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Over the years I’ve had a blast at Chems,  Hot Chip, Avril, The Streets, Bloc Party, Jamie T, Glass Animals, Fred, TLDP, Vampire Weekend.    It’s a great stage.  Especially since the new sound system was installed. 

The Other Stage has one of the best atmospheres of any festival stage I've been to. Confidence Man this year, CRJ last year, Foals in 2022 - I could go on. The amount of absolute party sets that place hosts every year is phenomenal

An even bigger fact here is that the musical landscape is changing.    How many new great guitar led rock bands have emerged in the last 10 years? Rock and roll isn't dead, it never will be and it will go full circle and have its time again i am sure.    In the same way pop will  never die and is in a huge resurgence these days.   I do agree with you that some people seem to feel entitled to see huge rock bands headlining festivals. This leads to the same headliners on a three year cycle which in itself becomes tedious.    I think its time to embrace a wider range of headliners or simply don't buy tickets and go and see Arena tours and stadium shows of your favorite acts at around £150 a ticket.    I'm a metal head but i tell you what  -  some of the best acts I've seen in recent years are pure pop.

As with most festivals, Good luck getting anywhere near or in it when bigger acts are on though

That's a fair point.   Every good act I've seen has been, well, Good