Legends Slot 2024

[sadimmock]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Seem to recall maybe seeing Field Music in there one year.

Just looked it up and it appears you are right. Funny how the memory fades!

 

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2008/queenshead.shtml

 

 

[NorthernSoul52]

How the memories fade in the wind.

[Guest]

A couple of newspapers over the weekend were saying Billy Joel is being tipped for Glastonbury this year. Whether that's just because he's issued a new single or there's more into it, I don't know.

Not femail though.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Someone posted a story on here a few days back and it was all he was being 'tipped" because he had lower odds at the bookies.

[Guest]

Makes him a dead cert then.

 

[glimmers_of_hope]

1 hour ago, sadimmock said:

Just looked it up and it appears you are right. Funny how the memory fades!

 

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2008/queenshead.shtml

 

 

Yeah I remember the queen's head being very much the Williams Green of its day. Saw a few decent bands there. 

[Neville Street]

4 hours ago, sadimmock said:

Yes indeed. Although I can’t recall there being too many bands there (could be wrong). More of an Indie disco I think 

Queens Head had Maximo Park 2009 on Thursday 4pm. Crazy rammed, couldn’t get near it. The next year Queens Head was corner of Other field as you head into Glade area I think, maybe renamed as Q stage (tent). Awful sound bleed. I remember hearing Biffy Clyro (I think) whilst trying to watching somebody on Other

[incident]

30 minutes ago, Neville Street said:

Queens Head had Maximo Park 2009 on Thursday 4pm. Crazy rammed, couldn’t get near it. The next year Queens Head was corner of Other field as you head into Glade area I think, maybe renamed as Q stage (tent). Awful sound bleed. I remember hearing Biffy Clyro (I think) whilst trying to watching somebody on Other

The move was the other way around.

The Queens Head was a rebrand of The Crown, which was the Budweiser sponsored stage in the Other Stage field. Q took over the stage in I think 2007 and renamed it the Queens Head, and then in 2009 it moved from the Other Stage field to opposite the Meeting Point - taking the spot that had previously been occupied by the Leftfield. It didn't move again after that. In 2009 only there was also a second "venue" next door (right next to the Leftfield Tower) which was basically a Sony sponsored karaoke tent called I think Cocktails And Dreams.

Then a few years later when the Q sponsorship ended, the Festival prettified the area and turned it into Williams Green.

[Superscally]

46 minutes ago, Neville Street said:

Queens Head had Maximo Park 2009 on Thursday 4pm. Crazy rammed, couldn’t get near it. The next year Queens Head was corner of Other field as you head into Glade area I think, maybe renamed as Q stage (tent). Awful sound bleed. I remember hearing Biffy Clyro (I think) whilst trying to watching somebody on Other

This wasn't the real Queens Head though. This was Williams Green and the tent was just called the Queens Head. That gig was GLORIOUS.

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, incident said:

The move was the other way around.

The Queens Head was a rebrand of The Crown, which was the Budweiser sponsored stage in the Other Stage field. Q took over the stage in I think 2007 and renamed it the Queens Head, and then in 2009 it moved from the Other Stage field to opposite the Meeting Point - taking the spot that had previously been occupied by the Leftfield. It didn't move again after that. In 2009 only there was also a second "venue" next door (right next to the Leftfield Tower) which was basically a Sony sponsored karaoke tent called I think Cocktails And Dreams.

Then a few years later when the Q sponsorship ended, the Festival prettified the area and turned it into Williams Green.

nah cocktails and dreams was where the Guardian lounge was unless that was a previous version 

[incident]

2 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

nah cocktails and dreams was where the Guardian lounge was unless that was a previous version 

Ok, then I can't remember what the Sony Karaoke tent was called. It was definitely there though. Honest.

[Gnomicide]

32 minutes ago, incident said:

Ok, then I can't remember what the Sony Karaoke tent was called. It was definitely there though. Honest.

"The Snug, immediately next to the Queen’s Head is another venue in its own right, featuring themed SingStar sessions and DJ sets. Or take it easy, put your feet up, and spend some time in the Playstation booths."

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/williams-green-area-announced/

 

Edited February 5, 2024 by Gnomicide

[Drinky]

The Guardian Lounge round where Beat Hotel is now used to do the kind of acoustic mid afternoon slots that ended up in the Crows Nest later. I think Adele was in there on her first album

[Spindles]

That Maximo park gig in 2009 was proper mental.  Literally felt like half the festival had decided to go see them that day, sea of people outside despite not being able to see anything.  

 

[Dg_vic]

9 hours ago, Drinky said:

The Guardian Lounge round where Beat Hotel is now used to do the kind of acoustic mid afternoon slots that ended up in the Crows Nest later. I think Adele was in there on her first album

Saw some great sets in there, including one of my faves, hot hot heat, in 2015. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Billy Joel probably was a legends slot shout ten years ago, but weirdly feel like he's headliner or nothing these days.

If he does come in any shape or form though, doubt it'll be this year unless somebody bails.

[The Nal]

9 hours ago, Drinky said:

The Guardian Lounge round where Beat Hotel is now used to do the kind of acoustic mid afternoon slots that ended up in the Crows Nest later. I think Adele was in there on her first album

Used to love that place

[NorthernSoul52]

2 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Used to love that place

I never got round to all the nooks and crannies last time. I definitely need to this time around.

[Drinky]

We could do with a place like that being brought back, maybe tucked into the Woods, for breaking artists to do pop up type things during the day

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, Drinky said:

We could do with a place like that being brought back, maybe tucked into the Woods, for breaking artists to do pop up type things during the day

Even better, we could put the legends in there in Groucho Marx disguises.

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, Drinky said:

We could do with a place like that being brought back, maybe tucked into the Woods, for breaking artists to do pop up type things during the day

BBC Introducing?

[Drinky]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

BBC Introducing?

It’s massive! The old Guardian Lounge was a quarter of the size unless I’m misremembering it

[The Nal]

10 hours ago, Drinky said:

The Guardian Lounge round where Beat Hotel is now used to do the kind of acoustic mid afternoon slots that ended up in the Crows Nest later. I think Adele was in there on her first album

And Laura Marling was on just before her.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Strummerville, in that case.

[Wooderson]

Guardian Lounge and Williams Green two big losses to the fest imo.