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Quark

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  1. Nice, looking forward to checking that out! Been nice to spend a bit of time in the woods previously, but as you say the actual field itself ended up being a bit...nothing.
  2. I only wandered past this, but my abiding memory of it (if I remember correctly of course) is Kenny cracking up as he tried and failed to sing The Gambler along with a Glastonbury crowd. Made me smile.
  3. Looking at that properly, Social Distortion and Richard Marx on the same line in a festival poster is quite something 😂
  4. Quark

    Black Sabbath

    I saw them at Download that year, was expecting the worst but absolutely fantastic. Ozzy shuffled on stage and I honestly thought it was going to be tragic, but then his 40+ year autopilot kicked in and it was immense. Obvs never saw them at their peak, but I'm pretty happy with what I got to this day.
  5. Oof, James Taylor please and thank you.
  6. Thing is, I've not listened to any Kae Tempest since and have no real desire to do so. Was just one of those moments for me.
  7. Agreed. Always comes up in my list of best things I've seen
  8. Streets, JPT 2019 - a classic go along with your mates set. Was never into the Streets so wasn't really expecting anything. An absolute hoot in the end, had a rare old time. Kae Tempest, WH 2017 - I'd only heard a bit of their stuff on 6Music and it hadn't grabbed me, so had no plans to watch the set but happened to be passing WH when they were on. Absolutely captivating, and People's Faces remains one of the greatest things I've seen at Glastonbury or anywhere else. Chemical Brothers, Other 2019 - I'd seen them before in 2015 so thought I knew what I'd be getting, but they completely blew me away. Off the back of No Geography so the new stuff sounded fresh, and the old stuff sounded better than ever. Plus the perfect combination of set and a group of friends. Wasn't expecting this to be bad by any stretch, but definitely went to another level. Justice, WH 2017 - I'd never seen them live or listened to their live albums, although I had been rinsing Woman a bit since it came out. Another set with no real expectations but blown away by how good it was. Plus I watched it with lovely efests people. 3 Daft Monkeys, Avalon 2009 - my first Glastonbury, went off on my tod to see them on the strength of their flyers pasted on the longdrops on the railway line. Never heard of them, hadn't been to Avalon, so had no idea what I was doing. Just joyful. Love them live to this day. Dub Pistols, Glade 2015 - first Glastonbury after discovering efests and getting involved in the Lineups/Rumours pages. Started listening to some Dubs stuff off the back of exploring the lineup so had a feel for the sound, but didn't know what to expect live. Ditched my mates and ran off into the rain to get up to the Glade, and was bouncing from start to finish.
  9. Yeah, forgot about the NOW set. That was really weird! Had the potential to be incredible, nice sunny afternoon on WH but just ended up being really anticlimactic
  10. Quark

    2025 New music

    Really enjoying the new Inhaler album, probably more than I expected tbh. The sort of thing I can't help but toe tap along to, nice summery vibe. They're going to be my first gig of the year on Saturday, so this bodes well!
  11. I'd def be up for seeing them again, but in the right venue
  12. Quark

    2025 New music

    New single from Jetstream Pony, bit of dreamy indie goodness from Beth Arzy (Aberdeen) and Shaun Charman (Wedding Present). Hopefully means a new album in the pipeline
  13. Fair enough, based on your normal thoughts on old blokes with guitars I didn't have you down for that! Good call on going to PE in that case, sounds like the right decision was made
  14. Disappointment's all about personal experience though. Although I am curious @Skip997, were you expecting to enjoy it? Stones don't sound like a band that you'd be up for
  15. Oh, and goes without saying that I've disappointed myself far too many times
  16. Fair play Skip, you've taken on board our points about being negative and created a safe space thread for you to properly grumble in 😂 Working on the premise that bad isn't always disappointing, but good can still be disappointing. So no GnR, as I went there on a hope rather than any expectation. Disclosure 2016 - I'd not seen them before but I knew my mates had and they'd had a blast, so we met up for it. And I just found it really, really boring. I thought it might just have been because I was wrecked, but they confirmed it the following day. Think it was one of their more twiddly sets instead of getting everyone up for it. Mumfords 2013 - their 2010 JPT set was an absolute belter so actually had some hopes for this one, but the headline set just really exposed the lack of depth in material. Working Mens Club 2023 - musically they sounded really good, but their stage presence (lack of?) just really sucked all the joy out of it for me. Apparently that's what their shows are like, so this one's probably on me. Jon Hopkins 2019 - this one's definitely on me. Hadn't seen him live so completely misjudged his set and didn't realise he's generally a builder rather than straight into it. Stood on the periphery rather than in the middle to get the vibe, and got my...ahem...timing wrong so was all over the place. I'd take your arm off to see him there again and do it right.
  17. If you keep prodding him he'll just break out the USB stick picture
  18. It doesn't ruin the whole weekend, but as a point of consideration for others yeah it's pretty annoying 😂
  19. The ciders on offer are a decent anaesthetic to any dull spots in the lineup anyway 😂
  20. Definitely bringing a sharpie with me and changing that to Bawbag. Just pre-warning you.
  21. 2 reasons I think. 1. Frustration with people who have bags but no sense of bag etiquette to go with it. Getting one in the chops when in a crowd is a bitch, as is falling over a massive pile of them in the middle of crowd. 2. Because it's not "doing the festival right" Mostly tbf it's a discussion where it's confusion more than irritation.
  22. Special Brew tastes of absolute bawbags. Horrible stuff.
  23. Depends on how stacked your plans are. Have you got time to do a lockup drop before your first band? n How much time between the things you want to see? Are the rest of your group heading off and you know full well you won't find them if you go back to the tent, and no-one wants to detour? Horses for courses. Carry a bag, don't carry a bag. Use lockups or don't. Leave your tent fully prepped for 3 days lost in the hills or with a t-shirt and a prayer. Just follow the basic rules of don't be a d*ck and be considerate of those around you, and you'll be golden. FWIW I've been annoyed by way more people without bags who can't dance without crushing any semblance of my personal space than by people with bags. But at the same irritating point in time, they're both equally f**king annoying. EDIT: the slightly pissy response was a general one rather than a response to you @The Nal. Had a grumpy morning 😉

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