Glastonbury 2023

[hilts]

He started in the 60's way before Miss Harry. He was in Long John Baldry's backing band.

I'm trying to work out if that was a euphemism:-)

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Imagine having kids that are older than your hair.

Mate, made me laugh out loud, I will be using that later

 

[Crooked_rain]

And that's why music divides us

I can't stand his monotone voice and the general feeling he gives of superiority.

Also the build up of songs - I just don't hear that - about half the set we're dreary slow compositions

I loved the first album but then they tried to go all Blur and Radiohead and don't have the musicians to pull it off

They keep trying to reinvent their style and I don't think the guitarist and drummer have the musicianship to go through different styles - he could be a great front man but just has styled himself into a bit of a prick if I'm honest

Not my cup of tea

I think the drummer is fine

Alex Turner has always been the better of the two guitarists, the other one was pretty much strictly a very basic rhythm player early on while Turner did most of the lead. The other one does a bit more now, but he's still fairly mediocre. Turner doesn't even play guitar on half the tunes now as they have another touring guitarist on stage and guys playing keys too.

To be honest I don't think it's the musicians. I don't think there's an awful lot there in a lot of the new music. If you strip away the production elements, most are just basic slow tempo piano tunes, pretty basic chord progressions and typical time signatures and stuff. A lot of it sounds similar. I don't think there's really a lot to work with musically on a lot of their new music. I

Take Blur as your example does, they definitely changed sound from the self titled and on 13. But if you think about those albums, even if you stripped the songs down to their basic form, they're all completely different from each other and it's musiclly diverse. There's a lot to work with on those songs if you're a guitarist like Graham Coxon.

But Arctic Monkeys last 2 albums have all been quite samey all the way through, similar tempos, rhythm etc. That's where it falls a bit flat after a couple of songs for me.

Alex Turner has written some excellent songs for sure, and people say the new music shows his diversity. I get that but I also think it shows his limitations. Like he's had the ability to change style, but his composition range within a new style is quite limited.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Some miserable buggers on here, I for one am enjoying Elton and his guests.

Agreed..........

 

[heslops barnet]

Never been but always wanted to, it's one of them bucket list things. Just too expensive.

Not just the money, no chance of getting a ticket

 

[shemnel]

Not just the money, no chance of getting a ticket

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

that year was definitely under £200, the £345 this year seems pretty mental

 

[heslops barnet]

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

Refreshing?

 

[dannyboy29]

And that's why music divides us

I can't stand his monotone voice and the general feeling he gives of superiority.

Also the build up of songs - I just don't hear that - about half the set we're dreary slow compositions

I loved the first album but then they tried to go all Blur and Radiohead and don't have the musicians to pull it off

They keep trying to reinvent their style and I don't think the guitarist and drummer have the musicianship to go through different styles - he could be a great front man but just has styled himself into a bit of a prick if I'm honest

Not my cup of tea

Wow!! Honestly, Matt Helders is an incredible drummer!!

 

[dannyboy29]

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

that year was definitely under £200, the £345 this year seems pretty mental

I always used to think the price was a tad outrageous. But then if you paid to go a see AM, GNR and Elton you wouldn't get much change from £345 and that's before you take into account the hundreds of other bands on.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

A rollicking rip-roaring farewell from Elton the ledge with most of his original band.
Thanks mate!

 

[bluesmith]

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

that year was definitely under £200, the £345 this year seems pretty mental

They've been over £200 for 10 years.

 

[shemnel]

They've been over £200 for 10 years.

i could have sworn it was 190 when i tried.... either which way. i wouldnt trust my memory.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Suede
Pulp
James
Blur
Madness
The Cure
Def Leopard
New Order

All have as wide if not wider catalogues as Oasis, also at least 6 of them are better bands too

I think at the next Glastonbury festival there might be a certain Harry Styles as a headliner, seems to fill stadiums across the globe, if not him,Rick Astley, surely part of an entertainer/showman is engaging with the audience, both do it in spades.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

The band contained three long term members who have been with him since the early 1970s - Nigel Olsen (drums), Davey Johnstone (guitar) and Ray Cooper (percussion) with the only exception being the late Dee Murray (bass) who was obviously missing last night.

Thought so...thanks. ( surprised Ray Cooper's still with us......)

 

[bluesmith]

i could have sworn it was 190 when i tried.... either which way. i wouldnt trust my memory.

Your going back to about 2010 for that price. It was 205 in 2013.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

that year was definitely under £200, the £345 this year seems pretty mental

Wonder how much the traders with pitches pay?

 

[axlgod]

For me, the best headliner was Guns n’ Roses-yes I am a tad bias.
Critics and Glastonbury goers turned their noses up at them when they were announced- however they pulled it out of the bag-yes Axl left the majority of his vocals somewhere in 1993, but he still had a little power & rasp. I think the general consensus amongst a lot of people were that they were better than expected-myself included.
I feared the worst and even mentioned I was in the brace position before they hit the stage.
However it was all good, pulled a great crowd (festivals can be hit or miss as it’s never your crowd) a great selection of songs, and the band was tight-Slash in particular is getting better with age.
Sorry Elton, you were excellent last night, but Axl is my hero.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I think at the next Glastonbury festival there might be a certain Harry Styles as a headliner, seems to fill stadiums across the globe, if not him,Rick Astley, surely part of an entertainer/showman is engaging with the audience, both do it in spades.

I think there's more to being a headliner than just being popular though. Otherwise we might as well predict BTS and BlackPink as the next headliners. In generally, you're supposed to have a certain level of critical acclaim, but there's obviously also a huge preference for rock and indie. The third day headliners is often a pop act, but usually a legend of the genre rather than a big current star. The likes of Ariana Grande or Bruno Mars are unlikely to headline any time soon, and they fill stadiums easily.

 

[Crooked_rain]

They've been over £200 for 10 years.

Yeah, I went in 2010 at it was £185

Think it jumped up to over 200 after that

Mind you, they've knocked the price up 55 quid from last year which is some increase. But they'll probably go back to nudging the price up 15 quid or so for the next few years and before you know it, itll be over 400 ticket then heading towards 500.

 

[Crooked_rain]

For me, the best headliner was Guns n’ Roses-yes I am a tad bias.
Critics and Glastonbury goers turned their noses up at them when they were announced- however they pulled it out of the bag-yes Axl left the majority of his vocals somewhere in 1993, but he still had a little power & rasp. I think the general consensus amongst a lot of people were that they were better than expected-myself included.
I feared the worst and even mentioned I was in the brace position before they hit the stage.
However it was all good, pulled a great crowd (festivals can be hit or miss as it’s never your crowd) a great selection of songs, and the band was tight-Slash in particular is getting better with age.
Sorry Elton, you were excellent last night, but Axl is my hero.

I thought they were alright . I already knew Axl's voice isn't really there anymore so I wasn't going to be in for any disappointment. The band played well, slash was excellent and they had enough big tunes to carry it off. Crowed seemed to like it. I think they were worthy headliners, but nothing spectacular.

Elton knocked it out of the park though, I think he was the best headliner of the lot by some distance, even though I wouldn't necessarily listen to him in my spare time.


I think Arctic Monkeys and GnR both were solid enough headliners without being anything incredible.