Gogol Bordello back in 2011?

[Felna]

Gogol are essentially a roma-punk band. If you listen to a lot of roma music, you'll discover that, in the main, it's party music. There's a lot of humour (Balkan-style) in it. Gogol are no different.

There's a huge swathe of good music coming from Eastern Europe and has been for years.

Gogol and Balkan Beat Box probably are the best known over here, but there are other good ones:

RotFront (Ukrainian emigrees in Germany)

Fanfare Vagabontu (Moldovan/Romanian emigrees in France)

The No-Smoking Orchestra

Fanfare Ciocarlia

Shantel (German DJ of Romanian stock)

OMFO (Odessa-based electronica).

Slightly back on topic, I'd love any of those to play this year.

[Vieuphoria]

You know nothing of me or my prejudices. I express 'distaste' at their music as I think it's crap. There's lots of other music I dislike, which by your argument means I'm prejudiced against all of them because of their ethnicity. If so, then I'm prejudiced against all races and ethnic groups, including my own.

You f**king idiot.

[SaintJimmy]

Or it could just be your own prejudices dressed up as distaste abd confusion regarding their music...

[godders1966]

They sounded very interesting on Jools Holland last year. I'd deffo go and see them if they play

[rexclark]

I never forgave them for ditching TITP to play with Madonna at Live Earth.

[Vieuphoria]

I bet you have already complained about Rastamouse haven't you?

Saw Gogol Bordello support RATM and thought they were pish!! Don't care where you're from.....pish is pish!

[random_man]

hmmm......... It now appears unlikely Gogol Bordello will be at glastonbury as there calendar now says:

Thursday 23rd - Prague, Czech Republic

Saturday 25th - Kazan, Russia

Sunday 26th - Perm Russia

I know the friday is still free and we can live in hope but it seems a bit out of the way to fly to from the Czech Republic to the UK to go back east towards Russia the next day!

fingers crossed for the friday though!

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

F**k. At least i can still have a good old dance and shout to flogging molly. You win some, you lose some.

[Joshuwarr]

The liveliest festival crowd I'd experienced up a few years ago was Gogol Bordello at Reading 07. In 06 they rammed the tent and had me drenched then the next year they tore the field apart:

Never get bored of them live!

[p.pete]

hmmm......... It now appears unlikely Gogol Bordello will be at glastonbury as there calendar now says:

Thursday 23rd - Prague, Czech Republic

Saturday 25th - Kazan, Russia

Sunday 26th - Perm Russia

I know the friday is still free and we can live in hope but it seems a bit out of the way to fly to from the Czech Republic to the UK to go back east towards Russia the next day!

fingers crossed for the friday though!

[Lynne Scratch Perry]

Bad news. But at least Rotfront are playing...

[freez]

Sergey says no.