Glastonbury 2013: the Rolling Stones, Mumford & Sons and Artic Monkeys

Ah, I'd stopped going by then.

I could totally see Mumford & Sons doing Size of a Cow for Comic Relief.

Glastonbury 2013: Old Men, Old Man Hat, and Old Hat

xxp saw it on the news

Stage sink year was the first if the 2 insane mud fest 90s years; 1997. Second stage as good as sank.

*of

Anyone else going this year? I got tickets in the final wave of release and after initially being less than bothered I'm now at the requisite level of giddy excitement.

Still holding out for Mumford & Sons pulling out at the last moment though.

We're going to get back out on that stage at Glastonbury as four brothers and do what we do

Great for the guy himself but a bummer for many a Glastogoer

Chic will be mental amazing on the Friday night i'd wager in that (relatively) small field.

They show early 00s glastonbury on palladium hd all the time, outdoor fests seem so horrible, even good acts can't seem to real do anything compelling, the only ppl I've ever saw that even cut through the muck were bjork & ray davies who did waterloo sunset with a choir

Then there are all these already forgotten shitty brit indie bands throwing stadium moves & looking pathetic

Was there ever a time when outdoor fests were good musically? They seem so gross

Basically Evan dando otm

I don't really think that ANY live gig really translates particularly well to being filmed, but I don't know how anyone would expect to get the fun of an event from watching 15 year old footage of long-forgotten bands on TV.

Particularly the case with Glastonbury actually where a lot of the best and most memorable stuff happens well away from the TV cameras.

In my experience outdoor fests regularly produce good performances if you actually go to them instead of watching old footage on TV.

i've been to outdoor festivals btw

i'm not going to spend several thousand dollars going to glastonbury to see mumford & sons tho

i've also watched shitloads of great performances on TV or DVD wtf

Did you enjoy the outdoor festivals?

I don't know why you think it looks crappy on TV. All I know is that I've seen plenty of great performances at Glastonbury and when it comes to big outdoor shows I'd rather see someone there than in a stadium. Plus there's all the other off-camera stuff that Matt DC mentioned.

hit & miss i guess

it's not the best way to see music IMO

i could see it being preferable to a stadium i guess if the weather was nice

assuming you're not stood behind some pillock sat on their partner's shoulders flailing their arms about

lol or that

what's with ppl waving all these flags up by the stage? why is that a tradition?

people like to celebrate the good vibes and inclusivity of music by telling you what country they're from

primitive form of co-geolocation, and what NV Said

people like to celebrate the good vibes and inclusivity of music by telling you what country they're from

i met some irish people at about 4/5 in the morning at glastonbury 03 or 04 and they invited me to go see christy moore the next day and they kept talking about having loads of flags.

it was very strange.

Fucking hate people waving flags during the bands but they are kind of useful for finding people in big crowds.

I like the medieval battle vibe you get from lots of flags if you're stood further back and seeing them en masse, especially at night when you can see the steam rising from the crowd, but obviously you don't want one in your face.

Part of Glastonbury for me is suspending misanthropy and being tolerant of pillocks for a weekend.

I'm going. This is my vague, and clashing list of picks. Most excited about Solange, but she's playing the Park stage, which from memory is not great, sound-wise. I think I have reached the stage in my life where West Holts is my favourite stage.

CHIC FEATURING NILE RODGERS, BOYS NOIZE, DIZZEE RASCAL, PORTISHEAD, ALICE RUSSELL, TORO Y MOI, GOLD PANDA, DISCLOSURE, SOLANGE, DJANGO DJANGO , FRANCOIS AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, THE ROLLING STONES, ELVIS COSTELLO, RODRIGUEZ, MAVERICK SABRE, MAJOR LAZER, FATOUMATA DIAWARA, AZEALIA BANKS, THE ORB FEAT. KAKATSITSI, ALABAMA SHAKES, ROZI PLAIN, DAUGHTER, MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER, BOBBY WOMACK, ULRICH SCHNAUSS, CAT POWER , LIANNE LA HAVAS, PHOENIX, VILLAGERS, FIRST AID KIT, THE DANCERS, TRWBADOR

Lest we forget…

http://theonlycharts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/21-largely-forgotten-bands-who-played.html

Anyone watching it on from the comfort of their sofa?

It's nice to have the live streams on the BBC website to avoid all the endless repeats that will undoubtedly fill up the BBC broadcast channels.

Toro Y Moi were utter shite

they looked fairly weedy alright

It's nice to have the live streams on the BBC website to avoid all the endless repeats that will undoubtedly fill up the BBC broadcast channels.

Speaking of which, endless repeats before the Stones deign to grace us with their presence.

And in case anyone's just switched on BBC2, that's not an ill Mick Jagger, that's Bobby Gillespie in a pink suit.

They look like they don't want to be there.

Keith particularly. Ronnie is picking up some considerable slack there.

plus whoever this guy in the brown jacket is

Charlie doesn't know where he is.

To be fair, I doubt I will be alive days before I turn 73, nevermind headlining Glastonbury.

fuckin. gadz.

Who is he?

I think they've gone for the "get every one we know on stage to fill out the sound and make it look like a party" approach.

started with Jumpin Jack Flash supposedly. tv coverage kicked in half an hour after the 1st song.

they be doing the longest songs they know for the tv coverage

Is it Mick Taylor?

It is Mick Taylor. He was in The Rolling Stones when they were the biggest band in the world.

xp

Oh a good song.

2000 light years from the tune

Sympathy is the best one so far

It's a shame only the bass player can play it well.

Never liked Start me up, faux

I've never really liked 'Start Me Up' (even before it was co-opted by Microsoft), but is anyone actually playing in time here?

setlist thus far http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-rolling-stones/2013/worthy-farm-pilton-england-43d913eb.html

Only the backing track.

Actually, Mick's comment was pretty nicely put..

Just watched Portishead now, brilliant. Beth seemed so nice at the end as well, really humble

yeah .. that was a real eye opener for me.
after the cold distance of the performance, the 'hope that was all right' outburst was totally unexpected.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej58q9/performances/lg49mb

Really nice page with all the links!

You have until 30th July to fill your boots before it's all gone.

(Well, the performances, I mean. I daresay the pics will be there forever)

sorry, that date is the 29th July at 01:51, certainly as far as the Portishead foorage is concerned.

rokia traoré! oh wait it's not actually on there :-(

Thanks Tracerhand, I found Portishead footage, which was amazing, and am about halfway through Savages now