I saw ' a ' but I should have watched ' b '

[airwaves]

How often at Glasto have you seen somebody only to wish based on other reports that you had watched someone else instead. For me my most memorable case was Air vs Rod Stewart.

I (and my son) had thouroughly enjoyed Roger Waters - one of the best sets I've seen, ever, period - and had to decide whether to stay put or move around to the Other Stage to see Air.

My reasoning went 'I'll never buy a ticket to see Rod Stewart in concert, but I will Air, therefore this is my one and only chance to see Rod', so we stayed put (my son agreed with my logic).

Rod was, at best, mediocre, but by all accounts Air gave one of the sets of the weekend.

And I've still never got to see Air in concert.

Bummer.

[popcornmaster]

Should have gone to see anything but KOL last year (either stayed at the park or gone to see Fatboy) thoroughly disappointing.

Possibly should have gone to see Iggy instead of the cursed killers, but followed the group :/

[scaryclaireyfairy]

i left halfway through bjork's set in 07 cos my mate wanted to see arctic monkeys and i'm clearly too accommodating. i have no idea if they were even any good or not as we couldn't actually hear bugger all from the back. i'll always regret not seeing bjork do 'earth intruders'. we did hear it from the pyramid field though!

[eFestivals]

Like you, I stayed for Rod Stewart. Two songs in I couldn't face any more and bailed out.

Instead of going to Air (but wasn't it Groove Armada?) at the other stage, I headed to St Germain on Jazzworld. Superb.

[deegs]

I watched Kasabian stupidly instead of Arcade fire a few years ago, much to my regret .

[fantomas]

whatever was on the same time as oasis in 04.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

it wasn't arcade fire's greatest performance in my opinion, dandeg. don't beat yourself up about that one.

[Limpet]

I watched Kasabian stupidly instead of Arcade fire a few years ago, much to my regret .

[Tugger2k]

none, zero, zilch.

yeah ive caught some ropey performances but the festy memories wouldnt be the same without them.

besides which, the good far, far out way the bad.

by taking gambles on your clashes you get rewarded with some truly horrendous gigs, but on the other hand there have been many a classic as well.

no guts, NO GLORY!!

[Originalshez]

As much as I enjoyed Biffy, part of me wanted to see Jay Z. Mates said KOL were great, but I went for Fatboy. There is a reason why he is the top name in DJing.

[crosswillcastyourshadow]

I wish I'd have seen the chemical brothers instead of the who in 07. The who weren't bad, but from what I heard from my mates and the footage I saw, The Chems were absolutely mesmerising.

The same year, my mates turned up at the other stage eagerly expecting the manics only to realise that they'd turned up for mika instead, while the manics were on the pyramid.

"big girls you are beautiful" instead of "under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness"

[mineapolis]

I watched Kasabian stupidly instead of Arcade fire a few years ago, much to my regret .

[howlin_pete]

On Sunday I spent most of the day going into random tents/fields and catching whatever band was on. Wherever I was, I wish I had stumbled into the Dance Lounge when Ladyhawke was on hadn;t heard of her at the time but really into the album at the moment.

[verrymerry]

Band of Horses intead of... Elbow Loved Band of horses but I think Elbow would have held longer memories

[Tugger2k]

Like you, I stayed for Rod Stewart. Two songs in I couldn't face any more and bailed out.

Instead of going to Air (but wasn't it Groove Armada?) at the other stage, I headed to St Germain on Jazzworld. Superb.

[parsonjack]

stupidly staying at Pyramid for the Killers in 07 cos we couldn't face the walk in the mud to Jazz World for John Fogerty.....regret it to this day and more...

[Sam.]

Me and my mate actually chose the young knives over the kings of leon at V Festival.

Badtimes.

[airwaves]

Like you, I stayed for Rod Stewart. Two songs in I couldn't face any more and bailed out.

Instead of going to Air (but wasn't it Groove Armada?) at the other stage, I headed to St Germain on Jazzworld. Superb.

[glastofun]

I walked to my tent to get some more vodka and missed the raconteurs!

[glastofun]

i left halfway through bjork's set in 07 cos my mate wanted to see arctic monkeys and i'm clearly too accommodating. i have no idea if they were even any good or not as we couldn't actually hear bugger all from the back. i'll always regret not seeing bjork do 'earth intruders'. we did hear it from the pyramid field though!

[scaryclaireyfairy]

yeah, my bad. i meant declare independence.

[disasterplan44]

2004: Supergrass instead of Belle and Sebastian

2007: Bloc Party instead of The Hold Steady

2008: Band of Horses instead of Elbow

[doogie]

1997 - Kula Shaker instead of Radiohead.

Much as I enjoyed Kula Shaker's set at the time, Radiohead's set is still said to have been one of the best ever at Glastonbury, and anyway Kula Shaker ended up repeating their set the following afternoon when some other act didn't show up.

[Tugger2k]

1997 - Kula Shaker instead of Radiohead.

[Matt 100]

I wish I'd have seen the chemical brothers instead of the who in 07. The who weren't bad, but from what I heard from my mates and the footage I saw, The Chems were absolutely mesmerising.

The same year, my mates turned up at the other stage eagerly expecting the manics only to realise that they'd turned up for mika instead, while the manics were on the pyramid.

"big girls you are beautiful" instead of "under neon loneliness, motorcycle emptiness"