Your top 3 acts from Glastonbury 2023

[Little Andy]

8 hours ago, 2019 said:

Mentions, Gabrielle Aplin/CN, Prima Queen/RH, Shame/Woodsies

Gabrielle was like a sauna in Croissant Neuf! I simultaneously ran out of water, got struck by sudden intense hunger, and baked! Real shame, cos I would have otherwise really enjoyed it!

[wairey]

I had a run on Saturday of Maggie Rogers, Lizzo and Rina Sawayama that just kept getting better and better. Big shout out to Flo as well who blew me away

[Primalcrux]

These top 3's are always insanely difficult to make, but here goes nothing:

1. Foo Fighters: The Foos in an afternoon slot with an hour full of bangers, what's not to love?
2. Freya Ridings: Incredible voice and atmosphere!
3. Elton John: We got a pretty bad spot in terms of sound (I think we were in the part of the field that is normally camping ground), but the overall atmosphere of being there with that many people, listening to all these great songs, felt like a once in a lifetime experience! 

[FatSpliff]

Elton 

Barrington Levy 

Viagra Boys 

CMAT

[El Matador]

On 6/26/2023 at 9:41 PM, Sasperella2 said:

 

2. Vlure on BBC Introducing. About 40 degrees and totally bonkers.

🙂

They were incredible, only bettered by the little lad down the front going absolutely nuts on his dad's shoulders 

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

Black Country New Road (unbelievable, turbine/pigs received a 3 minute long applause)

Caroline Polacheck (Great fun and ended up on TV)

Los Bitchos (Most fun of the weekend and perfect stage/weather/atmosphere)

[Pipine]

Top 3 -

1. Phoenix - first time I’d seen them and they were bloody amazing, they had a small crowd of totally adoring fans and absolutely went for it. 

2. Warpaint - Also the first time I’d seen them, so great to hear some of my favourite songs played live.

3. Close call between Rick Astley / Alison Goldfrapp / Foo Fighters who were all excellent 

[Dan R]

No particular order but top three for me were:

ADG7 - stumbled across them early on Friday playing apparently traditional Korean music, and were an absolute blast. Recommend watching they're set back on iPlayer.

CMAT - One of our must sees and she nailed it. Such a great performer and got the crowd involved so well.

Lizzo - just love her energy, her voice, and her tunes. Pure feel good from start to finish.

Also loved Foos and Elton but the crowds were a bit too big for me. Was also loving Lana until she got cut off.

[CR77]

1 - Guns n' Roses

2 - Sparks

3 - Rick Astley & Blossoms

Honourable mentions to Elvana, Neville Staple, Generation Sex and Thrill Collins!  Elton great too.

And best single moment was the standing ovation for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at the Leftfield debate on Friday. 🙂

[Dazmandingo96]

1. Elton John

2. Arctic Monkeys

3. Showhawk Duo

[king_oxymoron]

Loads of people on page one saying Chvrches as a TV watcher. I enjoyed myself but I wonder what it was that made it look so special on tv! 
 

for me it was

01. Elton

02. Carly Rae Jepsen

03. Rina Sawayama

[stanh]

1.) Elton John

2.) Lizzo

3.) Fred Again..

The Murder Capital and Rick Astley are also pretty high up there for me, as well as Skepta b2b Jammer on Arcadia and Ki/Ki on The Levels.

[Nduja]

Not the most judicious ratings but have only been to a couple of low key events since the pandemic thanks to the bambino.

Friday

James Acaster & Nish Kumar (Cabaret) - 7.5

Texas - 8

Foo Fighters - 8

Fred Again - 9.5

Dennis Ferrer - 8.5 (Only 20 mins or so but what a 20 mins)

Arctic Monkeys - 10

Daphni & Floating Points (Arcadia) - 6.5 (wasn't quite in the headspace for this)

The Blessed Madonna (Nowhere) - 7 (would have probably gone higher but it was rammed and was basically more in the thoroughfare than the stage)

Sat

Sudan Archives - 8

Couple of pretty poor Circus acts - 5

Aitch - 7

Maggie Rogers - 7.5

Lizzo - 10

Earl Sweatshirt - 6 

Central Cee - 8.5

Loyle Carner - 9

Nia Archives Up Ya Archives (Levels) - 9.5

Daniel Avery - 8

Sun

High Society (Circus Big Top) - 8

Johnny Awsum (Cabaret) - 7

Fatboy Slim (Greenpeace) - 8

Blondie - 8

The War on Drugs - 9.5

Rudimental - 9

 

Think this means a top 3 of

- Arctic Monkeys

- Lizzo

- The War on Drugs

Edited June 29, 2023 by Nduja

[Neverneverland]

Wunderhorse

Wunderhorse

Wunderhorse

[cidy]

Mary wallopers

Saw doctors

Frank sinazi in cabaret tent

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, cidy said:

Saw doctors

Had a lot of fun at the Saws.  We were all high as kites.

[Justcalledtosay]

1. Elton John

2. Fred Again..

3. The Hives/Lana Del Rey

 

I know there are various considerations to take in to account, but i struggle to see how anyone couldn't rate Elton as the best of the weekend if you were in that field. That's the beuaty of music i suppose.

Edited June 29, 2023 by Justcalledtosay

[Peter_Quaife]

1. The Viagra Boys - what an our of blistering fun that was. Sports and Research Chemicals to finish was off the charts, they were having a great time too. 

2. The War on Drugs - an exceptional band delivering an amazing set

3. Queens of the Stone Age - rock and roll.

~ Special mention for The Lathums - will be headlining the Other Stage in a year or two

 

Not a huge Foo Fighters fan, but that evening set was a very special moment + the Manics straight into Motorcycle Emptiness was some treat. 

[MrSpaM]

Elton

Foo Fighters

Carly Rae Jepsen

[Skip997]

31 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

but i struggle to see how anyone couldn't rate Elton as the best of the weekend

Unless of course you don't like his music.

I was at Rudimental.

[WhatADin]

Argh this is hard.

 

1. Lana - All the drama aside, I've wanted to see her for years and her singing Born To Die moved me to full-on ugly snot tears. I was solo as well with my husband watching Loyle Carner and the crowd were so friendly and lovely.

2. Kid Kapichi - Been a fan since i stumbled across them on Spotify and my god what a show. They had the crowd in the palm of their hand, it was probably one of the most intensely amazing gigs I've ever been too. They are going to go really far I reckon.

3. Argh, too hard. Toss up between Nova Twins and The Lathums and The Hives. 

 

I'm so glad I got to see Elton and The Foos, saw the Artics and didn't get super into it, but it was good craic.

[Primalcrux]

4 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Unless of course you don't like his music.

I was at Rudimental.

How bbig was the crowd for them? I read a lot about Alt-J, QOTSA and Phoenix, but did not hear anything about Rudimental! 
Figured since they are popping up at Glastonbury quite often, they would have a very hard time against those other great bands, but could be wrong! 

[Skip997]

Just now, Primalcrux said:

How bbig was the crowd for them? I read a lot about Alt-J, QOTSA and Phoenix, but did not hear anything about Rudimental! 
Figured since they are popping up at Glastonbury quite often, they would have a very hard time against those other great bands, but could be wrong! 

Back to the mixing desk, about the width of the stage, and not very dense.

Swelled a bit as some folks (sensibly) decided to escape Elton.

Which other "great bands"?

[Primalcrux]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

Back to the mixing desk, about the width of the stage, and not very dense.

Swelled a bit as some folks (sensibly) decided to escape Elton.

Which other "great bands"?

Haha fair point, to each their own I guess 😉

[collectivisedfarming]

23 hours ago, wairey said:

I had a run on Saturday of Maggie Rogers, Lizzo and Rina Sawayama that just kept getting better and better. Big shout out to Flo as well who blew me away

I really liked Maggie Rogers, had never heard of her before but thought I'd take a punt on something new where I didn't have to move much before the Manics on the Other and she was absolutely the sort of vibe I wanted at that point in the day.