Best acts you have seen at the festival

[simian_mobile_mushrooms]

 

Kool and the Gang were phenomenonal from start to finish. Also, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, the Eels, Skrillex (partly chemical related)

Edited April 17, 2017 by simian_mobile_mushrooms

[swede]

From each year 

99 - REM

09 - Neil Young

10 - Muse

11 - Coldplay - not a big fan but watched it with my kids who were 2 and 4 at the time, it was magic

13 - Arctic Monkeys

14 - Paolo Nutini

15 - The Libertines 

[Waapster]

I want to add the massive singalong that was The Proclaimers in the Acoustic.

Also Shakti Sings - not strictly an act but it was magical when they came up to the Stone Circle and got us all singing and dancing.

[shuttlep]

2 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

2009??

I don't think it was that far back , it was the last time they played 

[stuartbert two hats]

42 minutes ago, Waapster said:

I want to add the massive singalong that was The Proclaimers in the Acoustic.

Also Shakti Sings - not strictly an act but it was magical when they came up to the Stone Circle and got us all singing and dancing.

Oh yeah, singalongs in Acoustic. Whatever I said for 2005 was wrong. Chas'n'Dave won that year.

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, shuttlep said:

I don't think it was that far back , it was the last time they played 

Doves last played the festival in 2009, in JPT.

[shuttlep]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Doves last played the festival in 2009, in JPT.

I'm getting old then as that felt like yesterday 

 

can remember all of it 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Doves last played the festival in 2009, in JPT.

But Elbow have been on every year since, so they've been there in spirit.

[Lubic]

Coldplay 2016 - best festival set I've seen, and one of my favourite ever gigs. All boxes ticked.

Queens of the Stone Age 2011 - great way to end the festival, especially after the glorious weather that day. Everyone I spoke to afterwards had loved it.

M83 2016 - never really listened to them before the lineup came out, but I needed to find a Saturday headliner. Now one of my favourite bands. Enough said.

Pulp 2011 - good vibes all round. Jarvis was on fine form with his stage chatter. Just wish Radiohead had gone the hits route too.

Special mention to CHVRCHES, as I was front centre for both their sets and managed to lose my voice both times.

[Watergirl]

I loved Patti Smith in 2015.

[henry bear]

1984, my second Glastonbury, and unlike the previous year there was one act I really wanted to see - The Smiths, who were my favourite new band at the time. On the Saturday the first act, Amazulu, got stuck in traffic and couldn't make it. The Waterboys kicked things off and The Smiths weren't due on until 6pm. At about 5:20pm I was en route to the car for some reason when we caught what sounded like Morrissey's unmistakeable drone in the distance. We legged it down to the Pyramid Stage to catch them and there was pandemonium there - kids unsuccessfully clambering up the corrugated metal sheets to get to Morrissey etc. As the tenth song, Hand in Glove, finished, we were informed that The Smith's set was being shortened to accommodate fucking Amazulu, who had finally showed up. There was practically a riot by this time, but that was it, after a set of about 30 minutes The Smiths were gone. 

My all time favourite though was REM in 1999. They were a huge catch for the festival - their previous visit had been to tour the UK's stadia. I was a long term fan, having first seen them at the Hammersmith Palais in 1985. It was a special night.

I haven't been back since 1999 (soon to be righted!). Of course I always watch it all on TV. The one performance I really wish I had been at above all others was Blur in 2009, it looked magical. 

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Portishead 2013, one of the best gigs I've ever been at full stop!

[Crazyfool01]

Im sure REM were ... if only I could remember it !!

[guypjfreak]

Neil Young 

The libertines 

Band of horses 

New model army 

Can't remember but there are lots more but Neil Young my favourite so far... Oh yea and some small band called radiohead who played back in the day 

[raynor]

Of the 6 Glastonbury I've been to.

94- Manic Street Preachers, 95- The Cure, 97- Radiohead , 

10- Stevie Wonder, 14- Royal Blood, 15- Florence and the Machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[OneLittleFish]

'09 - Blur, Neil Young, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

'10 - The Flaming Lips, Radiohalf, Lightning Seeds (Avalon)

'11 - DJ Shadow, Bright Eyes, Laura Marling

'14 - Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, Pixies

'16 - Mercury Rev, Billy Bragg, PJ Harvey

[shoptildrop]

2010 - Muse, Slash, Faithless

2013 - The Hives (get me a f*cking ladder!!), Foals, Chic and special mention to Kosheen who went acoustic while shutdown was still on

2014 - Metronomy, Goldfrapp, White Lies, Royal Blood

2015 - Florence & the Machine, DFA1979, FKA Twigs, Lionel, Patti Smith

2016 - Grimes, Bats for Lashes, New Order

[T-Mouse]

Ok, so, im super wasted and in trouble of slipping into @bamber territory (ly Bamb fuck the haters yo never change), buuuut... 

Both times at the festival Ben Howard has blown me away. First on the mid (some may testify seeing him sooner) he was just perfect with the sun 

Then again in 2015.

 

While the second performance didn't reach the peaks of the first, i geniunely treasure that second BH LP.

So many people must have written him off after those Brit awards and shit. "I forget where were" on its own merits, is a fantabulous record.

[T-Mouse]

Probably, instrumentally, organically and purely, the greatest set to ever grace the mighty t'other...

"I hope it was alright"

Shut up Beth. You fucking know that was transandental.

 

 

Edited April 18, 2017 by T-Mouse
The arctic monkeys were obviously shite

[T-Mouse]

Nah I'm not having it. Just under halfway in. To go from that naked and utterly untouchable version of Wandering Star, to a version of Machine Gun, with David Cameron, the man whos actions of arrogance could ultimately lead to the decimation of our true Great Britain (Scots homeboys u got us right :-|) this will never, ever be fucking beaten.

[T-Mouse]

Even the thousands shouting back, despite the irony "nobody loves me it true"

good lord

....

[Pilgrim S]

I've been going since 1990 but the Portishead set in 2013 was something else. I'll try and remember other highlights.

[Huckleberry Finn]

2013: Arctic Monkeys

2014: Crystal Fighters

2015: Lionel Richie

2016: Coldplay

All magical for very different reasons.

[char90]

Chic in 2013. Never had so much fun at a gig before. The whole crowd singing get lucky to Nile at the end just topped it, proper moment for me

[Waapster]

13 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Oh yeah, singalongs in Acoustic. Whatever I said for 2005 was wrong. Chas'n'Dave won that year.

Sorry about that. I'll try not to have fun this year.