Glastonbury needs 2012 off....

[upsidedown]

That Beyonce performance is the funniet thing i've seen in ages, like very expensive karaoke.

 

[MontyVeda]

i watched a tiny clip on the beeb website... bad mistake as I've had "wo o oooh wo o ooh pud a ring onnit" stuck in my head all afternoon


with regards to cost... 4 nights in a B&B or a weekend in a holiday let with no entertainment would set one back a similar amount.

 

[TheBoyBilly]

You've got to laugh.........SuBo must be better than that tart Beyonce, but only just. A talent-free zone.

 

[Trembler49]

Well you can say Beyonce has no talent for as long as you want, but I suspect that she has a talent for making money.

I would like some of that talent please!!

 

[summerdays]

they have a 'fallow' year every now and then... not sure if next years is 'due to the Olympics'... but I know Eavis is 'lending' his toilets to the Olympics... probably for some money.

I heard that the fallow year was meant to be this year but due to olympics, and golden jubilee celebrations that the police were partially responsible for changing the fallow year to next year.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The Olympics, Golden Jubilee celebrations and Glastonbury ... well, there are three reasons for spending next summer - no, next year - shut in my house with a duvet over my head.

 

[davefb]

I heard that the fallow year was meant to be this year but due to olympics, and golden jubilee celebrations that the police were partially responsible for changing the fallow year to next year.

yeah.. but i think it's also that a lot of the people (probably coppers included due to the road closures etc) couldnt commit as the 2012 olympic people werent committing ( and also heard all police are required for 2012 as well) , so they just swapped the fallow years to avoid any hassles with companies ..

i didnt go beyonce, but have been told she was amazing,, i watched system7 then some mad comedy jazz band..

had a great time, god knows if it was better in the past, i've only been the last 4 times and wish i'd been going earlier but got put off by tales of being up for 72 hours on speed ( which my work colleagues would do)..

still seems like a training exercise for the special forces though..

 

[TheBoyBilly]

Well you can say Beyonce has no talent for as long as you want, but I suspect that she has a talent for making money.

I would like some of that talent please!!

I take your point mate, but would suggest that various managers/agents have the money sorted. If you like her 'music' fair enough, but Glastonbury is not the place to showcase it. Wembley Arena or the O2 (for the kids) yes

 

[RedRider]

I kinda like Stuart Maconie's take on it in The Mirror, especially this bit:

A couple of years back Noel Gallagher made a daft remark about Jay-Z headlining the main stage, claiming it wasn’t “what Glastonbury is about”. The implication being that what Glasto should be about is lumpen, laddish guitar rock by Manc millionaires.

Well, it isn’t. Spend some time with those gentle souls up in the Green Fields with their knitted teepees and mung bean compresses and they’ll tell you that the real spirit of Glastonbury – Donovan, Pentangle, free love and “herbal cigarettes” – lives on with them, not with Kate and Pixie and the rest in their Jimmy Choo waders in the VIP bar.

It's not about the headliners ma-an. I also agree rocknroll is an indoor sport but I'm not ruling out rocking up on me bike next year. or the year after (I hastily edit).

 

[JohnHenry]

It's not about the headliners ma-an. I also agree rocknroll is an indoor sport but I'm not ruling out rocking up on me bike next year. or the year after (I hastily edit).

WTF? +1 to the "not about the headliners" bit but rock 'n' roll works well outside and, if you use your time wisely, £200 is a bargain. Got to see Paul Simon, Coldplay, Radiohead, The Wombles(!), Paolo, U2, Duane Eddy and BB King amongst others. Saw the start of Beyonce, got bored by the formulaic prancing and moved on to Queens of the Stone Age who were WAY more entertaining - to me anyways.

The "point" of Glastonbury is that there is so much going on that you are just as likely to have a great time by listening to some unknowns on one of the small stages ("Lobster Town" anyone?) as you are by getting crushed queuing for the headliners. I have been attending sporadically since 1971 and feel a hell of a lot more comfortable about my belongings and safety now than in "the good ole days". And, for the record, my take is that the police do a tricky job sensitively - I have a great picture from this year of two hulking bobbies on mountain bikes sporting pink fairy wings.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The "point" of Glastonbury is that there is so much going on that you are just as likely to have a great time by listening to some unknowns on one of the small stages ("Lobster Town" anyone?) as you are by getting crushed queuing for the headliners. I have been attending sporadically since 1971 and feel a hell of a lot more comfortable about my belongings and safety now than in "the good ole days". And, for the record, my take is that the police do a tricky job sensitively - I have a great picture from this year of two hulking bobbies on mountain bikes sporting pink fairy wings.

It just seems very weird to spend £200 and then just go and see acts you could see for far less money at one of the smaller festivals. Mind you, it also seems very weird to spend £200 and then go and see f**king Coldplay. Or £2. Or 20p.

 

[JohnHenry]

It just seems very weird to spend £200 and then just go and see acts you could see for far less money at one of the smaller festivals. Mind you, it also seems very weird to spend £200 and then go and see f**king Coldplay. Or £2. Or 20p.

I'd be hard pushed to find a "smaller" Festival at much less than £110 for a three day camping pass - Glastonbury is £195 for a five day and is "the big one". If you don't fancy Coldplay (and thousands do) - other bands are available - I stand by my original statement - Glastonbury is a bargain (and let's not forget that maybe 20% of Glastonbury attendees get in for free as WaterAid, Oxfam, Greenpeace (and a myriad of others) volunteers, traders and artistes.

 

[TerryThomas]

Deryke Drow's front man dancing around like tosser trying to act all 'rock god' in front of an audience of maybe 20... and more I've long since forgotten.

Lol. Deryke Drow. Now there is a name I've not heard in years. The front man was a total tosser. Tim I think he was called.

 

[Deryke Drow]

Hi TerryThomas and MontyVeda!

My name is Tim Brewster, and I live in Melbourne Australia. Twenty years ago or more, I was the frontman of a band called Deryke Drow. It was a lot of fun, and despite not having had any contact with any of the other lads from that time in many years now, I'll always look back on it with a lot affection.

Were either of you guys in a rock band? Perhaps you know how much effort, love and sacrifice go into building something as complicated and difficult as that, to such a level of commitment that you pack in your jobs, buy vans and a Public Address System, pay top dollar for a 'Demo Tape' and then pout evertything you have into trying to live a dream, flawed, nieve and pretentious though that might be at 21? Even being given the opportunity to perform on 'Wango Rileys Travelling Stage' back in Glastonbury '89 was a massive buzz for us .. we felt we were supporting Hawkwind, and in a sense, we were .. they came onstage two bands later!

Once in a Blue Moon, usually after a quiet night and a few vino's, I like to amuse myself by googling 'Deryke Drow', a name I cooked up for our band back then just for laughs .. imagine my suprise when I got a hit tonight ! But oh, dear, it seems I was a 'tosser'.

Perhaps you'd care to elaborate boys, or would that be according you both a sincerity (and a vocabulary) you don't quite deserve?

hehe

 

[Monsieur Remings]

I don't go to festivals any more, back when I was a teenager, they were headlined by the likes of Prodigy, Metalica, Killing Joke, etc., the Police presence was virtually non-existent and the crowd was totally chilled out on cheap booze and a communal cloud of pot-smoke. Nowadays, it's mainstream, over-policed, over-hyped, over-commercialized, and full of lairy chavs looking for a punch-up. Not good.

+1

What he said.