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Glastonbury 2024

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  • #992
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,790 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    I didn't see a huge amount from this year but everything away from the Pyramid looked brilliant. Coldplay a bigger shinier more corporate version of Picture This on Main Stage Stradbally. Chilling actually, with the bracelets and what have you. Bizarre contrast with the clips from Fontaines, Idles, Sleaford Mods, Big Special, Kneecap, Paul Heaton etc. Between Chris and the whole SZA debacle, Glasto has some decisions to make I think.



  • #993
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,228 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122324415#Comment_122324415

    I don't agree that they are the only females that could carry that Sunday slot. Plenty of others. Adele, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Ariana Grande even Rihanna would have the place rocking.



  • #994
    Malbcull22
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭Malbcull22


    Brilliant gig🙂



  • #995
    Shank Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Shank Williams


    lots of entitled whinging here and on other festival threads.

    Lads ye are old , festivals have historically been for the young, less so these days as younger generations getting shafted from every direction and the ones doing the shafting are the ones with money to spend on festivals.

    Imagine if your parents had been hanging around stably in the early days of EP



  • #996
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,648 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    any pictures or footage of the crowd density at Sza's performance?

    I turned over after the game last night and couldn't listen for more that a minute…

    it was utter garbage….

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngqls3GxG3U

    This isn't Glastonbury headline material…



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  • #997
    Shoog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Shoog


    It was a poor line-up for sure, but there was a good festival to watch just not represented by the picks on the BBC. Without the iPlayer most of what they showed was fairly dire. Ideols were the best I saw over the whole weekend. Bbc6 music on Sunday had some of the best coverage. If I went again after 30years it would be the preponderance of snotty nosed rich kids and their parents that would really piss me off. Glastonbury is so massive that there is always going to be a good time to be had even if it only around one of the cyder tents.



  • #998
    Fanirish
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    sza is popular, did 4 nights in London 02 last year and was just at Hyde park. Would say her fanbase are just not at glasto in sufficient. Glastonbury does skew more middle age so an recent rnb star with a young fan base of 20-25 wasn’t great idea



  • #999
    ECookie13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭ECookie13


    It's a bit hilarious seeming all the complaining here about this year's festival, from people who are not even in attendance and are 100's of miles away. The people in attendance looked to be having a super time and the weather was lovely.



  • #1000
    RINO87
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122324612#Comment_122324612

    I get your point....but the early EP crowd was mostly people in their mid to late 30's



  • #1001
    flasher0030
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    The National were amazing in 3Arena last year. If their Glastonbury performance was as good as that, then it was some treat.



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  • #1002
    phizzledizzle
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭phizzledizzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122324614#Comment_122324614

    That's a great song 😕

    SZA was overpromoted into the slot because of Madonna pulling out, and didn't have the profile to justify being there - the crowd providing ample evidence of that.

    But she remains an incredible artist and perhaps will have headliner worthy status in the UK in the coming years.



  • #1003
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    Also the "legenads" are whatever they called them were way overpromoted, especially by BBC, Like i get it, Jo Whiley is hardly gonna say a set was crap, but Cindy Lauper and especially Shania Twain were pretty poor.

    Is there no reasearch done on these artists to see how they are performing or do they just ask these people, do you fancy this gig?

    I'm led to believe Arcaida stage was excellent throughout the weekend. Woodsies and West Holts had some excellent gigs



  • #1004
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,648 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    I know they only played last year, but the Queens of the Stone Age should be a headline act on the pyramid stage very soon…

    They were cruelly denied the audience they deserved last year as the played the same time as Elton and everyone wanted to see Elton, but the Queens were fcuking amazing.



  • #1005
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325082#Comment_122325082

    Oh you mean Elton John who performed the greatest live act ever that night……………..Gimme a break.

    The commentary around that was ridiculous.



  • #1006
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,648 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325097#Comment_122325097

    Elton was good, Rocket Man was amazing, but had I been there, it'd be the Queens all day long for me..



  • #1007
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325112#Comment_122325112

    He was very good. But the hyperbole about it was crazy. The amount of people who said it was the greatest gig of all time…….Always, in the moment bias though, i get that, but no way was it the best

    Queens are excellent may i add



  • #1008
    Fanirish
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122324648#Comment_122324648

    ah it wasn’t. Was present at all the EP’s from year 1 on and the early EP crowd in early to late 20’s as the core audience easily making up 60%, good bunch of early 30’s and then another good amount of 35 plus.



  • #1009
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,319 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325054#Comment_122325054

    They probably come across ok in the venue itself, with all the noise of the crowd, music etc

    Shania Twain played Malahide.

    But on a BBC close in recording, it is unforgiving.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #1010
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,790 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Did Mannequin Pussy feature on the Beeb?



  • #1011
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,234 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122323731#Comment_122323731

    They go all in on their iPlayer and you can watch any stage live or watch back full sets

    Their broadcast show is really only an ad-on.



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  • #1012
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,648 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325199#Comment_122325199

    But on a BBC close in recording, it is unforgiving.

    Yep. Bands playing live can probably get away with loads when playing live on a stage… but when it's being recorded and mixed as well as the BBC can do, then you need to be 100% on your game otherwise it'll come across poorly.

    I bet anyone that was there for Cyndi Lauper or Shania Twain will say it was brilliant, and sounded brilliant.

    *This is why I give so much kudos to Queens of the Stone Age as being probably one of the best/tightest bands in the world right now as last year they sounded amazing… didn't miss a beat…

    **Any band seen at Glastonbury via BBC and who sound good will probably sound amazing in the flesh..



  • #1013
    Marty Bird
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    Well guy’s waiting on my flight home. We had brilliant time in Glastonbury we got to a good portion of who wanted to see.

    We arrived and I have to admit we were a little overwhelmed with the scale of it, I don’t think we fully realised it until there but hey ho.

    After the first couple of hours we got our bearings and got into our groove. You really could get lost in it we just wandered for hours sampling different parts it was awesome.

    The whole site seemed to run like a Swiss watch anyone we asked for advice was super friendly and helpful. We didn’t stay onsite just off it but it was so easily accessible and everything just seemed to fall in place for us.

    We had been watching the weather hour by hour before we went and man did it play ball. Friday was warm and sunny but temperature fell a lot at night. Saturday was just perfection lovely and toasty would have loved it hotter but that’s just me. Sunday was cool and grey with brief showings of sunshine. But the main thing was the whole weekend was dry.

    Food and drink onsite was perfect no long queues to get anything and I liked the official pilsner.

    Overall it was a wonderful weekend and we were blown away by it.

    Thank You Glastonbury 2024!

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  • #1014
    RINO87
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325171#Comment_122325171

    I was 18 for the first camping one and remember feeling like we were sticking out like a sore thumb and not to be at anything that would get us thrown out 🤣



  • #1015
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,224 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    I took basically no photos for the whole 5 days and didn’t post in this thread at all, but I had an excellent time as always. Weather pretty much perfect yet again.



  • #1016
    Marty Bird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭Marty Bird


    @The Nal you’re right quickest way was taxi. A tip for anyone when we got there Arrow cabs wanted £86 for two to the festival. I downloaded the Bolt app and got a taxi for £61.

    🌞6.02kWp⚡️3.01kWp South/East⚡️3.01kWp West



  • #1017
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    Interesting

    https://www.radiox.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/whos-headlined-most-times-other-questions/#:~:text=Now%20that%20Coldplay%20are%20headlining,The%20Other%20Stage%20in%202000).

    I'll tell you one artist i'd get my arse over there for would be Roger Hodgson. Not sure if he still tours though :(



  • #1018
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,224 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325112#Comment_122325112

    You’ll always have opportunities to see them though. Elton headlining the pyramid was a once off that won’t be repeated.



  • #1019
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122326255#Comment_122326255

    Hmmmmm, where have i heard the, "one off, never to be repeated" speil before



  • #1020
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,648 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122326255#Comment_122326255

    oh yeah, I'm not disputing that, hence why so many wanted to see him…. and it was his first time playing Glastonbury too so there was that…



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  • #1021
    crl84
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122325082#Comment_122325082

    Unless they come out with some big mainstream/commercial sound with the next album, there's zero chance of them headlining the Pyramid any time soon.



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