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I'd almost forgotten how good it is to watch Glastonbury on the telly. A shame I'll have to miss tomorrow because of the Virgin Festival.

I was completely underwhelmed by the line-up this year but tonight I have been impressed with Editors, Ting-Tings and Lupe Fiasco, and am immensely looking forward to Jimmy Cliff on BBC Four later.

The Rave tent has just been on Radio 1 for the last hour or so.

will be watching it on bbc2 later AFTER watching charlotte church on jonathon ross obv!!

She gets it ldo.

FYP

oh my days charlotte is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fcking sexy!!!!!

that is her there tonight now!! are you in the studio with your laptop?

Stalkercam FTW.

I'm not allowed no more, court orders and that

jayzee's face when listening to her sing the welsh anthem was fantastic

I'm not a massive music fan, but I do like watching festival highlights, especially Glastonbury...

and jayzee's nicked nik persaud's glasses

Also, Lauren Laverne FTW.

jonathan ross..........................class!!!! dont know why, just class!!!

seriously, wtf is will smith talking about?

could they not have just done 3 segments with charlotte?

I like Will Smith, he's funny

blinding, ::) turned it over just in time for kings of leon, shit!!!!!!!!!

half decent band next pls

jimmy cliff on bbc4

simply brilliant

ffs, Kings of Leon are ok.

not a music fan silo?

ffs, have they got any good songs or what? it's like listening to a bad version of Yes

so true  :)

I really like kings of leon but am now thinking that I don't really want to go and see them live. not too impressed by this at all whereas I love the recorded material

yes, you are wrong that's all

QFMFT

I think they'd be much much better in a smaller indoor venue.

aaaahhhhhhh. it's like that is it? ::)

yeah a toilet

yes,  their bedroom would be a good venue.

if they were playing in my garden id shut the curtains

lol, just me for the KoL then  rotflmfao

then how would you throw eggs at them?

gotta be honest, am NOT loving this bird!

cant throw eggs these days bolt, they're far too expensive

example being the last song 'on call'. when recorded he gives one of the strongest vocal performances you'll hear. what we just heard was a bit flimsy tbh

is she the one that was just on with the really annoying guy?  Not a fan either.

Not a kenickie fan then Bolt?

always preferred sandy

lol, i remember them

she's always come across to me as thinking she's a lot more witty /funny than she actually is

great legs in red wellies!!!

yeah but green wellies and she looks like a right old dog

Sometimes she looks stunning but sometimes she looks like Marty Feldman.

sigh, uk hip hop is SO shit

Fun Lovin Criminals looking cool as usual.

fck, this has been sht so far, tonji got an alright taste in music, i'm bored out my nut, put some tunes on the youtube thread tonji!!!

some blonde bird singing now, crap, tings, IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL, RECORD OF THE YEAR, BAD YEAR!!

I've managed to see that song 4 times this evening.

LOL BBCshowingallglastonburyhastoofferaments.

here he goes, phil jupitus, thinks he invented ska music(he didnt)

Sign of getting old imo.

you're the same age as me arnt you, are we getting old seriously?

Yeah in new music terms 25+ is over the hill,  though i still think i kind of with it (such a dad phrase), i like MGMT who were just on for example.

Still britpop ftw, the verve are headlining on Sunday, ship.

yep it has been poor, the DJ has left the building!!!... gotta get some buy ins back

exactly brit pop still pwns!!!!!

when i saw oasis in earls cout 97 the verve were the supporting, i was loving oasis too much too appreciate the moment, i regeret that now!! def looking forward to watching them sunday

Anyone watching Jay Z?  I'm quite enjoying it :)

I really enjoyed the manu Chao (sp) set, really lively and fun.

Duffy - awesome singer (and welsh FTW obv)

Amy Whinehouse - Great show, still looks so weak she is going to fall over all the time tho!

The Gossip - Beth, good voice, and great interation with the crowd, well was in it most of the time!

Wombats - Love them, end of!

Thats all ive seen so far. Have turned out for the night now.

Think a lot of people are eating there words, Jay z seems to be rocking it.

I think it was a typical thing, ppl not even heard half his stuff (basically the "rockers") got on the 'slam hip hop at glasto' bandwagon.

He was always gonna put on a good show, hopefully glasto will evolve a bit from this. 

TBH People aren't really eating there words as nobody was saying Jay-Z was shit the point was that he wasn't the right choice for Glastonbury as it's a festival thats ment to be bands and pop/rock music not rap/hip-hop music so this is still a valid point imo

P.S I'm a big hip-hop/rap fan and love some of the music such as dre,eminem,snoop(although he's a total bellend now)warren g,nate dogg but maybe noel did have a point that it's ment to be bands not rap music.Would a band such as oasis/coldplay/editors been welcome for the up n smoke tour i think not and that was his pont.

Anyway am about to watch Jay-Z now so...

Massive Attack is the only turn thats been impressive imo

yah, agreed, v. good

ty, exactly, jay-z was NOT good!!

he was entertaining

imo

just seen the first 2 jayzeeeeee numbers. abs quality.

lol ok

Seen a bit of the Kings of Leon they looked pretty good.

I dont understand the Amy Winehouse hype. I thought she looked (and sounded) terrible! Hers isnt an act, its a freak show!!
She was waddling round on stage like a 1 legged duck and wailing through her tracks barely bothering to use any words, most of the time it was just noise coming out of her junkie gob.

Amy Winehouse is deffo NOT FTW IMO.

And she's now took to punching people in the crowd to. NICE ONE  :)up

Manu chao, The Verve, The Zutons id be going to see today.  Not great, TITP FTW!!!

Manu Chao  abs awesome live

I agree. It was only the backing singers that were holding the performance together. Without them it would have sounded like a really bad kareoke singer attempting a couple of Specials songs.

spot on

Currently watching The Verve i'm a massive fan of Richard Ashcroft he's possible even in the Legend bracket for me (and i don't say that lightly) The place will errupt when they do bittersweet symphony

Every music fan should have this on now SONNET FTW F*KN AMAZING SONG

At last something decent, the worst line up by far at Glastonbury, obv something from the 90s class saves it...

+1
Verve are awesome

Also loving The Verve.

The line up has been poor got asked to go a couple of weeks ago and was well up for it till i seen who was there would've went just for the verve there that good but i've seen ashcroft twice already so gave it a miss.

He absolutely rocked when he backed up Coldplay he did nearly an hour an a half set with all the verve classics as well, he was that good we went to see him on his just a month ago or so l8r.

Can't wait for them to do lucky man and then the obvous 2.

The Verve are ok,but A Northern Soul owns Urban Hymns.

Could this be the biggest understatement ever made ? Can i get the verve on interactive to save watching these talking bx as blue button doesn't seem to be working

BBC 2 FTW

History. Now that's a song.

Not that many people seem to realise what the "drug's dont work" is about.It's about his grandma who had cancer and he's on about chemo and all the other hurt that comes with losing a loved 1.It's quite an emotional song 4 me as i only lost my own grandma who i was very close with just over a year ago to cancer.It's an excellent song though.

Verve were awesome ten years ago...

Groove Armada can still get a festival jumping ;yippee;

just got in, DEF!!!!!

tuned in to the best bits programme on BBC3 - The Enemy sound great!

Get your tele looked at.

:D  no - you get your ears looked at!!

lol!

ditto the editors!

It had been difficult to secure a name big enough to hold down the headline slot on Saturday night. “We got a bit of a kicking this year,” said Emily Eavis, Michael’s daughter, the festival organiser.

First, Radiohead turned them down, preferring to do their own outdoor shows this summer. Blur showed some interest in temporarily re-forming before their singer, Damon Albarn, got cold feet.

FFs Albarn!

Hot Chip and Panic at the Disco   were v impressive

Yeah! saw him twice on his UK tour last year, 2 great performances that went on for a long time. Audience was probably the oddest mix of people I've ever seen in Rock City too.

I'm perhaps a tad biased though, my name comes from a Manu Chao song!

Wow, your parents must be big fans!

I thought it was quite funny to see how completely underwhelmed Mark Radcliffe and Jo Whiley were just after the Verve had finished.

Jo: That was the Verve there who were, er, lovely.
Mark: Yeah, that was, er, quite good that. I saw Leonard Cohen earlier - he was fantastic.

Well that's done and dusted for another year, got back yesterday and have to say of the 14 I have attended it was one of the best.

I went down to Glastonbury weekend before the festival to enjoy the town and the local cider and managed to get surburnt up the Tor two days before the gates opened - not good for carrying kilo's of kit across a field I can tell you.

It was good to have good friends with me this year and the amount of people on site was amazing, I have not seen it so busy since the fence came down in 2000 - the crowds on Sunday had to be seen to be believed, especially on the other stage for Ronson a sight to behold - it all added to the atmos.  I am glad the branding rules are still in place and the site looks much more like it did pre 2000, all remains of the dark branded years post 2000 just about gone.  I think the only branding on site is Yeo Valley and Orange.

The weather obviously helped and the site changes have added something extra, the flag area at the top of the Park area is top draw, and offers some great views and pictures, I might even consider moving camp to that end of the site.  Trash city and Shangra La were both worth a visit and took that area of the site to a new dimension (I never like Lost Vagueness anyway)

Musically the Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend were amazingly good.  The Wombats and Reverend and The Makers again proving that they will be huge, the Wombats just get better everytime I see them, and the obvious Beach Boys influenced harmonies offers something a little different to the other "guitar" bands of the moment.  Of the new bands I saw for the first time a mention for Sons and Daughters, Operator Please and MGMT all of whom seemed tight, popular and offered good stage presence - to see the crowd carry on singing for a good 3 minutes after MGMT had left the stage was some sight - if crowd reaction is a judge all 3 of these bands will be big, and deservedly so.

The obvious - The Ting Tings rock, an album of a time for a time, will her live performance be enough to forge a career long term? who knows.  Leonard Cohen was different gravy, as was Buddy Guy and Jay Z.   Wurzels rock, hard.  For me personally the weekend was all about Roni Size Represent and a fitting end to the dying empire that was live drum and bass, thanks Roni.  Finding out that Slim has been on a massive week while away, is of no surprise and obv imo.

Disappointments - The Clashes, Elbow vs Roni, Battles vs Buddy Guy vs Hot Chip was just cruel.  No Jamie T, No Pendulum.  Hearing Last of The Shadow puppets booming out an hour earlier then you were told they were on, and realising you have to run to catch any of the set.  Penate, Ashcroft, what cocks, Mr Ashcroft should learn he is not Ian Brown.  Mobile phones, I went mobile free this year - wish the rest of my group did.

Surprises - I just went with the group flow this year and it led me to have a much more "pop" music experience this year and I have to say I enjoyed most of it.  The Subways, 3 years to produce that difficult 2nd album - but 3 years to mature live into a great rock band, if the new album gets some air time this band could go places.  Newton Faulkner, a funny guy who can sing a tune or two.  Winehouse, people really don't like her, people wanted to her to fail I got the feeling, she is an ill young lady, needs help I was surprised at how ill she looked in the flesh. Black Mountain were great, as were Simion Mobile Disco and Metrona-my.  The weather, enough said.  How unfit I am - I think I have had a moment of clarity.

My 2p on the Jay Z debate - I loved the start to the set, he has balls I will give him that and he is good at what he does and I think it does have a place at Glasto, I have seen Cypress Hill, Roots, De La Soul and many other rap acts on the main stage of glasto, I would have preferred Dre or Eminem, but Jay Z got his chance and did what he did very well and had some fun (The subtle Smack my Bitch up sample in the Winehouse cover was top draw) but for the press to question its musical credentials is laughable.  Jay Z had a full band, live musicians who were very talented, the samples seemed to be produced live and the mixing was live - Jay Z rapped over the top.  Compare this with the Press hyped "Best" set of the weekend from the Ting Tings, one guitar and some drums, a rhythm guitar at that, no live bass or percussion just two people playing over a backing track, but which one has the talent ?  At least Jay Z was truly live, can the same be said for the Ting Tings?

Bring on next year - all story's of the death of the best festival in the world are fictional at best.  Granted it is changing, but everything has to evolve to survive, luckily for me I seem to like this new incarnation.

;applause;  good read Nakor.   I was watching loads of it on the tele and it looked fantastic, I was very jealous of everyone there, maybe next year :)

Hmm when i watched it live afterwards they both said the verve were fantastic and absolutely smashed it ???

What do you mean 'when i watched it live afterwards' - when do you think I watched it?

just not as funny though is it?

My mistake i thought you ment the best bits show as that's what was being talked about.I don't remember this being said when i watched it ??? maybe id turned it off already.I thought the way excellent and believe they got good reviews for there performance