Your Glastonbury in full

[Mr Boo]

So which artists and bands did you see (do include those who you only saw for a few songs and also comments / thoughts on those artists) ?

 I haven’t gone through my itinerary yet (will to later), but would be great to hear about everyone’s Glastonbury and the different experiences had.

Edited July 2 by Mr Boo

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

I'm still too fuzzy to go through everything, but my plans went out of the window. My highlights for each day were: Big Special, Otoboke Beaver, Balming Tiger. All of which I didn't plan on seeing. What an amazing festival!

[rubenz]

Saw a fair bit this year which is probably why my feet hurt still!

 

Top picks from me were probably Remi Wolf, LCD, Bloc Party, Breeders, The Streets, Paul Heaton, Moonchild Sanelly. 

The only real dud was Cindy Lauper to be honest but loads of good stuff overall!

 

Thursday
Lambrini Girls
Moonchild sanelly

Friday

Voice of baceprot
Squeeze
Olivia Dean
Remi Wolf
Noname
Paul Heaton
Pj Harvey
LCD Soundsystem
Dua lipa
Jungle

Saturday

Hi vis
The Staves
Cyndi lauder
The last dinner party
Keane
Bloc Party
Camila cabello
The Breeders
The Streets
Coldplay
Jessie Ware
New model army

Sunday

Zutons
Jalen ngonda
James
Steel Pulse
Jordan Rakei
Brittany Howard
Nia Archives
Sza
JUSTICE

[Tiesto13]

Ok, be warned, its going to be a long one...

 

Wednesday

 

Arrived at Victoria coach station at 7.45am for our 9am coach. Huge queue that wrapped all the way around the station and we ended up on a bus at 10.20am. Journey was really smooth and we were on site and through gate A by 2.30pm. Finding somewhere to camp with about 10 tents was not so smooth, and we ended up in Riggs Field, which is on the outer fringes of the festival, but apart from that having zero water points, was a really nice campsite. Got set up, helped mates arrive, waited for stragglers etc, and finally had everyone set up and in camp by 8pm. Headed out to see the drone show/fireworks. Liked the drone show but it really needed music alongside it tbh. After that we headed to a pub, before most people called it a night. I went out with a few to the SEC, mainly because I thought it would be nice to have a wonder round when it was quiet/I was relatively sober for once, rather than when its absolute carnage and I'm completely gone. Saw someone playing on the bug in Nowhere but no idea who that was. Called it a night at about 2am.

 

Thursday

 

Went and got the beef rendang from the Indonesian Coconut Curry place opposite BBC introducing. The best food by far of the festival for me, and for everyone else I know who got it at some point. Highly recommend. Ate this whilst listening to Mary Middleton. Then met some mates at San Remo for a bit of a pub crawl. Took in the Cider Bus, Terminal 1 (Terminal 1 was great imo), Avalon inn and the Bimble inn before a sizeable portion of the group want to go and see Des'ree at the Glade (side note, it was actually Desiree 😄). I really wanted to go and see Fat Dog though so me and the wife headed up to Strummerville. Saw Chimer and Sleaze by which point we managed to nab a sofa by the campfire. Was my first time in Strummerville and its a great venue. Anyway, Fat Dog were immense. First time seeing them live, so had no idea what to expect but the crowd went off big time. Had an amazing time. Also enjoyed the fact that loads of people came pushing through the crowd to try and get to the open space in front of us not realising it was a barrier of sofas and going catapulting straight over them 😄. Enjoyed them so much I decided to head down to the SEC to see them again. My wife was quite tired by this point so headed back whilst I sent up a whatsapp flare to the group for the SEC. Unfortunately it was widely ignored as they'd all spent the evening in massive crowds trying to see someone who wasn't even on the line up and had sodded off home as well. Left me on the Peace stage to see Raz and Afla (great despite some terrible technical issues) and Fat Dog once again (absolutely great again). Got back to the tent about 4am after an indifferent chicken katsu curry.

 

Friday

 

Went down to the Other stage for Annie Mac, which was good fun. Went back to near BBC introducing for some lunch as my wife had to have the beef rendang, I went for tacos from Mexican Seoul which were great but a bit on the small side, they really needed a 3 taco option that you could mix and match between. At this point despite protests that we should go to one song of Olivia Dean before heading to the Park, I told people that we had to move now if we had any hope of getting in for Barry can't swim. We ended up at the top end of the park just in front of Landsend bar, with a reasonable spot. He was great, atmosphere was great, had a great time.

 

We headed back down to the Other stage for Confidence Man where those who hadn't been able to get into the Park had set up right behind the sound stage with zero view of the actual stage 🙄. Stayed at the other for Bombay Bicycle Club who were great and pulled a far bigger crowd than I would have expected. Tender with Damon Albarm was a great moment. Got over to the pyramid stage for LCD Soundsystem who were amazing. Set started a little slowly, but Tribulations is one of my favourite songs, and then the last 4/5 songs were absolutely incredible.

 

Plan for the headline act was Jungle, so me and the wife left our mates who were staying for Dua Lipa, and I caught the last couple of songs of Heilung who I'd love to see a full set off. It was absolutely packed for Jungle, we were to the left of the sound stage and could barely move. Had a great time, think there's a bit of snobbery about them sometimes but I love their music, and a packed West Holts absolutely loved it as well.

 

Made our way straight to Iicon afterwards where some who'd left Dua Lipa early had also made there way to. Whilst it was busy we managed to reconvene and find a nice chunk of space down at the front right of the stage. However about 30 minutes after Bicep started they shut the sound off and asked everyone to take 3 steps back which was pretty crazy. Most of us decided to wait it out because trying to get back out through the crowd would be nuts. Really enjoyed the set once it started again, and after that we went for a wander around the SEC which apart from a bit of a crowd outside Camelphat felt pretty calm although those who hadn't managed to get down to the SEC quick enough after headliners finished basically gave up on it. Went to Genosys for a bit of a dance to Midland but by this point, everyone was about ready to head to bed, so got back to the campsite about 5.30am.

 

Saturday

 

Couldn't tempt anyone out of bed/camp for a trek to Woodsies to see Kneecap. More fool them, that was great fun with an insane crowd for 11.30am at Woodsies. Caught the last 15 minutes of Femi Kuti, which I really enjoyed, particularly when Made Kuti came out to do a saxaphone solo with him. Met my wife for the Staves back at the Other, this time with the coconut curry from the Indonesian curry club in my possession, also great. The Staves were good, nothing special, but perfect for an early afternoon slot in the sun. Followed this up with Cut Capers at Avalon. Its a bit gimmicky, but if you throw yourself into Electro Swing you will have a great time, fortunately one of my friends had the same view so joined me there.

 

Back to the Other stage for the Last Dinner Party. Found this slightly underwhemling. Maybe because I'd really enjoyed the songs I'd been listening to, or maybe because a lot of people had hyped them up as a live act before hand, but I found that with the exception of Nothing matters, it didn't do much for me live. Based on reviews though I seem to be in the minority there. Bloc Party was great but I also have a slight gripe with 'do you like bangers?' then playing Ratchet rather than Like Eating Glass, seemed like a wierd choice to end the set. Also chat before hand had been that they would be much more Silent Alarm heavy which was clearly complete rubbish. Listened to a little Camila Cabello but decided I wasn't feeling it so went off on my own for Little Simz. Definitely the right choice, she absolutely smashed it and seems destined to end up headlining at some point.

 

Stayed where I was (under the lefthand screen), as me and the wife had been umming and ahhing about what to on Saturday night for ages (I used to be a big Coldplay fan but had fallen out of love with them a long time ago), and ultimately I decided that the 14 yr old coldplay fan in me would have done a lot to see Coldplay play Yellow on the Pyramid stage, so we decided to hang around for that. Was caught off guard when they opened with that, and tbh, that gave me a huge amount of goodwill towards Chris Martin, which meant I wasn't going anywhere, and he repaid that goodwill massively in the first half of the set. By Viva La Vida, they'd pretty much blown me away, and whilst the second half of the set was a bit weird at times and didn't always do it for me, there was enough going on to keep me interested and playing Sparks then Fix You in the encore was incredible. So fair play Chris, you completely outwon the cynic in me.

 

We headed up to Arcadia to spend half of the Hot Chip DJ set futilely trying to message/find people who were sending incredibly unhelpful messages like 'Under the dragonfly' or 'by one of the things making fire' all of which would come through in groups so you had no idea if even those unhelpful co-ordinates were still relevant or not. Finally all found each other with about 20 minutes left of Eric Prydz's set (who had been great). Went up to the Park to try and stand outside Stonebridge whilst Faithless were on but got waylaid by the HMS Sweet Charity and Jabba the slut/Sonido Tupinamba. Finished off the night at the stone circle but the little bit of drizzle that started was enough to send us to bed at about 6.30am.

 

Sunday

 

Slow start to the day as we had to pack up the tents and stick them in the lock up ahead of our 3am coach. Got to the other stage for Soft Play who were entertaining to watch, even if I have zero interest in their songs. Did the annual Glastonbury quiz that a friend rights for us, me and my wife won against some pretty hefty quizzers thanks to our Glastonbury knowledge. Stayed watching James until they sung Sit Down at which point it was off to the Pyramid for Shania Twain. Went right up to the back as my wife needed to head to Alvaays and I needed to start my epic solo journey to Avalon and back. I had to leave after You're still the one so that I could get to Avalon in time for the Go! Team. Made it with time to spare to get some lunch, some well priced crumpets from the Avalon field.

 

The Go! Team was a real highlight of the weekend for me. I'd loved Thunder, Lightning, Strike, then kinda forgotten about them until I saw them on the line up poster at which point I've massively got into them again. First time seeing them live and they are a really good live band. Got a shout out from Ninja for my Thunder, Lightning, Strike t-shirt, and had a great time jumping around like a maniac.

 

As soon as they finished I had to run back to the Pyramid for Janelle Monae. Only missed 2 and a half songs which considering the overlap was pretty impressive if I say so myself. Maybe helped that the entire site was at the other stage by this point. Was gutted for Janelle Monae as soon as I saw the crowd on the pyramid, but did mean I could make my way straight into the pit. She was the other real highlight of the festival for me. Put on an absolutely incredible show and still threw herself completely into it, even if the crowd was tiny and also struggled a bit with singing along to her songs. Her empassioned speech towards the end also completely overshadowed anything that other artists attempted.

 

Thought I might just have a chance of making the last five minutes of Avril, but turned out she finished early, so had to stand as out of the way as possible whilst everyone vacated the Other stage before I could try and find my wife/mates. Once I'd done this, grabbed some food and headed over to West Holts for Nia Archives. This was a bit of a mixed set for me. Loved some of her stuff, but some it was a bit to hardcore jungle for my tastes. Everyone seemed to be having a great time though, but reckon I'd have enjoyed two door cinema club more.

 

Despite most of our mates going to Justice, me and the wife and a few others decided on the National as our final headliner. Another band that I used to love, but had just stopped listening to their new albums which is why I'd been a bit hesitant on seeing them or not. 100% made the right choice here as they smashed it. And whilst their music is a bit sad, its also a bit euphoric in a way, particularly when playing live as the sound is something else. Perfect way to finish the festival for me.

 

Finally reconvened with our other mates who were on an early coach home at San Remo for one final dance to Shanti Celeste, which was made better by the rest of our friends independently heading that way as well. Picked up our stuff from the lock ups and were on our 3am coach to London Victoria by 3.40am despite the guys on the coach gates making a bit of a mess of putting us on coachs. Back at home and showered/in bed by 8am on Monday morning.

 

Conclusion

 

The Glastonbury's I've been too have been 2022, 2023 and 2024. I think, despite the 2023 line up being better (in my opinion), this Glastonbury still beat it, as so many of the acts I went to see absolutely smashed it out of the park. Things like last year I went to Artic Monkey's and regretted it whereas this year I begrudgingly went to Coldplay with the intention of bailing half way and they blew me away. Similarly most of the 50/50's that I was unsure about (Little Simz vs Camilla Cabello or The National vs Justic) tipped so wildly in my favour when I went to see them, I can't believe they were even decisions I was contemplating making.

 

Think it also helped that this year we had about 3/4 vaguely connected groups all camping together that all seemed to get along well and meant that there was often someone off somewhere doing something different and was nice knowing that you could always find someone if you wanted to. Also enjoyed seeing how many different ways people could enjoy the festival, definitely the case that not everyone has to be like me and plan out about 40 different acts they're going to see over the weekend to get enjoyment out of it 😄 

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[Spindles]

I almost exclusively saw full sets, rarely having to duck out before the end to make it somewhere else, which really worked well for me.

Friday:

Most of Squeeze, Lambrini Girls, Remi Wolf, bit of NoName while I grabbed food, Paul Heaton, PJ Harvey, LCD soundsystem, Jungle

 

Saturday:

Mannequin Pussy, Last Dinner party, Michael Kiwanuka, Little Simz, Coldplay, Oh my god it's the church!

 

Sunday:

Zutons, Seasick Steve, Soft Play, James, Baxter Dury, first half of Janelle Monae, The Farm (from outside the tent while getting food down me), Bob Vylan, The National.

 

I felt like I got REALLY good value out of my festival ticket.  My energy levels were a bit sh*t due to just getting over covid but that only really impacted me on the 2 cloudless days.

[circus92]

10 minutes ago, Tiesto13 said:

Conclusion

 

The Glastonbury's I've been too have been 2022, 2023 and 2024. I think, despite the 2023 line up being better (in my opinion), this Glastonbury still beat it, as so many of the acts I went to see absolutely smashed it out of the park. Things like last year I went to Artic Monkey's and regretted it

 

Great report 👍

 

Same as you, I also have only attended those same 3 years, and whilst finding this years line-up the worst on paper, it was actually by far the best performance wise.  Cyndi Lauper was the only disappointment - every single other act brought their A Game - it felt like they were all up for it.  Atmosphere at many of the sets were electric.  

[GordonMcG]

Kenya Grace>The Vaccines>PJ Harvey>LCD Soundsystem>Dua Lipa>My Mate Kate and Gentleman George Presents: "Bangers and Mash"

 

The Last Dinner Party>Bloc Party>The Streets>Coldplay

 

NewDad>Blondshell>Shania Twain>Avril Lavigne>Burna Boy (listened to some from the Village Inn area anyway)>The National

 

Also a bunch of late night stuff that I had no idea who they were.

[CanWeRest]

I can tell you my full Glastonbury experience with an emoji: 🤯

 

Same time next year? 

[Mr Boo]

Thursday-

Rosie Alderidge (in the background whilst I was having a nap at Strummerville)

Calum Bowie

Frank Turner (brilliant set)

New York Brass Band

Showhawk Duo 

Doreen Doreen 

 

Thursday was so much fun

 

Friday-

Squeeze 

The Bar-Steward sons of Val Doonican

Squid (part set)

Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Paul Heaton

PJ Harvey

Lulu (last few songs)

Haircut 100

Billy Bragg 

Fontaines DC (excellent set)

 

Saturday-

Femi Kuti

The Skatalites

Cyndi Lauper

Fat White Family (first half of the set)

Michael Kiwanuka (one of the highlights of weekend for me)

Black Pumas

The Streets (surprised myself by really enjoying this)

Sleaford Mods (last couple of songs)

Gossip (my favourite set of the weekend, great atmosphere and great end to the day)

 

Sunday-

The Zutons

Jalen Ngonda

Newdad (left early to get to the other stage)

James

Nothing But Thieves 

Avril Lavigne - I had had 3 pints prior to this set, so my bladder control was truly tested,  as the dangerous overcrowding meant that we had to stay where we were until after the set. Anyway bladder passed the test 😅

Two Door Cinema Club

The National (good set to end the festival on)

 

Loved the weekend

[Avalon_Fields]

Fulu Miziki, Little Unsaid, Old Time Sailors (2), Sam Lee, Mauvey, Beans on Toast, Bridget, Voice of Baceprot, Squeeze, Angie McMahon, Squid, Billie Marten, Frank Turner, Lulu, Heilung, 47soul, Skatelites, Otoboke Beaver, Arooj Aftab, Lankum, Coldplay, Seasick Steve, Balming Tiger, Brittany Howard, Judy Collins, Zawose Queens, Steel Pulse

[Helsbels]

Primary School Assembly Bangers,
Showhawk Duo

 

Barry Can't Swim, Confidence Man, D:Ream, K-Klass, 25 Years of Defected, Haai B2B Ki/Ki, Amelie Lens,

 

Cyndi Lauper, Keane, Job Jobse, Orbital, Jessie Ware, Oh My God It's The Church

 

The K's, Paloma Faith, Shania Twain, Lottery Winners, Justice, Daniel Avery, Camelphat.....What a weekend! perfect festival weather, ace mates. Didn't do as much nighttime stuff but feel like I saw a lot more acts as a result and even made it on to the telly a few times. Glastonbury you never fail to deliver, roll on 2025

[dreadwing]

6th Glastonbury in 10 years. Definitely top 3 Glastonburys overall.

 

Tuesday:

I traveled down from Nottingham to Stroud the night before with a friend, staying in a campervan. Early Tuesday, we made our way to Pilton. Arrived at East Quiet Campervan field at 8:30 am Tuesday - perfect spot. Lovely neighbors, few beers, and sorted a few things out ready for the week ahead. Probably got a bit of sunstroke and not enough water, so had a couple of hours kip. Watched the England game on my phone, terrible. Sat at the hill for an hour in the evening, looking out and thinking about all the fun we were about to have. Early night, nothing too chaotic.

 

Wednesday:

Although I stayed in the campervan fields prior, my accommodation for the week was actually Worthy View. It was easier for me to get a lift down with said friend and make my way into Worthy View once the festival had started. Up fairly early, got all my stuff ready, and kept an eye on PGC. Once it had quieted down, I grabbed all my stuff and made the long trek from the campervan field to Worthy View. Easy to get in, no security checks. Hadn't thought about this correctly, so by the time I made my way to Worthy View through the crowds and the heat, I needed a shower, which was perfect. So I literally dropped my stuff off and got into the shower. GAME CHANGER. Never felt so fresh. Had a beer, made up my bed, and had a nap while I waited for the rest of the crew to arrive. Once everyone was together, we went for a wander. First bit of food: Eat the Farm burger, after being recommended here. 9/10, nothing gets 10/10 but this was close. As we were with newbies, we took them on a little tour and gave our advice before making our way to the park hill. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for love, and I even did this in 2016, but how many people proposed on the hill that night!?!?!?! It seemed like every half hour a cheer would happen, people around us were like "Again?". Anyway, Drone show was OK, fireworks are always spectacular. Overheard of the weekend was here too: a couple behind me after the fireworks had finished. "Well, that's where all our ticket money went!" "Well, they certainly didn't spend it on the lineup, did they?" I was screaming with laughter. We decided it would be good to take it easy on the first night, so we all headed back to camp and got an early night.

 

Thursday:

Up just before 8 am and chilled out most of the morning, slowly getting ready for the day. Was out and about by 12. We took the newbies to the east side of the festival to see Shangri-La during the day. We then made our way over to Glade and the first act we saw was The Nextmen, they were decent. Good boogie, Stayed for most of the set, then made our way over to Circus Big Top for Doreen Doreen, who had been recommended to us. Couldn't get in the tent, but could hear from the outside and it was really good. Just great cheesy pop to sing along to. Made our way to Lonely Hearts for Skream and Benga, wasn't too busy when we got there, but slowly filled up. Maybe it was our spot, but the sound was awful, could just make out the songs I wanted to hear. Why they finished with Killing in the Name, I'll never know. The next 2 hours were a bit of a blur, but I know I tried to get into Bimble Inn for Beans on Toast, but couldn't, so tried for Eats Everything and Shy FX and couldn't either. So ended up walking down the railway track for Eliza Rose at Genosys. Enjoyed myself, Block 9 was great this year. IICON is an incredible stage! On my walk back I saw a guy on the floor surrounded by paramedics, in a splint, being carried onto a stretcher. Turned to two random girls next to me and said, "That didn't look good." Think I was in bed by about 3 am, after a shower.

 

Friday:

Slow start to the day, a couple of beers at camp, followed by a Bloody Mary on the walk down. We made our way to Craig Charles Funk and Soul which was great for a few hours. We then made our way to West Holts for a good spot for Sugababes. Saw Noname who was fine. It was actually pretty quiet. We made our way to the bar at Theatre and Circus and on our way back they started to close the field, but just made it in. It was rammed, but our group had a decent spot. Sugababes were great, good singalong vibes and just all-around fun. Group split up and I went with one other to see Crazy P at Lonely Hearts, excellent show, the singer had some great energy, and I loved that I didn’t know any songs but still had a blast. We then made our way to West Holts for a good spot for Jungle and caught the end of Heilung, Jesus Christ I wish we saw that full set, it was exceptional. As a fan of heavy music, it was exactly what was needed before getting a bit too wavy. Great Glasto moment, me and said friend were sat down and saw a friend I hadn't seen in a while walking by, shouted and he came and chilled with us. Now Jungle, wow wee. I only knew Busy Earnin' and not only did they start with that, the show was unbelievable. New fan here. Band of the weekend. I actually flipped a coin between Idles and Jungle. I've seen Idles before and love them, but so glad it landed on tails for Jungle. After that, we made our way towards IICON for Bicep. Decent spot, very busy, but mentally on a different level by this point so can’t really remember much of the set. Had a good dance though. Can’t remember much after that or what time I got to bed, but it was still dark maybe 2/3am.

 

Saturday:

Another slow start, same again, few beers around camp and a Bloody Mary on the way in. Caught The Staves at The Other Stage catching up with some friends who I actually enjoyed, exactly what was needed. Went over for the only Pyramid act I saw all weekend, Cyndi Lauper. She was fine. She played that song from The Goonies and the other songs everyone knew, but yeah, just okay. Then it was The Other Stage for the rest of the day. Set up a decent spot and saw Last Dinner Party, only heard that one song they finished with and they were okay, better than Cyndi, but nothing special. Then the big one, a band I've wanted to see for years, Bloc Party. Smashed it. The run of songs at the end brought tears to my eyes. Stayed for Camila Cabello and actually enjoyed the performance, even though I didn’t like the music, she put on a show. Then The Streets, cracking, top performance. Mike Skinner just knows how to command a crowd, best of the day, setlist top tier. Now don’t get me wrong I knew Coldplay would put on a good show, but I’m just not a fan of the music. I’ve watched the show back on iPlayer, and as a big fan of Back to the Future I was gutted I missed Marty McFly. However, I knew I’d be in the mood to dance so stayed for Disclosure, they were great, not incredible, but enjoyable for the mood I was in and boy was I on another level, planet even. Afterwards is a bit of a blur, I remember being at Lonely Hearts and Arcadia before heading down to Shangri-La. It was just way too busy, infact dangrous at times, so was in bed by 4:30.

 

Sunday:

Woke up at 11 after a heavy night and got dressed rather quickly. Was not in the mood to do anything hard today so packed 5 cans and made my way to Glasto on Sea to just have a wander before parking up at The Other Stage all day. Saw Rachel someone and she was good. I knew a couple of songs from the rest of each bands of the day, but I didn’t see a bad set all day. Soft Play were banging, great set, probalky best if the day. James were decent, only knew Sit Down but yeah all good. Nothing But Thieves surprised me, enjoyed them. Then Avril Lavigne, just grinned from ear to ear throughout. I felt like an idiot singing the songs but looking around and seeing others doing the same, I didn’t care, it was just an absolute party. Followed by Two Door Cinema Club, again very good, seen before and will see again. Then The National, I’d never listened to, but only ever heard good things. They were exactly what was needed on a Sunday night, the drummer was the best I saw all weekend, really really enjoyed. After the set we actually decided we were not on the level for Andy C at Arcadia so we packed our stuff and left. Was back in Nottingham for 4:30 am.

 

TL;DR:

I had fun, busy at times and probably got a bit too f**ked up on Saturday. Jungle, The Streets, and Soft Play top 3.

[sedra]

Was volunteering with Oxfam so was too tired or working at times to see everything I wanted but managed to see quite a bit considering. 
Thursday- 

leikiddo, Lord of the Lobsters 🦞 - Gateway

tried to see Frank Turner at Strummerville but couldn’t get in so sat outside to listen 

Showhawk Duo At Bandstand 

Friday 

Mr T acoustic ( Frank Turner) on Greenpeace 

Billie Marten - Avalon

Frank Turner - Avalon

LCD Soundsystem - Pyramid 

Dua Lipa - Pyramid ( went after half hour as it was freezing and I’d been up since 4.30am!) 

Sat

Cyndi Lauper - Pyramid 

Keane - Pyramid 

heard a bit of Michael Kiwanuka from the tent. 

Had a chilled day as had Sat/Sun overnight shift at gate C so missed Coldplay and anything else. 
Sunday

Shania Twain - Pyramid

Will Varley- Leftfield

Lottery Winners - Leftfield

end of Two Door Cinema Club- Other 

The National- Other

 

Overall saw less probably than I would have due to working, being tired and feet killed so missed some bands and areas I’d planned to see but at least I got to go!

 

 

 

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On 7/2/2024 at 11:44 AM, fingers_mark said:

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How does know that you actually went and didn’t just have the acts scheduled 

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15 hours ago, Skip997 said:

How does know that you actually went and didn’t just have the acts scheduled 

You have to tailor/amend 'My line-up', post event... if you can remember what you saw...

[ourkid1984]

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[ourkid1984]

Wednesday

Got to the car park (E9) at about 11.30, I think. Started our journey, which was far longer than any of us expected, to gate C. Half way there my dad, who has mobility issues, stopped and we left some bags with him while the rest of us continued with our super heavy and awkward blow up tent, another tent and a trolly full of stuff. After getting in we headed to Hitchin Hill, which was a mission, but happy once finally getting there. Exhausted we started to put up the tents, first one was up in 5 minutes but the blow up was a real struggle as some of the air tunnels were just deflating straight after pumping them up. After several tired and increasingly frustrated attempts my wife and I gave up and set off to meet my dad. We had a large smoothie each that barely touched the sides and eventually got to the exit only to find we had to have our festival ticket to get back out, so we had to make the journey back to get our tickets and return again. Finally got to my dad, who had made friends with some people in the camper fields and was far more refreshed than we were! We got back to our tent, still deflated and drained, but hopeful as my dad was the only person to put up the tents previously. He tried, several times with no luck, until we realised a little quirk with the valves. Delirious, we got it up in seconds after that. We chilled for a bit and finally head off for a wander in the early evening taking in Car Henge (much better than some had said on here but shame no Williams Green), before heading to the Greenfields. Saw some acts on bandstands and in tents but have no idea who they were. Got back at about 1am.

Thursday 

Chilled for the morning before setting off to get more stuff from the car, seeing Joe Wicks on the way and then when we returned went to Strummerville to see Rosie Aldridge, Callum Bowie and Frank Turner, although was confused as we thought Guise were due on and they never played. Afterwards we met a friend who had gone off to Glade to see something and then we went to meet a friend who arrived via train and bus. He put his stuff in the tent, chilled for a bit before venturing out and as it was his first time we showed him a few places before heading to the SE Corner where my wife and I saw Vlure and Lambrini Girls, and then meeting the others by Car Henge for food, Woodsies and the wood and then bed. 

Friday 

Started the day off by strolling down the hill to see Squeeze and then Angie McMahon at the Acoustic, the Squid, a chill in the Greenfields and then Paul Heaton, caught some of Bombay Bicycle Club on the way to the Park for Dexys, down to Leftfield for Sprints and Billy Bragg and back to the Park for Fontaines DC and then heard a bit of Sleaze in the Bimble but it seemed too hectic inside so we left and back to the tent. 

Saturday 

FIrst stop was Woodsies for High Vis and Mannequin Pussy then saw a bit of the debates at Leftfield before seeing Last Dinner Party, then the Manfred's and back down to the Other for Camilla Cabello and the Streets and then Coldplay. After Coldplay my wife and I tried to see James Acaster and Nish Kumar but there was a big queue so we wandered around the theatre and circus area for a bit before heading back to the tent while 2 of our other friends went to the Dermot O'Leary set. 

Sunday 

Saw the Zutons, the K's and then Soft Play and James at the Other and then, Pillow Queens, Will Varley, Lottery Winners and the Farm at Leftfield, saw the end of Two Door Cinema Club's set, went back to Leftfield to get a t-shirt and see a bit of Bob Vylan and back to the Other for the National. We then took in a bit of Arcadia before heading to the Bimble and then Glastonbury sign and then Crows Nest reflecting on what a great time we had. 

[GordonMcG]

There was so much doom and gloom about the lineup when it first dropped but so many people have come away from the festival calling it one of the best they've been to. Was only our second after going last year too but me and my gf both preferred this year, and someone in our group who's been to 13 (I think) said it was his favourite ever too.

 

Think the combination of near perfect weather and a lineup that was pretty deep if lacking that Elton level headliner really made it.

[gazzared]

On 7/2/2024 at 10:16 AM, rubenz said:

Saw a fair bit this year which is probably why my feet hurt still!

 

Top picks from me were probably Remi Wolf, LCD, Bloc Party, Breeders, The Streets, Paul Heaton, Moonchild Sanelly. 

The only real dud was Cindy Lauper to be honest but loads of good stuff overall!

 

Thursday
Lambrini Girls
Moonchild sanelly

Friday

Voice of baceprot
Squeeze
Olivia Dean
Remi Wolf
Noname
Paul Heaton
Pj Harvey
LCD Soundsystem
Dua lipa
Jungle

Saturday

Hi vis
The Staves
Cyndi lauder
The last dinner party
Keane
Bloc Party
Camila cabello
The Breeders
The Streets
Coldplay
Jessie Ware
New model army

Sunday

Zutons
Jalen ngonda
James
Steel Pulse
Jordan Rakei
Brittany Howard
Nia Archives
Sza
JUSTICE

Did you clone yourself 🤣

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

On 7/2/2024 at 12:37 PM, Tiesto13 said:

Ok, be warned, its going to be a long one...

 

Wednesday

 

Arrived at Victoria coach station at 7.45am for our 9am coach. Huge queue that wrapped all the way around the station and we ended up on a bus at 10.20am. Journey was really smooth and we were on site and through gate A by 2.30pm. Finding somewhere to camp with about 10 tents was not so smooth, and we ended up in Riggs Field, which is on the outer fringes of the festival, but apart from that having zero water points, was a really nice campsite. Got set up, helped mates arrive, waited for stragglers etc, and finally had everyone set up and in camp by 8pm. Headed out to see the drone show/fireworks. Liked the drone show but it really needed music alongside it tbh. After that we headed to a pub, before most people called it a night. I went out with a few to the SEC, mainly because I thought it would be nice to have a wonder round when it was quiet/I was relatively sober for once, rather than when its absolute carnage and I'm completely gone. Saw someone playing on the bug in Nowhere but no idea who that was. Called it a night at about 2am.

 

Thursday

 

Went and got the beef rendang from the Indonesian Coconut Curry place opposite BBC introducing. The best food by far of the festival for me, and for everyone else I know who got it at some point. Highly recommend. Ate this whilst listening to Mary Middleton. Then met some mates at San Remo for a bit of a pub crawl. Took in the Cider Bus, Terminal 1 (Terminal 1 was great imo), Avalon inn and the Bimble inn before a sizeable portion of the group want to go and see Des'ree at the Glade (side note, it was actually Desiree 😄). I really wanted to go and see Fat Dog though so me and the wife headed up to Strummerville. Saw Chimer and Sleaze by which point we managed to nab a sofa by the campfire. Was my first time in Strummerville and its a great venue. Anyway, Fat Dog were immense. First time seeing them live, so had no idea what to expect but the crowd went off big time. Had an amazing time. Also enjoyed the fact that loads of people came pushing through the crowd to try and get to the open space in front of us not realising it was a barrier of sofas and going catapulting straight over them 😄. Enjoyed them so much I decided to head down to the SEC to see them again. My wife was quite tired by this point so headed back whilst I sent up a whatsapp flare to the group for the SEC. Unfortunately it was widely ignored as they'd all spent the evening in massive crowds trying to see someone who wasn't even on the line up and had sodded off home as well. Left me on the Peace stage to see Raz and Afla (great despite some terrible technical issues) and Fat Dog once again (absolutely great again). Got back to the tent about 4am after an indifferent chicken katsu curry.

 

Friday

 

Went down to the Other stage for Annie Mac, which was good fun. Went back to near BBC introducing for some lunch as my wife had to have the beef rendang, I went for tacos from Mexican Seoul which were great but a bit on the small side, they really needed a 3 taco option that you could mix and match between. At this point despite protests that we should go to one song of Olivia Dean before heading to the Park, I told people that we had to move now if we had any hope of getting in for Barry can't swim. We ended up at the top end of the park just in front of Landsend bar, with a reasonable spot. He was great, atmosphere was great, had a great time.

 

We headed back down to the Other stage for Confidence Man where those who hadn't been able to get into the Park had set up right behind the sound stage with zero view of the actual stage 🙄. Stayed at the other for Bombay Bicycle Club who were great and pulled a far bigger crowd than I would have expected. Tender with Damon Albarm was a great moment. Got over to the pyramid stage for LCD Soundsystem who were amazing. Set started a little slowly, but Tribulations is one of my favourite songs, and then the last 4/5 songs were absolutely incredible.

 

Plan for the headline act was Jungle, so me and the wife left our mates who were staying for Dua Lipa, and I caught the last couple of songs of Heilung who I'd love to see a full set off. It was absolutely packed for Jungle, we were to the left of the sound stage and could barely move. Had a great time, think there's a bit of snobbery about them sometimes but I love their music, and a packed West Holts absolutely loved it as well.

 

Made our way straight to Iicon afterwards where some who'd left Dua Lipa early had also made there way to. Whilst it was busy we managed to reconvene and find a nice chunk of space down at the front right of the stage. However about 30 minutes after Bicep started they shut the sound off and asked everyone to take 3 steps back which was pretty crazy. Most of us decided to wait it out because trying to get back out through the crowd would be nuts. Really enjoyed the set once it started again, and after that we went for a wander around the SEC which apart from a bit of a crowd outside Camelphat felt pretty calm although those who hadn't managed to get down to the SEC quick enough after headliners finished basically gave up on it. Went to Genosys for a bit of a dance to Midland but by this point, everyone was about ready to head to bed, so got back to the campsite about 5.30am.

 

Saturday

 

Couldn't tempt anyone out of bed/camp for a trek to Woodsies to see Kneecap. More fool them, that was great fun with an insane crowd for 11.30am at Woodsies. Caught the last 15 minutes of Femi Kuti, which I really enjoyed, particularly when Made Kuti came out to do a saxaphone solo with him. Met my wife for the Staves back at the Other, this time with the coconut curry from the Indonesian curry club in my possession, also great. The Staves were good, nothing special, but perfect for an early afternoon slot in the sun. Followed this up with Cut Capers at Avalon. Its a bit gimmicky, but if you throw yourself into Electro Swing you will have a great time, fortunately one of my friends had the same view so joined me there.

 

Back to the Other stage for the Last Dinner Party. Found this slightly underwhemling. Maybe because I'd really enjoyed the songs I'd been listening to, or maybe because a lot of people had hyped them up as a live act before hand, but I found that with the exception of Nothing matters, it didn't do much for me live. Based on reviews though I seem to be in the minority there. Bloc Party was great but I also have a slight gripe with 'do you like bangers?' then playing Ratchet rather than Like Eating Glass, seemed like a wierd choice to end the set. Also chat before hand had been that they would be much more Silent Alarm heavy which was clearly complete rubbish. Listened to a little Camila Cabello but decided I wasn't feeling it so went off on my own for Little Simz. Definitely the right choice, she absolutely smashed it and seems destined to end up headlining at some point.

 

Stayed where I was (under the lefthand screen), as me and the wife had been umming and ahhing about what to on Saturday night for ages (I used to be a big Coldplay fan but had fallen out of love with them a long time ago), and ultimately I decided that the 14 yr old coldplay fan in me would have done a lot to see Coldplay play Yellow on the Pyramid stage, so we decided to hang around for that. Was caught off guard when they opened with that, and tbh, that gave me a huge amount of goodwill towards Chris Martin, which meant I wasn't going anywhere, and he repaid that goodwill massively in the first half of the set. By Viva La Vida, they'd pretty much blown me away, and whilst the second half of the set was a bit weird at times and didn't always do it for me, there was enough going on to keep me interested and playing Sparks then Fix You in the encore was incredible. So fair play Chris, you completely outwon the cynic in me.

 

We headed up to Arcadia to spend half of the Hot Chip DJ set futilely trying to message/find people who were sending incredibly unhelpful messages like 'Under the dragonfly' or 'by one of the things making fire' all of which would come through in groups so you had no idea if even those unhelpful co-ordinates were still relevant or not. Finally all found each other with about 20 minutes left of Eric Prydz's set (who had been great). Went up to the Park to try and stand outside Stonebridge whilst Faithless were on but got waylaid by the HMS Sweet Charity and Jabba the slut/Sonido Tupinamba. Finished off the night at the stone circle but the little bit of drizzle that started was enough to send us to bed at about 6.30am.

 

Sunday

 

Slow start to the day as we had to pack up the tents and stick them in the lock up ahead of our 3am coach. Got to the other stage for Soft Play who were entertaining to watch, even if I have zero interest in their songs. Did the annual Glastonbury quiz that a friend rights for us, me and my wife won against some pretty hefty quizzers thanks to our Glastonbury knowledge. Stayed watching James until they sung Sit Down at which point it was off to the Pyramid for Shania Twain. Went right up to the back as my wife needed to head to Alvaays and I needed to start my epic solo journey to Avalon and back. I had to leave after You're still the one so that I could get to Avalon in time for the Go! Team. Made it with time to spare to get some lunch, some well priced crumpets from the Avalon field.

 

The Go! Team was a real highlight of the weekend for me. I'd loved Thunder, Lightning, Strike, then kinda forgotten about them until I saw them on the line up poster at which point I've massively got into them again. First time seeing them live and they are a really good live band. Got a shout out from Ninja for my Thunder, Lightning, Strike t-shirt, and had a great time jumping around like a maniac.

 

As soon as they finished I had to run back to the Pyramid for Janelle Monae. Only missed 2 and a half songs which considering the overlap was pretty impressive if I say so myself. Maybe helped that the entire site was at the other stage by this point. Was gutted for Janelle Monae as soon as I saw the crowd on the pyramid, but did mean I could make my way straight into the pit. She was the other real highlight of the festival for me. Put on an absolutely incredible show and still threw herself completely into it, even if the crowd was tiny and also struggled a bit with singing along to her songs. Her empassioned speech towards the end also completely overshadowed anything that other artists attempted.

 

Thought I might just have a chance of making the last five minutes of Avril, but turned out she finished early, so had to stand as out of the way as possible whilst everyone vacated the Other stage before I could try and find my wife/mates. Once I'd done this, grabbed some food and headed over to West Holts for Nia Archives. This was a bit of a mixed set for me. Loved some of her stuff, but some it was a bit to hardcore jungle for my tastes. Everyone seemed to be having a great time though, but reckon I'd have enjoyed two door cinema club more.

 

Despite most of our mates going to Justice, me and the wife and a few others decided on the National as our final headliner. Another band that I used to love, but had just stopped listening to their new albums which is why I'd been a bit hesitant on seeing them or not. 100% made the right choice here as they smashed it. And whilst their music is a bit sad, its also a bit euphoric in a way, particularly when playing live as the sound is something else. Perfect way to finish the festival for me.

 

Finally reconvened with our other mates who were on an early coach home at San Remo for one final dance to Shanti Celeste, which was made better by the rest of our friends independently heading that way as well. Picked up our stuff from the lock ups and were on our 3am coach to London Victoria by 3.40am despite the guys on the coach gates making a bit of a mess of putting us on coachs. Back at home and showered/in bed by 8am on Monday morning.

 

Conclusion

 

The Glastonbury's I've been too have been 2022, 2023 and 2024. I think, despite the 2023 line up being better (in my opinion), this Glastonbury still beat it, as so many of the acts I went to see absolutely smashed it out of the park. Things like last year I went to Artic Monkey's and regretted it whereas this year I begrudgingly went to Coldplay with the intention of bailing half way and they blew me away. Similarly most of the 50/50's that I was unsure about (Little Simz vs Camilla Cabello or The National vs Justic) tipped so wildly in my favour when I went to see them, I can't believe they were even decisions I was contemplating making.

 

Think it also helped that this year we had about 3/4 vaguely connected groups all camping together that all seemed to get along well and meant that there was often someone off somewhere doing something different and was nice knowing that you could always find someone if you wanted to. Also enjoyed seeing how many different ways people could enjoy the festival, definitely the case that not everyone has to be like me and plan out about 40 different acts they're going to see over the weekend to get enjoyment out of it 😄 

 

Lovely summary.

 

What was Janelle's speech about exactly?

[fullfathom5]

Thank you Glasto, absolutely brilliant as always… until we meet again!

 

Amongst other odd bits n bobs, I saw… Baggy Mondays, Beans on Toast (solo acoustic), Mauvey, Beans on Toast (full band), Squeeze, Olivia Dean, Frank Turner (Love, Ire & Song in full solo acoustic), Paul Heaton & Rianne Downey (guest spot from Norman Cook), Dexys, LCD Soundsystem, Dua Lipa (guest spot from Kevin Parker - she smashed it), Jamie Webster (guest spot from Billy Bragg), Gusto Gusto, Cyndi Lauper (not great to be honest), The Last Dinner Party, Nitin Sawhney (guest spot from Andy Serkis), Camila Cabello, The Breeders, Ralph McTell (guest spot from Albert Lee), Ocean Colour Scene, Coldplay (well, kind of heard the last third and saw the fireworks from Car Henge), The Zutons, Seasick Steve, Soft Play, James, Alvvays, Janelle Monae, Lottery Winners, The Farm (guest spot from Billy Bragg).

 

Shame I missed Damon Albarn & Michael J Fox’s guest spots, but you can’t see it all.

[Talcroft]

On 7/2/2024 at 11:37 AM, Tiesto13 said:

Ok, be warned, its going to be a long one...

 

Wednesday

 

Arrived at Victoria coach station at 7.45am for our 9am coach. Huge queue that wrapped all the way around the station and we ended up on a bus at 10.20am. Journey was really smooth and we were on site and through gate A by 2.30pm. Finding somewhere to camp with about 10 tents was not so smooth, and we ended up in Riggs Field, which is on the outer fringes of the festival, but apart from that having zero water points, was a really nice campsite. Got set up, helped mates arrive, waited for stragglers etc, and finally had everyone set up and in camp by 8pm. Headed out to see the drone show/fireworks. Liked the drone show but it really needed music alongside it tbh. After that we headed to a pub, before most people called it a night. I went out with a few to the SEC, mainly because I thought it would be nice to have a wonder round when it was quiet/I was relatively sober for once, rather than when its absolute carnage and I'm completely gone. Saw someone playing on the bug in Nowhere but no idea who that was. Called it a night at about 2am.

 

Thursday

 

Went and got the beef rendang from the Indonesian Coconut Curry place opposite BBC introducing. The best food by far of the festival for me, and for everyone else I know who got it at some point. Highly recommend. Ate this whilst listening to Mary Middleton. Then met some mates at San Remo for a bit of a pub crawl. Took in the Cider Bus, Terminal 1 (Terminal 1 was great imo), Avalon inn and the Bimble inn before a sizeable portion of the group want to go and see Des'ree at the Glade (side note, it was actually Desiree 😄). I really wanted to go and see Fat Dog though so me and the wife headed up to Strummerville. Saw Chimer and Sleaze by which point we managed to nab a sofa by the campfire. Was my first time in Strummerville and its a great venue. Anyway, Fat Dog were immense. First time seeing them live, so had no idea what to expect but the crowd went off big time. Had an amazing time. Also enjoyed the fact that loads of people came pushing through the crowd to try and get to the open space in front of us not realising it was a barrier of sofas and going catapulting straight over them 😄. Enjoyed them so much I decided to head down to the SEC to see them again. My wife was quite tired by this point so headed back whilst I sent up a whatsapp flare to the group for the SEC. Unfortunately it was widely ignored as they'd all spent the evening in massive crowds trying to see someone who wasn't even on the line up and had sodded off home as well. Left me on the Peace stage to see Raz and Afla (great despite some terrible technical issues) and Fat Dog once again (absolutely great again). Got back to the tent about 4am after an indifferent chicken katsu curry.

 

Friday

 

Went down to the Other stage for Annie Mac, which was good fun. Went back to near BBC introducing for some lunch as my wife had to have the beef rendang, I went for tacos from Mexican Seoul which were great but a bit on the small side, they really needed a 3 taco option that you could mix and match between. At this point despite protests that we should go to one song of Olivia Dean before heading to the Park, I told people that we had to move now if we had any hope of getting in for Barry can't swim. We ended up at the top end of the park just in front of Landsend bar, with a reasonable spot. He was great, atmosphere was great, had a great time.

 

We headed back down to the Other stage for Confidence Man where those who hadn't been able to get into the Park had set up right behind the sound stage with zero view of the actual stage 🙄. Stayed at the other for Bombay Bicycle Club who were great and pulled a far bigger crowd than I would have expected. Tender with Damon Albarm was a great moment. Got over to the pyramid stage for LCD Soundsystem who were amazing. Set started a little slowly, but Tribulations is one of my favourite songs, and then the last 4/5 songs were absolutely incredible.

 

Plan for the headline act was Jungle, so me and the wife left our mates who were staying for Dua Lipa, and I caught the last couple of songs of Heilung who I'd love to see a full set off. It was absolutely packed for Jungle, we were to the left of the sound stage and could barely move. Had a great time, think there's a bit of snobbery about them sometimes but I love their music, and a packed West Holts absolutely loved it as well.

 

Made our way straight to Iicon afterwards where some who'd left Dua Lipa early had also made there way to. Whilst it was busy we managed to reconvene and find a nice chunk of space down at the front right of the stage. However about 30 minutes after Bicep started they shut the sound off and asked everyone to take 3 steps back which was pretty crazy. Most of us decided to wait it out because trying to get back out through the crowd would be nuts. Really enjoyed the set once it started again, and after that we went for a wander around the SEC which apart from a bit of a crowd outside Camelphat felt pretty calm although those who hadn't managed to get down to the SEC quick enough after headliners finished basically gave up on it. Went to Genosys for a bit of a dance to Midland but by this point, everyone was about ready to head to bed, so got back to the campsite about 5.30am.

 

Saturday

 

Couldn't tempt anyone out of bed/camp for a trek to Woodsies to see Kneecap. More fool them, that was great fun with an insane crowd for 11.30am at Woodsies. Caught the last 15 minutes of Femi Kuti, which I really enjoyed, particularly when Made Kuti came out to do a saxaphone solo with him. Met my wife for the Staves back at the Other, this time with the coconut curry from the Indonesian curry club in my possession, also great. The Staves were good, nothing special, but perfect for an early afternoon slot in the sun. Followed this up with Cut Capers at Avalon. Its a bit gimmicky, but if you throw yourself into Electro Swing you will have a great time, fortunately one of my friends had the same view so joined me there.

 

Back to the Other stage for the Last Dinner Party. Found this slightly underwhemling. Maybe because I'd really enjoyed the songs I'd been listening to, or maybe because a lot of people had hyped them up as a live act before hand, but I found that with the exception of Nothing matters, it didn't do much for me live. Based on reviews though I seem to be in the minority there. Bloc Party was great but I also have a slight gripe with 'do you like bangers?' then playing Ratchet rather than Like Eating Glass, seemed like a wierd choice to end the set. Also chat before hand had been that they would be much more Silent Alarm heavy which was clearly complete rubbish. Listened to a little Camila Cabello but decided I wasn't feeling it so went off on my own for Little Simz. Definitely the right choice, she absolutely smashed it and seems destined to end up headlining at some point.

 

Stayed where I was (under the lefthand screen), as me and the wife had been umming and ahhing about what to on Saturday night for ages (I used to be a big Coldplay fan but had fallen out of love with them a long time ago), and ultimately I decided that the 14 yr old coldplay fan in me would have done a lot to see Coldplay play Yellow on the Pyramid stage, so we decided to hang around for that. Was caught off guard when they opened with that, and tbh, that gave me a huge amount of goodwill towards Chris Martin, which meant I wasn't going anywhere, and he repaid that goodwill massively in the first half of the set. By Viva La Vida, they'd pretty much blown me away, and whilst the second half of the set was a bit weird at times and didn't always do it for me, there was enough going on to keep me interested and playing Sparks then Fix You in the encore was incredible. So fair play Chris, you completely outwon the cynic in me.

 

We headed up to Arcadia to spend half of the Hot Chip DJ set futilely trying to message/find people who were sending incredibly unhelpful messages like 'Under the dragonfly' or 'by one of the things making fire' all of which would come through in groups so you had no idea if even those unhelpful co-ordinates were still relevant or not. Finally all found each other with about 20 minutes left of Eric Prydz's set (who had been great). Went up to the Park to try and stand outside Stonebridge whilst Faithless were on but got waylaid by the HMS Sweet Charity and Jabba the slut/Sonido Tupinamba. Finished off the night at the stone circle but the little bit of drizzle that started was enough to send us to bed at about 6.30am.

 

Sunday

 

Slow start to the day as we had to pack up the tents and stick them in the lock up ahead of our 3am coach. Got to the other stage for Soft Play who were entertaining to watch, even if I have zero interest in their songs. Did the annual Glastonbury quiz that a friend rights for us, me and my wife won against some pretty hefty quizzers thanks to our Glastonbury knowledge. Stayed watching James until they sung Sit Down at which point it was off to the Pyramid for Shania Twain. Went right up to the back as my wife needed to head to Alvaays and I needed to start my epic solo journey to Avalon and back. I had to leave after You're still the one so that I could get to Avalon in time for the Go! Team. Made it with time to spare to get some lunch, some well priced crumpets from the Avalon field.

 

The Go! Team was a real highlight of the weekend for me. I'd loved Thunder, Lightning, Strike, then kinda forgotten about them until I saw them on the line up poster at which point I've massively got into them again. First time seeing them live and they are a really good live band. Got a shout out from Ninja for my Thunder, Lightning, Strike t-shirt, and had a great time jumping around like a maniac.

 

As soon as they finished I had to run back to the Pyramid for Janelle Monae. Only missed 2 and a half songs which considering the overlap was pretty impressive if I say so myself. Maybe helped that the entire site was at the other stage by this point. Was gutted for Janelle Monae as soon as I saw the crowd on the pyramid, but did mean I could make my way straight into the pit. She was the other real highlight of the festival for me. Put on an absolutely incredible show and still threw herself completely into it, even if the crowd was tiny and also struggled a bit with singing along to her songs. Her empassioned speech towards the end also completely overshadowed anything that other artists attempted.

 

Thought I might just have a chance of making the last five minutes of Avril, but turned out she finished early, so had to stand as out of the way as possible whilst everyone vacated the Other stage before I could try and find my wife/mates. Once I'd done this, grabbed some food and headed over to West Holts for Nia Archives. This was a bit of a mixed set for me. Loved some of her stuff, but some it was a bit to hardcore jungle for my tastes. Everyone seemed to be having a great time though, but reckon I'd have enjoyed two door cinema club more.

 

Despite most of our mates going to Justice, me and the wife and a few others decided on the National as our final headliner. Another band that I used to love, but had just stopped listening to their new albums which is why I'd been a bit hesitant on seeing them or not. 100% made the right choice here as they smashed it. And whilst their music is a bit sad, its also a bit euphoric in a way, particularly when playing live as the sound is something else. Perfect way to finish the festival for me.

 

Finally reconvened with our other mates who were on an early coach home at San Remo for one final dance to Shanti Celeste, which was made better by the rest of our friends independently heading that way as well. Picked up our stuff from the lock ups and were on our 3am coach to London Victoria by 3.40am despite the guys on the coach gates making a bit of a mess of putting us on coachs. Back at home and showered/in bed by 8am on Monday morning.

 

Conclusion

 

The Glastonbury's I've been too have been 2022, 2023 and 2024. I think, despite the 2023 line up being better (in my opinion), this Glastonbury still beat it, as so many of the acts I went to see absolutely smashed it out of the park. Things like last year I went to Artic Monkey's and regretted it whereas this year I begrudgingly went to Coldplay with the intention of bailing half way and they blew me away. Similarly most of the 50/50's that I was unsure about (Little Simz vs Camilla Cabello or The National vs Justic) tipped so wildly in my favour when I went to see them, I can't believe they were even decisions I was contemplating making.

 

Think it also helped that this year we had about 3/4 vaguely connected groups all camping together that all seemed to get along well and meant that there was often someone off somewhere doing something different and was nice knowing that you could always find someone if you wanted to. Also enjoyed seeing how many different ways people could enjoy the festival, definitely the case that not everyone has to be like me and plan out about 40 different acts they're going to see over the weekend to get enjoyment out of it 😄 

A lovely summary, but you weren't standing watching Faithless on Stonebridge after Eric Prydz coz they weren't on. Was Idris Elba then Rudimental... I only know this cos I worked there through the whole damn lot. 

[Tiesto13]

1 hour ago, Talcroft said:

A lovely summary, but you weren't standing watching Faithless on Stonebridge after Eric Prydz coz they weren't on. Was Idris Elba then Rudimental... I only know this cos I worked there through the whole damn lot. 

haha yeah good point! As I said we got waylaid by HMS sweet charity which was banging out fun tunes, so never made it as far as Stonebridge that night to confirm who actually was playing 😄