Glastonbury 2024 - Home Edition

[Soleili]

Can't wait to see the crowd size at Justice, I think it'll be mental.

[st dan]

Just now, majormajormajor said:

Blimey! Have 50,000 or so people left the site?

Was actually thinking about this - given the lack of a popular headliner or sub on any of the stages, I could see a lot of people potentially heading off early. 

[verrymerry]

Christ what is up with SZAs mic? 

[BasicWhiteBoy]

11 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Avril would probably have been a better bet. 

this was my thought. Even if Madonna pulled out and they had to bump someone up last minute, both Avril and Shania (not that she was great) would have pulled a bigger crowd

[panda97]

Never watched a live performance from The National before so not sure what they usually sound like but I think they sound fantastic here

[ICESTONE]

i know its proabably schedule related but why not start with SZA, Dua on Sat and finish off with Coldplay would seem to no brainer.

[Andre91]

Just put SZA on to check her out and I don’t think I’ve ever see such a small crowd at the Pyramid on TV before? Also the sound is awful. I don’t think this will go down in history as a smart headliner booking. 

[Splatt]

Making Shania look good. 

[she bangs the drums]

Saw some post this live photo at the start of Sza 😞

[prestonmike]

Theres a lot of big bands touring the UK at the moment, but Emily was hell bent on getting another female headliner, after the original ones pulled out or turned them down, she should have just accepted a bigger male artist than settle for SZA, it'll go down as one of the worst/most random headliners in the festivals history

[TheNewUnion]

Smallest ever crowd for a Pyramid headline act? Gotta be close. 

[Benjsh]

Time for Justice to save this year's festival! 

[germanmon]

Yeah it’s pretty empty. Have just walked round to the right of the stage and was within about 8 rows of the front. Unreal. 
 

More seem to be joining the crowd though…maybe something else has just finished. 

[danwink]

Bumping Little Simz up to headliner would surely have been a more popular choice?

 

She's exactly the kind of artist they would have popped up in recent years and no doubt would have had a very decent crowd.

[Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Just put SZA on to check her out and I don’t think I’ve ever see such a small crowd at the Pyramid on TV before? Also the sound is awful. I don’t think this will go down in history as a smart headliner booking. 

I really don’t know what’s up with the sound, has seemed fine all weekend

 

Don’t know a lot about SZA tbf but this does seem like a bad headliner choice.

[ICESTONE]

2 minutes ago, prestonmike said:

Theres a lot of big bands touring the UK at the moment, but Emily was hell bent on getting another female headliner, after the original ones pulled out or turned them down, she should have just accepted a bigger male artist than settle for SZA, it'll go down as one of the worst/most random headliners in the festivals history

didn't she panic after a couple of people on twitter and some journo's from the NME comment on the lack of female headliners.

[DDave]

1 minute ago, danwink said:

Bumping Little Simz up to headliner would surely have been a more popular choice?

 

She's exactly the kind of artist they would have popped up in recent years and no doubt would have had a very decent crowd.

Guitarist from Idles wears a dress on stage, that would done, surely? 

Edited June 30 by DDave

[Rose-Colored Boy]

10 minutes ago, ICESTONE said:

i know its proabably schedule related but why not start with SZA, Dua on Sat and finish off with Coldplay would seem to no brainer.

They probably wanted to avoid another enormous crowd on the Sunday night after next to nobody left on Sunday evening last year because of Elton. For all that the crowds tonight look bad on TV, the number of people who have left tonight will probably help tomorrow morning. That said, there’s clearly a middle ground to be struck where a headliner doesn’t embarrass the festival. 

Edited June 30 by Rose-Colored Boy

[Rose-Colored Boy]

1 minute ago, danwink said:

Bumping Little Simz up to headliner would surely have been a more popular choice?

 

She's exactly the kind of artist they would have popped up in recent years and no doubt would have had a very decent crowd.

Yep. Avril or Simz headlining. Keane as the replacement sub if it was the latter. Done. 

[amfy]

Raye would have been a much better booking. She smashed the Radio 1 Big Weekend headline slot and looked every inch a Glastonbury headliner. I think she will be next year.

[Drums Please Fab]

6 minutes ago, prestonmike said:

Theres a lot of big bands touring the UK at the moment, but Emily was hell bent on getting another female headliner, after the original ones pulled out or turned them down, she should have just accepted a bigger male artist than settle for SZA, it'll go down as one of the worst/most random headliners in the festivals history

 

Like them or loathe them I think the 1975 were the choice that should have been made.

 

At their peak, interesting live show on current tour, and Healy does capture a lot of the cultural zeitgeist.

[Punksnotdead]

Awesome first 25 minutes from The National!

[scmusic]

Looks like a pretty good-sized crowd at Justice to be fair

[Drums Please Fab]

BBC are like a propaganda wing these days....they wont show any overhead shots to hide the paltry crowd.

[amfy]

Tbf - looking at the crowd as it looks on TV right now, that was a normal headline crowd until recently. We’ve got used to it being g rammed but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.