[Music] Glastonbury Festival 2023 - the thread

[Rookie]

Gave up on the Monkeys after an hour or so. Going by the comments it didn’t get any better.
Why did he decide 70s pub tribute was a good look

 

[DFL JCL]

I thought AM were top class last night. Great set.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The much underrated Courteeners are worth a look on iPlayer. Been around for a long time, always surprised they’re not headline material.

 

[KZNSeagull]

The much underrated Courteeners are worth a look on iPlayer. Been around for a long time, always surprised they’re not headline material.

Yes I saw some of them, they were good.
I also turned AM off in the end, got bored, FF are a one trick pony and Royal Blood whilst good are very samey and are also starting to believe the hype. All in all I thought the main stage last night was a bit of a flop.
Sparks were bonkers and good fun though.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I have just woken in my tent after a magical night yesterday.
Just, wow.
Gabriels were just wonderful, emotional and uplifting. Then I watched Joey Badass, who was fun, before heading to The Other Stage - Fred Again…superb, communal, impossible not to dance throughout, hugging countless strangers- felt a bit lived up for some reason.
On to The Pyramid Stage and Arctic Monkeys. All I can say to all the old geezers (I am an old geezer) is “You weren’t there, man”. Two utterly joyous hours, banger after banger. The crowd was fully engaged, despite a two second video of somebody yawning. It was magnificent. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I have just woken in my tent after a magical night yesterday.
Just, wow.
Gabriels were just wonderful, emotional and uplifting. Then I watched Joey Badass, who was fun, before heading to The Other Stage - Fred Again…superb, communal, impossible not to dance throughout, hugging countless strangers- felt a bit lived up for some reason.
On to The Pyramid Stage and Arctic Monkeys. All I can say to all the old geezers (I am an old geezer) is “You weren’t there, man”. Two utterly joyous hours, banger after banger. The crowd was fully engaged, despite a two second video of somebody yawning. It was magnificent. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time.

We’ll put you down as a maybe then.

 

[Insel affe]

I have just woken in my tent after a magical night yesterday.
Just, wow.
Gabriels were just wonderful, emotional and uplifting. Then I watched Joey Badass, who was fun, before heading to The Other Stage - Fred Again…superb, communal, impossible not to dance throughout, hugging countless strangers- felt a bit lived up for some reason.
On to The Pyramid Stage and Arctic Monkeys. All I can say to all the old geezers (I am an old geezer) is “You weren’t there, man”. Two utterly joyous hours, banger after banger. The crowd was fully engaged, despite a two second video of somebody yawning. It was magnificent. Truly one of the greatest bands of all time.

Glad you enjoyed, music is always so much better live.

The BBC gave a mixed revue, saying people were leaving during their set.

Turner is a charismatic, if somewhat aloof, frontman. With his wide-collar shirt unbuttoned, he rests his foot on the monitors and pulls convincing rock star shapes. But he barely communicates with the audience beyond a Vegas-style, "Thank you very much".
A bit more communication might have stopped the audience drifting off during the slower-paced new songs but, in the event, there's a frequent disconnect between the stage and the field.
if the crowd frequently grew impatient, all was forgiven when the Arctics closed the set with the double-whammy of I Bet You Look Good On The Dance and RU Mine.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I don't think FF and AM are comparable.

I wasn’t comparing the bands as such.
FF were only mentioned because they were obviously on TV earlier in the evening.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Just woke up to find I've won tickets to Iggy Pop, Blondie, Generation Sex, Stiff Little Fingers, Buzzcocks next Saturday at ,ahem, Crippled Alice park....

All of them, well maybe not the 'cocks these day, should put on a better show than the Arctic Monkeys dullfest performance yesterday ( imo as a 50 something old fart natch )

 

[BN9 BHA]

Truly one of the greatest bands of all time.

Drugs and drink must be good

 

[Weststander]

I have just woken in my tent after a magical night yesterday.
Just, wow.
Gabriels were just wonderful, emotional and uplifting. Then I watched Joey Badass, who was fun, before heading to The Other Stage - Fred Again…superb, communal, impossible not to dance throughout, hugging countless strangers- felt a bit lived up for some reason.

I watched Fred Again, a great performance.

 

[Wozza]

Panned in The Guardian. Given 3/5, but reads lower.

Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury review – breaking rock’s rules at their own strange pace

With euphoric alt-rock anthems up against atmospheric ballads, this set shows the ground the headliners have covered – but doesn’t always bring the crowd on the journey

www.theguardian.com

Not a great advert for guitar/rock music, when it's struggling to be relevant.

 

[Wozza]

I watched Fred Again, they were great.

He.

The tattoed guy just helps with live performances.

Would have made a MUCH better headliner than AM. Massive with the kids. Playing four nights at Ally Pally later in the year.

This is well worth a watch:



And this short clip. TALENT, right here.

 

[Weststander]

He.

The tattoed guy just helps with live performances.

Would have made a MUCH better headliner than AM. Massive with the kids. Playing four nights at Ally Pally later in the year.

This is well worth a watch:

I’d never heard of him before, I’ll peruse on youtube next week.

Those two worked well together

 

[BN9 BHA]

The much underrated Courteeners are worth a look on iPlayer. Been around for a long time, always surprised they’re not headline material.

My sons have seen them several times including last weekend at IOW and the weekend before in Manchester.
Definitely underrated seeing as they seem so popular with younger people.

 

[Wozza]

I’d never heard of him before, I’ll peruse on youtube next week.

Those two worked well together

He's a ridiculous talent. Described his friend Brian Eno as his mentor. Eno described Fred as his!

 

[Weststander]

He's a ridiculous talent. Described his friend Brian Eno as his mentor. Eno described Fred as his!

Every song last night was a floor filler.

 

[Hamilton]

Glad you enjoyed, music is always so much better live.

The BBC gave a mixed revue, saying people were leaving during their set.

Turner is a charismatic, if somewhat aloof, frontman. With his wide-collar shirt unbuttoned, he rests his foot on the monitors and pulls convincing rock star shapes. But he barely communicates with the audience beyond a Vegas-style, "Thank you very much".
A bit more communication might have stopped the audience drifting off during the slower-paced new songs but, in the event, there's a frequent disconnect between the stage and the field.
if the crowd frequently grew impatient, all was forgiven when the Arctics closed the set with the double-whammy of I Bet You Look Good On The Dance and RU Mine.

I think that’s it. ‘Live’ is brilliant and I’m glad @Pogue Mahone loved it, but on the telly box it was dull.

Only caught three other bands yesterday. Young Fathers and Sparks were great.

Foo Fighters I switched over to, but switched off when I realised that I really take nothing from their music.

I hear from reliable sources that Fred Again was fantastic.

 

[Shins]

Loving the Brighton flags this year. Whoever did the De Zerbi one is a legend. If you see some blow up cats on the end of a flag pole come and say hey.

Such a great day yesterday. Yaya Bey was really good and would recommend giving her a listen to. Foo Fighters smashed it, very emotional for a lot of people. Also hilarious he was fuming they only got an hour slot. Fred Again killed it.

Not the biggest Arctic Monkeys fan but thought they were ok. Fatboy Slim set was excellent!

3 hours sleep and we go again. Best place on earth. So nice to escape the commoners for a few days.

 

[zefarelly]

I thought AM were very good. It's nice to see a band evolve, change, grow up even . . . I guess relatively, they're Weller in the late stages of Style COuncil . . .If they were still banging out teenage power pop/punk they'd be irrelevant already. There are more than enough one trick pony bands already. . . . More than enough bands that dissapear for 10-15 years after their star fades, then reappear with 'new' music which is just a B side rejected from their first album.