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[CaledonianGonzo]

UK's biggest indie band topping the bill this year.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

It's not Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Indie Landfill. 

[Memory Man]

Williams green last year non thursday i saw nuha ruby ra, folly group and yard act, all amazing. 
needs to be a decent replacement for smaller emerging acts. None of this is landfill!

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

It's not Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Indie Landfill. 

Which is just as well.

Anyway what's "indie"?

[Colorblindjames]

3 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

It's not Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Indie Landfill. 

Neither is it a festival of cheap dance music. 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

6 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Which is just as well.

Anyway what's "indie"?

When I was a lot younger I thought it was for independently released music, altho it's more synonymous with generic guitar rock bands like the Fratellis now.

 

 

Edited May 3, 2023 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

5 minutes ago, Colorblindjames said:

Neither is it a festival of cheap dance music. 

Noel, that you?

[Lubic]

Williams Green has increasingly become the main place for up and coming indie acts, bigger than Introducing but not able to fill the JP. Especially since JP has increasingly moved towards pop.

Hopefully it hasn't been axed - they should be developing it if anything. For example Latitude always seem to have an undercard full of the sort of acts Glasto could be booking. And there are loads of smaller UK indie day-festivals around the country that have been thriving for a while now.  But Glasto's main stages tend to stick to the obvious 6 music acts or the older acts that have been doing the circuit for a while. Which is why Williams Green is important to keep.

Plus it's just a generally good field to be in day and night 

[Skip997]

Just now, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

When I was a lot younger I thought it was for independently released music, altho it's more synonymous with generic guitar rock bands like the Fratellis now.

 

Well you see that's what I thought too.

 

[Skip997]

Just now, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Noel, that you?

Out of reactions

Well played sir

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's what happens when you take the sex, groove and colour out of rock music.

[Skip997]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It's what happens when you take the sex, groove and colour out of rock music.

Still out of reactions

True

[Colorblindjames]

14 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Noel, that you?

Yes everyone calling for indie music at the festival is clearly Noel. 

[Olshansky]

18 minutes ago, Lubic87 said:

Williams Green has increasingly become the main place for up and coming indie acts, bigger than Introducing but not able to fill the JP. Especially since JP has increasingly moved towards pop.

I would prefer it stay, but there are stages that are criminally underused and could sub for WG - for example, the Rabbit Hole and BBC Introducing.  You could even pepper some of these acts before nightfall on the Truth stage.  Plus, early slots at Woodsies (never gonna get used to saying that) and The Park are also very not full.  Just Mustard at Woodsies last year had about 100 people there. Maybe this is an exercise in utilization. 

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, Colorblindjames said:

Me too. Indie bands will soon have to go to another festival.

 

33 minutes ago, Lubic87 said:

Williams Green has increasingly become the main place for up and coming indie acts, bigger than Introducing but not able to fill the JP. Especially since JP has increasingly moved towards pop.

Hopefully it hasn't been axed - they should be developing it if anything. For example Latitude always seem to have an undercard full of the sort of acts Glasto could be booking. And there are loads of smaller UK indie day-festivals around the country that have been thriving for a while now.  But Glasto's main stages tend to stick to the obvious 6 music acts or the older acts that have been doing the circuit for a while. Which is why Williams Green is important to keep.

Plus it's just a generally good field to be in day and night 

I can see both sides - I love the field but anyone I've seen there's been barely anyone in there, unless they've blown up between lineup announcement and festival like Fontaines did in 2019. I watched the end of Alfie Templeman - he was headlining the tent and we made it there with a few songs to go (he may have been late on as we weren't expecting him to still be going when we arrived). It was practically empty and he was all over Radio 1 at that point. 

There are so many other festivals for that type of thing, and I go to them for it - Kendal, Neighbourhood Weekender have some on the lower down stages but I'd say 110 Above is the best comparison to William's Green (HIGHLY recommend. Incredible festival). I just don't think the demand is there at Glastonbury for acts quite that small, and to be fair despite it being my main type of music, I avoid seeing that sort of thing there too as that's what I see the rest of the year. 

The guitar music demand tends to be for those that have made it a bit more - the Blossoms, Wombats etc of the world. 

I hope those bands do have another home, and maybe one more accessible on a whim, but I can also see why it'd be cast aside. 

Edited May 3, 2023 by efcfanwirral

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

38 minutes ago, Colorblindjames said:

Yes everyone calling for indie music at the festival is clearly Noel. 

Yes, and there's clearly no indie on any stages and clearly everyone is asking for indie to be replaced with cheap dance music...

 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Fwiw I like Williams Green, I didn't even know it was exclusively for indie bands tho, seen different acts there down the years from different genres.

[Colorblindjames]

5 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Yes, and there's clearly no indie on any stages and clearly everyone is asking for indie to be replaced with cheap dance music...

 

You were the one calling it indie landfill mate. 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

31 minutes ago, Colorblindjames said:

You were the one calling it indie landfill mate. 

Just a joke at your suggestion that indie would have to move to another festival. Think you'll find there's plenty of indie still on.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Relax, Landfill Lads. Mantra Of The Cosmos are coming.

https://www-thesun-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/22228735/nineties-rock-stars-supergroup-glastonbury/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=16831311536311&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Ftvandshowbiz%2F22228735%2Fnineties-rock-stars-supergroup-glastonbury%2F

 

[nikkic]

Not seen a single act at WG in 8 festivals. 

There was always a fair few I wanted to see, but invariably the smaller bands would miss out in the clash stakes. 

[Gnomicide]

[KidneyTerra]

12 hours ago, p.pete said:

Except it was a couple of weeks before the announcement (which dropped on a Thursday in the end) - as Neil says, his information is always 100% correct at the point at which he hears it.  It was @KidneyTerra - not sure if the incriminating post is still up anywhere

It was from the horse’s mouth so the source was good.  Wasn’t it like 1-2 days off?

[ProperTea]

16 hours ago, Clarence Clemons said:

so have secret sets been scrapped completely this year?

I feel like there haven't been any secret sets for years! Hence the crowd problems when everyone knows their fave is playing a small stage.

[Justcalledtosay]

Has the Unpopular Opinion post been deleted or am I going mad?