Bowie at Glasto

[lmatth8461]

On 10/15/2018 at 5:02 PM, CaledonianGonzo said:

By the standards of most of their later official live albums - Flashpoint, No Security, etc.

OK, I see what you mean. Agreed.

[glasto-worker]

On 10/14/2018 at 10:58 PM, Gnomicide said:

BBC Four to show an hour of Bowie at Glastonbury 2000 on Friday October 26th.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bntp2p

 

well spotted - it will be good to look back to that night.

I also saw him at the Phoenix Festival Thursday 18th July 1996

I was working at it { but not in a bar - Vince Power asked me to work for the VIP box office - that was great fun dealing with so called VIP's who are not used to being asked for ID - but as they were getting in for bugger all I would send them away if they could not prove who they were }  but was able to fix the shift so I did not miss it ' but many people did miss it ' - there was a problem with people arriving - don't have a clue what the problem was  all I know is many thousands missed him { or missed most of it } so it was a unusual concert as I was able to get very close without much problem.

https://youtu.be/8gXu1pj1OEg

[Quark]

On 10/3/2018 at 10:18 AM, Chef said:

Given a choice, which other past Glastonbury sets would people want on a release similar to this? 

Stones has to be the obvious one? 

Levellers 94 set. Well before I started going, but would just love to see proper footage of them smashing it to the biggest (maybe still, not sure if it's been overtaken) Pyramid crowd ever.

Of the ones I've seen, last year's Radiohead set. Loved every minute of it but was quite a way back so didn't rely get the visuals. Would love to see it properly.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think I've still got it in the planner if you want to come round.

[eFestivals]

12 minutes ago, Quark said:

Levellers 94 set. Well before I started going, but would just love to see proper footage of them smashing it to the biggest (maybe still, not sure if it's been overtaken) Pyramid crowd ever.

there is absolutely no way that was remotely close to the biggest ever.

[henry bear]

44 minutes ago, glasto-worker said:

I also saw him at the Phoenix Festival Thursday 18th July 1996

I was there, one of my favourite festivals - 4 days of glorious sunshine and an immense line-up. I’d already seen Bowie 3 times by then (firstly on the overblown Glass Spider tour) but really enjoyed this set. The only downside for me was that it clashed with the Cocteau Twins on  another stage - managed about 20 minutes of what was to be their last ever gig before leaving for Bowie. 

Massive queues to get in and many failed. We were lucky as I drove in on a country lane and missed all that.

[Quark]

15 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

there is absolutely no way that was remotely close to the biggest ever.

Really? Seen that stated on multi sources over the years. If had just been lev's own puff I'd have been more sceptical.

Still want to see it though

[CaledonianGonzo]

jfgi

[Hugh Jass]

On 10/3/2018 at 10:18 AM, Chef said:

Given a choice, which other past Glastonbury sets would people want on a release similar to this? 

Stones has to be the obvious one? 

Kasabian 2014.

I’ve been having trouble sleeping recently.

[CaledonianGonzo]

This is the worst thing that's ever happened on the Pyramid stage and everyone involved with it should be placed under house arrest.

 

[Beerqueen]

Well I'll openly admit to enjoying Kasabian. Each to his or her own. 

Would have loved to have seen Bowie though! 

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

Really? Seen that stated on multi sources over the years. If had just been lev's own puff I'd have been more sceptical.

Still want to see it though

I'm always hearing it was the biggest, but it does seem surprising. I would have thought the biggest was the Stones, or the Chems in 2000, since that's the year of the biggest attendance (including jumpers), with a substantially smaller site.

[clarkete]

30 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'm always hearing it was the biggest, but it does seem surprising. I would have thought the biggest was the Stones, or the Chems in 2000, since that's the year of the biggest attendance (including jumpers), with a substantially smaller site.

You're absolutely right about the stones, so full even right up the hill. Never seen anything else quite like that. 

[Quark]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

jfgi

Genuinely don't have the words for how much I would have loved to have been in that crowd.

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, clarkete said:

You're absolutely right about the stones, so full even right up the hill. Never seen anything else quite like that. 

Stones was the only time I’ve ever seen the “full up” signs around the Pyramid.

[angelin]

I would love to see Leonard Cohens full set but i dont think it was ever recorded

[glasto-worker]

15 hours ago, henry bear said:

I was there, one of my favourite festivals - 4 days of glorious sunshine and an immense line-up. I’d already seen Bowie 3 times by then (firstly on the overblown Glass Spider tour) but really enjoyed this set. The only downside for me was that it clashed with the Cocteau Twins on  another stage - managed about 20 minutes of what was to be their last ever gig before leaving for Bowie. 

Massive queues to get in and many failed. We were lucky as I drove in on a country lane and missed all that.

I got to work at them all - it was a real shame the Council did not get on with The Mean Fiddler as they imposed infrastructure demands that made it impossible for Vince to make a profit - for example - they wanted him to pay for 4 times as many Police/ambulance/fire crew that had been on site in 1997 and 4 times as many Security - there was no way he was going to make a profit in 1998 so he switched many bands to Reading.

Glad you missed the chaos of getting in - we used to arrive on the Tuesday so we would never see any traffic although there was one year - 94 or 95 where one of the WBC Coaches dropped crew off at the wrong spot so a lot of us who had cars went out to pick them up.

As far as I know the 96 balls up was due to a miscommunication of a few people who were in charge of the entry gate so for some reasons people were being told to come back the next day or something close to that - all I know was there was a lot of very unhappy people who should have got in but were delayed by a few people who did not use any commonsense.

The killer for me was seeing Neil Young on the Friday but Bowie was also very good.

I think the weekend ticket was £65 

Phoenix Festival 1996 - Highlights { 150 mins } https://youtu.be/ZXI8J3OEtY4

[Wooderson]

Weather was super for Phoenix 96. Looked great on telly. I was 19 at the time, reckon it was another reason I got a Glasters ticket the following year.

[fatyeti24]

I was at that Phoenix. I wouldn't have watched Bowie but I recall a few on that bill. Prodigy (twice) and Massive Attack were excellent, and the Chemical Brothers when they seemed to my teenage ears to be truly revolutionary!

[Mardy]

I went to the first Phoenix, in 1993. After working at Glastonbury for a few weeks, I headed straight there. Was chaos, all kicked off on the (I think) Friday night, fences getting kicked down, lots of stand-offs between security and punters. Pretty heavy

 

Can’t remember much about who I saw, aside from Julian Cope, Disposable Heroes, Cornershop and one or two others

[Yokel Again]

Chemical Bros in 2000 was fairly spacey from what I remember. Before the barriers/pit I remember dancing all the way down to the front during Hey Boy Hey Girl without much trouble. 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

On 10/21/2018 at 10:57 AM, CaledonianGonzo said:

This is the worst thing that's ever happened on the Pyramid stage and everyone involved with it should be placed under house arrest.

 

Reckon there's about 80,000 people that might disagree with you by the looks of it

[Gabi_says]

On 10/3/2018 at 11:18 AM, Chef said:

Given a choice, which other past Glastonbury sets would people want on a release similar to this? 

Stones has to be the obvious one? 

Beastie Boys @ NME Stage 1994

[mario man]

I don’t remember much about Phoenix 96, except it was bloody hot, and the Furries bought this along

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I suppose everyone will look back upon their generation in the same way but the lineups from festivals in the 90s were amazing