BBC Coverage 2023

[ICESTONE]

Christine is smashing it right now

[Punksnotdead]

Fatboy Slim has been epic to be fair. Of course he ain't the best DJ in the world, but he knows how to bring the party & he 'gets' Glastonbury!

[al_coholic]

If Axl Rose can turn up on time then so can she. What a mess she is.

[Chapple12345]

Not defending her being late but it seems off Macca got to be on till 12:15 but she goes over 1 minute past midnight and is cut off

[yosoyyoberdi]

2 minutes ago, Benjsh said:

Care to retract that now? Hahaha

Imagine missing GnR for that? Jesus Christ. 

Not really. Last time I saw GnR it was more than a decade ago and they were really past their time already. I would have been at any other stage tonight.

[Suprefan]

You cannot reason with Lana stans. She shouldve been given all the time in the world and gone til 2am and smoked her vape the entire set. 🙄

[Lubic]

It is her fault (as far as we're aware), but Macca went way, way over last year. Not sure why he gets preference over Lana.

Anyway, it was a superb set, regardless. And not sure why people on here are calling her a disgrace for going to chat to her die-hards on the front row

[Suprefan]

2 minutes ago, al_coholic said:

If Axl Rose can turn up on time then so can she. What a mess she is.

Axl understand what the fans want. 

[Benjsh]

1 minute ago, yosoyyoberdi said:

Not really. Last time I saw GnR it was more than a decade ago and they were really past their time already. I would have been at any other stage tonight.

Axl is well past his best and yet they are still 1000 times more interesting and entertaining than Lana Del Rey will ever be. 

Opinions eh? We all have different ones.

[roughbloke]

2 minutes ago, Lubic said:

It is her fault (as far as we're aware), but Macca went way, way over last year. Not sure why he gets preference over Lana.

Anyway, it was a superb set, regardless. And not sure why people on here are calling her a disgrace for going to chat to her die-hards on the front row

Don’t stages have different restrictions for curfew?

[Suprefan]

Macca going over likely in the plan and they sorted that out beforehand. Lana was late and she had to make due. She shouldve asked if there was any leeway but I doubt she is that self aware and went and did her thing

 

Fred went a couple mins past his time and even said "sorry, theyre gonna cut my mic off in a second so thats it. Thank you". 

[northernringo]

4 minutes ago, Lubic said:

It is her fault (as far as we're aware), but Macca went way, way over last year. Not sure why he gets preference over Lana.

Anyway, it was a superb set, regardless. And not sure why people on here are calling her a disgrace for going to chat to her die-hards on the front row

Agreed! Some people seem to really have it in for her.

[Suprefan]

3 minutes ago, roughbloke said:

Don’t stages have different restrictions for curfew?

Pyramid and Other are midnight. The Park has gone to 12:30 but the location of the stage comes into play with that anyway. Also its decibels. Park pa doesnt get turned up that high which is not a good thing but they get the timings.  Considering the amount of late night programming they wont want to really extend that either. 

Edited June 24, 2023 by Suprefan

[gingerevans84]

Really enjoyed Guns n Roses. Far more than what I was expecting.

[panda97]

Watching Rina Sawayama now and another phenomenal performance from her

Saw her last year and she is just so good live, natural performer 

[Punksnotdead]

6 minutes ago, Lubic said:

It is her fault (as far as we're aware), but Macca went way, way over last year. Not sure why he gets preference over Lana.

Anyway, it was a superb set, regardless. And not sure why people on here are calling her a disgrace for going to chat to her die-hards on the front row

He's Paul McCartney - up there with Elvis & Michael Jackson as the biggest names in music history. Imagine if Glastonbury had cut his mic before he had finished his set????? The backlash could have signalled the end of Glastonbury!

[Benjsh]

3 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

He's Paul McCartney - up there with Elvis & Michael Jackson as the biggest names in music history. Imagine if Glastonbury had cut his mic before he had finished his set????? The backlash could have signalled the end of Glastonbury!

Glad it's not just me who thought this. 

Comparing a Beatle to someone who has had a few UK top 10 hits at most.....very strange. 

Also had she turned up on time that wouldn't have happened either. Can't blame her for wanting to check out Slash absolutely slaying on the Pyramid Stage before she took the stage herself either. 😉

[K2SO]

In the last 10 years, I haven't spent many Glastos at home... But from my sofa, this festival feels like maybe it wasn't so bad that I didn't get a ticket.

Granted, I haven't watched as much of the festival as some others may have, but almost everything I've seen so far, I've thought it was pretty crap. Is anyone else feeling the same, that the festival is having a very very weak year?

[Punksnotdead]

OK, the plan was to go to bed at 12:30 after the live streams had finished, but....f**k it, I'm blindo so I'm gonna drink some more & watch the highlights! I wouldn't be going to bed if I was there, so WTF!

[K2SO]

Just now, Barry Fish said:

For sure the weakest lineup in years.  Still rather be there than home 😛 

Not too sure about that one this year 😂

[Punksnotdead]

5 minutes ago, K2SO said:

In the last 10 years, I haven't spent many Glastos at home... But from my sofa, this festival feels like maybe it wasn't so bad that I didn't get a ticket.

Granted, I haven't watched as much of the festival as some others may have, but almost everything I've seen so far, I've thought it was pretty crap. Is anyone else feeling the same, that the festival is having a very very weak year?

It's not a vintage year, especially headliner-wise - but I've seen some fantastic stuff on i-player so far 

[EighteenSixty7]

Loyle Carner 🤩

[K2SO]

2 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

Keep telling yourself that 😛. no one believes you mean it 😛 

I ended up not even trying for a ticket this year. Almost feel like it's my fault 😂

[K2SO]

1 minute ago, Punksnotdead said:

It's not a vintage year, especially headliner-wise - but I've seen some fantastic stuff on i-player so far 

I haven't been able to watch anything on iPlayer, just seen odd bits on dodgy online streams! I watched most of AM and GnR and thought they were both shocking.

Loyle Carner right now seems like the best thing I've seen so far.

I was also disappointed with the Christine and the Queens clip. I loved the Chris album, but he's taken a turn away from the pop that I like into a more arty direction, which is a shame but what can you do?

[Benjsh]

1 minute ago, Punksnotdead said:

It's not a vintage year, especially headliner-wise - but I've seen some fantastic stuff on i-player so far 

The Headline acts are all exactly that though. Granted the Monkeys weren't on top form this time but they could only play in one slot realistically. 

I actually think it's a bit more worrying that likes of Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift would be far more popular for many on here. Maybe I'm getting old though but I'm sure many on here would be delighted if the festival went into full V Festival mode. Lewis Capaldi getting a headline size audience says a lot. What is remotely interesting about him? I don't get it at all.