Top 5 Glastonbury sets

[Craigston]

Tough.  

I went in '93, '97' '99, '00, '02, '07, '09, '10, and '11.

1) Radiohead, Pyramid '97. A real epiphany despite the conditions.

2) REM, Pyramid '99. Stipe was like a man possessed.

3) Coldplay, Pyramid '02 Launched my love of one of my favourite bands. Shame the quality of their output has, for me, been gradually dropping off since X&Y.

4) Orbital, Jazzworld '99. Only fairly sure of the year- it was the time that carnival float came right through the Jazzworld field in the middle of their set. Bonkers!  

5) The Orb, the NME stage '93. Blew my mind. A very low pH that year 

Honourable mentions to David Bowie in 2000, early Elbow in 2002 (I think), Doves and Blur in 2009, Stevie Wonder and Thom and Jonny in 2010 and all of Radiohead in 2011.  

[SpiralGirl]

Memory's not what it was, but off the top of my head...

 

Leonard Cohen, Pyramid 2008.  Still the greatest.

 

Chic, West Holts 2013.  Nile Rogers was so thrilled to be there and the whole crowd singing Get Lucky to him at the end was just sublime.

Stones, Pyramid 2013.  Happiest most excited crowd I've seen.

Patti Smith, Pyramid 2015.  Toasting the Dalai Lama with a can of beer was quite surreal.

Pixies, Other Stage 2014.  I know it probably wasn't one of their best, but it was the first time I'd seen them and I loved it!

[craigh1]

Went '10, '11, '13, '14, '15, '16

1. LCD Soundsystem, Other, 2016

2. Stevie Wonder, Pyramid, 2010

3. Rolling Stones, Pyramid, 2013

4. Chic, West Holts, 2013

5. Hot Chip, West Holts, 2015

[Pylon_Wanderer]

Just '13, '14 and '16 for me:

 

1. Chic @ West Holts (2013)

2. Jungle @ John Peel (2014)

3. The Rolling Stones @ Pyramid (2013)

4. Wild Beasts @ John Peel (2014)

5. Earth, Wind and Fire @ West Holts (2016)

[willd255]

1. Adele 2016

2. Blur 09

3. Wolf Alice @ williams green 2015

4. Kanye 15

5. Neil Young 09

[Wooderson]

4 minutes ago, willd255 said:

1. Adele 2016

2. Blur 09

3. Wolf Alice @ williams green 2015

4. Kanye 15

5. Neil Young 09

Fascinating list.

[paradigm]

Brian Wilson

New Order

Chems

Faithless

James Brown

'02 - '16

[Yokel Again]

1. Bowie 2000

2. Blur 2009

3. Paul McCartney 2004

4. Brian Wilson 2005

5. Coldplay 2016 (but ask me again in a few months)

[mungo57]

1) Definitely Chic

other 4 I can't order without serious thought so will just list them:

Patti Smith last year, ZZ Top this year, Tame Impala this year, Muse 2010

[willd255]

1 hour ago, Wooderson said:

Fascinating list.

Why's that?

[BlackHole2006]

Been going since 2008. Missed out on 2014. Here it is:

1. The Rolling Stones (Glastonbury 2013)

2. Stevie Wonder (Glastonbury 2010)

3. Hot Chip (Glastonbury 2015)

4. Earth Wind & Fire (Glastonbury 2016)

5. Parliament & Funkadelic Presents The Mothership and The Family Stone (Glastonbury 2015)

Honorable mentions include: The Flaming Lips (Glastonbury 2010), Todd Terje & The Olsens (Glastonbury 2015), New Order and Underworld this year and Manu Chao (Glastonbury 2008).

[Lubic]

Just attempted this but it is proving too difficult. All I know is Coldplay 2016 and Queens of the Stone Age 2011 are the top 2.

[Wooderson]

1 hour ago, willd255 said:

Why's that?

Was at 4 of them and loved seeing the order being so different to mine. 

[Spindles]

1. Portishead 2013 - Other stage.  Musically, atmospherically amazing.

2. Coldplay 2016 - Pyramid stage.  Visually stunning, great, great crowd.

3. REM 1999 - Pyramid stage.  I was an emotional wreck, my heroes.

4. Primal Scream 2011 - Other stage.  Powerful stuff in the pouring rain.

5. Coldplay 2000 - Other stage.  Before they were Bon Jovi massive.

[Stokesy10]

Went in 2011, 13, 14, 15.

1. Arctic Monkeys, Pyramid Stage. 2013.

2. Lionel Richie, Pyramid Stage. 2015.

3. Queens of the Stone Age, Other Stage. 2011.

4. Alt-J, Pyramid Stage. 2015.

5. La Roux, John Peel Stage, 2015.

 

 

Edited July 1, 2016 by Stokesy10

[Finding leto14]

1) Coldplay 2016

2) Stevie wonder 2010

3) Adele 2016

4) Mumford 2013

5) Muse 2010

[Alex DeLarge]

Only went this year! (But will hopefully be back many years in the future, I've been fully converted)

1. LCD Soundsystem 

2. Ronnie Spector

3. Beck

4. Skepta

5. The Last Shadow Puppets

[dingbat2]

Portishead 2013

Elbow - Queens Head 2008

Nick Cave 2013

Kasabian 2005

Coldplay 2016

M83 2005

 

.. off the top of my head.

[pennylane07]

I love this kind of thread

OK, went 07, 15, 16

1. Bjork- Other Stage 2007

2. Super Furry Animals- Park 2015.  Or do I mean Pyramid 07.  Blown away by both.  I'll say 07 as it was the first festival performance I saw and really loved.

3. King Creosote - Avalon 2015

4. LCD Soundsystem - Other 2016

5. Patti Smith- Pyramid 2015

That was difficult!  Nice to see a couple from each year there.

[Digital Monkey (Womad)]

I can't really gather a list seeing as this year was my first.

Interesting to see most people tend to go for the big mainstream hitters with the exception of King Creosote immediately above (who I would like to see myself).

My gig of 2016 was also at Avalon - The Ben Miller Band

[Little Andy]

I've been 14, 15 and 16

1) Jamie T - 15

2) Ed Sheeran - 14

3) Kasabian - 14

4) Florence & The Machine - 15

5) Coldplay - 16

[willd255]

On 7/1/2016 at 5:40 PM, Wooderson said:

Was at 4 of them and loved seeing the order being so different to mine. 

What would your order be?

[Acid_Haze]

Only went the last 3 years and here's mine

1. LCD Soundsystem 2016

2. Arcade Fire 2014

3. Kamasi Washington 2016

4. Todd Terje 2015

5. Massive Attack 2014

[Callum_96]

Only been '15 and '16:

1. Chemical Brothers - Other Stage '15

2. Tame Impala - Pyramid '16

3. Death From Above - JP '15

4. Gengahr - Crows Nest '15

5. Two Dorr Cinema Club - Pyramid '16

[Jugtanion]

Went 13, 14, 15, 16

 

1. Chic, West Holts, 2013

2. Arcade Fire, Pyramid, 2014

3. Bobby Womack, West Holts, 2013

4. Lianne la Havas, John Peel, 2015

5. Earth, Wind & Fire, West Holts, 2016

As others have said, Florence probably unlucky to have missed out on my list.