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[MEGABOWL]

2 minutes ago, CantWaitForGlasto22 said:

My Sunday looks very similar PLUS Lottery Winners. Suspect I will stick to The Other though annoying to miss Alvvays and Lottery Winners 

Oh God I didn’t see Lottery winners there! 😂

 

I think Alvvays will lose out for me too. I can see most of NBT and Janelle, whereas Alvvays kind of straddle both. I’m 100% going to see Blondshell, that’s a great album, so I may finish up watching Newdad as Woodsies-Park-Woodsies is a bit of a trek.

 

Pleased to see The National getting 90 minutes too.

[Beerqueen]

Seems like CarHenge is going to be a waste of time again. Well, maybe 15 minutes in passing.  But really?

[The Nal]

Frank Sinazi & Dean Stalin unmissable

 

  

Just now, Beerqueen said:

Seems like CarHenge is going to be a waste of time again. Well, maybe 15 minutes in passing.  But really?

 

A bizarre decision tearing down one of the most popular areas of the festival. Wedneday and Thursdays there were great.

Edited June 4 by The Nal

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

5 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

 

If dance music/dj culture is your thing its fairly unbeatable, but for the rest of us its relatively weaker than usual. Some horrendous indie and repeat performers sprinkled in there. Like, trolling us with it.

 

Amazed that I can't find one single thing to properly cling onto.

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, Beerqueen said:

Seems like CarHenge is going to be a waste of time again. Well, maybe 15 minutes in passing.  But really?

The Roaming Rotisserie is the main reason for me to go there

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Janelle Monae / Avril Lavigne clash was always inevitable, but sucks seeing it there in black and white.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

 

Nah. I assume that this is just a blip rather than the beginning of the end. Ask me again if the downward trend continues though.

[Wooderson]

3 minutes ago, Beerqueen said:

Seems like CarHenge is going to be a waste of time again. Well, maybe 15 minutes in passing.  But really?

 

Much respect to Joe Rush - but carhenge is emblematic of the costsaving thats going on in the bg at Worthy Farm. A very poor option vs Williams Green which many of us loved.

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

5 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Oh God I didn’t see Lottery winners there! 😂

 

I think Alvvays will lose out for me too. I can see most of NBT and Janelle, whereas Alvvays kind of straddle both. I’m 100% going to see Blondshell, that’s a great album, so I may finish up watching Newdad as Woodsies-Park-Woodsies is a bit of a trek.

 

Pleased to see The National getting 90 minutes too.

Think we will catch The K’s and NewDad at Woodsies and then over to James. Agree re Blondshell and would have liked to see them but Mr C really wants to see James and since he generally goes along with whatever I want to see I may need to let him have one choice 🤣

[GordonMcG]

FRI: Barry Can't Swim>Kenya Grace>Sugababes>Chloe Slater>LCD Soundsystem>Dua Lipa/Faithless

 

SAT: mary in the junkyard>Kingfishr>Last Dinner Party>Lizzie Esau>Myles Smith>The Streets>Coldplay

 

SUN: The Ks>NewDad>Blondshell>End of Shania>Avril Lavigne>Jordan Mackampa>The National

 

(With the absolute knowledge that I'll skip some of the ones in the middle as the days go)

 

Horses for courses, but love this lineup for me.

[TiZuff]

4 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

 

nope, lineups fine. 9th time this year, honestly you are looking at a 1-4 act variance in total acts seen every year. Its personal taste end of the day. My best ever year at glasto i saw 16 acts, this years ill see 12 but late night theres alot more on id see so it evens out. 


 

[-TLR-]

Just now, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

 

Re: THIS line-up specifically, then no.

 

i know i always bang on about not caring about the line up, and to a large extent i do stand behind that statement - but i do find it annoying that the festival seems to want to become basically a five day version of "Wireless Festival"...  there seems to be less and less variation in the music on offer - even the dance stuff seems to be blending into a beige sea of blandness.

 

the reason i still love it is because i know i can find somewhere where it still feels like its 1994... and for just a short time it can be the good ol' days again.

 

the time comes to reconsider commiting to buying a ticket when i sit back and think - is that worth the huge f**king cost of it all.

 

 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Nah. I assume that this is just a blip rather than the beginning of the end. Ask me again if the downward trend continues though.

 

I fully expect that to be the general response

[incident]

58 minutes ago, deepkittycaz said:

Lizard looks like it's renamed.

 

The full title has always been Lunched Out Lizards - just inconsistently used.

[kugglaw]

29 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

 

If dance music/dj culture is your thing its fairly unbeatable, but for the rest of us its relatively weaker than usual. Some horrendous indie and repeat performers sprinkled in there. Like, trolling us with it.

 

Amazed that I can't find one single thing to properly cling onto.

Yeah I feel like dance music fans are spoiled for choice in terms of current-ness, emerging DJs and old favourites.

 

In terms of bands, we’re not so lucky. Unless you’re genuinely excited about seeing Frank Turner for the 150th time or stopped listening to music sometime around the 2010s.

 

I know there’s a tendency to have to be super positive but - The Zutons?! Paloma Faith? Avril Lavigne? Coldplay? It’s like an XFM compilation CD from my GCSE days.

 

EDIT:

 

Its especially galling when you see smaller, one day festivals in and around the UK / Europe have much better line ups.

 

Jai Paul is playing in a park near my house this summer, why isn’t he on The Woodsies or something?

Edited June 4 by kugglaw

[Wooderson]

11 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

 

2008 was followed by 2009.

😘

[CharlotteB]

9 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

 

I've got to admit, this lineup is the most lacklustre I've seen in my whole time going to Glastonbury and there's nobody on the upper end of the lineup on any of the main stages that I'm particularly excited about seeing. But that's quite liberating. And, like I always say, you can only be in one place at a time, and if you can't find anything you enjoy for every minute you're there you're not looking hard enough.

[MEGABOWL]

12 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

Not at all. I think it’s very solid. Lots of depth. Similar to previous years really (except 2022 which was a post-Covid catch up freak)

[MEGABOWL]

1 minute ago, kugglaw said:

Yeah I feel like dance music fans are spoiled for choice in terms of current-ness, emerging DJs and old favourites.

 

In terms of bands, we’re not so lucky. Unless you’re genuinely excited about seeing Frank Turner for the 150th time or stopped listening to music sometime around the 2010s.

 

I know there’s a tendency to have to be super positive but - The Zutons?! Paloma Faith? Avril Lavigne? Coldplay? It’s like an XFM compilation CD from my GCSE days.

Shows how different perceptions can be. The main result for me has been listening to the new bands/guitar acts on the line up and finding things like Blondshell, Newdad, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Lime Garden, The Ks etc. There’s loads of good new stuff out there.

[Memory Man]

Having just seen her at primavera i cannot recommend PJ Harvey enough

 

her and LCD is where the pyramid starts and ends for me tho. Maybe a bit of shania

[incident]

14 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

 

In isolation, no as I'm expecting a return to form next year.

 

If lineups this poor became a pattern, then it absolutely would.

[giantkatestacks]

13 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

 

Yeah, that's fair. 

 

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

Had I known the lineup PLUS the fact that the week has turned into something fairly significant for one of my children then we would have skipped this year yes. It doesnt stop me turning up and working each year but we would have had a year off if thats possible to still keep our place.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, MEGABOWL said:

Not at all. I think it’s very solid. Lots of depth. Similar to previous years really (except 2022 which was a post-Covid catch up freak)

I know folk say that, but 2020 was probably even stronger and wasn't coming off the back of any sort of break.

[kugglaw]

2 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Shows how different perceptions can be. The main result for me has been listening to the new bands/guitar acts on the line up and finding things like Blondshell, Newdad, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Lime Garden, The Ks etc. There’s loads of good new stuff out there.

I’m all for discovering new music but I wish there was more stuff I already like. 

[kalifire]

14 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup? 

Not at all. There happens to be more I’ll personally enjoy this year than there’s typically been the last few festivals.

 

The nonsense that this is in any way a ‘weak’ lineup because it doesn’t meet the tastes of a certain noisy online demographic won’t stand up to scrutiny. Take a look back at the footage when it’s over and tell me there’s any noticeable change in crowd enjoyment. 
 

People just want something to moan about.