so, Stormzy then...?

[Gnomicide]

Quite a bit to catch up on here since yesterday. A few notes:

1) @MetaKate is playing a blinder in this thread. 

2) I'm going to take my mum to a canteen and ask her who Stormzy is.

2) In answer to @Quark's question. No, that's someone else's battle. Though I do make a point of seeing as many heavy bands as possible at Glastonbury, whether I like them or not, in a forlorn attempt to get them to book more.

[Woffy]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

Led Zeppelin have been busy recently, but they'll headline soon. 

Does this relate to your 'taps nose' post from the other day, Neil? 

[Winslow Leach]

Stormy doesn't know who any of your mothers are, but if he did he'd probably be nice and polite to them.

[kalifire]

My mum, 67 next week, offers this:

She’s always got to bring religion into it. Sigh.  

[airwaves]

Stormzy?  after just 1 album??

And who the heck is Childish Gambino ?? Never heard of him/her/them, which is a bit worrying for a sub-billing!

 

But, if only I could get a ticket

???

[Tranquility of Solitude]

Asked my Mum her ideal headliners.

Susan Boyle

Slim Whitman

Sydney Devine

 

Make it happen.

[scatteredscreens]

Hopefully this set of headliners puts the average punter off so me and many others have a nice pool of potential tickets in the April resale.

[fightoffyour]

2 hours ago, thewayiam said:

Fair enough. Dry your eye's 

Dry my eye's what?

[giantkatestacks]

@kalifire she is pretty spot on though tbf

[GMF]

5 minutes ago, Tranquility of Solitude said:

Asked my Mum her ideal headliners.

Susan Boyle

Slim Whitman

Sydney Devine

 

Make it happen.

Sydney Devine is a particularly Scottish reference, even West of Scotland reference. On the realistic side he is back touring after a long gap.

[Matt42]

Mixed feelings about this. It’s definitely a move in the right direction for Glasto but I definitely think this will be the peak of stormzys career.

he sure as hell will never crack America and after this I don’t really see how much further he could go. It would be a once and never again kinda thing. Could see him returning in a lower slot in like 4/5 years.

[milly16]

Stormzy ??? just a fart in the breeze.

[kalifire]

All well and good, @Matt42, but has your mum ever heard of him? That’s what’s important now. 

[thewayiam]

30 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Dry my eye's what?

Sorry, that's the other song I know of from Streets?, might not even be the title.

[crocodiles]

I am not likely to remember to ask but I'm going out on a limb and saying my mum won't have heard of stormzy childish gambino.  Artic monkeys or to her credit mumfords 

[crocodiles]

42 minutes ago, Tranquility of Solitude said:

Asked my Mum her ideal headliners.

Susan Boyle

Slim Whitman

Sydney Devine

 

Make it happen.

I've heard of Susan Boyle and slim Whitman but couldn't name any of their tracks . 

But haven't heard of sydney Devine so I'm not down with the kids or pensioners ....apologies if your mum is not in that age bracket 

[Sasperella]

57 minutes ago, kalifire said:

My mum, 67 next week, offers this:

She’s always got to bring religion into it. Sigh.  

I am now so bizarrely desperate to know if my Mum is or is not aware os Stormy that I have been forced to also text her for her views on the matter. I know she is on the train to Harrogate so it'll hopefully entertain her a little on her voyage "ooop north" (probs the furthest north she's ever been tbh)

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Sasperella

[Gnomicide]

Just text mine. Will report back.

[Sasperella]

Well, that backfired

[Gnomicide]

@Sasperella's mother is my new favourite person.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Haters will say it's fake

Edited November 9, 2018 by Supernintendo Chalmers

[Titters]

10 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Just text mine. Will report back.

My mum doesn't know who Stormzy is, but she confirmed that fact via What's App. So half cool. 

She's also taken the chance to share a link for cheap contact lenses. 

Mums, eh. 

[Gnomicide]

@Sasperella's mum usurped. 

[Sasperella]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

@Sasperella's mother is my new favourite person.

To clarify, my mother is not a climber, and she is not in this group denying parentage (because that would be a shocking way to break it to me!). The peril's of using WhatsApp on your computer....

[Mr.Tease]

4 hours ago, The Red Telephone said:

On the topics of Mums, the last two festivals mine went to were in 1970. IOW where she watched Jimi Hendrix, most probably off her face on acid. And the very first Glastonbury.

Now she reads the Daily Mail, votes tory and likes Ed Sheeran.

She does know who Stormzy is.

My Mum, everyone.

 

I suspect she knows who Stormzy is because she reads the Daily Mail!- they launched a scathing piece about him because he attacked Tereasa May over Grenfell and also expressed his low regard for the Daily Mail itself:

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With rain falling, Stormzy called out May and the Mail during his performance, delivering the lyrics in a new freestyle, “Theresa May where’s the money for Grenfell? / What you thought we just forgot about Grenfell?” and suggesting that the Daily Mail “suck my d***”.

 

Mail responded with their usual bizarre/ racist attack on anyone of colour who makes a critical political statement, ('they' should be 'grateful' to this country):

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“For all his life Stormzy has happily benefited from the health care, housing and education opportunities the government, whether Tory or Labour, has provided… is it asking too much that he show a scintilla of gratitude to the country that offered his mother and him so much? Instead of trashing it.”

Can't believe they still pump out this s*** in 2018