The Libertines - why did they not announce it, ridiculous

[jonodillieono]

https://youtu.be/T6SvXr9r3OQ

Love the libs and this song but... That chorus sounds... Familiar... Anyone for darts?

yer me and my friend started chanting that when they were playing it live, it really does sound like it

[mcalder69]

To be honest I was disappointed - I was front row and I didn't see what the fuss was about. The stage and field just felt too big for them, and it didn't come over well.

[arcade fireman]

Just seen the gig again on iPlayer and it reminded me how woefully low their vocals were for Can't Stand Me Now. I remember thinking they were doing the bit where they ask the crowd to sing, though seemed odd to open doing that. Gig got better and better as it went on though. 

[efcfanwirral]

If it hadn't been for the courteeners clash id have given myself the surprise and not looked at my phone all day. I just didn't want to miss my potential highlight of the weekend after foos pulled out to find someone like Foals or Bastille stroll onto the stage.

So thank you to efestivals for giving me that certainty to make the decisions on the day! One of my favourite Glastonbury moments and probably one of my favourite gigs ever

Edited July 3, 2015 by efcfanwirral

[Lou1983]

Big thank you to the secret Glasto peeps! You made me a legend amongst my camp! Much love ✌️

[Lubic]

New song sounding good! Though it does remind me of the first Babyshambles album

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Picture on Twitter gave it away couple hours before

[stimo]

https://stimpsonmusic.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/the-libertines-gunga-din-single-review-2/I did a little review on Gunga Din - I agree it does sound more like a Babyshambles track, but still a good song nonetheless. 

[august1]

the verses feel like pete, the chorus carl. 

[bamber]

 

Fairly good that.

[Mouseboy11]

Any ideas where they're playing on the tour?

[Mardy]

It was bloody great. I had a little tear in my eye once or twice ('Can't stand me now' and 'Time for Heroes')

 

Watching back, musically it ws no great shakes, but the atmosphere was great, and the setting was perfect. A band I love to pieces, that I've never seen before, on the Pyramid, just as the sun was going down on a beautiful summer evening? man, I could eat that up all day long.

[the wonderwhy]

Any ideas where they're playing on the tour?

 

Small venues I think 

[Mouseboy11]

Small venues I think 

So not arenas? That's interesting, probably rules out any chance of Bristol/Cardiff though

[neil999]

It was bloody great. I had a little tear in my eye once or twice ('Can't stand me now' and 'Time for Heroes')

 

Watching back, musically it ws no great shakes, but the atmosphere was great, and the setting was perfect. A band I love to pieces, that I've never seen before, on the Pyramid, just as the sun was going down on a beautiful summer evening? man, I could eat that up all day long.

 

musically great for me, ragged as anything but still sounded great..what they are all about...dunno if there sound was getting fucked up tho..kept singing into dead mics..

[strummer77]

So not arenas? That's interesting, probably rules out any chance of Bristol/Cardiff though

 

Not that I think they'll play Bristol, but how would that piece of information rule out Bristol? Arenas would rule out Bristol.

[Mouseboy11]

Not that I think they'll play Bristol, but how would that piece of information rule out Bristol? Arenas would rule out Bristol.

The o2 gets skipped quite a lot here I find, hit or miss whether bands play. Could still happen admittedly, I hope it does!

[arcade fireman]

We don't know much about the tour yet, but bands do tend to play smaller venues on their first trip round then larger venues on their second trip round. 

[thekeach]

The group of lads were actually us ... stood just in the two sound booths ..... when the theme tune of we'll meet again started and the curtain came down i can honestly say it was one of my best glastonbury moments (this was my 8th) ever ..... i loved the fact we were not 100% who it was .. and i would be gutted if we had missed it .... sad dave broke his leg .... but thank god he did otherwise id have lost that moment .... cant wait for next year

To my shame I've never really listened to the Liberines, but 'knew' it was them so went along to see what the fuss was about lol

 

Stood between the two sound booths - the group of mid 20s guys beside us had been 'dragged' along with see Taylor Swift and nearly self combusted when they found out and then confirmed it was the Libs

 

I thought they were excellent and made even more brilliant by the group of lads being word perfect to every song, thoroughly having a moment between themselves ... every young lads dream by the looks of them

 

I am now converted - and no longer can I diss the Libs !

[verrymerry]

You're welcome. Did they fit onto the SMS ok? I was most worried about those, because I didn't want to miss any, but didn't want to eat through ppl's quotas with tweets about bands who were playing an appropriately sized venue (I.e. nobodies!) You might have noticed I on the first day, I only tweeted the highlights on the Crow's Nest, with one band per tweet, but switched to the two part format after that.

Yours were much more concise, TCNs didn't fit into 1 sms

[Amy Lawn]

The group of lads were actually us ... stood just in the two sound booths ..... when the theme tune of we'll meet again started and the curtain came down i can honestly say it was one of my best glastonbury moments (this was my 8th) ever ..... i loved the fact we were not 100% who it was .. and i would be gutted if we had missed it .... sad dave broke his leg .... but thank god he did otherwise id have lost that moment .... cant wait for next year

You... you expected Taylor Swift, and then when you found out it wasn't her, that was one of your "best Glastonbury moments (this was your 8th year) ever"!? I have to say, I'm incredulous, I do not understand you, sir, not at all.

[arcade fireman]

If this Libs album is a big one then it's not that big a stretch to suggest they could headline, if not next year then 2017. 

Edited July 4, 2015 by arcade fireman

[FloorFiller]

If this Libs album is a big one then it's not that big a stretch to suggest they could headline, if not next year then 2017. 

 

after subbing this year, even under the special circumstances, i doubt it. i've no doubt the album will be successful, but making them bigger than they currently are? seems unlikely

[arcade fireman]

after subbing this year, even under the special circumstances, i doubt it. i've no doubt the album will be successful, but making them bigger than they currently are? seems unlikely

I wouldn't say it's that unlikely. There's a lot of people who know who they are but who don't know that much of them apart from a couple of songs, so a successful album could win over quite a few fans - there's a fair few reports on here of their Pyramid set doing just that. Not to mention it's been 11 years since their last album release, meaning there's a whole load of music fans in their mid twenties and younger who were probably a bit young for them last time round who could easily get into them. Granted, a fair few of them will have retrospectively got into them but plenty wouldn't have. 

 

Does depend a lot on just how successful this album is, but they're going to be a lot more smart and together than they would have been before I would have thought. Though this would probably dampen their appeal a bit in some regards...

[Matt42]

I imagine the new album is gonna be fantastic but the fact they played this year rules them out in my mind.

Lots of mixed stuff about the foos btw, seems we've got people saying "I've had info they are definitely doing it" and "info they aren't". So it'l be interesting to see what pans out.