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I also enjoyed Coldplay, a fantastic show. Was a bit taken aback by Michael J Fox's appearance and I'm still not sure who benefitted from that; it seemed a bit contrived and a bit virtue signally (but then I'm a cynical bastard and probably overthinking it!).
Complete antidote to that was catching the Mary wallopers as recommended by colournoise, never have I wanted a can of Guinness with breakfast before 😂
Someone should be wandering through the crowd having at their stupid flagpoles with a pair of boltcroppers
how the bleep do you get in with bolt cutters?
Have Orbital been on yet?
My OH is obsessed with The Last Dinner Party so watching that atm. Good songs, very Kate Bush though.
I was watching something else on iPlayer, when it finished I went off to make a cuppa and 'play next episode' started - I had to bolt back in because the voice I could have sworn was Siouxsie, not Kate Bush.
Yeah, a bit of a cringe here and there but the guy is a natural performer.
I think the performance thing trumps everything else, especially if all the audience around you are into the artist. I saw Yungblud at a festival a week ago and he wasnt anywhere on my playlist but it was fantastic as he could really perform where a lot of the artists there were going through their show and it sounded good but there was no real connection.
Watched Paul Heaton on iPlayer last night.
Really enjoyed it.
Rhianne Downey was good but no Jacqui Abbott!
Watched Paul Heaton again. Brilliant! It would appear that neither him, or his band use ear pieces?
What music you like is opinion and telling 100,000 people last night their opinion is shit is, well, shit.
Buti didn't tell anyone their opinion is shit....
But maybe, you just haven’t grown up fully yet 😉
Nothing to do with growing up. I've got a very eclectic taste in music. I just think Coldplay are really shit. Music to wet the bed to (IMO)
SOFT PLAY
Yes!! Flipping love them.
SOFT PLAY
Yes!! Flipping love them.
i concur.
I've been a fan of the Coldplay live show since they closed the Paralympics in 2012. It was a really fitting closing ceremony, brought everyone together, and blew away the, frankly weird, Olympics closing ceremony.
I wouldn't listen to Coldplay, I wouldn't go to a live show by them, and I certainly wouldn't go to Glastonbury (Supersonic is my festival of choice), but I will watch a live Coldplay show on the telly. In an increasingly divided world, they can unite people and the warmth and humanity shown by Chris Martin is a good antidote.
Sometimes it's cool to not be cool.
When my twitter feed is full of angry comments about Banksy’s boat after I read just 1 tweet from Farage and now my feed is full of hate,
Pretty sure that's a Coldplay song right there
Thought The Last Dinner Party were amazing.
I see Coldplay have plumbed uncharted depths of mawkishness, didn't think it possible so I guess that's some kind of achievement
Shania made me remember this meme
Enjoyed The streets set. Mike is class . Giving Heilung a blast here now. Oribtal were class. I'm not into the mainstream pop.
Finally got round to watching the Disclosure set, I really enjoyed it apart from the Sam Smith interlude so when I capture the audio I'll be editing that bit out.
LCD Soundsystem and Disclosure are my two favs so far.
I’ve slept in Shania Twains bed if anyone is interested.
She wasn’t in it but she had smelly drains.
I’ve slept in Shania Twains bed if anyone is interested.'
I'm not particularly in awe of that.
In fact...
I didn't see Heilung do 'Anoana ' on the Iplayer. Crazy stage presence 'Traust' is primal. Think they are better at smaller venues mind you.
Shame that Chris Martin forgot his stage outfit.
It was lucky that Mr Tumble was there to lend him his.
Jamie XX, another good set to add to my record list, only 3 so far which is disappointing, hope Justice and London Grammar put on a good show
Might not be many on here's cup of tea but I really enjoyed the Sugerbabes
Aurora was great again (she's somewhere in iPlayer).
Beautiful voice/harmonising and lovely soft angelic stage presence. Just what my soul needed after watching Idles and Sleaford Mods
Jamie XX, another good set to add to my record list, only 3 so far which is disappointing, hope Justice and London Grammar put on a good show
Peggy gou set surprising good.
Just got round to watching Orbital from yesterday - blooming brilliant.
Proper nostalgia with some of the tracks (Satan, Chime)
But my fave has to be Spicy
Proper crowd pleasing set, yet still surprising. Loved it.
Old fuddy duddy here but PJ Harvey best set for me so far!
does anyone know what SZA is representing here? Lap dancing aliens, Tinkerbell halfway up a vaguely phallic tree..... modern music nowadays, cah!
What's wrong with four kids in daft tight skinny jeans walking on, plugging in their guitar leads and making a racket for an hour.
For a closing set on the West Holt stage Justice have “really knocked it out the park”, I’ve never seen it so ram packed, it’s squashed right up to the stalls at the back.
Nice touch at the end
Playing catchup on Iplayer, Softplay smashing it!
Right….now that it’s over I’ll have a rewatch of Jamie xx, and capture the audio as it’d be a shame to waste it.
Think it’s my fav of the weekend,
Wow! How good are Justice!
There's a 2024 Glastonbury playlist on Spotify, if anyone is interested.
Justice were amazing!
We’re just watching the Streets set. Absolutely bloody brilliant! I didn’t think I could love Mike Skinner more, but launching into War Pigs by Sabbath? Genius! 😃
Tip for watching on BBC iPlayer - Go into categories > music > Glastonbury 24 to find all broadcasts
James - a fantastic little set. I've seen them many times over the years but this incarnation is the best, and their new album is excellent too.
Booth is 64!
👆I thought he was very brave crowd surfing on his belly.
Easy way to get punched in the vegetables 😂
Missus had a great position for James….Her favourite set though was The K’s.
Orbital were just getting into the Brown album stuff on Saturday night when my guest wanted to switch over to Coldplay, sadly. They have a few catchy numbers and a great lightshow/fireworks, but it felt very much like it was a Coldplay show rather than a Glasto set IYKWIM.
Jungle were my fave set so far (I have some catching up to do), wasn't aware of them before but love their live house/soul/funk mashup sound. Would love to see them live.
Couldn't decide on Justice, bits were great but overall their music is a bit bangy, jump-up-and-downy electro that I wasn't that keen on in 2008 anyway (compared to say Digitalism).
Loved Barry Can't Swim and his enthusiasm, as well as what he's does with house music.
Dua Lipa was generic and forgettable.
Enjoyed Dexys, Two Door Cinema Club, NewDad and Jamie XX.
(excuse bandwagon jumping)
FLYNN!
Idles, end of thread.
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Orbital looked exactly like they did in the 1990s. Enjojyable enough I guess. Nostalgia isn't what it was.
Dua Lipa was well, just... boring. Yadda yadda dancers blah blah well rehearsed yadda yadda whatever.
LCD SS were good.
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Might check out Little Simz? Burna Boy? Justice? The Streets?
Flynn also popped up in the Coldplay crowd, he had a good weekend by the looks of it 😂
I loved LCD Soundsystem on Friday and the PJ Harvey set sounded amazing on 6 music this morning, need to check it on iplayer.
The only set I've watched in full so far is IDLES and although not the biggest fan the sound blew me away. I'm sure its a thing that the Other Stage has the biggest sound? Anyway, the sound mixing was one of the best I'd heard. Drums and cut glass guitar especially
Fontaines DC didn't sound nearly as powerful on the Park Stage with vocals way down in the mix.
I need to spend a good bit of time on iplayer before its taken off