Headliners you wish you'd seen

[stardustjunkie]

Obviously very few people have been to every Glastonbury, so which headliners do you wish you'd seen? I'm only 22 and with my parents having no interest at all, it was up to me to go to my first Glastonbury at 18 (in 2010). If you can youtube part of the headlining set to share, even better. I get jealous of anyone who was at the following:

Skin played in two local pubs last year for a Mardi Gras event and I desperately wanted to get in but the pubs were too full to get in This year I helped organise the Mardi Gras event, I had a staff pass and we didn't have anyone big/interesting playing!! Typical!

I'm still holding out for Bowie to headline again. It would be a dream come true and one of my "must sees" crossed off my list.

Pulp I saw in 2011, but I would've love to have seen them in the headlining slot.

What about you?

[CHRLY]

Every time

[Bobs]

Radiohead - 1995 is the obvious one!

Springsteen- 2009

McCartney - 2003

Bowie - 2000

Just a few off the top of my head there

[frostypaw]

McCartney was 04?

Radiohead, actual 2003. Hadn't come around to the new album yet, kicking myself now. To me that was their absolute peak and I missed it

[MrZigster]

Blur (I was there).

Bowie (No ticket that year).

Not headliners but was working in '11 and missed both Pulp & Radiohead being "secret" at The Park.

You cannot do it all.

[stardustjunkie]

Was McCartney any good? He seems to have lost his.. touch? in recent years.

[Man drew]

I missed out on Neil Young for the Doves. Gutted does not come close

[rjb94]

Both Radiohead headline sets

Bowie

The White Stripes

Blur

Muse 04

[Wanderlei]

I was devastated that I missed out on Beyonce's set.

lol

[River]

I was gutted to miss out on Blur.

[laps100]

I was gutted to miss out on Blur.

[TheNewUnion]

Kool and The Gang. Watched Beyonce waiting for something good to happen, it didn't.

[simonizer]

Neil Young , Blur & Macca .

[JGP]

The Prodigy

Arctic Monkeys

The Who

Muse

Bowie

[monkey1989]

XX headlining other stage , I kinda got lost and spent the Sunday headliner time wandering around in a daze and I wish I hadn't taken to many drugs in the day and spoilt arctic monkeys for myself

Lessons learnt ! Glasto 14 I will do things a little differently

[GlastoSimon]

Pulp '95

Bowie '00

Radiohead '03

McCartney '04

Muse '04

Young '09

Blur '09

Few on the 'maybe' pile, such as T-Rex '70, The White Stripes '05 and The Who '07 (weather was a bit shit though weren't it).

Edited March 22, 2014 by GlastoSimon

[DJL]

Bowie springs to mind. Other than that whilst i'd love to have seen several of the radiohead sets, neil young and a few other recentish ones i'd prefer any of the very early festivals. Less for the sets themselves more for the atmosphere

[Poliwhirl]

Every time

[Ipayne]

I'm still yet to go to Glastonbury (Trying to sort out going next year) But really would've loved to have seen:

Radiohead

The White Stripes

Bowie

The Stones

and Muse in '04

[Guest]

Glad I was at most of the sets already mentioned. Missed Paul McCartney in 2004 though.

[WS_Jack_III]

I will be saying this on my deathbed. Why oh why did I not go and watch Blur?!

For a year I wasn't there, I'd say R.E.M. and i'll never get to see them at all now.

Levellers early 90s set looks incredible too.

Edited March 22, 2014 by III

[stardustjunkie]

I saw Blur in Hyde Park in 2012 and they were fantastic. I would love to see them at Glastonbury as well.

It's clear that lots of people are gutted to have missed Bowie. Hint hint Eavis!

[russycarps]

McCartneys chat between songs was horrific

[Wooderson]

McCartneys chat between songs was horrific

[Zoo Music Girl]

BOWIE.

Also off the top of my head Pulp in 1998 (?) and REM. And Neil Young after reading people's reviews on here.

Sure there'll be loads more though. A friend has just lent me that Glastonbury movie so once I've seen that I'll probably come up with way more to be jealous about!

Headliners I wish I hadn't seen: Springsteen. But I wouldn't know that if I hadn't gone so I guess it's good that I did.