Glastonbury 2014.

Covered End

You can usually get it on catch up. As said, Arcade Fire ,supported by Jake Bugg are on at Hyde Park on Thursday.
I'm going, but last I knew there are still tickets available. It was £69 from memory.

JohnBoyUK

Granted I've been a big fan of Metallica for years but it'll be interesting to see how the Glastonbury crowd take to them tonight. As much as they're the biggest metal band on the planet, they're not exactly a Glastonbury kind of headliner, are they?

RedMist

They were booked because they are one of the few bands in the world who could turn up to an empty field and sell it out on their own, so it'll always be their own crowd...they're being paid handsomely for it too.

Redvalleyeast

Saw Arcade Fire a few weeks ago,same set as last night and absolutely smashed it again,some proper festival anthems. The other weekend headliners have got to so some to top that. Metallic is an interesting one,as JohnBoy says,not really associated with festival headlining.

RedMist

apart from Knebworth, Reading, Donnington, Lollapalooza... ;O)

charlton_hero

Seen Arcade Fire a few times, easily one of the best shows I've been too.

Redvalleyeast

RedMist said:

apart from Knebworth, Reading, Donnington, Lollapalooza... ;O)

Fair point,not really associated with 'mainstream' festivals I meant. Don't follow that type of music so couldn't tell you where they last headlined

SELR_addicks

Metallica definitely aren't a Glastonbury band, but they have enough fans that it doesn't really matter.

Good scheduling to put Jake Bugg up against them though, means the younger crowd can go there. (I'd be at MGMT though).

RedMist

Redvalleyeast said:

Saw Arcade Fire a few weeks ago,same set as last night and absolutely smashed it again,some proper festival anthems. The other weekend headliners have got to so some to top that. Metallic is an interesting one,as JohnBoy says,not really associated with festival headlining.

Agree it'll be interesting to watch, not a fan anymore myself (last album I liked was from '86!) but it'll take the festival somewhere it hasn't been before-be good to hear what the (probably) bewildered bbc presenters have to say, as their idea of rock and roll these days is 'One Direction.

Huskaris

Metallica get paid more than any band on earth to perform more or less.

RedMist

yup and it's a shedload for Glasto.

colthe3rd

Redvalleyeast said:

RedMist said:

apart from Knebworth, Reading, Donnington, Lollapalooza... ;O)

Fair point,not really associated with 'mainstream' festivals I meant. Don't follow that type of music so couldn't tell you where they last headlined

Reading is about as mainstream as they come

Dave2l

Haim.......decent

Huskaris

colthe3rd said:

Redvalleyeast said:

RedMist said:

apart from Knebworth, Reading, Donnington, Lollapalooza... ;O)

Fair point,not really associated with 'mainstream' festivals I meant. Don't follow that type of music so couldn't tell you where they last headlined

Reading is about as mainstream as they come

Did Download a couple years back too, which to be honest is more or less the perfect festival for them to headline.

seth plum

I had never heard of John Newman but enjoyed his stuff on the iplayer.

SELR_addicks

Royal Blood are worth looking up later, doing fantastic on the John Peel stage right now.

Interpol from yesterday were good as well.

Absurdistan

Looking forward to Robert Plant.
Could be anything.

falconwood_1

Really poor line up this year.

northstandsteve

Who is the doris on BBC that looks like Shergar, she is doing my swede in.

Dave2l

Reading festival looks better. 22-24august

Oliver Street

As a lover of Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Hatfield and the North etc, does anyone know if there any bands out there that reach the same musical heights and depths?

shootershill2tropics

Oliver Street said:

As a lover of Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Hatfield and the North etc, does anyone know if there any bands out there that reach the same musical heights and depths?

look no further than the massive sun ra arkestra that grace glasto this year!

northstandsteve

My daughter is doing her first festival this year goin Reading. Are Bastille at Glasto, they are the dog's bollocks.

RedMist

Huskaris said:

colthe3rd said:

Redvalleyeast said:

RedMist said:

apart from Knebworth, Reading, Donnington, Lollapalooza... ;O)

Fair point,not really associated with 'mainstream' festivals I meant. Don't follow that type of music so couldn't tell you where they last headlined

Reading is about as mainstream as they come

Did Download a couple years back too, which to be honest is more or less the perfect festival for them to headline.

Download to me will always be Donnington, but i'm splitting hairs!

Also interested in Plantie, like you say could get anything!

RedMist

northstandsteve said:

My daughter is doing her first festival this year goin Reading. Are Bastille at Glasto, they are the dog's bollocks.

Are you cool with it, makes you one cool dad if you are!

buckshee

nth london addick said:

How good are artic fire

This was an amazing set

I'm just gutted the arcade monkeys aren't playing.

RedMist

are they like mcbusted? ;O)

falconwood_1

northstandsteve said:

Who is the doris on BBC that looks like Shergar, she is doing my swede in.

Hahaha, literally the worst presenter in history of tv.

RedMist

Having watched Robert plant all I kept thinking was that I hoped that jimmy page would walk on and snap that bow thing in half!

carly burn

Jack White is a f-ing great guitarist!