"Instant Fun" acts

[Mr November]

New York Brass Band - New Orleans-inspired brass band covers, with a tendency to spread out through the crowd. They're playing 9 sets over the weekend so you'll probably come across them

[Glastonlocal]

Do not watch this if you are epileptic or liable to seizures from strobes!

[fullfathom5]

Leicester boys By The Rivers on Croissant Neuf at midnight Saturday night.

[Yesiamaduck]

Carnival Collective Fulfilled that criteria this past weekend

[sparkythetortoise]

Otway

[sparkythetortoise]

the men who shall not be blamed for nothing

[mazola]

The Cuban Brothers, playing a couple of times. I'm planning on catching them Saturday night on the sensation seekers stage.

[FloorFiller]

i've always avoided Crystal Fighters because i always got them mixed up with Crystal Antlers who i think are shit. what a silly mistake! they fit nicely into my Friday schedule so i think i may pop along to see them. seem like great fun

[The 38 year old virgin]

I'm sure I saw crystal fighters supporting foals a few years ago, and they were pretty crap. I probably wasn't in for them though as danananakyroyd had just been on and they kicked my arse

[FloorFiller]

I'm sure I saw crystal fighters supporting foals a few years ago, and they were pretty crap. I probably wasn't in for them though as danananakyroyd had just been on and they kicked my arse

[The 38 year old virgin]

i miss Dananananakroyd

[FloorFiller]

Great album, and what a song

http://youtu.be/3WOIEdlfh7M

[The 38 year old virgin]

isn't it just! i haven't listened to that album in ages! gonna dig it out now

[FloorFiller]

did you catch them live? At aforementioned gig, the singer split the crowd in 2, got in amongst us, and got peeps to have a singing competition.

Real good fun band

[The 38 year old virgin]

no i never did. i think they played Leeds Fest one year i went but were first on on the Sunday so in my hungover state i ended up missing them thinking 'i'll just catch them at one of their gigs' but then never got round to it and they split. damn shame. always heard they were great live as well

[Harmonic Prospector]

Not a live act as such but Wheel Of Four Tunes have been the highlight of my last 2 Glastonburys. 2 dudes dressed as Power Rangers with a wheel of music genres such as Rock, Cheese, Motown, ska, Disco, etc. They get someone from the crowd up to spin the wheel and whatever genre it lands on they play four songs from that genre. This continues for 2 hours!

It sounds fairly generic but it is absolutely brilliant and their song choices for each genre are absolutely perfect. Lots of maniac dancing and their banter with the crowd is fantastic. They play on the Sensation Seekers stage in the early hours and what is brilliant is seeing the crowd grow larger and larger throughout their set as more and more people who are trudging towards the South East Corner queuing system get drawn in by the party atmosphere they are generating. I have seen them start with a crowd of 20 which has grown to about 1500 people by the end of their set.

They are the definition of an "Instant Fun" act.

[gorfield]

BIGGLES WARTIME BAND

last time at glasto this year too

[Thatmax]

i've always avoided Crystal Fighters because i always got them mixed up with Crystal Antlers who i think are shit. what a silly mistake! they fit nicely into my Friday schedule so i think i may pop along to see them. seem like great fun

[Brave Sir Robin]

Great thread, thanks for all the suggestions. I'll throw in Pyramid openers Turtle Island (I've posted this a few times but it's well worth seeing again):

[CaledonianGonzo]

Great thread, thanks for all the suggestions. I'll throw in Pyramid openers Turtle Island (I've posted this a few times but it's well worth seeing again):

http://youtu.be/VTFVnPM5QPo

[Yesiamaduck]

Great thread, thanks for all the suggestions. I'll throw in Pyramid openers Turtle Island (I've posted this a few times but it's well worth seeing again):

[Brave Sir Robin]

I can't watch that here, but am I right in thinking there's only one readily available clip of these folk doing the rounds? It would be amusing if they played just the one mental song and the rest of their set was introspective, navel-gazing Barlow-balladry.

[theDandy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDXQfEecF6g

Crystal Fighters exist for dancing. 5pm Friday John Peel.

Get your cod Spanish accents ready!

[theDandy]

Hot Feet on at the Bandstand on the Sunday 15:00pm, great band! I went to Uni with the really tall guitarist, fantastic guitarist, very talented

[theDandy]

By the way, after adding Crystal Fighters to my lineup on the Glasto app I've noticed they're due to finish at exactly the same time as Foster the People are starting on the Other, can anybody tell me if this is doable? Is it easy to get from John Peel to the Other within literally no time at all?