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My experience of Green Man is that those who come dressed in the bright shiny 'look at me' outfits are more likely to be the ones who barge their way through the crowd, talk loudly for 3 songs then go elsewhere. The dull blokes in old band t-shirts however are there for to hear the music. So I'll take more of the latter thanks.

legalise it, regulate it, educate people about it....and tax it.

Superlative weekend as ever. The good - and this is worth stressing in light of the stick they got for it: the line-up. I was in the same boat as many others when it was first announced, in thinking that there was less than usual that I knew towards the top of the bill. But what we got when it came to it was the best, most interesting and most diverse line-up we've had in the ten years I've been going. It was tremendous, so many great acts in genres I don't listen to at home and that I'd never have discovered otherwise, so much of it international. Also worth reminding ourselves that they've added more stages since covid to increase the range further - as far as I know they were under no kind of pressure to do that and could instead have put that money higher up the bill to make more headlines. Can't give them enough credit for being willing (and evidently able) to do it that way despite the criticism and the commercial risk. Anyone who cares about music and musical diversity should be lauding them for that line-up regardless of how well it suited their own tastes. It'd be a real shame if they gave in to the naysayers and went back on it. I don't think they will. Bad and ugly: nothing worth mentioning.

Thank you so much thenewunion! Off to Bordeaux tomorrow and shade much needed!

Friday Pyramid - Dua Lipa, Tyler, the Creator, Iggy Pop, PJ Harvey, Sigrid, Kaiser Chiefs Other - The Prodigy, Charli XCX, Bastille, KSI, Jessie Ware, Easy Life West Holts - Justice, Kali Uchis, Knucks, Femi Kuti, Genesis Owusu Woodsies - AJ Tracey, DMA’s, TBA(Tame Impala), Ashnikko, 100 gecs, Park - Belle & Sebastian, Black Midi, Angel Olsen, Yard Act, Biig Piig Saturday Pyramid - Depeche Mode, Olivia Rodrigo, Wet Leg, Counting Crows, Johnny Marr, Mabel Other - Aphex Twin, The Streets, Steve Lacy, Paloma Faith, Confidence Man, Cian Ducrot, West Holts - Jungle, Labrinth, Sister Sledge, Sampha, Squid Woodsies - Idles, Declan McKenna, Soft Play, Bloc Party, Fireboy DML Park - The Smile, Marcus Mumford, Muna, The Chats, Orville Peck Sunday Pyramid - Coldplay, Pulp, Alanis Morrisette, Duran Duran, Anne-Marie, Sam Ryder Other - Doja Cat, Two Door Cinema Club, Ice Spice, Asake, London Grammar, The Snuts West Holts - FKA Twigs, Overmono, Celeste, Bakar, Tems Woodsies - Bombay Bicycle Club, Kim Petras, girl in red, Kae Tempest, Cordae Park - King Gizzard and the Gizzard Wizzard, Denzel Curry, Sea Girls, Romy, Joey Valence & Brae

Just say No to N2O. The slogan makes itself. You have to laugh

Do you just disagree with everything? I mean I said it wouldn’t bother me … and you told me it would , like I’m unable to know what I think …. On the other matter it was an article on twitter I will attempt to track down but can’t find at the mo as I’m not sure I can find a twitter search history on my phone .

That's brilliant. I've got a load of old Glastonbury tshirts that no longer fit after I've lost a ton of weight. I want to turn them in to cushion covers. Unfortunately I lack the knowledge, skill, temperament, or sewing machine to achieve this. The friend who'd said she would to do it for me has since moved to the wilds of Scotland. I don't think the two things were connected.

I think : Bruno Mars/Dua Lipa, Blink 182/Green Day, The Cure, Foo Fighters.

Nearly over lad. Should have asked earlier in the week.

sweet dreams are made of this

I think she would make an absolutely sensational (and popular) R&L headliner.

I think trumps at the bottom not the top

I love this version of Topp Trumps

Ah ok, well they seem like a perfect fit for the festival & in other European countries they are doing 2 or 3 cities whereas Spain is Madrid only, so seems like a good bet I'd say

I mean if you're gonna put the tin hat on then you probably at least want to know the difference between cashless payments and digital currency.

Thanks for the heads up on this! I was determined to be within a short walk of the forum next year so have it booked now. It makes such a difference.

LAMB

If they build it she will come

1:30am is a late night as far as I'm concerned! 😁

Here in 4 mins

3pm September 12th, apparently.

At the opposite end for me, the non music discovery of the weekend was the Zero IPA on Draft. Drank more of that than anything else. Really delicious. Alternated I’m the evenings with Ale. No hangover, no dehydration. It’s a “new normal” for me 🙂

Depends what race you are.

Some people just want to have a nice time. They don't deserve criminal records.

This is the problem though, it was clearly for everyone up until 2021... The festival is also clearly trying to get back lost returnees with the loyalty scheme... There is no replay value in the current format, people are not going back, why?

I can see that you exactly the type of person that the tories are trying to appeal to with this nonsense policy which will do absolutely nothing apart from get kids criminal records and f**k up their futures.

Also my statement was clearly following on from the point before it, ie. That its perceived as harmless, when it isn't. There's a lot of information around about the damage that alcohol can do, I don't think there is the same level of information around about the dangers of nos. I also literally stated that maybe an information campaign would be better. So yeah, nice knee-jerk response.

Mrs KYTV just reminded me the Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul set in the Big Top was her favourite too, euphoric. She also loved Yeule and Heloise Werner & Colin Alexander's weird classical crossover to close the wonderful Talking Heads stage, so clearly she didn't worry about the lack of better-known names this year. Or cargo pants, whatever they are. She walked away from caroline in the Garden, in fact she wasn't sure if they were "still practicing". To be fair it didn't make much sense sitting among the chatterers, but brilliant down the front for me.

Friday: Noel Gallagher Saturday: chase and status Sunday: kings of Leon

One box set I never tire of watching.

Not for the Woods headliner, but they will certainly be given a shot at the Garden Stage before long.

Fabulous.

EOTR's secret is that there's always a good lineup 😉

Express Out of likes for today, been too much good music listed, well done all @dondo, @grumpyhack and @oneeye

Saw them in 2017, at Primavera, was ok. At Cala Mijas was a Blast. f**king amazing

Probably here

That's a bit lovely.

I did this time. But now I have a template I can buy a small umbrella frame online . I have caught an umbrella bug.yes it is a parasol

The Good Best in Show for me was Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Popul - just joyful, & she seemed genuinely overwhelmed by the crowd reaction. Great light show too (one of the few benefits to being in the big top) Ezra Furman, Nina Nastasia & Anchoress (piano stage) were the most emotionally impactful for me. Joan Shelley; Angeline Morrison; Kara Jackson (twice) were stunningly good and Sylvie; Three Spoons & Caitlin Rose (piano) also brought me nothing but happiness Panic Shack were the most fun, with honourable mentions to (the fabulous) Courettes (twice); Mary Wallopers (twice); Wet Leg; Be Your Own Pet (surprise set) The Karaoke and the Stick Competition are pure joy with charming hosts. MadMadMad & Elkka DJ had me dancing the most even though I joined both halfway through Deerhoof, Moin and Horse Lords were excellent and the most intriguing of the things i probably wouldn't normally listen to I also thoroughly enjoyed: Last Dinner Party, Wilco, Charlotte Cornfield, Say She She, Greentea Peng, Samia (piano), Floodlights; Gretel Hanlyn; Teke:Teke; Charley Crockett; Murder Captial; Kokoroko; Hot Wax; and the free pink bags with the guardian. I'm sure the festival I missed was also brilliant & I heard great things about Fat Dog, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Arooj Aftab, Fatoumata, Mabe Fratti, University, Bodega, Sam Burton, John McKiel and more. The Bad 1. Not bad but slightly underwhelming... I was so looking forward to the piano stage as Line of Best Fit had built it up to say it was by far their best line-up ever, so I diligently turned up for most of the slots expecting to be wowed & I don't think it quite lived up to expectations (not helped by the piano tuning issues). Anchoress, Caitlin, Samia & Kara were all superb (although Kara not any different to her main set). Lilo were fine; Angel I only caught the end through a crowd of people, and she appeared a bit drowned out by Horse Lords; & we turned up on saturday afternoon for what seemed like a chat with future islands which we quickly left So actually nowhere good a line up as last year (Margo Cilker, Soccer Mommy, Magnetic Fields, Cassandra Jenkins, Kurt Vile, Lucy Dacus) & I feel i probably invested too much time hoping for a wow experience and missing out on some main sets that i might have enjoyed more. 2. I went straight to the boat after Gretel Hanlyn to catch the second half of Jessica Winter & there was nobody there, just a straggle of teenagers. Maybe I'd got my timing's wrong and it was already later than I thought. She must have played as it was in the Guardian's review 🙂 3. Going to Lou Sanders over Panda Bear/Sonic Boom was, in hindsight, not a wise choice. The Ugly For a festival that's so well-run there were a few unfortunate mis-haps (a) issues paying for things with phones (b) the hopelessly out of tune piano stage piano (c) the panic shack electricity failure.

Dua will headline Glasto next year, so if she plays PinkPop, she definitely headlines.

Tickets in the bag Now just need to get me some cargo shorts. New rule - you should post a picture of your own sartorial excellence before you criticize others.

Yes the same composting toilets were in Glamping. With the added issue of approx. 50% more tents and 25% fewer toilets than last year. They were just as grim there (however the 4 in the corner were under a light so at least you could see what you were dealing with in there). I’m all for composting toilets but these were badly designed and badly implemented plus they were usually filthy. EOTR has moved down from “automatically buy earlybirds” to “wait for the line up then think hard before going”.

I'd add the Weeknd to my list of massively popular acts that I can't fathom why they're so popular. Drake, Weeknd, Celine Dion...

Some of you guys are insufferable, no views apart from your own are to be considered okay. I hope roisin is alright, and I hope that we will soon get to a point as a society that people feel they can speak up on their views without losing their livelihoods. Her views on puberty blockers are probably pretty close to the majority consensus view but anybody that dares speak up and voice their view ends up being shot down by a vocal minority.

It feels a bit samey...particularly this year which I guess in a way is part of the appeal. Think next year unless they get likes of Flaming Lips, Pixies etc will probably give it a swerve. For me Bearded has more strength in depth in terms of newer bands, 'unexpected' headliners and old faves so will be the one we buy tickets for before the line up is announced, BD will be a wait and see.

I have a hunch they’ll do boardmasters next year

Didn't stay to listen. Not impressed. Echo and the Manics beckoned

This is a Suprefan problem, not an American one.