A sas, sad day.

MattC59

Beyonce is headlining at Glastonbury

MattC59

Ok, so the subject should have read "A sad sad day" :oops:

tlw1

MattC59 wrote:

Beyonce is headlining at Glastonbury

Expect even less than from this years headlining act then

cornerblock

MattC59 wrote:

Ok, so the subject should have read "A sad sad day" :oops:

Not Andy McNab then?

iainf72

Why?

She's as valid as some rubbish floppy hair indie band?

ratsbeyfus

I don't think you're ready for her jelly.

cyclopath

iainf72 wrote:

Why?

She's as valid as some rubbish floppy hair indie band?

And legs that would make Chris Hoy put in a little more training.

sfichele

Beyonce is headlining at Glastonbury

+1000, she sucks

cornerblock

sfichele wrote:

Beyonce is headlining at Glastonbury

+1000, she sucks

Theres at least 100,000 at Glastonbury.

andy162

This is reflective of how things have changed at Glastonbury. The type of festival goer is much different now. Plenty of money, faux indie kids in Hunter wellies & Toni n Guy haircuts. It's nowt about the muzak & all about the "look". They'll be thousands of Fearne Cottons all jigging about while Beyonce's doing her thing. The Eavises know exactly what they're doing.

The first time I went to Glastonbury it was £45 for the 3days & you could even buy tickets the week before. Now I reckon it's more important for alot of folk to say they've "done" Gladtonbury rather than go for the love of music.

greasedscotsman

andy162 wrote:

This is reflective of how things have changed at Glastonbury. The type of festival goer is much different now. Plenty of money, faux indie kids in Hunter wellies & Toni n Guy haircuts. It's nowt about the muzak & all about the "look". They'll be thousands of Fearne Cottons all jigging about while Beyonce's doing her thing. The Eavises know exactly what they're doing.

The first time I went to Glastonbury it was £45 for the 3days & you could even buy tickets the week before. Now I reckon it's more important for alot of folk to say they've "done" Gladtonbury rather than go for the love of music.

You sound like my Dad!

verylonglegs

andy162 wrote:

This is reflective of how things have changed at Glastonbury. The type of festival goer is much different now. Plenty of money, faux indie kids in Hunter wellies & Toni n Guy haircuts. It's nowt about the muzak & all about the "look". They'll be thousands of Fearne Cottons all jigging about while Beyonce's doing her thing. The Eavises know exactly what they're doing.

The first time I went to Glastonbury it was £45 for the 3days & you could even buy tickets the week before. Now I reckon it's more important for alot of folk to say they've "done" Gladtonbury rather than go for the love of music.

Have to agree with that, went to Reading on a day ticket a couple of years ago and even then it seemed to be all about your outfit and your look, there were youngsters who were obviously there to get noticed and their mugs on telly more than anything. I felt so out of place as an 'old' git in my early thirties just there to see a few bands. So many go just so they can say they were there, a giveaway to me is the number who insist on filming it throu their bloody camera phones rather than just enjoying themselves. Same with some at top flight football matches. Bah, i sound old!

cornerblock

greasedscotsman wrote:

andy162 wrote:

This is reflective of how things have changed at Glastonbury. The type of festival goer is much different now. Plenty of money, faux indie kids in Hunter wellies & Toni n Guy haircuts. It's nowt about the muzak & all about the "look". They'll be thousands of Fearne Cottons all jigging about while Beyonce's doing her thing. The Eavises know exactly what they're doing.

The first time I went to Glastonbury it was £45 for the 3days & you could even buy tickets the week before. Now I reckon it's more important for alot of folk to say they've "done" Gladtonbury rather than go for the love of music.

You sound like my Dad!

And we still had enough for chips on't way ome :roll:

RichN95.

Good for her. She puts on a good show. They said her husband shouldn't headline too, but he went down well.

It's better than some over-hyped indie band like Keane or Snow Patrol or Travis or their 2011 equivalent. Or an over the hill Oasis.

mattshrops

im with the old folks here- last time i went we hitch hiked down built a shelter out of firewood and i cant remember who the hell was headlining. what a manic weekend, it might have been Black Uhuru who were excellent. its been a pop concert for years now.

Anonymous

If you click Edit on your 1st post, you can edit the thread title.

Then you can rename it "NapD, don't look at this thread because it'll waste 1.5 minutes of your life"

cornerblock

NapoleonD wrote:

If you click Edit on your 1st post, you can edit the thread title.

Then you can rename it "NapD, don't look at this thread because it'll waste 1.5 minutes of your life"

Because I am http://busymanbicycles.blogspot.com/

Buckled_Rims

MattC59 wrote:

Beyonce is headlining at Glastonbury

That's a bummer :shock:

Nuggs

Beyonce: better with the sound off.

MattC59

NapoleonD wrote:

If you click Edit on your 1st post, you can edit the thread title.

Then you can rename it "NapD, don't look at this thread because it'll waste 1.5 minutes of your life"

I'll bear that in mind

MadammeMarie

andy162 wrote:

This is reflective of how things have changed at Glastonbury.

I think it's reflective of how things have changed in music. Last year it was a rapper, I think, and Noel Gallagher said that it was wrong, that Glasto is a rock festival, and that rap music didn't have a place in it. And he's so damn right!

andy162 wrote:

The first time I went to Glastonbury it was £45 for the 3days & you could even buy tickets the week before. Now I reckon it's more important for alot of folk to say they've "done" Gladtonbury rather than go for the love of music.

Lucky you. I never had a chance to go. It's been really expensive, and, besides, none of my friends are into it. The only time I actually found people to go with, I was unemployed and the price of the ticket was my dole check for 2 months! And it's annoying, cos I really DO love the music. And the whole festival scene. Now I settle for the Hyde Park festivals in the summer. The Hard Rock Calling one is a favourite of mine.

iainf72

MadammeMarie wrote:

I think it's reflective of how things have changed in music. Last year it was a rapper, I think, and Noel Gallagher said that it was wrong, that Glasto is a rock festival, and that rap music didn't have a place in it. And he's so damn right!

Funny that Noel never made much noise about dance bands headlining. And being better than most of the rock bands. Noel was probably just moaning because Jay-Z is far more relevant than he is.


Glastonbury has always been about a wide variety of music. I saw Cypress Hill on the main stage in 2000, Roni Size on the jazz stage, Leftfield on the Other stage etc etc. This "it's a rock festival" thing is just not true

Jez mon

Seriously, what is all the fuss about??

Glasto isn't an out and out Rock festival, it's a music festival dominated by "indie" bands but with pop, rock and rap all thrown in...

If you would rather not have all that mixture of music then wouldn't it be best to go to a music festival which just caters to a single genre, rather than complain about just one of many festivals

Bobbinogs

Yeah, something like this:

http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/

Although I notice that Adam Ant has confirmed, oh dear. Manufactured band for the TOTP generation but click on the "Bands" link and there are some real gems in there.

ms_tree

mattshrops wrote:

im with the old folks here- last time i went we hitch hiked down built a shelter out of firewood and i cant remember who the hell was headlining. what a manic weekend, it might have been Black Uhuru who were excellent. its been a pop concert for years now.

C'mon, man, admit why you can't remember who was headlining!
I've never been, never wanted to- just watch highlights if there's someone on like Wille.

mattshrops

Ms Tree wrote:

mattshrops wrote:

im with the old folks here- last time i went we hitch hiked down built a shelter out of firewood and i cant remember who the hell was headlining. what a manic weekend, it might have been Black Uhuru who were excellent. its been a pop concert for years now.

C'mon, man, admit why you can't remember who was headlining!
I've never been, never wanted to- just watch highlights if there's someone on like Wille.

(best innocent face) not quite sure what you mean i do remember being young and foolish and sporting dreads 8) these dats still foolish but now eggshell blonde :shock:

Bunneh

Just hope it's not as bad as the Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl, way to ruin a cracking Guns and Roses tune...