Gigs

Social media is a thing now, so it gets documented more prominently

Yeah, when I was going it was all grubby Kerrang and NME readers being quite tribal but it was also just a load of pissed up 16-19 year olds cutting loose and being stupid.

There were campsite litter bonfires every year, I even remember one in the crowd for Prodigy once. Agree that the difference is social media and maybe the expectations of a generation who’ve missed out on their older siblings festival stories due to covid.

I bet the Netflix and HBO Woodstock documentaries have stirred up the idea that this could be a story for the press too.

Booked tickets to see Zeal and Ardor, should be good Hopefully. First gig on quite a long time.

Toyed with the idea of getting tickets to see Amon Amarth (and Machine Head, but mostly interested in Amon Amarth) but factoring in travel and hotel (getting back get Cardiff would be a pain) it's too expensive at this short notice... Still kinda tempted though

Kinda irked that I missed out on tickets for Anthrax / Municipal Waste.

Might get tickets for Napalm Death next year too. Definitely seeing Bloodywood next year.

Are the reading sets on iplayer? I didn't think to check, since there was such limited coverage on tv with just two headliners. I'll have to see what's available later on tonight.

Yeah coverage was shite and you couldn't see Arctic Monkeys live set as per the bands request. Arseholes.

The Taylor Hawkins tribute show is on today. You can watch it in the UK on MTV's YouTube channel live. 4.30 pm.

There was a lot to unpack there. Homme's Bowie song was a highlight for me.

I definitely see them poaching Rufus Taylor if they carry on.

More than once I thought he was Hawkins

I don’t know how Dave Grohl and rest kept it together for so long and every time I tuned in something fantastic was happening.

I couldn't get tickets in the end but I'm kind of glad I didn't as I imagine I would have spent 90% of it going back and forth to the bloody toilet.

Really enjoyed the show from my living room though, everything was snappy, very few fuck ups considering everything that was going on.

Justin Hawkins got about, didn't he?

I need to wait for an opportunity to watch back having thought this myself, but I read that Brian beckoned him on because he was struggling. He's getting on and is practically deaf.

Hawkins with Wolfgang VH was a massive highlight for me. Wolfgang has resisted playing his dad's tunes and been very vocal about the disrespect of people continuing to snipe at him for not doing so, therefore those songs were a big deal. It felt like a lot of ghosts were there last night including EVH. He slayed it.

My highlight was Supergrass, I'll be honest! I'm not big on stadium rock, which loads of it veered into (I appreiate Taylor was a big stadium rock fan so fair play). I did enjoy Homme's Bowie cover though, that was great, and seeing TCV reunite to play a couple of songs with the mighty JPJ was cool. I turned it off when Rush came on, can't stand that. No chance I would have been able to sit through a modern day Foo show either... if they played any pre-98 songs I'll check them out on youtube. And sad to hear Novoselic didn't make it on stage having travelled all that way, not sure what happened there, that would have been a highlight for me.

Everyone seemed to be having a blast though and all for a great cause, so well done Dave + co.

From a musical perspective, this wasn't my bag at all; for what it represented and meant to those involved, fair play and then some.

It was quite a spectacle, and I'm glad they were able to do something so massive in honour of a guy who clearly deserved it.

Yeah I'm leaning that way too. He looked a bit put out and I'm wondering if he was trying to figure out which it was himself.

Bollocks, missed it was on live. There's a few videos on YT, is the full set somewhere?