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The reason why it’s the world’s biggest festival is because it took risks. How big was Pulp in 1995. SZA is a poor choice because it’s a safe choice and it totally lacks creativity.
12 hours ago, gfa said:little simz ffs heard it all
may as well stick IDLES on it next
Its all good boost homegrown acts, friends of festivals etc but there will be no festival left if the world's biggest festival starts having acts who sell 2 x 10k shows in London and an academy tour elsewhere.
She did 2k in birmingham ffs
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Does Glastonbury feel a need to make one of the headliners American? I don’t want to go all ‘British first’, but I do think they should have had the balls to put home grown Little Simz on instead of SZA. She’s six albums in, a Mercury and Brit winner, got five star reviews for her Ally Pally shows literally everywhere (from the NME to the FT). She has already proved herself headlining West Holts. And she’s already booked for the Pyramid. Emily Eavis was even at the Ally Pally show - how can she have walked away from that show and not thought “wow - that is a Pyramid headliner” (or maybe that was her thought followed by “if only she was American”).
It was the second best concert I went to last year. The best was Sault - and she stole the show in that! -
The first one wanted me to pay and the second had no subtitles. Anyone got a decent link…?
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White Lies, three times on three different stages in one year, 2009.
Friday on the Other Stage
Saturday on the John Peel Stage
Sunday in the Guardian tent (I had to look that up - other than knowing I saw them I cant really remember anything about the last performance) -
i saw the Hills of California a couple of weeks ago. Tremendous. Better than anything else on right now. Yet mainly got three star reviews.
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One thing I’ve noticed as I’ve got older is that I have to work a little bit harder to hear new music. Glastonbury helps, obviously - and I put the research in for the month before. But I was wondering if there are any good websites, blogs or podcasts that people listen to to keep themselves in the zeitgeist.
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1) Sault, Drumsheds2) The Bays, Jazz Cafe3) Little Simz, Alexandra Palace4) Fred Again, The Other Stage, Glastonbury5) Blur, Hammersmith Apollo6) Nick Cave, Beacon Theatre7) Bob Vylan, Sunrise, Latitude8) Gabriels, Pryzm, Kingston9) Tom Walker, Brunel Museum10) Loyle Carner, Hammersmith Apollo
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5 hours ago, Colorblindjames said:
Looked terrific. Do we now know who all the members of Sault are?
Little Simz sang on Fear No Man (her own song)
Ganavya sang on Ever So Lonely (a cover of a song by Monsoon. I'd not heard of Ganavya before but she was a guest on Gilles Peterson's show a couple of day;s later)
Cleo Sol sang on a few songs
Kid Sister sang on Dont Waste My Time (and I think one other)
Michael Kiwanuka sang on Colour Blind
Chronnix sang on Angel and I think one other (Glory?)
Apparently Jack Penate sang on something. But I dont know what. He's credited on writing a few songs for Sault.Plus so many musicians. so many choristers. so many dancers. Who, a week later, havent posted anything to instagram or twitter.
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3 hours ago, Johndenis said:
any more details about what actually unfolded? I've thought for a while that most gig staging is remarkably unimaginative. A big screen showing music videos. So what? Just going on personal experience, one of the best "musical" things I've ever seen onstage as Cirque de Soleil's Beatles "LOVE" in Las Vegas. 15 years old now and I don't actually know if was considered a success or not. Not live music as such, because it was a pre recorded soundtrack. But still mesmerizing.
I think (and like most of the night, it’s all conjecture) the staging was designed by Es Devlin.
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Apparently the set and staging were all designed by Es Devlin
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20 minutes ago, Time Being said:
or those who got tickets .. how/when did they get announced? Definitely going to try to hit this in NY now after seeing accounts of the London show, mind you I'm share demand is going to be through the roof.
Do you mean on the day? I missed this too - I was in meetings all morning (although I knew it was coming). But the weird thing is… I bought my tickets on Twickets. So original price (and only one pair the whole week on Viagogo for £250 each). And I kept looking… there were quite a few on Twickets on the run up to the 14th. I doubt there will be next time though.
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57 minutes ago, SalviaPlath said:
Incredible. I feel high still and the only stimulant I had yesterday was an espresso with lunch. Everything was perfectly orchestrated and pulled off. Sort of event it'll take a while to digest.
Of course - none of the bars were selling booze. Which must have meant the venue would have cost more to hire.
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Was it or wasn’t it worth the ticket price?
Hell, yes it was!
What an event. I think anyone who was there realised they were witnessing something very special. One of those gigs that in 20 years time people will still be talking about. Hyperbole? Maybe. Keen to hear others’ thoughts.-
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Actually - yes - I think that’s right. I thin Nine might be next year.
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No, a different album in seven different cities.
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Apparently London gets Nine. I’m hoping we might get a bit more… it’s only 34 minutes long!
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Sault - having teased us last weekend with an Instagram post saying “Sault Live London 2023”, they now seem to backtrack with their latest instagram post saying “New unreleased album live for the first and only time”.
But presumably to have a live album they had to have a live performance. Did we miss it??I'm so confused. Can anyone shed any light on what’s going on?
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1 hour ago, FloopFiller said:
Just listened to this album for the first time and had to do a little search on here to see if anybody had mentioned her. Would be an incredible vibe on Holts, although wouldn’t surprise me to see her on Silver Hayes somewhere again as that tends to be where most of this kind of music goes apart from the much bigger acts. Playing Primavera earlier in the month so hopefully she sticks around for Glastonbury too.
I saw her in Silver Hayes in ‘22. Mad as a bag of snakes. Brilliant.
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On 11/15/2023 at 6:56 PM, gfa said:
We're five pages in i really hope this Little Simz headlining shite isn't becoming the new foals
Foals never made the cover of Vogue!
…just saying
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I saw Nick Cave do a solo performance in New York earlier this year. It would be amazing for him to do something like this on the lake in a style similar to Damon Albarn's a couple of years ago
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21 minutes ago, The Nal said:
Im a Simz fan but most couldnt name 1 tune. A lot of people dont even know who she is. Crowd at her gig last year was... ok.
Most people couldn’t name a single Stormzy track before he’d headlined. He’d only released one album (compared to Simz’s five - two of which were nominated for the Mercury, one of which won). Surely a lot of it has to be about how big a show it will be. Anyone at Ally Pally last weekend knows that Little Simz would carry it off.
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On 11/11/2023 at 1:54 PM, henry bear said:
She did headline in 2022, albeit on a stage more appropriate to her popularity at the time. You're falling into the trap of thinking an artist should get a prominent slot because you personally like them
No, not just a personal thing. The reviews for Little Simz have been astonishing. Phenomenal reviews. I’ve never seen reviews like it. I think everyone at Alexandra Palace realised they’d seen something very special that night.
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