To those who panned it for being a shit line up - there were over 1,000 acts playing over the weekend, everything from singer song writers with an acoustic guitar to classic rock bands, hard heavy metal bands, reggae, rap music, grime music, jazz, djs covering every type of electronic music and a whole bunch more - if there is nothing for you there, you just don't like music.
To those suggesting they are pandering to diversity - modern Britain is diverse, they are not pandering to anything, if you don't like black or brown people, and you only like music by white men with guitars, stick to listening to the juke box at the working mens club. The world is moving on and if it moves on without you and your bigoted opinions all the better. Glastonbury is and always will be accepting of the beautiful rainbow of people on this planet.
To those who "can't believe that they sold 200,000 tickets or that "they would give their ticket back if that was the line up" - You don't get it, you've never been, otherwise you would understand that Glastonbury goes beyond the bands on the stage.
To those who "would never go" cos " its a load of shite". Good, more tickets for the 2 million people registered for the biggest single location festival in the world.
To those that think its a bunch of Posho's or "hooray henry's", you've never been, literally, you have never been otherwise you would realise how far wide of the mark you are. There are posh people, middle class people, people with not a lot of money and there are people who have no money but volunteer for work so that they can be there. There are old people, young people, families, couples, singles and groups of friends there are people of all colours too.
To those who moan at Stormzy for being Homophobic - he has since apologised for comments he made when he was a teenager / young man. I am certain that we all (including you) said something stupid when we were young - just that no-one bothered recording the stupid things you said and even if they had your not relevant enough for anyone to care anyway - lucky you.
To those who think that Stormzy didn't kill his set, either you weren't there or your not the target audience, talk to the people who went, talk to the younger generation, he smashed it, it might not be for you and that's ok, but maybe go and watch something you do like and bring something positive to the thread, rather than watch something that you have already decided is shit and then come on here and moan to others about it.
To those who think the BBC controls the line up, erm, i just, what the, you know your wrong, right...
To those who didn't like Lizzo, the big girl in the Leotard. I'd never heard of her before, My Mrs had. We stopped to get a bite to eat at the back of the West Holts stage just as she started. We had no real plans, so we sat down to watch her - within 10 minutes we were on our feet with the whole field dancing. She was absolutely marvellous. Had the entire crowd in the palm of her hand from start to finish. She sang like a soul queen, rapped like missy elliot, played the flute, danced, cracked jokes. Everyone who was in that field left with a massive smile on their face feeling better about themselves. Her recent set of UK gigs sold out in minutes last week. She will be on the pyramid stage either next year or the year after. Still not my bag in terms of music but that is the massive difference between listening to the radio or on your I pod compared to listening live. Remember: I love you, you are beautiful and you can do anything.
For those of you actually went, well, i don't need to say it, you know. Good luck on T-Day and hope to see you on the farm next year.
