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Enjoying BBC Glastonbury coverage, the sofa & a pot of tea  :) perfect

Enjoying BBC Glastonbury coverage, the sofa &  pot  :)   perfect

Line up looks very meh this year.

What channel is it on?

BBC Three now, BBC2 later.

The one I'm looking forward to tonight is Nile Rodgers on BBC Four later on.

Portishead, also later I think

Really looking forward to Portishead.

Portishead on the telly might come in handy later if insomnia hits  ;hide;

I'm watching Bastille ATM - they look like a bunch of guys who got an hour off from the Apple Store

Bastille are Keane for emo's. Zzzzzzz

the talented  ::) fella singing & waving a drumstick at a drum  :)

may get me off the sofa to throw some old school disco moves  ;D

Bastille are pretty awesome

Thanks, I forgot there was more than one BBC.

Piss poor crowd surfing from Dizzee Rascal

Nile Rogers & Chic on now  ;karabiner;

Primal Scream are decent at the moment.

Stones later though...

Are the Stones not live?

What channel is it on?

I'm watching on BBC website, but on BBC3 & 2 later I think

Stones are only being shown for an hour on the BBC apparently, they've been negotiating all month.

thanks Graham, wondered why.

Thought they'd show the first hour or something, bit strange.

Going to watch Download later, thatll be a bit different to this!

Stones on bbc2 next

Oh Jo, you get sexier every year!

Mrs Silo not viewing blonde at the moment i presume Silo.

I feel it was safe to mention :D I'm feeling brave

Its like watching the Wonga adverts

Lolz ;D

How awesome are they though? That's what I want to be like when I grow up

Yeah,can certainly still put on a show.

still cool imo

Stones had their wobbly moments but that encore was great - Satisfaction is one of the defining songs in modern music and that was a tremendous version of it.

Stones still got it, fantastic show.

Arctic Monkeys very very good the other night.

Nick Cave today, in my top 5 of great front men in rock.

Abbatoir Blues just a brilliant album.

Did they show the whole of the Stones set on the website last night? I'm watching it now, looking forward to Smashing Pumpkins! 

Smashing Pumpkins bass player is ridic hot.

Yes, I did notice.   Had to look her up on Google for...research.

Can't say I'm into Mumford and Sons.  They're ok, but they're not a headline act for me.  I'd happily listen to them in a beer garden with some pints on a sunny afternoon, but this is a bit dull.

15 mins of crush at end of Primal Scream
90 mins of waiting
150 mins of pure live music gold

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff442/pokerpops/20130629_220252_zpsd75110dd.jpg)

Worth every ache and bruise.

So another one survived.  What a brilliant 6 days on-site, obviously the weather helped but all in all a decent festival.  I do think that the site changes like moving Arcadia and the improvements to the old Dance Village did solve the issues of night time traffic somewhat, and Arcadia was just immense.  Seeing Andy C in that type of environment was amazing.

After 16 Glastonbury's I have to say the music was shocking this year imo.  The wind direction on the Other Stage didn't help, but a distinct lack of balls out rock, decent rap/Hip Hop and reggae also detracted from the lineup.  I am sure some of that is my age but the current crop of new bands are so"nice".  Bands like Alt-J are great in small venues but they struggle to "fill" big stages.  With bands like 1975, Django Django, Peace, Haim etc its all a bit twee.  I did have some nasty clashes and a couple of acts not turn up or moved on the bill which didn't help but even so it just seemed to lack any real depth.  When you consider the quality of the sets that Nick Cave, Smashing Pumpkins and Kenny Rogers managed to pull off I do fear where the future legacy artists are going to come from, at this rate they will be wheeling out Duran Duran for the Sunday afternoon slot soon.

I know it fly's against the comments in the thread but - The Rolling Stones, what is all that about?  The set selection was OK but the delivery was poor.  Jagger is at least enthusiastic, the others look like they are just waiting for the hospital porters to come and collect them.  Keef played more bum notes then I have ever seen a professional musician perform (and I saw Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong live) and any time a song called for some technical guitar sounds they wheeled out Mick Taylor to cover the gaps.  After about 3 songs they lost huge bit's of the crowd including in the front pit, I just got the feeling people were there because they thought thats what they should do, rather then because they wanted to see the Stones.  I have to say the crowd was immense in its size and the dedication some showed setting up camp about 11am and staying in the same spot for over 12 hours was impressive.  For me after watching back the TV coverage (it is possible my live view was clouded by Captain Morgan and Somerset Cider) they didn't pull it off.

Highlight of the week for me was definitely The Strypes.  Stage presence, great songs, amazing guitar player and a front man with a personality.  They will be HUGE.  All this and much more delivered at the age of 15/16. For them the future is massive I am sure.  Beg, borrow or steal a ticket to see this band.

I think that's 3 Glasto's on the trot Dizzee has played, and he was again brilliant he manages to be a bit different every time I see him, really gets a crowd going, really gets into it and seems to enjoy himself - can you ask for anything else?.  Kenny Rodgers, Vaccines, Artic Monkeys, Jake Bugg, The Hives, Craig Charles, Chase and Status (DJ Set), Fatboy and many more all made it worthwhile - but the music is so secondary, to be honest I would pay £200 just to go and camp in the fields for 6 days without any of the main stages.  This year was also memorable for one of our group - he is a cynical young chap and he was sure he had seen and done it all in the music world and that Glasto would offer no surprises - seeing him crawl back to his tent at 5am Monday morning after being ruined in Shangrila and blub his eyes out at because he didn't want to go home was brilliant.

If you pontificate each year about going, register NOW.  Do it, just once, it truly is a magical place.

I personally think the stones are shite anyway, alongside a few other old school rock bands that we are 'supposed to like '  ::)

For an alternative view of The Stones performance...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/glastonbury/10150939/Glastonbury-2013-Rolling-Stones-blew-the-stage-apart.html


It may not be cool to say this, but from where I stood The Stones were fabulous.
Of course Mick isn't the athlete he once was, and obviously Ronnie and Keith don't have the same nimbleness of finger that once they did, but they are performers and delivered a set of quality and energy and made it, above all, a live experience.

Glastonbury is always about more than the music and this was only my sixth, but I can't imagine a time when I don't look forward to another week at Worthy Farm.

They were pretty damn hot when I saw them several times between 1971-1976. The best gig being at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1972 or '73 when Stevie Wonder opened for them.

Undoubtedly the best rock and roll band in the world then.

You were simply born too late to appreciate them in their pomp.

I thought they were excellent at Glastonbury, without wanting to sound ageist, to perform for 2 hours+ at there age is pretty amazing. I know I couldn't do it lol.

It is pretty damn amazing when you consider that they're older than tikay.

I thought they were only around the 70ish mark ?