pit acts that are clearly going to attract similar crowds against each other at times. I'm guessing the stages work relatively independently, and I know there are so many moving pieces when attempting to put together a line up with change over times etc, but sometimes it feels like just a little more communication could make things make a bite more sense. With some of these acts even moving them forward or back by an hour or even half hour, or moving to a different day (if possible) would make for a better audience for the acts themselves. Which also brings me in to the next point...
Glastonbury apparently hates female acts: I'll ignore the headline stuff here, that is hard to book, I'm sure there are massive amounts of negotiation and that stuff goes in to it all, I don't give a toss about the headliners to be honest. I'm more wondering why the hell Beth Orton was on so early on West Holt, why wasn't she high up in Acoustic or Avalon (if you think she isn't deserving of a spot higher up on the 'main' stages). More than that why was she scheduled opposite Gwenno and CMAT, there are three artists right there that share an audience and would make for an absolutely fantastic run on a stage. A pattern that played out a number of times across the weekend. Poor poor show. Be better.
To be fair the positioning thing isn't restricted to female acts. Why wasn't Ben Howard much higher up? Why was Fred Again.. not headlining? Absolute madness.
With all that being said, I had a good time, lots of the site improvements are very welcome. I'm possibly one of the few that feel that Carhenge was a nice replacement, it adds a good bit of breathing room in what was a ridiculously busy area. The new paths are great. I'm sure come a wet year we'll see a benefit from the woodchip and new walk ways that have been changing the consistency of the earth over the last couple of years. The crowd management (to me at least) seemed a lot better this year.
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On 1/17/2020 at 11:04 PM, Odessa said:
I've never really listened to Algiers properly, but I've just bought a ticket to see them before I got to the end of my first listen of There Is No Year. It's goooooood.
They were the highlight of Glastonbury last year. I was saddened by how empty the tent was for such a great performance. Hopefully be back in 2020.
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Kings Of Leon at Reading 2009 ... went over after Faith No More had finished, went from one of the best gigs I've ever been to, to one of the worst things I've ever seen on stage, and I was there for Stone Roses in 1996 (also appalling shite)
Worst thing I've heard at Glastonbury is Kate Tempest yelling her GCSE homework from the West Holts stage.-
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Was behind Emilia Clarke and her mate walking from Park to rail tracks area. Think she can go fairly incognito as she doesn't look much like her most famous character without the wig and stuff which must be nice.
Saw Nish a few times with his big bushy beard (which is very suitable for the local area).
Mark Bowen and Adam Devonshire from Idles hanging out with their respective families and friends in The Park.
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Was looking forward to Algiers, but definitely didn't expect them to be the best thing I saw all festival (and I saw some other great stuff).
Whilst doing a bag change over at Gate C and getting some shade we heard a lot of Captain Hotknives and it was brilliant fun.
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All the usual, Lizzo, Idles, Janelle Monae, etc.
but I was surprised to see they had Palace full set in The Park on there, was made better by being in the sun, but I'm expecting them to blow up over the next couple of years, so get an early seat on the hype train.
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1. Algiers
2. Sharon Van Etten
3. Gojira
Honorable mention Idles, Gojira just pipped them because that band on that little stage was great
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Amazing to see Gojira play such a small stage last night, came out and totally gave a headline level performance (as you'd expect). Great fun down the front.
One thing I find interesting though is given that in the run up last time Napalm Death had a bunch of press and were present in the brochure, it seems that this year they have tried to minimise the presence of one of the most popular metal bands in Europe. Literally just the listing for Truth stage and that is all.
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I demand to be let in to the VIP bit as I identify as a VIP and I'm a man so should allowed to do whatever the damn fucking hell I want regardless of what other people want.
Am I doing it right?
In the mean time, now Gojira are playing Glastonbury* I hereby start my campaign for 2020's inclusion of Rivers Of Nihil
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I am excite.
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1 hour ago, musky said:
There was a grindcore stage for 2017 so I’m hopeful that they’re introducing a mathy experimental noise stage this year.
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On 3/11/2019 at 1:36 PM, jparx said:
Tbh, with the 'rock slot', get Mastodon there. I think they've developed some mainstream credibility and they'd blow the blanket brigade away. Make it happen for next year.
Gojira are free on the Friday and playing in the UK Saturday and Sunday. Napalm Death slot? (was that Friday?), or better yet a secret Thursday Greenpeace stage slot
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Fingers crossed she breaks out this (although suspect she'll have a more party/commercial set in mind
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22 minutes ago, priest17 said:
I'm sure White Lies were on later than that on Other in '09. Feel like I watched them then went and saw The Specials.following that logic they'll... open Other?
Sun was setting when I last saw White Lies play on Other. Was that 09?
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1 hour ago, dentalplan said:
Neither Miles Kane nor White Lies would feature that highly on the Other
Other than the time White Lies did feature that highly?
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3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:
It can if you’re Don Broco. They don’t seem to play high festival slots anywhere.
2nd down at Truck Festival, on the same level as White Lies and Miles Kane at Y Not.
I don't see why they would do anything other than Mid-High on Other ... or ... the BMTH slot.
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7 minutes ago, deadpheasant said:
Not that high up on the Glasto bill I would think. If they played at all it would be low/mid on Other Stage.
Just headlined Wembley Arena/low Other Stage
Pick one, because both those things can't be true.
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Yeah really should be, lots of material under their belt, always maturing as a band and phenomenal live. Their KEXP appearances have all be brilliant, for anyone un-initiated that is reading this 🙂