Glastonbury 2014

Who is going this year? Who do you want to see?

Alex Turner is this years 'Noel Gallagher' He says Metallica headlining "Doesn't add up".
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/alex-turner-criticises-decision-rockers-3576513

rachel swift, robinson dupree and marcus brubaker

I'm going. I won't be seeing Metallica, not for any ideological reasons but because I'd be one of those annoying twats shuffling around and waiting for Enter Sandman, and that would be lame.

Without wanting to turn this into yet another tedious "wah poor maligned metalheads" thread, it does feel like metal is the last remaining style of music to be "allowed" into Glastonbury. There were rappers playing the festival for years before Jay-Z headlined, but assuming NIN don't count (they don't) I can't remember a metal band ever playing, anywhere on the bill. There was an opera on the main stage ten years before a metal band.

The set itself is more likely to veer towards damp squib than triumph I think, most of the crowd won't be familiar with enough of their music and they aren't exactly a band who know how to whip up a party atmosphere.

Seems strange they get to play and Black Sabbath dont but they're just another arena rock act now and I dont really see the controversy. Its not like they're only playing 80s stuff. Im sure the crowd will know plenty of the songs.

most "metalheads" have been over metallica for 2 decades now tbh. I think if Iron Maiden or Slayer were to headline it would be a lot more controversial. But lets face it I bet Orbital headlining way back was controversial to some. It will be interesting to see if another hip-hop act will ever headline again.

There isn't a controversy, no one gives a shit.

anyway, who do you fancy watching?

Alex Turner is this years 'Noel Gallagher' He says Metallica headlining "Doesn't add up".

― ۩, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:07 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Only because Metallica would blow that bequiffed cunt's band offstage any day of the week, and that's even with Metallica not being the force they were in the '80s/early '90s.

The thing that doesn't make much sense to me is Blondie being way way down the bill on the Other Stage. It's fucking Blondie! They should have the Pyramid slot late Sunday afternoon, it's perfect for them.

Agreed

Seems to me Turner's ego is about the size of.......well, Ulrich's these days

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/04/call-to-axe-metallica-glastonbury-bear-hunt-tv-series-hetfield

hetfield's a dick but there's nothing wrong with hunting bears if you're doing it legally

most of the crowd won't be familiar with enough of their music and they aren't exactly a band who know how to whip up a party atmosphere.

we'll see. the nascent success of bands like royal blood suggest that The Kids can still get a wild thrill out of math-like riffage at loud volumes.

Just saw the running order. Haim fifth on the Other Stage (below Foster the People!) seems a bit strange. Looking forward to the Angel Haze > Kelis > Lana Del Rey run on Saturday afternoon.

I'm up for that but replacing LDR with Kacey Musgraves who's on in the Acoustic Tent and easily missed.

haim has never had a hit remotely comparable to pumped up kicks or whatever the hell it's called

There are people lower down the bill with bigger hits than either, but Haim have sold way more records over here.

Annoyed by that positioning anyway as it means they clash with Rudimental on the main stage.

James Hetfield just rambled for a minute or two about how "everybody who wants to make this world a better place, raise your hand!!" and then "everybody who wants to be accepted for who you are, raise your hand!" and then "if you think music heals your soul, raise your hand!!!!!"

and then immediately goes "this next song is called..... CYANIDE!!!!!!"

so happy that kirk hammett still looks cool

the rest of them rapidly becoming this guy

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz181/wooddragon9/British/cockneywanker.jpg

fuck the hate.

i thought that was fantastic

loved the simple stage set ..

the lack of visual excess, and the crowd on stage ..

bottom line is .. they did good ..

Dolly Parton killing it rn

"Look at you, all jammed together down there!"

I commend the ILX0r who was responsible for this review, truly an incomparable work of shoehorning:

https://38.media.tumblr.com/1c7d73ab9739a05acf3a600ead329d4d/tumblr_n7xn1wCvrt1qgze9ho1_500.png

a total of 6 posts during the actual festival = I'm so proud of ILX. Never change.

Is it just me or are Metallica continually getting sloppier? Still looked like a fun gig.

jed otm. can we have a similar volume for the Mercury Prize please

I didn't watch much of the TV coverage but I did see some of Dolly Parton's set, which was great. Rumour has it she was miming though?

do people actually get paid to watch glastonbury on iPlayer? jesus fucking wept

metallica played oh no boohoohoohoo

not heard that one, must have been on the last album

supposedly she's well known for miming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojZ-axEB2mw&feature=youtu.be

It's a bit blurry, but someone's done a vine of Disclosure Poppers Girl: http://www.gigwise.com/news/92208/bbc-broadcast-girl-doing-poppers-during-disclosure-at-glastonbury

Enjoying PinkPantheress. I knew the Underworld track but seems a lot of her other songs sample well known dance tracks too, which is going down well on the mainly electronic Woodsies stage

Oh wow, she's gone all drum n bass now, sampling Adam F's Circles

who gives a fuck, lol!

sorry I'm being grumpy here, but fuck all of this

yeah, her 28 (ish) minute debut album has been promo'd as a mixtape.
william orbit has been full of love for it as he was given proper credit, i.e. £££, for a sample.