Christine and the Queens

[Ommadawn]

I was planning on seeing them on Sunday but decided against it in the end as I thought maybe their set would lose something if you were too far back, so ended up going on a last night tour of the site instead. Did anyone see them at all and if so what did you think?

[Mezhyp1]

Watched about the last 40 minutes. Not entirely my thing but an impressive show 

[andyhh]

Watched it down by the second barrier. Great show to watch. I would reccomend them iPlayer recording. 

[mcshed]

A real spectacle of a show, should have been allowed to headline the Pyramid. 

[Stokesy10]

She's fucking phenomenal and I love her 

[Skelts]

I was also on the second barrier so had a great view of her and her dancers. Loved it, you missed a good show? 

[lukethekid]

Watched it on iPlayer the other night, she puts a boss show on. Doesn’t need any extravagant light show, it’s like theatre. Amazing. 

[Stokesy10]

The tune "It Doesn't Matter" actually brings tears to my eyes. The choreography, her voice in the final section, the lyrics - it's a masterpiece on my opinion.

[fionajm777]

I had to miss her as I was so poorly with heat stroke, totally gutted and still can’t bring myself to watch it on iplayer. Maybe one day... ?

[H.M.V]

I regrettably missed her. Don't like the vibe on other and all my pals were either at The Cure or Janelle. I opted for Janelle having seen Chris earlier in the year in Manchester. A gig that brought me to tears. She is just incredible but Janelle was a new discovery for me and was awesome so no regrets. Just sad that Sunday night had most of the acts on my must see list. 

[Tom White]

Christine and the queens is one of the things I can actually remember seeing. ?

previously I only knew the track “the walker” (I think). But it was a great set. Very very ‘poppy’ but she really went for it and I enjoyed the whole thing. 

[jparx]

Chris was phenomenal. There was no wrong choice that night with so many good headline options, but we were very happy we went for Chris. It was particularly emotional as well having seen the Other stage set in 2016 and now seeing Chris headline the stage. Awesome journey and so well deserved. 

[Ommadawn]

Damn - another bad decision it seems. I'll watch it tonight on iPlayer.

[CaledonianGonzo]

There were no bad decisions on Sunday night.  Wish she'd been on the Saturday.

[H.M.V]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There were no bad decisions on Sunday night.  Wish she'd been on the Saturday.

Yup, ended up just mooching around eating all the food and refound the small world place with the (taps nose) brandy hot chocolate. 

[K2SO]

Chris is a phenomenal artist. Not just the music, but the theatre and the message she has are all fantastic. We waited through Dave and managed to get on the barrier, right in the middle. It was the 5th time we'd seen Chris since November, and never has she been anything less than brilliant!

Something strange, though, the security were instructed to remove any flags from the view of the cameras. One pillock did decide to put his back up part-way through but luckily it didn't get in the way too much

[The Clearest Blue]

I was about five people back from the barrier, it was incredible, as others have said it was pure art, more like theatre. As an extra I’m so glad the good press and stories of success coming out of this years festival are for once not just about white male guitar bands.

[Ayrshire Chris]

A tremendous performance, much more polished that her previous other stage outing in 16. 

[gigpusher]

6 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There were no bad decisions on Sunday night.  Wish she'd been on the Saturday.

This totally. My 3 way clash of Janelle/CATQ/The Cure. I've watched them all back and they all smashed it in their own way and I'd have been happy at any of them. 

[Pipine]

I was right on the barrier and loved every second of it.. she's amazing the choreography and staging is always fantastic.. i kind of wish I could've seen the cure too and I had seen chris at Manchester not that long ago and it was almost the same show but I knew how much I'd enjoy it even second time round so overall I don't regret missing the cure.

[LongTimeLurker]

First time seeing her, and she was mesmerising. I really enjoyed it. Felt a bit sad that the crowd was relatively sparse (although made going for a half time wee very easy!). I think the Sunday night decision was very hard and there must be a big crossover in fans of Christine & the Queens and Janelle Monae. I can’t yet bring myself to watch Janelle on iPlayer but, as a lot of others have said, there was no such thing as a bad decision on Sunday night. 

[Thunderstruck]

It was the best gig I saw all weekend! Absolutely loved it. A close second was Keane surprisingly!!

[SighMo]

Was near the top of my must see acts but Janelle Monae edged it. Just watching back now on iPlayer;  incredibly good, very theatrical...love it. 

[Winslow Leach]

If it was the same as or similar to her All Points East set then I’m sure she smashed it.

The girl’s going places.

[anditmakesmesmile]

So, having headlined the Other Stage in 2019, where does Christine and the Queens go now?? 

It's a 1975 and Foals conundrum. There was much talk of them/him being future Pyramid headline material. 

Although having said that - the current album hasn't done that well (caveat:- based on Spotify figures)