Emily confirms "significant, big surprises"

[priest17]

I was at The Jackson's and I wouldn't say I regret it but they were shite. I enjoyed the end of Alt-J. Really though I consider King Gizzard my Saturday night headliners.

[nikkic]

We went to The SE corner early and ended up in The Temple.

One of my fave nights on the farm.

I also regret nothing. 

[Guy Incognito]

9 minutes ago, priest17 said:

I was at The Jackson's and I wouldn't say I regret it but they were shite. I enjoyed the end of Alt-J. Really though I consider King Gizzard my Saturday night headliners.

We sacked off The Jacksons after spending all day at WH and went to the SE Corner early for Dead Kennedys and the secret Toots and The Maytals show.

[priest17]

1 minute ago, Guy Incognito said:

We sacked off The Jacksons after spending all day at WH and went to the SE Corner early for Dead Kennedys and the secret Toots and The Maytals show.

This is what scientists "the correct call"

[zeppelin]

12 minutes ago, nikkic said:

We went to The SE corner early and ended up in The Temple.

One of my fave nights on the farm.

I also regret nothing. 

Still never made it into The Temple 😔

[shuttlep]

9 minutes ago, zeppelin said:

Still never made it into The Temple 😔

has to be my favourite venue

 

get there this year

[fightoffyour]

Everybody missed FJM and Phoenix?

Father John, Missed he was.

Edited February 18, 2020 by fightoffyour

[kingcrawler]

12 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Everybody missed FJM and Phoenix?

Father John, Missed he was.

Those two and The National made for a great evening. I've seen Father John Misty a few times since then but that JP set is still the best, probably my highlight of that festival other than Radiohead. 

Phoenix reminded me of M83 the year before, the tent was maybe 2/3 full at best but they put on a brilliant set and it was a really good way to spend Saturday night.

[grilladelphia]

2 hours ago, zeppelin said:

Still never made it into The Temple 😔

same as this - one of the main aims this year

[Snerrick]

24 minutes ago, grilladelphia said:

Still never made it into The Temple 😔

 

24 minutes ago, grilladelphia said:

same as this - one of the main aims this year

I haven't either. Where would people rate The Temple in terms of stages one must make it to?

[Lubic]

15 minutes ago, kingcrawler said:

Phoenix reminded me of M83 the year before, the tent was maybe 2/3 full at best but they put on a brilliant set and it was a really good way to spend Saturday night.

M83 were brilliant. Been a massive fan since.

Watched Warpaint while Foos were on. Small crowd, but was great seeing one of my favourite bands headline the Park from front-centre

[Quark]

58 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Everybody missed FJM and Phoenix?

Father John, Missed he was.

Underrated pun

[kingbadger]

At least we've established who the 2 people at Alt J were.

[a6l6e6x]

The temple is really cool but they don't really play my kind of music. I usually pop along for about half an hour a year to take it in

[FuzzyDunlop]

Just now, a6l6e6x said:

The temple is really cool but they don't really play my kind of music. I usually pop along for about half an hour a year to take it in

They often do play my kind of music and I can never get in!

[Calvin Klein]

2 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

Everybody missed FJM and Phoenix?

Father John, Missed he was.

We could not decide whether we wanted to see FF or Phoenix, but stayed in the Pyramid after the National as we had a good spot. I had enough and decided I'd rather watch Phoenix in a much smaller place. We ended up at the fence in John Peel and Phoenix were incredible, as always. They never disappoint. 

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

3 minutes ago, Ddiamondd said:

Obviously they were a dud booking, a band on their last legs who'll never scale those heights (or be cared about) again

But they weren't Panic at the Disco level light in the crowd, were they? And maybe, if memory serves, BBK had the weakest headliner turnout of the weekend.

I walked from my tent to see Shaggy (yes I know), and BBK had a tiny crowd. I felt sorry for them tbh. Never seen the other stage like that for a headliner. Seen it busier 1st thing (not on a Friday)

Edited February 18, 2020 by FuzzyDunlop

[waltere]

I have a friend - with a near encyclopedic knowledge of grime - who was at BBK that night and said it was weird and he almost left, because it was basically the whole of the crew taking it in turns to do solo material. Which was fine for the likes of JME, but having, for example, Frisco, doing solo material during a headline set on the other stage just led to extended periods of lots of people not really knowing what was going on.

Edited February 18, 2020 by waltere

[fightoffyour]

2 hours ago, kingcrawler said:

Those two and The National made for a great evening.

Sure was!

Think I preferred Phoenix the previous time, but I was with friends then rather than alone (though I soon buddied up with another loner or two). FJM was great as always.

[guypjfreak]

On 2/17/2020 at 9:42 AM, GrumpyRaver said:

I don’t think anybody was disputing that...

Yea 3 names were mentioned I just noted that this was the case is all old son... As Em Eavis has said that both pyramid and other stages were going to be nearly the same music wise I wonder if the other stage will have a legend spot... Think it would be a good idea personally.. 

[guypjfreak]

Tom Jones just dropped big hint on BBC 2... 

[jj200]

38 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Yea 3 names were mentioned I just noted that this was the case is all old son... As Em Eavis has said that both pyramid and other stages were going to be nearly the same music wise I wonder if the other stage will have a legend spot... Think it would be a good idea personally.. 

Maybe foo fighters

[jparx]

40 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Tom Jones just dropped big hint on BBC 2... 

What was the hint?

[guypjfreak]

When ask about his 80th birthday he said that he was doing something big.... His birthday is in June... He is also touring but it was that something big.. Maybe reading to much into things.. 

[Smeble]

12 hours ago, priest17 said:

I was at The Jackson's and I wouldn't say I regret it but they were shite. I enjoyed the end of Alt-J. Really though I consider King Gizzard my Saturday night headliners.

They were not shite, I went with low expectations but was pleasantly  surprised. Where I was there was a good atmosphere and after a shit day it was the pickup I needed.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Smeble