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The headliners and popular acts at the top of the bill will always attract more attention than stuff in the T&C fields, or political talks. I’m not convinced there was ever a halcyon day when that was any different. Yes it’s always been a Performing Arts festival but with the music the most significant part, which probably reflects society as a whole. I don’t know but I suspect in e.g. 1986 The Cure, Madness, Simply Red and Level 42 attracted more of a crowd than someone from Greenham Common or a talk about how Reagan bumbling Libya was an outrage. The political stuff, the circus performers, the Greenfields, the Acoustic stage, the Kidzfield etc are a crucial part of the festival and it’s imperative they remain but they’re never going to get as much discussion as the headliners and I strongly doubt that they ever have.
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By Nobody Interesting · Posted
Love how they call them 'wind farm pylons' to try and separate them from all the other pylons that already exist. The headline is lovely and misleading as always and I am so please the Right Wing media is attacking the Greens - normally means they are worried by them. Anyone who wants to know more on it should read all the documents connected, of which there are loads, and not just this one. -
Always put on a good show. Proper party starters. Was a serious oversight putting them in John Peel back in 2019. Pyramid sub or Other headline next time they play.
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I ended up going along, wearing my wristband of shame. Got a spec about halfway back to take in the spectacle. And I guess that is what it was, a spectacle but it sort of didn't feel like a real gig. Kicking off with Yellow was a good move and raised my hopes, but then going straight into the crime against music that is Higher Power, my expectations were back to where they had started. I liked the Arabesque bit, the security guard bit looked staged, Sparks and Viva La Vida were great, but ultimately I left the field feeling they could have replicated it by sending up a load of drones to spell out MEH.
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By NorthernSoul52 · Posted
There's a lot of hits in there, and I do appreciate the whole mid-show swerve into unusual territory. The encore was a bit of a weird twist - kept feeling like it was cresting, and then they went again, but by then, I was swept up in the emotion. Martin knows how to work a crowd - namely his crowd.
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