Glastonbury worst I've seen!

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Anyone else? I tuned in last night and couldn't believe how bad it was! 1975 was headlining and it was so middle or the road.

Maybe I'm getting old but the music was awful!!! So bland. Im early 40s 🤣

What are your thoughts?

I'm watching him now...

I think the crowd have gone to bed or a toilet stop

OH nooooo - Neil Young is tanking according to all here - I thought he 'went out to grass' years ago. At least he's alive and tries and his songs live forever and nothing will ever take that away.

Kneecap - it's hard to see if they are truly anarchic (not that the Pistols actually were) and when it all quitens down I'll give their tunes a listen.

Anyways - it's not Anarchy in the UK - just a fucking break from the mediocrity that nearly all seem subscribed to.

Just watching Alanis on catch-up and she is still really good. I’ve downloaded John Fogerty too. It’s baffling and quite unforgivable that the BBC didn’t show The Searchers playing their last ever live performance. Nothing else of interest to me this year.

I'm not sure what assumptions you are referring to?
I don't see them doing or saying out of the ordinary in order to court controversy. It appears to be more of a case of right wing press/English people being outraged by views that are in stark contrast to their own. The same people are equally outraged by Maggie/Lizzie in a box etc but it is clearly a widely held view in lots of areas of the UK.
In order to drag them to court they would need to be committing offences- pretty sure wearing a bally and not supporting the uk or isreali government aren't offences ( however they phrase it).

On a wider point Belfast is a very political place and a lot of people are increasingly able to respect views that significantly diverge from their own. It is something that England seems to be getting worse at.

Are you serious? Please say this post is sarcasm

thqts a shame. I would have liked to have seen them

last year it was much easier to watch each act separately on i player

I'm liking neil young. Also liked nova twins

Yeah, Genocide is sooo lame.

I’m enjoying Neil but if you don’t know his music you probably won’t enjoy it. Perfect festival music IMO

I watched Haim earlier on and was really disappointed with their voices live compared to their videos. It was odd, because their playing came over fine but I kept thinking their voice mikes weren’t properly connected. Or maybe I’m just old and deaf.

I’ve got hearing aids which Bluetooth to the TV and he sounds really good. But he’s doing a lot of the grungey stuff which not everyone likes.

Neil Young must be in his 80s by now. Like him, love him dislike him - what will you be doing in your 80s?

I’ve just looked through the entire line-up for every stage and area….and it’s not for me. Probably 10 or so artists I’d say ‘yeah, I’m up for watching them’ but wouldn’t pay to see otherwise. Nobody I could get excited about.

I don’t think it’s about getting old (although I am old). I thought the music was generally not for me when I went as a bright young thing in 2002/3 (I forget!). I spent a lot of time in a tiny tent that was playing UK Hiphop or drinking my boredom away in a backstage bar full of coked up record execs.

Rock and roll!

Enjoying it here too, I have seen him a few times before and this is the stuff I like, DS is there but I doubt he is watching it.

love Neil young. would love to see Joni Mitchel , but think she isn’t too well.

Enjoying Neil Young too. I don't recognise any of the songs so far, but it sounds so good on a hot night.

There should probably be a bingo card:

Unnecessarily tight trousers.
Shirt unbuttoned too low.
Hips gyrating/other "sexy" dance moves 🤢.
Young women old enough to be his granddaughter on stage for him to do said dance moves in front of.
Voice as rough as burnt toast.

Well it’s in darkness for me at home. Someone has pulled the plug.

Dodgy sound for Needle and the damage done and Harvest Moon - shame!

Same

Agreed.

Also, Kneecap played Glastonbury last year and they went down a storm. They played 'Get yer Brits out' to a field full of Brits and no-one got offended.

People are allowed to be angry about their past and present oppression, and they are allowed to be angry about other people being oppressed.

Charli XCX lively.

Aaaah -here's a treat from 2019 - the lady owns the stage;

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Last time I went was 2007. Occasionally get FOMO but It’s all a bit too mainstream and performative for me - and headliners generally tend to be shite these days. I do think that it would be entirely possible to have a totally awesome time checking out all the small stages and new music though, but I prefer doing that at smaller more friendly and safer festivals like Green Man (which has my heart for sure) and End of The Road.