BBC coverage - terrible

[wbarenno]

Kasabian started off brilliant then when tom went off stage and serge did that stupid crazy cover it nose dived abit then it picked back up with club foot then the ending of empire/fire/switchblade smiles/vlad then lsf finshed the set off really good

Really good all in all id say

[dannypal]

Come on let's face it kasabian are probably the best festival band around today. They owned arcade fire (to pretentious these days) and the crowd look way more into it than Metallica. They have so many hits. Saw them last week in Leicester (my home town) and they were amazing and seen them many times including a few at glastonbury and they just get better and better.

I love that they were sort of written off when they first came out and people thought franz Ferdinand and kaiser cheifs were going to be huge bands - well kasabian have proved everyone wrong

[Ipayne]

Jack white pissed me off getting so smashed that he fucked up the last few songs including my favorite ever 7 nation army which he sung the wrong notes made me angry at him for like the first time

Kasabian are good but just not great tonight.

[MEGABOWL]

Who the hell decided that jake bugg goes on after the pixies and the manics?whats that all about

[Mash011]

Kasabian looked pretty great yeah, though of course everything was overshadowed by Arcade Fire who were bloody brilliant.

[MEGABOWL]

Absolutely love Kasabian and they were amazing when I saw them in 2011 but watching their set and it's left me cold for some reason, I'm not there though so can't really comment as it's always totally different when you're there. Felt the same for Jack White as well and I never thought I would utter those words haha.

[Ipayne]

Yeah yeah, I wasn't saying they were bad! They will always get the crowd jumping no matter what and people will come away loving it, just wasn't feeling it as much as some of their other festival shows personally, again I can't comment as I wasn't there though (Would have given a bollock to be there this weekend though; next year, eh!)

[amfy]

I thought that whatever you think of Kasabian, the shots of the crowd told their own story. A proper headliner!

[rossm18]

A proper headliner who this really meant a lot too, who give it everything and in my opinion really pulled it off. As a fan of them since they first started I'm so happy for them and glad they played such an amazing set and I hope everyone who was lucky enough to see them really let loose and had a blast. Always love to hear from people who are seeing them for a first time.

[freeak]

I only saw the last half hour of Kasabian on the telly and thought they were great. They looked a lot better than last 3 times I have seen em live.

[pothead pixie]

There doesn't seem to be a stream for Massive Attack at all, were they filmed the last time they played, maybe they declined to be filmed. Was their performance available on the red button?

Edit: cancel that, just seen the other thread.

Edited June 30, 2014 by pothead pixie

[crazyguy]

There doesn't seem to be a stream for Massive Attack at all, were they filmed the last time they played, maybe they declined to be filmed. Was their performance available on the red button?

Edit: cancel that, just seen the other thread.

[solitaire]

There's a thread on this - refused to be filmed because they wanted to libel some major corporations and go on a political rant about social media's relationship with news - appears to be the reason.

[solitaire]

Check out Facebook psychological experiment

[amfy]

Crowd felt no bigger than Arcade Fire and definitely smaller than for Dolly which was absolutely rammed. To be fair I was on my way back from London Grammar so only saw the last two songs...

[pothead pixie]

I thought the BBC wasted a lot of time showing these studio performances that doesn't really reflect the outside at the festival, more time could have been given to other live acts, although I did enjoy the veggies and cookies rap. How many people attending the festival get to see these studio sets they are basically performing for BBC presenters. Could have done with more full electronic sets, too much emphasis on live bands.

[Guest]

Was there much coverage of any other parts of the festival other than the main stages?

[adms]

Does anyone know if the beeb will having a highlights show this week?

[septemberwillow]

^^^^ Yes, Friday night - 2 hours or so. 11pm-ish?

Edited June 30, 2014 by septemberwillow

[TheNewUnion]

Just catching up on some of the coverage now, that Jen Long girl is very hyper excitable. She reminds me of a real life version of Creature Comfort when she smiles.

[T-Bhoy]

Had a laugh when the camera caught the girl on somesones shoulders sniffing her poppers.Think it was during Kasabian?