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The first headliner you saw at Glastonbury


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4 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

Following on from the other thread about first act, it gave me the idea for the first headliner you saw at the festival. 

I'll start - mine was Doves in the John Peel tent in 2009. Fair to say this is a great memory and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Never connected with Neil Young and my friends were seeing Bloc Party, so off I went with a random we met at the campsite to watch an absolute masterclass of a performance from nearly on the barrier. I'd love it for them to return at the next festival! 

Well sorry to disagree but Neil Young was brilliant. First Glastonbury festival, first headliner. Perfectomondo. 
 

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: I am a big Doves fan and regret not seeing them but it’s Glastonbury and one learns that you miss out on loads of great stuff.......

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Well..technically gorrilaz in 2010 but i was so bored we decided to wander to the other stage and happened across the end of an amazing flaming lips set. From a dull set to massive balloons, ticker tape, fireworks, the lot.

First full set was the Sunday, Stevie Wonder. And it was amazing.

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4 hours ago, kingcrawler said:

Same for me. Couldn’t have picked a better first headliner at the time for me and they were fantastic. I’d be surprised if they headlined again so I’m really glad I got to see them up there. I was listening to Reflektor today actually and it took me right back to them opening with it that night.

Was a great night and they were on really good form.

I think unless something insane happens I doubt they'd headline again so it was great to see it happen. 

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I heard some people dance and shout "turn it up" to Keith Flint+co dancing about the stage. With the music of Prodigy playing faintly in the background.

Then my first proper headliner was Primal Scream in the dance tent the night after. They were fucking brilliant. I missed Radiohead, but I got over it... 20 years later!

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Melanie, 1983. She was hardly big news by then, but then neither was the festival. A scheduled date by her at the Albert Hall the same year was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. She did her hits, had a kick-arse laser show (as did all the headliners back then), and a gentleman from the Hells Angels got up onstage and presented her with his jacket, for some reason. Different times.

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