Glastonbury watchalong

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Is there already a thread?
Loving The Sugababes. Sounding and looking great. And seem to having loads of fun.
Paul Heaton - love him

Showing my age!

Whoever managing i player content needs a serious debriefing meeting Monday morning. What on earth guys?

The whole of each days sets from each stage are there, if you go to Pyramid/Other/Park etc then click play from start it takes you to a menu and you can forward to the set you want to watch

Middle aged people don't have to give up their jobs to younger ones.
One of the things I love about Glastonbury is that it's ageless

Mines not done that, is it glitchy? I think it could definitely be clearer though when you click ‘live’ that play from start is for everything on that stage, not the start of that set, I found that completely by accident

She has good taste. The is one of my most favourite songs. I can't sing it without crying though.

Coldplay put on an excellent show. Loved seeing Michael J Fox there, and I hope he was genuinely enjoying it. I don't think Michael Eavis had any idea he was on screen tbh. Can't believe he will be 90 next year!

BBC two live sophie ellis bexter.
Can she sing though??

Watching Coldplay now, it is pretty spectacular!

I wish the BBC would go back to putting it all on the RB

Sam Smith!

Where??

BBC4

Love Jo W, agree don't think Michael Eavis had any idea he was on screen, was sad to seem him looking so unanimated 😔

and her completely uncalled for and horrid comments a few years back about a female singer’s cellulite 😳

That's funny @Changingplace as I said to DD in the car on Friday when a Stereophonics song came on that I knew I'd seen them but I couldn't remember where! Pretty sure I saw Radiohead at a V festival as well though I couldn't say for definite. I definitely saw Groove Armada though, and David Bowie at Glasto 2000.

@WingBingo when I used to go in early 2000s the headliners would always come back for an encore but none of the other acts. I didn't go to gigs for a long time when DD was younger but now I've started to go with her. One of the changes I've noticed is a lack of shouting and clapping and stamping for bands to come back on. Her view is "they're going to come back on anyway, so there's no point" but I find it quite disconcerting!

@FailBetter Travis, yes! They headlined in 2000 and I remember them coming on and Fran Healy just standing there for a moment looking out at the crowd with a look on his face of pure joy/amazement/awe before they started. I've tried to find a clip of it on YouTube before but not managed.

Anyone seen Confidence Man? We saw them at Latitude last year, and I find her dancing mesmerising. The blokes in the veils (?) though are a bit freaky. Actually, I'm assuming they're blokes I suppose they may not be!

Oh do try & take her. She'll sing & dance all night. You really do 'feel the love' at their concerts & this comes from a grumpy, fat, middle aged woman who is not easily impressed! Xx

YES! I so agree with this! They need some new blood. I always find the presenters quite annoying anyway but they need to give someone else a go.

I’ve just been watching the live sets through rewinding and forwarding the live streams from the stages so not seen any presenters, but I’ve met Clara in real life loads of times as she’s old friends with my sister and she’s really lovely and very passionate about her work. I don’t listen to radio 2 so have no beef with Jo Whiley, always liked her presenting style. I like the fact the BBC don’t turf out presenters once they turn 40.

my partner works at the bbc and I have registered my disappointment in the iPlayer coverage of past sets being uploaded - they do seem sparse this year. Maybe they’ll go up on Monday.

There’s definitely other BBC radio presenters on site, maybe they’ll mix it up next year and bring some on screen too,

I’m not keen on the performances they do just in the BBC studio, I’d rather see more from the site, like a segment from the circus/theatre fields or the green fields.

Ahhh thank you. I will give it a go. I’ve missed loads like seb lowe. Not necessarily stuff they’d advertise showing but worth watching.
this year they’ve labelled it as the headline of the day artist not the stage so I think that’s been my confusion.

I agree it is confusing, the main label should be the stage name and a subheading of ‘now playing live’ for whoever is currently on, rather than the other way round.

I’m sure that’s how they did it last year so I say there with my app flicking between the stages

Is Kasabians set on Woodies going to be on iplayer does anyone know?

Just to add that I don’t want only young presenters or for older ones to be kicked out but some variety would be nice!

why is no longer the John Peel stage?

I saw Confidence Man, thought they were great! In fact my favourite part of this Glastonbury has been discovering new acts. Really enjoyed Seventeen, the K Pop band, their energy was infectious!