Glasvegas

[Bluearsedfly]

Anyone else think they are one of the most over rated, hyped, can't believe their luck one of the worse live bands they've ever seen?

[Singularity]

I'd agree with that, although they did have bad luck being put on before prodigy.

[Bluearsedfly]

I'd agree with that, although they did have bad luck being put on before prodigy.

[Singularity]

Haha yeah, Maxim does bring that a bit over the top doesn't he. His excessive squeaking is quite hilarious though, I watched the BBCs crap coverage and Maxim was squeaking all over it.

[meatyparson]

Anyone else think they are one of the most over rated, hyped, can't believe their luck one of the worse live bands they've ever seen?

[remote]

Well I really enjoyed Glasvegas.

[Kyelo]

They had a real weak crowd, it's the lead man that gets me. Whines his way through songs and thinks he's hit legend status already. A complete twat. Ok on CD, sh*te live!

Edited July 1, 2009 by BenchBuddah

[daveinafield]

i really like the fact they really dont give a f*** what people think - i think they are great but should not have been put on before prodigy

[russycarps]

i really like the fact they really dont give a f*** what people think - i think they are great but should not have been put on before prodigy

[Joshuwarr]

Glasvegas had the potential to be really great but their first album was weak.

[Mardy]

They don't do much for me, pisspoor JAMC copyists, but having seen that Buzzcocks show, I thought he'd be a bit of a prick in real life, however according to my mate who does backstage stuff, they were absolutely lovely people.

The music's still ropey, mind.

[pineapple-tea]

I saw them to get a good place for The Prodigy. Very, very boring band.

[Hubz]

I saw them to get a good place for The Prodigy. Very, very boring band.

[bombfrog]

I caught a couple of tracks at the end before The Prodigy and they sucked ass.

Am I the only one that wants to buy the lead singer a new paid of sunglasses?

[tylerdurden]

Glasvegas were brilliant.

[StevieF]

I enjoyed them a lot, but not all of the songs went down perfectly. I think this Guardian review is a pretty good summary:

Who: Glasvegas

Where and when: Other tage, 9.10pm

Dress code: Pick from any colour, as long as it's black. This rule applies to every member of the band bar singer James Allen, who got special dispensation to have a spooky skull emblem painted in white on the back of his biker's jacket. All very cool.

What happened: A band whose debut album only came out a year ago are now out to prove they can make the step up to stadium status. Prestigious support slots with Kings of Leon and U2 this summer have given the band exposure to bigger audiences and new challenges, like how to beef up their garage-y sound so it can fill a huge open field, or how to build a rapport with a sprawling audience. On tonight's evidence they can do both with relative ease. The noise they made was huge, a wall of sound held together by feedback and reverb. As for rapport, Allen is a charismatic frontman, quite often expressionless and, behind his black shades, inscrutable, but full of authority and a brooding intensity. Sadly, they only got to play in front of a small crowd and many of those people left early. Which seemed odd.

Who's watching: The usual broad sample you'd expect at a main stage, though many seemed to have camped out there all day, unable to move.

High point: Go Square Go, which with it's crude coda ("Here we, here we, here we f**king goooo") makes for good singalong fodder. It was one of the rare occasions that the crowd was fully engaged.

Low point: Be My Baby that, on record, sounds so woozy and stunned, was slowed down another notch for this performance and lost all kind of expression in the process.

In a tweet: Glasvegas are obviously on their way to greater things, but perhaps they need a few more distinctive melodies to become a festival favourite.

[botswananbeauty]

I would agree, they supported Kings of Leon at the MEN in Manchester last week and I really wasn't that impressed.

[drat]

Too big a jump up for them (John Peel stage last year, good slot on other stage this year) and I don't think enough people are familiar with their songs yet. I like them, I like that slow noise like drawl, though I do find their songs sound a bit samey, they need to mix up the tempos.

Was a shame to see most people not even notice they were playing, but I still think we will probably see more and better things from this band in the future.