This should probably be for the “feeling old” thread but it says something when you look at the announced acts list and do not recognise about 80% of the acts. I don’t mean unfamiliar with their music, I mean never actually heard of them! And I thought I had an eclectic musical taste. I’m getting old,,,Gaun yersel Shania!!!!!!!
Coldplay will appeal to a wide audience but not quite the draw that McCartney and Elton provided the last couple of years.
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I agree on the getting old bit, I caught a bit of the Brits the other day and knew about 3 people.
At one point they announced someone called Aitch and before he came on (Northern rapper type apparently), I was expecting the one from Steps.
On the other hand I may just be a BOF who is no longer down wid the kids.
Exceptions for me would be Burna Boy, Nia Archives, possibly Danny Brown, Corinne Bailey Rae, Soccer Mommy, Lankum and above all Mdou Moctar, who's probably - PROBABLY - just about worth the admission money alone
I wouldn't consider myself spiritual, but the atmosphere in the back fields (SE) is lovely, very peaceful. I'd recommend to anyone who hasn't been to try and get a ticket in the future.
I've been in the old camp for years - who are Coldplay?
Chuffed LCD, Idles and Burna boy, PJ Harvey but the organisers could have tried for Neil Young, he's on his last world tour and would've been great for Glastonbury especially with what he stands for aligns with them. I'll still watch though as there's always a surprise act that can come through.
Paul Heaton is the only one i'd be interested in watching .
Sza and Dua Lipa are perfectly fine headliners in their own right, but probably wouldn't have them both in the same year.
Know most of them and if you're listening to new music in the 2020s you'd have heard most of these names if you dip into pop/grime/rap/rnb/indie music.
Used a lifetime of luck when I got tickets four consecutive years (2013/14/15/16) and then no luck since!
Twee pop for 12 year olds, plus the usual perennial MOR shite (e.g Coldplay, Keane, ugh) that were at their peak years ago. Why pander to people who essentially don't know or particularly like music and are basically sartorial tourists?
Current and young bands should be front and centre pushing new music, not this stale rubbish. Even if some of the bands were good in their day, this is a nostalgia fest. It used to be a place to escape from the mainstream, now that is exactly what it is.
Thankfully there are still places to go to get away from this crap (as highlighted above), but the fact that commercial pop chart bullshit now dominates shows how going mainstream always kills anything good because it leads to corporate blandness.
It's all very Radio 2. Very middle of the road, increasingly mainstream. Increasingly beige. Increasingly corporate. Should be sponsored by Pepsi or some other fizzy pop company.
Still, posh folk up from London will love it for the Instagram opportunities, which is what really counts.
Can't wait for the X-Factor tie in next year!
As with every Glasto there's something for everyone, pyramid stage act not your thing you're bound to find something on one of the many other stages both musical or not that you will enjoy. Best place on earth regardless of which artists are playing.