Kanye west confirmed

[Bignews]

You're joking right? The Stones were incredible. Nice try.

to be fair, i didn't enjoy it at all, not my cup of tea, but everyone else did.... so he must be trolling

[Amy Lawn]

Ronnie Wood has spoken about it!

Ronnie Wood Speaking to The Mirror

Ronnie said: "Its bloody ridiculous that Kanye is the headline act this year. It p****s me off so I try not to think about it too much.

"Glastonbury is the home of rock music and, look, Kanye isnt rock.

"Hes a great entertainer and he knows how to captivate an audience with all his swearing, but when it comes to what that festival is about, its the wrong choice."

He added: "Good luck to the man I dont know if hell survive when hes on that stage.

"People who go there for rock music are starting to get very angry about all these rappers and RnB singers taking over."

Go Ronnie!!

Fuck off, Ron. The Stones turned shit immediately after he joined. Who the fuck does he think he is to make judgments about what the festival is after having played once? What's "with all his swearing" supposed to be alluding to? The Stones were more outrageous than Kanye in their day... before Ronnie Wood joined and they became an inoffensive stadium rock novelty. In the past 3 years, the headliners we've had/will have consist of 7 guitar bands and one rapper, how is that taking over? Does he know that R&B means rhythm and blues, has he ever even fucking heard The Rolling Stones? Christ alive, what a whopper.

[Gnomicide]

Fuck off, Ron. The Stones turned shit immediately after he joined. Who the fuck does he think he is to make judgments about what the festival is after having played once? What's "with all his swearing" supposed to be alluding to? The Stones were more outrageous than Kanye in their day... before Ronnie Wood joined and they became an inoffensive stadium rock novelty. In the past 3 years, the headliners we've had/will have consist of 7 guitar bands and one rapper, how is that taking over? Does he know that R&B means rhythm and blues, has he ever even fucking heard The Rolling Stones? Christ alive, what a whopper.

You seem upset.

[kaisherz]

Fuck off, Ron. The Stones turned shit immediately after he joined. Who the fuck does he think he is to make judgments about what the festival is after having played once? What's "with all his swearing" supposed to be alluding to? The Stones were more outrageous than Kanye in their day... before Ronnie Wood joined and they became an inoffensive stadium rock novelty. In the past 3 years, the headliners we've had/will have consist of 7 guitar bands and one rapper, how is that taking over? Does he know that R&B means rhythm and blues, has he ever even fucking heard The Rolling Stones? Christ alive, what a whopper.

Not like Kanye's ever done a Bill Wyman either is it

[topmarksbri]

"People who go there for rock music are starting to get very angry about all these rappers and RnB singers taking over."

Then go to a different festival, no one's making them go to glastonbury.

[benj847]

Ronnie Wood has spoken about it!

Ronnie Wood Speaking to The Mirror

Ronnie said: "Its bloody ridiculous that Kanye is the headline act this year. It p****s me off so I try not to think about it too much.

"Glastonbury is the home of rock music and, look, Kanye isnt rock.

"Hes a great entertainer and he knows how to captivate an audience with all his swearing, but when it comes to what that festival is about, its the wrong choice."

He added: "Good luck to the man I dont know if hell survive when hes on that stage.

"People who go there for rock music are starting to get very angry about all these rappers and RnB singers taking over."

Go Ronnie!!

[russycarps]

Then go to a different festival, no one's making them go to glastonbury.

In fairness people used to go to Glastonbury to get away from the sort of people that like Kanye west, Beyonce, Taylor swift etc

Unfortunately the festival is full of the c**ts now, hence why a lot of the magic is gone.

Edited March 22, 2015 by russycarps

[The Placid Casual]

Ladies and gentlemen... Ronnie Wood.

Whoever takes what he says seriously is as much of a tit as him.

[The Placid Casual]

Fuck off, Ron. The Stones turned shit immediately after he joined. Who the fuck does he think he is to make judgments about what the festival is after having played once? What's "with all his swearing" supposed to be alluding to? The Stones were more outrageous than Kanye in their day... before Ronnie Wood joined and they became an inoffensive stadium rock novelty. In the past 3 years, the headliners we've had/will have consist of 7 guitar bands and one rapper, how is that taking over? Does he know that R&B means rhythm and blues, has he ever even fucking heard The Rolling Stones? Christ alive, what a whopper.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!!!!

[The Placid Casual]

"Glastonbury is the home of rock music and, look, Kanye isnt rock.

Where the fuck was he when Jay-Z and Beyonce headlined?

You're a fool if you believe any of the bile that he spits.

[topmarksbri]

In fairness people used to go to Glastonbury to get away from the sort of people that like Kanye west, Beyonce, Taylor swift etc

Unfortunately the festival is full of the c**ts now, hence why a lot of the magic is gone.

Bit of an old school view to take though, popular culture has been homogenised and it's pretty common for people to like Taylor Swift and Run The Jewels and James Blake and Arctic Monkeys and Disclosure. Yoof are less defined by the music that they like than ever before for better or for worse. Think the 'sort of people' thing is a bit outdated.

[klipper]

Bit of an old school view to take though, popular culture has been homogenised and it's pretty common for people to like Taylor Swift and Run The Jewels and James Blake and Arctic Monkeys and Disclosure. Yoof are less defined by the music that they like than ever before for better or for worse. Think the 'sort of people' thing is a bit outdated.

Can confirm. Am a yoof. Have liked all those acts at various points in time.

[CHRLY]

Haha. Ronnie's showed himself to be a right melt there.

[Amy Lawn]

Where is Thora Birch? I saw her in the "famous people who have their birthdays today" section of the paper the other day, has she been in anything since Ghost World?

[Festiboi69]

Ronnie Wood has spoken about it!

Ronnie Wood Speaking to The Mirror

Ronnie said: "Its bloody ridiculous that Kanye is the headline act this year. It p****s me off so I try not to think about it too much.

"Glastonbury is the home of rock music and, look, Kanye isnt rock.

"Hes a great entertainer and he knows how to captivate an audience with all his swearing, but when it comes to what that festival is about, its the wrong choice."

He added: "Good luck to the man I dont know if hell survive when hes on that stage.

"People who go there for rock music are starting to get very angry about all these rappers and RnB singers taking over."

Go Ronnie!!

Oh, is that the same Ronnie Wood that made a guest appearance with one direction on the X factor?

Rock on Ronnie!

Edited March 23, 2015 by Festiboi69

[dentalplan]

Where is Thora Birch? I saw her in the "famous people who have their birthdays today" section of the paper the other day, has she been in anything since Ghost World?

I read she had a really protective dad who managed her and he had strict demands and rejected loads of roles for her so I guess that just destroyed a potential career.

Edited March 23, 2015 by dentalplan

[Zero_Newnab]

Were you there in person pr did you see them on TV? The TV performance was not as well received as the actual performance was. The tens of thousands of people around me who were having the time of their lives will tell you a different story.

I was there, for a little while, but left to go to another stage because it was not for me.

[Zero_Newnab]

You're joking right? The Stones were incredible. Nice try.

Not joking, genuinely didn't think it was well received, but clearly there are some fans here.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Arcade Fire wasn't well received on TV either, but was incredible on the farm

[CaledonianGonzo]

If you're looking online for anything better than a mixed reaction to a live musical performance you'll never find it.

[russycarps]

Bit of an old school view to take though, popular culture has been homogenised and it's pretty common for people to like Taylor Swift and Run The Jewels and James Blake and Arctic Monkeys and Disclosure. Yoof are less defined by the music that they like than ever before for better or for worse. Think the 'sort of people' thing is a bit outdated.

I'm not criticising the yoof, there's plenty of old people who like that shite too!

And plenty of yoof who hate it as much as I do.

Glastonbury was once a place to escape the knobheads that infest the real world, but now they are all over the festival. And funnily enough most of them will be stood there listening to the likes of swift, west and Beyonce.

But I accept that's just the way it is now.

[st dan]

I'm not criticising the yoof, there's plenty of old people who like that shite too!

And plenty of yoof who hate it as much as I do.

Glastonbury was once a place to escape the knobheads that infest the real world, but now they are all over the festival. And funnily enough most of them will be stood there listening to the likes of swift, west and Beyonce.

But I accept that's just the way it is now.

There are now many more knobheads in the general population nowadays - so as a result there are many more knobheads at the festival. That's not going to change so may as well just take it in your stride.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Things were so much better back in the good old days. Cream tea on the village green. The slap of leather of willow. The vicar cycling to Evensong. You could go out without locking your door. Who will put the Great back into Great Britain - or is it just not so-called "PC" to ask that?

[Matt42]

I'm not criticising the yoof, there's plenty of old people who like that shite too!

And plenty of yoof who hate it as much as I do.

Glastonbury was once a place to escape the knobheads that infest the real world, but now they are all over the festival. And funnily enough most of them will be stood there listening to the likes of swift, west and Beyonce.

But I accept that's just the way it is now.

I appreciate the whole "well this is even worse" is the wrong attitude about it. But looking at reading and then going back to glastonbury, I felt a bit silly for being so harsh on glastonbury. It's crowd is 10x friendlier than reading, and I'm glad thinking that Glasto will probably never be as bad as that!

[scrippit]

I'm not criticising the yoof, there's plenty of old people who like that shite too!

And plenty of yoof who hate it as much as I do.

Glastonbury was once a place to escape the knobheads that infest the real world, but now they are all over the festival. And funnily enough most of them will be stood there listening to the likes of swift, west and Beyonce.

But I accept that's just the way it is now.

There were no knobheads in the 80s and 90s at Glastonbury? Really?