new dance area announced!

[LEDZEP66]

How big is a 7000 capacity super tent? What does JP hold?

[bigbilly]

if what i heard was true arcadia is not going to be in the dance village

[CaledonianGonzo]

Soz - I was referring to the popular rave combo and Guinness ad soundtrackers - not Billy Bragg's Red Wedge Revisited Big Top.

[CaledonianGonzo]

'The Gully' sounds like the most interesting bit of this. If it stays open late there's no reason it couldn't work as a sort of alternative to the alleyways in Shangri La.

[bigbilly]

gully sounds good although it will be incredibly busy if it stays open all night due to the location near the big stages. i think an arcadia move will sort the probs out with overcrowding. im intersted to know what will happen to the space arcadia take up if it moves. some more camping maybe?

[CaledonianGonzo]

I also like the name rebranding. By removing the genre emphasis in similar fashion to 'Jazzworld' - > 'West Holts' a few years back it feels like it frees it up a little.

[FloorFiller]

good stuff! will definitely be trying to catch Nas, Alunageorge and Disclosure

[5co77ie]

How big is a 7000 capacity super tent? What does JP hold?

[fatyeti24]

this announcement is surely proof, were it ever needed, that Glastonbury organisers read efests.

we've had discussions about the dance village on here, and i see our reccomendations have been taken on board.

dance village re-think? check.

return to a big dance tent? check.

use ideas from shangri la et al? checkity check.

well done everyone, you can feel proud of your efforts.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

So does this mean there's not going to be smaller dance stages, and the smaller acts will stay on the openair one? Also, no mention of cubehenge.

Great announcements though.

[Gnomicide]

The Gully does sound intersting. Even as someone who doesn't like dance music at all, I'm tempted to have a wander through to see what it's like.

Sounds a little like Shangri-La has been with the rat runs the last few years.

My walk through will probably be at a swift pace as I mutter away to myself stuff about there being no guitars and it sounding like the needle is stuck. I shall be in full old git mode but who knows, maybe it'll convert me.

Calling into dance areas at festivals has made me understand why people enjoy it but it does nothing for me.

As (I think) someone has asked already but it looks like they were miss-understood, is it still in the same location as the dance village was or has it moved?

[paulomas]

alunageorge and disclosure is great news for me. JUST NOISEEEEEE, WHITE NOISEEEEEEEEE

[Thearg]

Nice one,I haven't been over there since they covered it in shit.I will pop over and have a look,something needed to be done,I always found the area a bit joyless for me and I like dance music

[Mr. Cowbell]

Nas

That is all.

[Krazypinkminx]

omg so excited! disclosure oh yes!

[monkey1989]

Oh wow Nas this tent is a whopper!

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think 7000's still quite petite, really. What's the capacity of the Slam tent at T?

[TheSeventhOne]

Very happy with Nas, AlunaGeorge and Disclosure!

[Mr.Tickle]

OK, at the risk of sounding all, like, old and stuff....

I am aware of the act naming himself as "Nas", but can't think what he's done that I'd know, can someone give me a quick list of his "Top Tunes" that may have been in the "hit parade"

[CaledonianGonzo]

Start with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illmatic

[Matt42]

NAS CONFIRMED? NAS? Oh my god congratulations glastonbury you had a good start! Excited!

[EighteenSixty7]

OK, at the risk of sounding all, like, old and stuff....

I am aware of the act naming himself as "Nas", but can't think what he's done that I'd know, can someone give me a quick list of his "Top Tunes" that may have been in the "hit parade"

Edited February 22, 2013 by EighteenSixty7

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Surely N.Y State Of Mind would be his "hit"? Or Hip Hop Is Dead?

To give a bit of a background for those who don't know, Nas playrd a major role in the evolution of hip hoppity in recent years. Illmatic was basically a seminal debut record when it came out. He then went into a bit of a war with our friend Jay-Z which was one of the biggest incidents in hip hop in recent years, and resulted in several bits backwards and forwards. They eventually came to a bit of a peace process and it went down in history.

He's also been famed in recent years for his work with Saleem Remi, Damian Marley and Amy Winehouse.

Edited February 22, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[EighteenSixty7]

Surely N.Y State Of Mind would be his "hit"? Or Hip Hop Is Dead?

To give a bit of a background for those who don't know, Nas playrd a major role in the evolution of hip hoppity in recent years. Illmatic was basically a seminal debut record when it came out. He then went into a bit of a war with our friend Jay-Z which was one of the biggest incidents in hip hop in recent years, and resulted in several bits backwards and forwards. They eventually came to a bit of a peace process and it went down in history.

He's also been famed in recent years for his work with Saleem Remi and Amy Winehouse.

[eFestivals]

Surely N.Y State Of Mind would be his "hit"? Or Hip Hop Is Dead?

To give a bit of a background for those who don't know, Nas playrd a major role in the evolution of hip hoppity in recent years. Illmatic was basically a seminal debut record when it came out. He then went into a bit of a war with our friend Jay-Z which was one of the biggest incidents in hip hop in recent years, and resulted in several bits backwards and forwards. They eventually came to a bit of a peace process and it went down in history.

He's also been famed in recent years for his work with Saleem Remi, Damian Marley and Amy Winehouse.

the Nas & Damian stuff is riding too-much off the back of the great work of others, which is better than their reworkings.