Nice surprises this year?

[wozwebs]

Did anyone stumble, as you do at Glastonbury, upon an act you didn't have on your list but who you thought were brilliant? We popped into the Bimble Inn as one of our mates drinks Guinness and not many sell it apart from there and there was a singer on called Bridget who none of us had heard of. She was superb, 70/80's punk vibes and we stayed for the whole set. Crowd were loving her and she got them to make a wall of death. Someone uploaded it here. Hoping she'll be there again, on a bigger stage next time. 

 

[The Nal]

Sleaze were good fun in the Bimble Inn Friday night.

[4AssedMonkey]

The Scratch at Avalon were great fun.  Never heard of them before, but had me stomping my feet and nodding like crazy.  Now McGowan has gone, them and Fontaines probably tie for "most Irish band you'll ever hear".

[Monty Pythagoras]

Somehow never even heard of the Old Time Sailors before but yeah we we're on board with them from about 11pm Wednesday evening

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

The Scratch at Avalon were great fun.  Never heard of them before, but had me stomping my feet and nodding like crazy.  Now McGowan has gone, them and Fontaines probably tie for "most Irish band you'll ever hear".

 

Ignore me, I was thinking of when they were scheduled for Peace

Edited July 11 by clarkete

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Monty Pythagoras said:

Somehow never even heard of the Old Time Sailors before but yeah we we're on board with them from about 11pm Wednesday evening

Rocket Lounge?  Yeah - they were great.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Stepped away from the insanity of the Avril Lavigne overcrowding and stumbled across Phil Hartnoll's b2b with his son, Conradical on the Arcadia Bug. I say b2b, Phil never played a single tune. Was a nice hour of ravey breaks and Orbital edits before heading over to the Holts for Nia 

[Skip997]

DIY on Genosys (sp) in the early hours of Monday morning

 

Proper house

 

[nikkic]

Wasn’t feeling LCD so wandered down to San Remo for Ross From Friends.

 

Superb set with the sun setting behind and he had the drop of the weekend….

 

Madonna Like A Prayer x Joy Orbison Flight FM (4th slide on this Insta post)….

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8_-7fUoMIL/?igsh=MXFic2t4M3lvdXQ1dQ==

[CanWeRest]

Beans on Toast at Sensation Seekers was cool. Just stumbled on him by accident.

[shuttlep]

was heading to see Cyndy , realised we were very f**king late , stopped at the park and watched Oktoboke Beaver.

 

they were one of the best acts i saw all weekend, tremendous

 

 

[balti-pie]

19 hours ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

The Scratch at Avalon were great fun.  Never heard of them before, but had me stomping my feet and nodding like crazy.  Now McGowan has gone, them and Fontaines probably tie for "most Irish band you'll ever hear".

Thats a big claim now the Mary Wallopers are about and doing festivals all over again, but i'll defo check them out 👍

[Nice hymer]

15 hours ago, Skip997 said:

DIY on Genosys (sp) in the early hours of Monday morning

 

Proper house

 

A refreshing change, even if the tunes are 30yrs old, brought back some memories for sure.

 

Other surprises, Brittany Howard on WH, just incredible and Lankum at The Park, mesmerising live and far better than listening to them on Radio Six. Not on my list but an absolute highlight...

[4AssedMonkey]

1 hour ago, balti-pie said:

Thats a big claim now the Mary Wallopers are about and doing festivals all over again, but i'll defo check them out 👍

Spotify “Another Round”. You’ll see what I mean!

[4AssedMonkey]

1 hour ago, shuttlep said:

was heading to see Cyndy , realised we were very f**king late , stopped at the park and watched Oktoboke Beaver.

 

they were one of the best acts i saw all weekend, tremendous

 

 

Was gutted to miss them but our group were dead set on Cyndi. Watching it back on the Beeb, I’m kicking myself for not just wandering off on my own to see them. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

TBF everyone at Cyndi was kicking themselves.

[Wooderson]

Strong "Shakin' Stevens" vibes from poor aul Cyndi.

[The Nal]

27 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

Was gutted to miss them but our group were dead set on Cyndi. Watching it back on the Beeb, I’m kicking myself for not just wandering off on my own to see them. 

 

Thats what I did. One of the sets of the weekend. I love a solo ramble for a few hours at least once every Glasto.

 

The Mrs and her mates choice of Cyndi Lauper and Keane being option B.

 

 

 

[Hugh with a P]

3 hours ago, shuttlep said:

was heading to see Cyndy , realised we were very f**king late , stopped at the park and watched Oktoboke Beaver.

 

they were one of the best acts i saw all weekend, tremendous

 

 

Agreed.  So good, absolutely bonkers.  We were at Cindi and left because she was awful.  These had been on our 'maybe' list and so made our way to The Park.  Delighted with our decision.  Also got to meet Annie Mac doing her Irish meet up at the same time.  A win-win.

[ourkid1984]

Just remembered that we stumbled upon the Bandstand on I think the Thursday, pretty late, there was a Lithuanian folk band and were great fun. Don't know their name though. 

[CR77]

On 7/11/2024 at 2:57 PM, The Nal said:

Sleaze were good fun in the Bimble Inn Friday night.

 

I was there too - loved their set!

Also stumbled upon a couple of Circus Field performers, dressed up as Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe, miming along to Barcelona... at midnight-ish on the Saturday night... in the stream under the bridge at the south Circus exit.  They were performing it in a little boat, with candles all around... a cool moment for the 20 of us watching - you actually had to look over the bridge to see them, so wasn't intended for a huge audience.

[MilkyJoe]

6 hours ago, CR77 said:

 

I was there too - loved their set!

Also stumbled upon a couple of Circus Field performers, dressed up as Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe, miming along to Barcelona... at midnight-ish on the Saturday night... in the stream under the bridge at the south Circus exit.  They were performing it in a little boat, with candles all around... a cool moment for the 20 of us watching - you actually had to look over the bridge to see them, so wasn't intended for a huge audience.

Love this. So Glastonbury.❤️

[Nduja]

Getting kettled by the Sol Cinema crew on the way to Shania and seeing that. Was really good.

[CanWeRest]

I'm not saying this is good or bad, but did anyone notice how much more professional the stewards were at Strummerville? I remember in the past they were off their nuts, hugging people randomly, and were generally more of a liability than helpful (which was great entertainment, and I never personally saw it as a problem). But this year, when I was there at least, they seemed older, wiser, and very professional. Maybe someone realised "wait a minute, this set of staff are in charge of fire" lol

[Robo97]

Caught the last 45 mins of The Feeling at Avalon, they were great and a nice touch also bringing out Sophie Elis Baxter to finish!