Blur

[Enkidu]

14 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Lot of faff for the sake of getting an okay band with a couple of decent songs onto the farm.

Thought you were gonna try not being like this for a month?

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, Enkidu said:

Thought you were gonna try not being like this for a month?

It was a week, think it ends tomorrow.

Any way I've not said they're bad. They were one of the better "brit pop" bands, along with Pulp.

[hoppi27]

24 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Rack of guitars, rack of bass, guitar amps, bass amps, shitload of pedals, drums, maybe 40 crew, sound to be tested, effects all pre configured and tested...

This is just Grahams gear.

https://www.groundguitar.com/graham-coxon-blur-guitars-gear/

 

I recall Blur playing Benicassim 2015 just one day after having played Super Bock Super Bock in Lisbon.

The distance is almost twice as Dublin-Pilton.

[Hugh Jass II]

22 minutes ago, stuie said:

Oh give over Skippy lad... 6 x number 1 albums and one of the most revered past headliners the farm has ever had. 

It's cool if you don't like them but don't talk shit!

 

Skipster famous for saying "I avoid listening to bands I don't like".

Fucker talks about them at every opportunity though.

[Hugh Jass II]

35 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Rack of guitars, rack of bass, guitar amps, bass amps, shitload of pedals, drums, maybe 40 crew, sound to be tested, effects all pre configured and tested...

This is just Grahams gear.

https://www.groundguitar.com/graham-coxon-blur-guitars-gear/

If that were the case then acts would never play back to back nights anywhere.

Again, don't think they'll play anyway.

[The Nal]

11 minutes ago, hoppi27 said:

I recall Blur playing Benicassim 2015 just one day after having played Super Bock Super Bock in Lisbon.

The distance is almost twice as Dublin-Pilton.

An overnight drive. You cant drive trucks in the sea.

  

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass II said:

If that were the case then acts would never play back to back nights anywhere.

Again, don't think they'll play anyway.

Smaller acts can do it because they've such a basic set up. Huge bands can do it if they've 2 productions on the go like U2 and the Stones do. 

But Blur are too smart to risk it, on the Beeb, stuffing a Glasto headline slot into the tour

Edited November 21, 2022 by The Nal

[Hugh Jass II]

Just now, The Nal said:

An overnight drive. You cant drive trucks in the sea.

Maybe save your voice of doom for the weather thread pal.

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, The Nal said:

An overnight drive. You cant drive trucks in the sea.

If only there were ways you could cross water during the night! 

[Ayrshire Chris]

3 minutes ago, The Nal said:

An overnight drive. You cant drive trucks in the sea.

I’m sure Joe Rush could knock something up in his worthy farm workshop😉

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Coxon walked out early on in the Think Tank sessions (only played on Battery in you Leg I think) and refused to tour with them. Which is almost certainly why they went heavy on the songs he wasn't involved in.

It's not unusual that a lot of bands prioritise the new stuff in the setlist tbf. Not that I can recall if Think Tank has had as big an airing in their post-09 setlists.

[Hugh Jass II]

5 minutes ago, charlierc said:

It's not unusual that a lot of bands prioritise the new stuff in the setlist tbf. Not that I can recall if Think Tank has had as big an airing in their post-09 setlists.

Out Of Time gets played but that's about it.

[dotdash79]

30 minutes ago, The Nal said:

An overnight drive. You cant drive trucks in the sea.

2:15am ferry to Holyhead arrives at 5:45am, they would be onsite by 11am.

 

It's not going to happen but it could happen

[Suprefan]

41 minutes ago, The Nal said:

An overnight drive. You cant drive trucks in the sea.

  

Smaller acts can do it because they've such a basic set up. Huge bands can do it if they've 2 productions on the go like U2 and the Stones do. 

But Blur are too smart to risk it, on the Beeb, stuffing a Glasto headline slot into the tour

U2 had 3 for the 360 tour since the stage took 6 days to build. And for a situation like this its pretty easy to pack up pedals and the like to get them to a fest. Dont need amps, you can rent those, same for a drum kit.  

Edited November 21, 2022 by Suprefan

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

2:15am ferry to Holyhead arrives at 5:45am, they would be onsite by 11am.

 

It's not going to happen but it could happen

How would they make the 2.15am ferry? Just leave all the gear behind on the stage in Dublin?

[stuie]

21 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

It's not going to happen but it could happen

Yes, it really, really, really could happen!

[dotdash79]

26 minutes ago, The Nal said:

How would they make the 2.15am ferry? Just leave all the gear behind on the stage in Dublin?

Finish at 11, pack until 1am drive to the port arrive at 1:30 straight on the ferry, it's only the band equipment they need to pack.

The Killers played in Greece the night before they played the afternoon of Glasto

[TheGoodWillOut]

Ive finally beaten my addiction to repeating Blur lyrics.  Woo Hoo !!!!

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, Suprefan said:

U2 had 3 for the 360 tour since the stage took 6 days to build. And for a situation like this its pretty easy to pack up pedals and the like to get them to a fest. Dont need amps, you can rent those, same for a drum kit.  

Well in their case it helps if you have the budget to spend several hundred grand a week.

I don't think Dublin to Glasto is that impossible a distance to navigate tbf. Though for all we know, they might never have been bothered about coming to Glastonbury anyway. Certainly if the Sunday or Friday have been earmarked for a second Dublin date, feels more likely that Blur aren't going to Glasto.

[Superscally]

4 hours ago, The Nal said:

How would they make the 2.15am ferry? Just leave all the gear behind on the stage in Dublin?

The gear will be all on the trucks by 12. Half an hour drive. They could go for a maccies drive thru and still piss it...

Edited November 21, 2022 by Superscally

[Hugh Jass II]

4 hours ago, TheGoodWillOut said:

Ive finally beaten my addiction to repeating Blur lyrics.  Woo Hoo !!!!

This is a low for this forum.

[addicted2noise]

If they opened the other stage on the Friday they could get to Dublin before tea time.

[Hutchmaster]

31 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

This is a low for this forum.

Parklife!

[fullfathom5]

20 minutes ago, addicted2noise said:

If they opened the other stage on the Friday they could get to Dublin before tea time.

My thoughts precisely 

[clasher]

It's possible they do Dublin to Glasto or vice versa - regarding logistics. It's unlikely they would go for such a schedule in the first place though, that's the issue here. And since they don't seem to have 50 dates booked over the summer, they could do Dublin at pretty much any other date than over Glasto weekend, if Glasto was ever on the cards.

[Hugh Jass II]

4 hours ago, clasher said:

It's possible they do Dublin to Glasto or vice versa - regarding logistics. It's unlikely they would go for such a schedule in the first place though, that's the issue here. And since they don't seem to have 50 dates booked over the summer, they could do Dublin at pretty much any other date than over Glasto weekend, if Glasto was ever on the cards.

I agree, I said the same for Harry Styles and the it applies here too.