Your top 3 acts from Glastonbury 2023

[leekstokie]

1 - Elton

2 - Foos

3 - Fred Again 

[RossTC]

Elton - ive been at every Glasto since 2007 and that is the best thing ive seen on that headline stage, flawless.

Foos - Brilliant just brilliant as always and such a treat in that slot in the sun, felt perfect

Arctic Monkeys - Not everyone's cup of tea but i love the new stuff like i love the old stuff, respect they have moved forward as a band and for me Alex Turner is cool asf! Band of my generation in my opinion.

Honourable mentions - Rick Astley, Fred again, Tom Grennon, Lathums, 

[mikegday]

Rina Sawayama, Lottery Winners (strummerville), slowdive 

[grayfitz]

Rina Sawayama, Elton John, Foo Fighters

[sayitasitis]

1 Jeremy Beadle as surprise guest with The Foos on the pyramid stage Friday afternoon.

2 Ian Beale fronting GnR on the pyramid stage Saturday night.

3 Danny Elfman / Austin Powers in a gold suit tinkling the Ivories on Sunday night.

[2019]

Max Richter/Park, even though I got burnt to a crisp.

Vlure/B&R, fabulous performance from a new (to me) artist.

Cat Burns/Woodsies. heartfelt, pitch perfect.

Mentions, Gabrielle Aplin/CN, Prima Queen/RH, Shame/Woodsies

[jamesrfisher]

1. War on Drugs

2. Yusuf

3. Slowdive

 

Sunday was pretty special for me! I did see Elton and enjoyed it but never owned any of his albums, was very happy he started with Pinball Wizard.

 

Special mention to the Showhawk Duo at The Bandstand on Thursday afternoon, a real Glastonbury moment.

[-TLR-]

1. Texas

2. The Chicks

3. blackskywhite

[stereodista]

1. Caroline Polachek 

2. Jockstrap 

3. Max Richter, in spite of the unbearable heat! 

Honourable mentions to Måneskin (don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that!) and the shower I managed to squeeze in between shame and the Manics. Less said about that rendition of This Is Yesterday the better, though. 

[-TLR-]

On 6/26/2023 at 2:07 PM, Avalon_Fields said:

Special mention to the best band on a small stage: Ninotchka 

was this the band playing the irish stuff and had a Slovakian (i think?) singer?

if so, i stumbled across them in the avalon cafe on thursday afternoon (i think?) and they were fantastic.

[vans]

1 Ben Böhmer

2 Phoenix 

3 Fred Again

Honourable mention to War On Drugs

[Dave_c]

3 minutes ago, vans said:

1 Ben Böhmer

2 Phoenix 

3 Fred Again

Honourable mention to War On Drugs

Wasn't Ben Bohmer fantastic, loved every second of it, highlight of the festival for me.

[paulshane]

In no order as I can't decide

 

# Lottery Winners at Strummerville - I've only ever heard their stuff on the radio, they were amazing live, it was bordering on a comedy show at points, I laughed and laughed, the crowd interaction was on point, I planned on seeing them at Greenpeace etc, but it didn't pan out. An amazing gig

 

# Foo Fighters - a blinder of a set, so much energy!

 

# Phil Hartnoll djing at Tow and Hitch - some amazing tunes, but on my list as I struck up the courage to go to the little window in the 'booth' and shake his hand 🙂 A memory to cherish 🙂

[turricandanz]

1) GUNS N ROSES - my 15th Glastonbury and my favourite headliner! - did loads of MD which helped and i probably felt the best i have in my life! they were a lot of fun! (TV didnt do it justice and some of the reviews were scandelous)

2) THE LOTTERY WINNERS - Adorable band, sounded great, crowd interaction, funny, humble... buying tickets for their tour!!!

3) MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Can always rely on the manics!

 

Biggest dissapointment - ARCTIC MONKEYS - seen them twice before at Glastonbury, i know they are not really the type for crowd interaction but it felt like they were right up their own arses... slowed down versions of songs doesn't do it for me.

Edited June 28, 2023 by turricandanz

[BlueJeansAndWhiteTshirts]

1. Elton.... prefect set after a perfect festival. The tears were streaming for Your Song.

2. Foos..... It was my other halfs first glastonbury and they are one of his favourite bands. The tears were streaming for My Hero.

3. Wunderhorse..... what a great discovery and I think they have a great future ahead of them. They have some bangers. 

Honourable mentions....War on Drugs, Rick Astley, Editors, Mik Artistik.

[ROTY]

Gigs I saw & the points I gave them:

Ben Howard 6

Lightning Seeds 7

Carly Rae Jepsen 8,5

Foo Fighters 8,5

Fred Again… 7

Arctic Monkeys 9,5

 

The Last Dinner Party 9

Rick Astley 9

The Lathums 9

The Murder Capital 6,5

Blossoms & Rick Astley 8

Lizzo 8,5

Central Cee 7

Lana Del Rey 9

 

Angeline Morrison 6

Beth Orton 6

The Chicks 7

Cat Stevens 9

Slowdive 8

Lil Nas X 5

Elton John 10

 

A top-3 summary would be:

1. Elton John

2. Arctic Monkeys

3. Lana Del Rey (or even The Lathums, they were great)

[Avalon_Fields]

5 hours ago, -TLR- said:

was this the band playing the irish stuff and had a Slovakian (i think?) singer?

if so, i stumbled across them in the avalon cafe on thursday afternoon (i think?) and they were fantastic.

Yes, I chatted to them later at the West Holts bar.

[FuzzyDunlop]

All scores out of 10

Thursday

Panic Shack (Truth stage) 6.5

Friday
The Sixsters  6
The Hives 7.5
DJ Yoda 8.5
Churnups 7.5
Young Fathers 10
Camelphat 7.5
Eli Brown 7.5
Fatboy Slim 8
Haai 8.5

Saturday
Rick Astley 8
Working Mens Club 7.5
African Head Charge 7
Dreadzone 7
Manics 7.5
The Pretenders 8
Leftfield 8.5
Final Hour of GnR 7.5

Sunday
Windrush Choir 6.5
Sophie Ellis Bextor 7.5
Cat Stevens 6 (The caveat is, I heard it whilst sitting at the tent, was probably better from the field)
The Hu 9
Elton John 8
Henge 7

So my top 3 were actually

1. Young Fathers
2. The Hu
3. DJ Yoda / Leftfield

But I didnt see anything bad all week

[JP1994]

1. Shame

2. Viagra Boys

3. Skindred

Think QOTSA would’ve been number 1 had I had gone there instead of Elton.

[JP1994]

Ratings:

Thursday:

Panic Shack - 7.5

Skindred - 8.5

Friday:

Adwaith - 6.5

The Hives - 8

Texas - 8

Foo Fighters - 8

Royal Blood - 7

Arctic Monkeys - 8

Empire State Bastard - 7

Saturday:

Wunderhorse - 7

The Murder Capital - 7.5

Shame - 9.5

Rick Astley & Blossoms - 8

Loyle Carner - 7.5

Ezra Collective - 6.5

Sunday:

Nova Twins - 8

Viagra Boys - 9

Editors - 7

Elton John - 8

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by JP1994

[WestCountryGirl]

55 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Yes, I chatted to them later at the West Holts bar.

I saw this guy (on the right) around Croissant Neuf watching The Trouble Notes on Sunday, and then he turned up at No Bones Jones where I was eating right after. Great minds. He was very striking. Definitely the sharpest dressed man in a kilt I saw at the fest.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Forgot to add.. Nova Twins 8/10

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

1. Elton

2. Foos 

3. Young Fathers or Wunderhorse (just can’t pick one. Both sets were buzzing and loved them)

Also loved The Big Moon, Lightning Seeds/Blondie (for the sing along), The Love Buzz, Cat Burns and Rhythm of the 90s (SO much fun). Only disappointment was CATQ. We loved their set in 2019 but this year was totally different and just wasn’t really feeling it as we’d come along to dance rather than watch a stage show. Should have gone to FBS. 

[PassingCloud]

This is so hard. I‘m going to leave off the obvious big names like Elton, Foos, Arctic Monkeys….

In no particular order…

1. Weyes Blood

2. Max Cooper

3. Jacob Collier

Full list here and I can honestly say that I loved every single thing….

 

- Eats Everything ‘History of Rave’ (Stonebridge)

- Denis Sulta (Glade)*

- Daniel Avery b2b Richard Fearless (Glade)

- Louis Cole (West Holts)

- The Churnups/Foo Fighters (Pyramid)

- Fred Again.. (Other)

- Arctic Monkeys + proposal! (Pyramid)

- Floating Points b2b Daphni (Arcadia)

- Sherelle (Arcadia)

- Phil Hartnoll (Bimble Inn)*

- Yung Singh / Tash LC (IICON)*

- Rick Astley (Pyramid)

- Working Men’s Club (Woodsies)

- Joanne Shaw Taylor (Avalon)

- Jacob Collier (West Holts)

- Manic Street Preachers (Other)

- Leftfield (The Park)

- Max Cooper (Lonely Hearts Club)

- Daniel Avery (Lonely Hearts Club)

- Weyes Blood (The Park)

- Will Young (Avalon)*

- Far From Saints (Avalon)

- Elton John (Pyramid)

- B:rave (Sensation Seekers)

- Henge (No idea by this stage of the game)*

*half saw/wasn’t paying attention/too inebriated!

[PDAD]

CMAT

Elton 

Fred