The only real measure is the reaction of the crowd on the hill. And they looked bored stiff.
Totally unfair to compare, but let's do it anyway.
THIS is how you f**king rock the Pyramid Stage. Sunday evening, 1999 (before headliners)...
You pay a deposit in advance (more than price of ticket, I believe). If you don't work your allotted shifts, you won't get it back - and you'll get blacklisted from volunteering or purchasing in future.
For those who have never been, but monitor their daily steps...
The typical punter seems to have done around 130/140K steps from Wed to Sun. One guy says 188K.
And if you want to get an idea of the size of the site, go to https://gsp8181.co.uk/glasto/ and type in your postcode.
I don't understand why they weren't given a bigger stage at Glastonbury.
Brought the house down when they first did the Smiths gigs in 2021 (I was at the second one).
A guaranteed winner for festivals. Could have easily been Pyramid Stage.
Grateful that the Beeb have put up the Christine & The Queens set, as I didn't catch all of it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0ft6v6z/glastonbury-christine-and-the-queens
He played his new album in full. It's an art piece. A story.
It's challenging. But boy, he can dance and sing...