Orbital DJ set

[ThomThomDrum]

Did not head over myself as ques are not my type of entertainment but did anyone on here check it out and was it good? Loads of details and pics if possible!!

Was not happy about not been able to head over, but if I was to I would have had to sacrifice a chuck of my night

To me it was que for hours or head over hours early.........I did not fancy either.....

(Obviously Im not a big enough fan!! )

[hannahlmoore]

Also unable to see it as I couldn't get in... still stings

[Filthy]

We went quickly after the Chemical Brothers finished and didn't have to queue much at all. I was pretty disappointed to be honest, particularly when we realised too late that Fatboy Slim and Carl Cox were on in the Unfairground. Underwhelming tunes

Edited June 30, 2011 by Filthy

[neil_hill_1]

I missed them over in the arcadia, but i saw Phil Hartnoll with someone else (could of been his brothert, i dnt know) play at the rabbit hole at 4am-6 on sunday - he smashed it!!!!!!!

was a nice surprise

[Festival Liam]

Sorry to dispoint those who wanted to see them and didn't .. but we got to the queue at half one (expected to queue till like three and spend the night elsewhere) and got in to Arcadia for 2. The queue time was just a lie, for your future reference.

I am 22 and really uneducated in that style of music, but I had an absolute whale of a time. They were way better than I thought they would be and I had a lot of fun. I can only tell you they played 'Heaven is a place on Earth'. Appologies for being so ignorant of them, but you can at least know I am now a convert.

[LusciousLucy]

On the opposite end of the scale - me, massive Orbital fan, seen them about 40 times now since Glasto 95, I dont live in Australia because the Hartnolls reformed in 2009 and we hoofed it in less than 10 minutes from The Other Stage to the PGC SL entrance to be there in good time for the Orbital set.

In amongst an awesome Hartnoll set, they dropped Chime Crime (the new remix with Material Girl sample), may have popped the Tom Middleton Halcyon in (but I was very spangled) and they finished the fairly long set with Impact, Halcyon (full new live version - including Opus III Fine Day sample) and ended with Doctor Who.

The atmosphere down the front and under the speakers was immense. Anyone told there wasnt any room in Arcadia was told the FATTEST LIES EVER!!! The arena was nearly empty! I dont reckon there was any more than 10,000 people tops in a field that can easily hold up to 40,000! Quite shocking really. That field is huge but noone was being told there was a feckload of space on The Common side.

[ThomThomDrum]

Surprises me that one could que for only 30 minutes when there are stories all over these threads about people being told the que time was 120min but ended waiting 3 hours only to be told its closed or you are not getting in............

[chris_top_her]

Yeah it was rammed at the entrance but empty at the other side.... something to watch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFg1KNbv_Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Mark E. Spliff]

I've got a couple of longish videos I took. I'll post them up once I get round to uploading then on youtube.

I thought it was excellent - the spider is the perfect backdrop to orbital.

[Filthy]

I thought the lack of people detracted from it. I was expecting at least a newish remix or something from them but it all was a bit one paced. Compared to Evil nine in Sharkeys on Friday or SL2 the following night it was pretty lame imo

[ThomThomDrum]

Yeah it was rammed at the entrance but empty at the other side.... something to watch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFg1KNbv_Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Edited June 30, 2011 by ThomThomDrum

[fatyeti24]

we watched all the Chems, mooched around the dance village for a bit, took our time getting over to Glebeland, stopping off for those mojitos in the Cubana tents along the way.

no queues at any time, and got in in time for some of Orbital.

[ThomThomDrum]

we watched all the Chems, mooched around the dance village for a bit, took our time getting over to Glebeland, stopping off for those mojitos in the Cubana tents along the way.

no queues at any time, and got in in time for some of Orbital.

[fatyeti24]

This is very odd........how come so many contradictory stories about the ques into the the late night areas exist?

I did not head over that way at night myself so I can not speak from experience but the seemingly conflicting stories are to me very strange???

Did the que system actually work and people just love to moan about anything and everything or was it a shambles??

[Festival Liam]

Surprises me that one could que for only 30 minutes when there are stories all over these threads about people being told the que time was 120min but ended waiting 3 hours only to be told its closed or you are not getting in............

Edited June 30, 2011 by Festival Liam

[ThomThomDrum]

Oh but we didn't manage to get to Shangri La. They weren't letting people in and the guards were talking about crushed children and ferrying people out the bottom of Arcadia into other parts.

[WS_Jack_III]

I thought it was really good. Didn't expect to hear crime and then many of the other classics. The Satan remix at the start is bloody brilliant. I have a 4 min video of it. I shall upload to YouTube at some point and post here

[ThomThomDrum]

I thought it was really good. Didn't expect to hear crime and then many of the other classics. The Satan remix at the start is bloody brilliant. I have a 4 min video of it. I shall upload to YouTube at some point and post here

[WS_Jack_III]

You where always going to be there!

Vids posted so far look like the crowd is a bit "meh whatever" with only a few going ape for em.........

I dont think I yet fully regret my decision to skip it....I have seen Orbital a fair few times in various sized venues and have great memories (just about) and I feared this was going to be something very very special.....but other vids may prove me wrong and then regret will hit me hard........which of course I dont want

Because as we all know..........its better to regret something you have done then to regret something you havent done!!

[chris_top_her]

I thought it was a great atmosphere. Down beside the fire! Best I've seen them before to be honest

[krisskross]

was fanatstico. a few piccies here: http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2011/photos-Orbital-Glastonbury2011-CSM.shtml

[markeee]

yea i saw them booted it to arcadia after the chems, queue wasn't bad at all..queued a bit at the gates then literally walked straight through along the fence to arcadia

i thought orbital were amazing

[ThomThomDrum]

i thought orbital were amazing

Edited July 1, 2011 by ThomThomDrum

[WS_Jack_III]

Better than the Chems?

[LusciousLucy]

Not sure if it a repeat from last year but there appears to be a show by Orbital on 6 Music coming up on the Iplayer shortly. I cant click on it yet but if its the show they did last year, the DJ set is brilliant and I think it includes some of the gig they played in Sydney in early 2010.