Glastonbury 2023

[Nightmare Walking]

Just catching up with Hot Chip. Great as always. Along with Leftfield flying the dance flag

I seen them both. Both were amazing.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Pearl Jam would be great, never played Glastonbury

They're dull as fuck.

 

[bluemoon32]

They're dull as fuck.

Nope but everyone likes what they like

 

[unicorn]

I was at that New Order gig, the sticky mud and light drizzle did not help it.

I have seen Depeche about 30 times over the years. Already seen them in Amsterdam and at Twickenham on this tour. I am off to Berlin to see them next week. Depeche would not just play the hits. Yes you would get the predictable handful, but the set would be new album and post violator heavy. There would be next to nothing from the early to mid 80's, when they were racking up top 10 hits. I have seen Depeche at a few festivals, where it is not their own crowd and they have fallen flat every time.

I was at Glastonbury this weekend and Elton was able to pull it off because he has a set full of up beat, family friendly, classics, which everyone and his grandmother knows. Depeche Mode have I just Can't Get Enough.

Depeche Mode are a fucking fantastic band. One of the most original and innovative bands the world has seen. Unfortunately they have had their opportunities to headline Glasto and they refused. After seeing how Glastonbury has changed over the years, I have serious reservations regarding how an aged Depeche would go down on the Pyramid Stage. They would be an utterly fantastic Other Stage headliner, but they are far too big for that.

Great analysis. I'm not a big DM fan, but they're huge across Europe and beyond (there's Depeche Mode bars in the Baltics !) and don't need Glastonbury. Respect to bands who aren't just tribute acts to themselves.

 

[Lavinda Past]

OK there's the official legends slot which is some very old timer eg Cat Stephens sunday afternoon.

Then there's the Sunday headliner slot where they always put a legend that's too big to be given the earlier slot (ie Elton John, The Who, The Cure, Stevie Wonder, Bowie in 2000, Kylie Minogue 2005 etc.)

Madonna isn't headlining on Friday or Saturday, that'll be kept for artists who are at the top of their game.

You mean 'at the top of their game" like Arctic Monkeys and GnR...?

I've seen better tribute acts in our local pub.

 

[Lavinda Past]

The first one was a quid to get in apparently and it was rough and ready, now that the tarquins have taken over with pictures on Instagram and twitter there's no room for the yoof who can't afford it all.

A quid to get in and hundreds were still bunking in over the 'security fence'.

Proper festivals.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Next lot of headliners should be:

Adele
Swift
Madonna

Thursday night televised woman fight to see who got which night.

 

[Barcon]

Fever Ray is typically crazy. Love this though.



If anyone used to like The Knife, that's where they started. Now a solo artist.

If you really want to feel like you're descending into hell, listen to Bjork's remix of Fever Ray's song This Country Makes it Hard to Fuck. Absolutely insane.

I couldn't take my eyes off this, partly because I couldn't figure out what I was seeing.
Just spent the past few hours googling and listening to videos by her.

 

[deano ou812]

Don’t forget that they will be running out of proper legend acts,off the top of my head the Rolling Stones,Kiss,AC/DC,Bruce Springsteen could stick in a few more but these four are renowned all over not just the UK,maybe Oasis in as well possibly,the likes of Madness,depeche mode wouldn’t have the same impact media wise but still be good ..

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Don't think anyone has mentioned U2 as an option yet. I'm not a huge fan myself but they pack out stadiums and have a pretty extensive back catalogue.