K2SO Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 6 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said: We saw Royal Blood in the JPT in 2014 who had a monster crowd. We got there earlier yo see who was on and watched Hozier, who wasnt anything special. The crowd was tiny. I remember thinking, he's inoffensive, but I wont hear of him again. Then last year I was walking past the Pyramid & he was on there. Some turnaround that one. I was on the barrier for that Royal Blood set. The crowd was HUGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adequate8 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Andeeroo said: Savages in the JP tent in 2013 fell victim to clashing with the Stones. I left halfway through to go and get a spot in the Pyramid field and have never felt more guilty for leaving a set so early. They could definitely see me making the long trudge out of the tent. We were at everything everything after Savages and that was pretty quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adequate8 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 7 hours ago, nikkic said: Agreed. Saw Bombay Bicycle Club open The Park in 2008. About 30 people there. Yeh same goes for Young Fathers and All We Are over the years opening the Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1984 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Sometimes small crowds can be the best, especially when everyone wants to be there. Bleachers the other year in the JP had a tiny crowd but Jack Antonoff was just happy to be there. His enthusiasm was infectious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field of Avalon Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 9 hours ago, lighthouse said: 2008. Bit weird year for The National. They were slowly getting bigger by then, with the moderate succes of Boxer. They just must be one of them bands that never get the kinda crowds they deserve.The crowd at the Pyramid Stage when they subbed in 2017 ? was pretty small as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 They just don't seem to get the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouse Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Field of Avalon said: They just must be one of them bands that never get the kinda crowds they deserve.The crowd at the Pyramid Stage when they subbed in 2017 ? was pretty small as well. Every time I’ve seen them they played for a big crowd/packed venue. They’re a big band nowadays, draw lots of devoted fans. I think they’re at a place many ‘indie style’ bands can only dream of. They’re also pretty big at each side of the ocean, which isn’t a given. Edited June 29, 2020 by lighthouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarw Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 22 hours ago, Hugh Jass said: Remember watching Adam Cohen early on the Other one morning and being able to walk on to the barrier. You were probably stood next to me then! It was a pitifully small crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 12 hours ago, Ryan1984 said: Sometimes small crowds can be the best, especially when everyone wants to be there. Can certainly be the case. Saw The Allergies at Guildford's short-lived Always The Sun festival, doing a live set to no more than 30 people tops. But they had absolutely everyone dancing, and I mean properly dancing, not just swaying in time. And there's something about seeing a crowd that small properly going for it that can lift the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 17 hours ago, Ryan1984 said: Sometimes small crowds can be the best, especially when everyone wants to be there. Bleachers the other year in the JP had a tiny crowd but Jack Antonoff was just happy to be there. His enthusiasm was infectious. I think that’s part of the reason Mik Artistik is so popular he always makes you feel part of his act. I’ve seen him play in small venues around Leeds and even been on a pub crawl gig with him. Definitely prefer the smaller gigs over the larger ones he’s done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, squirrelarmy said: I think that’s part of the reason Mik Artistik is so popular he always makes you feel part of his act. I’ve seen him play in small venues around Leeds and even been on a pub crawl gig with him. Definitely prefer the smaller gigs over the larger ones he’s done. What amazes me with Mik is that he's just as (if not more) on form when he's being watched by about 20 people as he is when he's got the packed Croissant Neuf Bandstand gig on the Wednesday. Saw him at BDs with tiny tiny crowd, and I was one of the only people that had seen him before. The reaction to him accusing a toddler of being an unthinking tool of the extreme left and then chasing after two blokes who wandered off to watch something else and dragging them back with him were particular highlights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmartin1803 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 12:01 PM, Copperface said: Not Glastonbury but ...... I was there...Tiny crowd. Actually felt a bit embarrassed at the beginning due to the thinness of the crowd but the band blasted it. I was at T in the park that year and remember walking by as they clashed with the red hot chillies and there wasnt a space left in the field for them the crowd was to me surprisingly very very small for LCD but not as bad as the photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copperface Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Yeah, that's probably extreme and it was the edges but this probably shows it a bit better. Probably 200-300 people there, about 15-20 deep right at the centre of the stage although my estimating ability is crap. Most of the neds were at RHCP or in the Slam tents so only the afficionados were at LCD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouse Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Funny thing is, RHCP is a bit mediocre live, whereas LCD kill it every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemosabe Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 Foals’ secret set last year has got to be the busiest The Park stage has ever been right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 Young Fathers Other stage slot in 2015 is probably the smallest crowd I've experienced at Glastonbury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said: Young Fathers Other stage slot in 2015 is probably the smallest crowd I've experienced at Glastonbury. I remember being annoyed that I had to miss them that year, but now looking at the clashfinder there was seemingly fuck all on at the same time so I’ve no idea where I was. Edited July 2, 2020 by FloorFiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catavento Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 Yeah, that Young Fathers crowd was not great, although the band were. My main memory of that though is that there was woodchip all over in front of the Other Stage and the place stank of this baking woodchip/mud combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamber Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 There were maybe a hundred of us there at Tank and the Bangas at Pussy Parlour last year. It all started after 2am on a 1:30am advertised start time. The frustration at the late start was very minimal in the end. They were exceptionally good. The smallest, best crowd, for the biggest minor band. Hope that qualifies here. No footage exists of that Glastonbury gig AFAIK, You get the idea here though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkic Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 13 hours ago, Ddiamondd said: I'd say Pulp probably pipped it, notoriously locked off for even Kate Moss. Aye Pulp crowd was insane. We were sat on the hill as we couldn’t get any closer and even that was packed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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