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No she didn't, she went to an ordinary school then went to an ordinary college in Camberwell before dropping out to be in a band called Ashok. As for saying she had everything given to her, that's a load of rubbish. She was appearing in magazines in 2006 and wasn't even properly famous till 2009. The most famous person in her family with connections is the head of a department in a university, so maybe you should research before slagging off one of the only true musicians of this generation who bothers to write their own music with actual passion. And as for eFestivals, it's pretty unprofessional and embarrassing to bash an artist who is well loved at the actual festivals, shame the pretentious forums don't see her art for what it is!

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The Other Stage is a minefield.

Over the years I've quite innocently been cutting through the field to get some place or other, only to be subjected to, among others, Duffy, Keane, La Roux and perhaps most shockingly of all, Newton Faulkner.

my ears were damaged by La Roux, too. :lol:
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The Other Stage is a minefield.

Over the years I've quite innocently been cutting through the field to get some place or other, only to be subjected to, among others, Duffy, Keane, La Roux and perhaps most shockingly of all, Newton Faulkner.

And of course all these acts attract vast crowds of chair-sitting, blanket-laying, foot-tapping, bet-wetting whoppers, so getthing through the crowd takes an absolute age.

Terrible, terrible times.

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No she didn't, she went to an ordinary school then went to an ordinary college in Camberwell before dropping out to be in a band called Ashok. As for saying she had everything given to her, that's a load of rubbish. She was appearing in magazines in 2006 and wasn't even properly famous till 2009. The most famous person in her family with connections is the head of a department in a university, so maybe you should research before slagging off one of the only true musicians of this generation who bothers to write their own music with actual passion. And as for eFestivals, it's pretty unprofessional and embarrassing to bash an artist who is well loved at the actual festivals, shame the pretentious forums don't see her art for what it is!

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It's not remotely ridiculous - don't be such a knob.

I don't want to listen to it. I'm not even slightly interested or curious. I have no interest in the type of music they produce. I don't need to sandpaper my cock to know that it migh make it sore...

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The Other Stage is a minefield.

Over the years I've quite innocently been cutting through the field to get some place or other, only to be subjected to, among others, Duffy, Keane, La Roux and perhaps most shockingly of all, Newton Faulkner.

And of course all these acts attract vast crowds of chair-sitting, blanket-laying, foot-tapping, bet-wetting whoppers, so getthing through the crowd takes an absolute age.

Terrible, terrible times.

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I don't like the Other Stage generally. Far worse than the Pyramid. However the worse thing about it is the bookers habit of putting on acts I want to see with some utter toss on before. Three times I got punished in 2010 for turning up early for something I wanted to see.Had to witness the end of Florence's set before Hot Chip, the end of MGMT (miming to their 'hit') before LCD Soundsystem and worst of all the end of Kate Nash before The National.

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I don't like the Other Stage generally. Far worse than the Pyramid. However the worse thing about it is the bookers habit of putting on acts I want to see with some utter toss on before. Three times I got punished in 2010 for turning up early for something I wanted to see.Had to witness the end of Florence's set before Hot Chip, the end of MGMT (miming to their 'hit') before LCD Soundsystem and worst of all the end of Kate Nash before The National.

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That was a great night. Sigur Ros into Doves in 2003 was another. You have to be very careful though. I can still remember trying to get through what felt like half the festival who were leaving the stage as I wandered towards it to have a look at The Kills last time out-turned out Jessie J had been on. Lucky escape.

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I think, as a stage it just isn't defined enough so it lends itself to the awful prospect of getting their early and Jessie J being sat on a chair or worse, from my pov, the whole field trying to clear out as a completely different demographic is trying to get in. Painful.

One of the worst recently for us was at the end of Rufus Wainwright (cant remember the year), us oldies were all piling out into West Holts for Amy Winehouse and all the yoof was piling in. It was actually frightening.

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I cringed for on behalf of the whole festival when I saw that billing.

When Josh said, "and thanks to the Kaiser Chiefs. They rocked yeah?" He must have actually been thinking "who the fuck were those bellends?"

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