s30foster Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 No particular order just remember having a great time at all of these... 2017 - The Jacksons 2017 - Radiohead 2000 - Basement Jaxx - front row and got a t-shirt from one of the guys when they threw it into the crowd. Bliming missed Bowie for that tho 2016 - Craig David - literally went for the "I'm seeing Craig David at Glasto", had the best time and was surprised by how many lyrics I actually knew. 1999 - Dogstar - we went for the whole Keanu Reeves just made the best film ever at the time (Matrix) and it now playing bass at Glastonbury. We then proceeded to laugh as he did well to dodge most of the fruit thrown at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Dickfingers Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Top sets in no particular order I wish I’d have seen. Dates may be wrong! Stevie Wonder 10 Jay Z 08 Arthur Lee (and/with?) Love 03 Bowie 2000 Stevie Wonder 2010 Orbital 1994 Radiohead 97 whatever year Isaac Hayes played Jazz World. I watched it on the tele with my soul and only soul loving parents. I asked them open mouthed what it was and they said Glastonbury I had wanted to go ever since then. George Clinton and the Family Stone 15 - biggest heartbreaker of my life having grown up with Yeezy since College Dropout and being a massive, massive fan of Funkadelic/P Funk and Sly and the Family Stone. How good was it people that were there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelzoid Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 In chronological order Robert Plant '93 Rage Against The Machine '94 Tony Bennett '98 U2 '11 Coldplay '16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesperateDad Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 Stevie Wonder - Pyramid 2010 2 Beta Band - Other stage 2002 (i think), sternum shaking bass whenever it was 3 Hot Chip - Other stage 2008 4 Flaming Lips - Other stage (sometime in the noughties) 5 Lemon Twigs - JP 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibbul Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Verve 2008 Blur 2009 Nick Cave 2013 Beth Orton - Avalon 2014 Kasabian headline slot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Robofish said: I feel I must return the sentiment. I missed all of these and would have loved them. Glad to have seen Chic in 2017 though. We are each other's alternates! I enjoyed them in 2017 too, but the West Holts atmosphere in 2013 was something else. With my late best friend too. Happy times. You saw Bowie, though, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, Tommy Dickfingers said: George Clinton and the Family Stone 15 - biggest heartbreaker of my life having grown up with Yeezy since College Dropout and being a massive, massive fan of Funkadelic/P Funk and Sly and the Family Stone. How good was it people that were there? I know this won't help you much, but it was fucking great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Brian Wilson in 05 was the first gig that ever made my cry, so I always just go with that as #1. Not sure i can really pick the bones out of the rest of it as the more current stuff naturally jumps to the front of the queue (though I am prepared to accept that the Boo Radleys in 95 probably weren't all that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevaburger Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, dibbul said: Verve 2008 Blur 2009 Nick Cave 2013 Beth Orton - Avalon 2014 Kasabian headline slot interesting...i dashed over from end of Jack White to see her finale... her '03 set on the 'OneWorld/JazzWorld' was amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevaburger Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Homer said: Brian Wilson in 05 was the first gig that ever made my cry, so I always just go with that as #1. it was supposed to make you 'Smile' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevaburger Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) chronologically... Radiohead 2003 (w/ REM the night before) McCartney 2004 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 2009 Rolling Stones 2013 Portishead 2013 (Nick Cave could have made this list too, from that year) Edited May 17, 2019 by tevaburger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, Homer said: (though I am prepared to accept that the Boo Radleys in 95 probably weren't all that). The worst hat I've ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDaze Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Flaming Lips - 2017 Stevie Wonder - 2010 Arcade Fire - 2007 Hot Chip - 2015 Faithless 2010 (honourable mention to Mundo Jazz on Sunseekers(?) until the pc brigade couldnt justify any more... ? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Dickfingers Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Zoo Music Girl said: I know this won't help you much, but it was fucking great Glad to hear it to be honest. Both under appreciated in the U.K that should have been a pyramid headliner! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Ashford Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1) The Steve Hillage band 1979 - headlining main stage! 2) Hawkwind 1981 - headlining first Pyramid stage 3) System 7 2000 - Steve Hillage again headlining the first ever Glade stage 4) David Bowie 2000 5) Coldplay 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Envious of all the Orbital 93/94 peeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Wooderson said: Envious of all the Orbital 93/94 peeps. Orb 93 and Orbital 94 were nigh-on lifechanging events for me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggienick68 Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 I'm pleased to see all the love for Arthur Lee and Love. Great band. For those that don't know them have a listen to Forever Changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, Mardy said: Orb 93 and Orbital 94 were nigh-on lifechanging events for me. You’re spot on, my mistake. Orb was 93. Orbital 94 and 95. Pea-green with envy for all three. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 I was at the latter and then Pulp afterwards. Was alright, but no The Stones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindles Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Portishead '13 - Great way to bring the first night of a festival to a close, set the standard for a great year. REM '99 - As above, the enthusiasm of the band for being there was palpable and it was a great crowd. Stones '13 - I'd joked about them being old men on stage for 30 years, they still blew me away. RTJ '15 - Just perfect really, great crowd that was well up for it. Coldplay '16 - After a damp, muddy festival who would have thought that the musical equivalent of the colour beige could brighten my life so much? I left the festival on a massive high after this gig, which was just so positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 I think the joy of those two sets (Orb 93 and Orbital 94) for me was the context, they were bands at the absolute peak of their powers and the feeling from seeing them headline the Other stage on two consecutive years, it was ours, like it was something the old guard didn’t get, that there was a communal glee in experiencing it, it felt like it had no right to be there and yet, simultaneously every right to be there. It was no comfortable nostalgia, no ‘orbital as the house band’ schtick, it mattered to be there, that lines were being drawn and you were part of something that was redefining the parameters, and redefining Glastonbury. Those two nights were the nights Glastonbury was reborn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisty Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Iggy & The Stooges 2007 Gong 2010 Portishead 2013 Son of Dave (just because he nailed it acoustic the year the power failed) 2014 Duane Eddy 2011. Was walkng to Circus field, he was on, thought I'd watch a bit, got a bit bored, started to walk away & the below started, I was hooked and never moved more that 2 yards till he finished. Magic moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titters Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 In reverse order. Jon Hopkins, Arcadia, 2017. "Just" a DJ set but in a perfect spot and in exactly right mood for an impeccable set. Hot Chip, West Holts, 2015. A massive party. One I didn't think could be topped... Justice, West Holts, 2017. A massiver party. With all my friends. Chemical Brothers, Other, 2007. A banging set to end the physical endurance event. Splashing around in ankle deep mud while the rain continued to tip down - joy. Faithless, Pyramid, 2002. Probably biased with it being my first really big set at the festival, but being part of a huge crowd with, seemingly, everyone being there to enjoy themselves really has stuck in my mind. Still get shivers when I think about that set. I encourage anyone who hasn't seen it to check out We Come One from 2002 on YT. Honourable mentions - !!!, Dance East (or West), 2007 - knowing nothing about them going in, buying all their albums the following week. Elbow, Pyramid, 2011 - for making me an emotional wreck (it had been a long year). Doves, JPT, 2009 - smashed it out of the tent. Groove Armada, Other, 2008. Low expectations, proven very wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raincatcher Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1. LCD Soundsystem (Other 2016) Made traipsing through the mud for 5 days worth it 2. Justice (West Holts 2017) Capped off 5 days of the best weather and reaffirmed just how good a sunny festival can be 3. Chemical Brothers (Other 2011) I'm a Chems fanboy anyway but this was just insane 4. Underworld (West Holts 2016) Absolutely brilliant performance from Karl and Rick 5. Plump DJs (Arcadia 2013) Despite the ridiculous placing of the Spider this year, this set was a brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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