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[al_coholic]

Paul Simon was so f**king sh*t. It was unbelievable. But any day of the week I will take Robbie Williams and raise you Gorillaz. The only time in 10 trips to Pilton that the crowd had seriously diminished after 30 mins. I will never forgive Damon for that. Not even the Blur set which I was at. 

[FuzzyDunlop]

2 minutes ago, al_coholic said:

Paul Simon was so f**king sh*t. It was unbelievable. But any day of the week I will take Robbie Williams and raise you Gorillaz. The only time in 10 trips to Pilton that the crowd had seriously diminished after 30 mins. I will never forgive Damon for that. Not even the Blur set which I was at. 

The amount of people leaving the Pyramid field on Sat as I got to GnR - says that happened this Sat too.

I left about an hour into the Gorillaz

[MEGABOWL]

3 hours ago, Drinky said:

Are Kasabian the worst act to headline the Pyramid in the super fence era? They're jostling for that position with The Verve

Rod Stewart

Moby

Mumford and Sons

Florence and the Machine

[Rose-Colored Boy]

8 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

 

Florence and the Machine

Absolutely not, they smashed it 

[al_coholic]

9 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Rod Stewart

Moby

Mumford and Sons

Florence and the Machine

Gorillaz. And if anyone says anything else they are lying. 

[Neil]

On 7/5/2023 at 7:40 AM, Frankly Mr Shankly said:

It wouldn’t make a difference, there’s no way Kate Bush will play Glastonbury. 

spot on!

[Drinky]

That Moby set in the dark was great fun

Rod Stewart and his “this one’s for our troops in Afghanistan” though can get to f**k

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Drinky said:

Rod Stewart and his “this one’s for our troops in Afghanistan” though can get to f**k

nailed it. 🙂 

[Skip997]

Here's one for the picnic blanket/cool box/camping chair/artist collecting/taken MDMA at he wrong gig and think they're watching Fred Again posse.

Phil Collins

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Phil Collins

he's retired due to medical reasons.

[09matthewsw]

Why was Gorillaz so bad? Before my time. 

[Neil]

Just now, 09matthewsw said:

Why was Gorillaz so bad? Before my time. 

cos it was gorillaz. 😛 

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, 09matthewsw said:

Why was Gorillaz so bad? Before my time. 

I'd love to know, somehow I missed them.

Great act on vinyl/CD etc. Best music Albarn has ever done.

[fred quimby]

7 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

I'd love to know, somehow I missed them.

Great act on vinyl/CD etc. Best music Albarn has ever done.

I enjoyed it. Can see maybe why others didn't but we certainly had fun. Guests were insane, and at short notice was a great set

[FuzzyDunlop]

 

26 minutes ago, 09matthewsw said:

Why was Gorillaz so bad? Before my time. 

No need for that!! Make me feel old.

As for the Gorillaz. I preface this with the fact I was absolutely off my head, I had to be "looked after" by my mates a few hours earlh and it's 13 years ago, so my memory might not be 100%.. but it was all a bit weird. We were pretty close to the pit - coming from the Silver Hayes (Dance Village as it was).

The set was just flat. From the start. Nowt really happened. Couldnt really work out who was on stage cos there were videos of Snoop... but he wasnt there (or was he?), and cartoons behind at times. The tunes were completely lifeless.

Overall it was a mess. Sacked it off after an hour for Fatboy Slim.

[angelin]

Simply Red? He still has the voice. Or him and The Faces?

[incident]

6 hours ago, Drinky said:

Are Kasabian the worst act to headline the Pyramid in the super fence era? They're jostling for that position with The Verve

Don't be silly. The Verve may not be the most exciting act to have played, but they delivered a solid 90 minutes. A perfectly enjoyable headliner. Not even the worst headliner that year, let alone worst act ever.

[The Nal]

12 hours ago, al_coholic said:

Paul Simon was so f**king sh*t. It was unbelievable. But any day of the week I will take Robbie Williams and raise you Gorillaz. The only time in 10 trips to Pilton that the crowd had seriously diminished after 30 mins. I will never forgive Damon for that. Not even the Blur set which I was at. 

The biggest exodus I've seen at Glasto was for Kanye. Incredible. Was morto for him.

Gorillaz was #2. I was one of them.

[Drinky]

9 hours ago, incident said:

Don't be silly. The Verve may not be the most exciting act to have played, but they delivered a solid 90 minutes. A perfectly enjoyable headliner. Not even the worst headliner that year, let alone worst act ever.

I beg to differ - the shortest setlist from a headliner at the G since the 90s (I just checked - 12 songs!) including two rotten numbers off their new record, a flat crowd that thinned out, then as a final flourish inexplicably choosing to lay into Michael Eavis out of nowhere during the encore because Emily had to convince him to let them have the gig (Cheers for that Emily)

[RossTC]

11 hours ago, fred quimby said:

I enjoyed it. Can see maybe why others didn't but we certainly had fun. Guests were insane, and at short notice was a great set

I agree, really enjoyed the Gorillaz but you had to know the tunes and tbf Damon has since said they didnt get the interaction part right as it was v early in the tour with the cartoon thing. I saw them again in Manchester later that year and they had nailed it by then. But all in all i loved that set still.

[fullfathom5]

12 hours ago, 09matthewsw said:

Why was Gorillaz so bad? Before my time. 

It wasn't. The only thing Damon needed to do was talk to the crowd a bit more. But what can you do when a girl next to me asks "who's that?" I say Lou Reed and she replies "who?"

[fullfathom5]

10 hours ago, incident said:

Don't be silly. The Verve may not be the most exciting act to have played, but they delivered a solid 90 minutes. A perfectly enjoyable headliner. Not even the worst headliner that year, let alone worst act ever.

The Verve smashed it!

[09matthewsw]

I wasn’t there but some of The Verve videos I’ve seen looked pretty good? 12 songs is disappointing though. I’ve often wondered why RA has never appeared at G in the last 5 festivals, he’s been pretty active during that period and has done other festivals. Perhaps some bad blood following that performance? 

[FrogLobster]

13 hours ago, al_coholic said:

Paul Simon was so f**king sh*t. It was unbelievable. 

Jesus christ, that was a dire and dull set. Paul Simon performed like he was sleep walking. Wouldn't be surprised if Pendulum watching that set was what caused them to split up after their sub slot.

[The Nal]

Rumours of Kurt Maloo from Double touring next year.

Get the Pyramid crowd swaying. 100k dancing to this, people in tears.

 

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by The Nal