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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 14, 2024 8:54:10 GMT
The Park stage looks pretty good. I'd go out my way to watch pretty much all of them but, yeah, if you've got Keane playing on the Pyramid stage in the space year 2024 you've absolutely shit the bed.
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Post by Zomoniac on Mar 14, 2024 9:12:26 GMT
Who or what is SZA?
I’m definitely officially old now if I’ve not even heard of Glastonbury headliners.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 14, 2024 9:15:01 GMT
The previously unheard of member of Wu tang clan.
GZA, RZA and now we've got SZA.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 14, 2024 9:16:34 GMT
This is very reductive but: Beyonce with street cred.
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Post by mrpon on Mar 14, 2024 9:17:43 GMT
My 13yro listens to her.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 14, 2024 9:19:39 GMT
Who or what is SZA? I’m definitely officially old now if I’ve not even heard of Glastonbury headliners. SZA I know, but I had a similar experience looking at headliners and the lineup for a recent festival here. When I looked into all the unknown (by me) artists they all had millions of views on youtube and seemed to have gotten famous through social media. And my kids knew a bunch of them. Made me feel old. |
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Post by robthehermit on Mar 14, 2024 9:19:42 GMT
I think I've heard of maybe half a dozen acts on the entire list.
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Post by gibroon on Mar 14, 2024 9:20:13 GMT
I probably will watch Dua Lipa, for her music, of course.
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Post by jimnastics on Mar 14, 2024 9:22:38 GMT
What in the living fuck is that... wow. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 14, 2024 9:24:58 GMT
It is weird how they have pegged this lineup at 20 somethings and not 40 year old men who hang around gaming forums
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 14, 2024 9:26:33 GMT
Seems like a pretty good lineup to me. PJ Harvey, Janelle Monae, The National, Last Dinner Party, London Grammar etc.. The Breeders are still going?? Seventeen is the one that's going to make a lot of people feel really old  (2nd biggest selling artists in the world last year, beaten only by Taylor Swift. apparently) |
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Post by dfunked on Mar 14, 2024 9:34:55 GMT
It is weird how they have pegged this lineup at 20 somethings and not 40 year old men who hang around gaming forums Like Cyndi Lauper and Shania Twain? Coldplay can't appeal to the kids, surely. They're there for the middle aged folk with live, love, laugh signs above their mantlepiece. |
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Post by Vortex on Mar 14, 2024 9:40:03 GMT
Can we burn coldplay in a giant wickerman after, no, actually, *before* their set?
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Post by clemfandango on Mar 14, 2024 9:40:14 GMT
Its like they have asked AI to pick the older artists for the 10s of thousands of middle class 40-60 year olds who go every year for the vibes...
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Mar 14, 2024 9:46:07 GMT
The only person on the planet that I know of who likes Keane is my 73 year old mother. And she won’t be going as she’s having a knee replacement around then.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 14, 2024 9:47:11 GMT
It is weird how they have pegged this lineup at 20 somethings and not 40 year old men who hang around gaming forums Like Cyndi Lauper and Shania Twain? Coldplay can't appeal to the kids, surely. They're there for the middle aged folk with live, love, laugh signs above their mantlepiece. They have always had the golden oldies on but they seem to have toned it down from last year and moved away from 2023s full calendar of 'heritage' acts. I genuinely thought we might see someone die on stage last summer. And I suppose Coldplay are the most milquetoast of the remaining stadium bands so it does make sense as they always have one. |
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Post by jimnastics on Mar 14, 2024 9:48:16 GMT
Seems like a pretty good lineup to me. PJ Harvey, Janelle Monae, The National, Last Dinner Party, London Grammar etc.. The Breeders are still going?? Seventeen is the one that's going to make a lot of people feel really old (2nd biggest selling artists in the world last year, beaten only by Taylor Swift. apparently) Ok I missed The Breeders.... that's fucking cool, hopefully they get some TV time! (I doubt it). And PJ Harvey is OK. Everything else is shite. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Mar 14, 2024 9:56:11 GMT
Amidst the bigger acts I find a bit dull and the acts I've never heard of, there are a few I'd be interested in seeing. Though those acts are also fairly well established.
Think the acts I'd be most likely to go out of my way to see are: Orbital, Sleaford Mods, Lankum, LCD Soundsystem, Faithless (though suspect it's a DJ set and not sure whose actually in the group anymore), Heilung, The National.
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Post by Syrette on Mar 14, 2024 10:03:28 GMT
Its like they have asked AI to pick the older artists for the 10s of thousands of middle class 40-60 year olds who go every year for the vibes... And the ones who pay top dollar for 'the experience' (and probably stay in a hotel or glamp). |
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Post by rhaegyr on Mar 14, 2024 10:09:28 GMT
SZA is great - much rather watch her than The National who have turned into the most 'dad rock' band in existence since Boxer released over 15 years ago.
LCD Soundsystem should be great. Same goes for Alvvays and Mannequin Pussy who are coming off the back of their best albums.
Pretty weak line-up in general for my tastes though.
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Post by Syrette on Mar 14, 2024 10:21:11 GMT
Controversial take perhaps, but The National are even more boring than Coldplay.
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Post by darkling on Mar 14, 2024 10:26:54 GMT
PJ Harvey, The National, Bloc Party, and Avril Lavigne are the only acts I'm remotely interested in seeing... and even then I saw Bloc Party at Tramlines last year.
I've had no luck getting Glasto tickets after 20 years of trying, so I don't know why I even look at the lineup anymore. I've written it off as just another thing in life that's for 'other people' that must know something I don't.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 14, 2024 10:39:14 GMT
Glastonbury, more than every other festival, has to try and cater to all tastes.
The headliners over the last few years have often been a bit ancient, so this year doesn't seem much different.
Wasn't a big fan of the most recent National album tbh, but I like their older stuff.
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Post by Dougs on Mar 14, 2024 11:37:53 GMT
Did you know that Keane are unique in that they don't use guit...zzzzz
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Post by puddleduck on Mar 14, 2024 11:41:37 GMT
I had a good ten year run in my 20s, but now I'll be volunteering again so I don't worry about the price of my ticket. It's meant I'm happy exploring all the random stages, small acts, non music acts, etc...
My days off shift will basically be bumbling around different stages, then making the most of the late night areas until sunrise. Then rest up somewhere listening to music the next day until my shift starts.
We Out Here is the one for me to go as a pure punter these days.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 14, 2024 11:45:23 GMT
Aside from them sucking as hard as any band have ever sucked, the thing that makes me really dislike them is that they came to our union when they were a jobbing band with no (or recently signed) record deal and the lead singer was a fucking bellend.
They were the vanguard of that now massive strata of upper middle class bands who only made it because they had parents rich enough to support them living out of a transit for a few years (Incidentally, this is one of the prime reasons festival lineups are getting worse. Only boring, wealthy arseholes with nothing to say can afford to make it these days).
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Post by mrpon on Mar 14, 2024 11:55:12 GMT
The only person on the planet that I know of who likes Keane is my 73 year old mother. And she won’t be going as she’s having a knee replacement around then. Bedshaped? Sorry, all the best to her! |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 14, 2024 11:59:16 GMT
I imagine lots of the Coldplay fans will like Keane.
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Post by Dougs on Mar 14, 2024 13:05:42 GMT
Aside from them sucking as hard as any band have ever sucked, the thing that makes me really dislike them is that they came to our union when they were a jobbing band with no (or recently signed) record deal and the lead singer was a fucking bellend. They were the vanguard of that now massive strata of upper middle class bands who only made it because they had parents rich enough to support them living out of a transit for a few years (Incidentally, this is one of the prime reasons festival lineups are getting worse. Only boring, wealthy arseholes with nothing to say can afford to make it these days). See also acting. Many a good actor left on the scrap heap because theu can't afford to audition etc, whilst those wealthy carry on. Or have the connections as a result of the wealth. |
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Post by cubby on Mar 14, 2024 13:09:43 GMT
Story of my life, couldn't afford to stay on the dole, and those I knew who could tended to do well and now have nice positions in theatre and TV. Not bitter at all.
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