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Well it’s over and to be honest I was very underwhelmed. Due to the Euro’s (Bad planning or what?) I spent most of my viewing time calling performances back on iplayer and watching till earlier hours of the morning. Quite a few were ruined by awful sound Cyndi Lauper, Shania Twain especially. Anyway here’s my best 3

1 Janelle Monáe
2 The National
3 April Lavigne
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I was very underwhelmed
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I agree about Twain, terrible. Only one I really watched but I heard about Lauper's troubles. Same stage I presume, and the sound engineer must be having kittens.

But then I heard a short set by a Jordan Rakei. Never heard of him, Aussie. Very good. Album on my list.
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All things change although I fear it has become too commercial for me and I miss the ragged rock band vibe but it is still loved by many so I say keep on keepin on:

Glastonbury Festival Headliners

1970-1979 Glastonbury headliners:
* 1970: T. Rex
* 1971: Hawkwind, Traffic, Melanie
* 1978: The Pirates, Pete Townshend
* 1979: Tim Blake, Steve Hillage

1980-1989 Glastonbury headliners:
* 1981: Hawkwind, Ginger Baker, New Order
* 1982: Van Morrison, Jackson Browne, Roy Harper
* 1983: UB40, Marillion, The Beat
* 1984: The Smiths, Black Uhuru, Elvis Costello
* 1985: Echo & the Bunnymen, Aswad, Joe Cocker
* 1986: The Cure, Simply Red, The Housemartins
* 1987: Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, The Communards
* 1989: The Wonder Stuff, Elvis Costello, Suzanne Vega

1990-1999 Glastonbury headliners:
* 1990: The Cure, Sinead O'Connor, Happy Mondays
* 1992: Carter USM, Shakespears Sister, The Shamen
* 1993: The Orb, Lenny Kravitz, Velvet Underground
* 1994: The Levellers, Peter Gabriel, The Pretenders
* 1995: Oasis, The Cure, Pulp
* 1997: The Prodigy, Radiohead, Ash
* 1998: Primal Scream, Blur, Massive Attack
* 1999: R.E.M., Manic Street Preachers, Skunk Anansie

2000-2009 Glastonbury headliners:
* 2000: David Bowie, Travis, The Chemical Brothers
* 2002: Coldplay, Stereophonics, Rod Stewart
* 2003: R.E.M., Radiohead, Moby
* 2004: Oasis, Paul McCartney, Muse
* 2005: The White Stripes, Coldplay, Basement Jaxx
* 2007: Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, The Who
* 2008: Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, The Verve
* 2009: Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Blur

2010-2019 Glastonbury headliners:
* 2010: Gorillaz, Muse, Stevie Wonder
* 2011: U2, Coldplay, Beyoncé
* 2013: Arctic Monkeys, The Rolling Stones, Mumford & Sons
* 2014: Arcade Fire, Metallica, Kasabian
* 2015: Florence and the Machine (replacing Foo Fighters), Kanye West, The Who
* 2016: Muse, Adele, Coldplay
* 2017: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran
* 2019: Stormzy, The Killers, The Cure
2020-present Glastonbury headliners:
* 2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19
* 2021: Cancelled due to COVID-19
* 2022: Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar
* 2023: Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses, Elton John
* 2024: Dua Lipa, SZA and Coldplay


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Dan Steel wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:45 am Well it’s over and to be honest I was very underwhelmed. Due to the Euro’s (Bad planning or what?) I spent most of my viewing time calling performances back on iplayer and watching till earlier hours of the morning. Quite a few were ruined by awful sound Cyndi Lauper, Shania Twain especially. Anyway here’s my best 3

1 Janelle Monáe
2 The National
3 April Lavigne
Like you playing catch up. My favourites so far were PJ Harvey, LCD Soundsystem and The National. Off to see the National tomorrow in the castlefield bowl Manchester tomorrow, well by that I mean I’ll probably be watching a big screen of them! They did a best of set at Glasto. Grandkids got me hooked on Confidence Man, they would have been huge in Ibiza in the 90’s. Watch them with a tongue in your cheek or better just listen? Need to check Janelle Monae.
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Scooter wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2024 1:21 pm
Dan Steel wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:45 am Well it’s over and to be honest I was very underwhelmed. Due to the Euro’s (Bad planning or what?) I spent most of my viewing time calling performances back on iplayer and watching till earlier hours of the morning. Quite a few were ruined by awful sound Cyndi Lauper, Shania Twain especially. Anyway here’s my best 3

1 Janelle Monáe
2 The National
3 April Lavigne
Like you playing catch up. My favourites so far were PJ Harvey, LCD Soundsystem and The National. Off to see the National tomorrow in the castlefield bowl Manchester tomorrow, well by that I mean I’ll probably be watching a big screen of them! They did a best of set at Glasto. Grandkids got me hooked on Confidence Man, they would have been huge in Ibiza in the 90’s. Watch them with a tongue in your cheek or better just listen? Need to check Janelle Monae.
Yes LCD Soundsystem were very good :smt023
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I only saw a bit of it and that was carefully selected.

I think the stand out performance was Dua Lipa - not my musical taste but you cannot deny the quality of the production and performance. Didn't miss a beat all night.

Coldplay's set was good as you would expect. For me it had a flat spot in the middle but that is more down to my musical preferences not quality of performance.

I had never even heard of the Sunday headliner SZA! Had brief look but didn't hang around. Billions of streams do not make a performer.

From my musical taste Keane's performance was exemplary, I very mush enjoyed Two Door Cinema Club and Avril Lavigne did a good set.

Of course everyones mileage will differ for such an event but you asked so that is my opinion :D
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FangfossFlyer wrote: Wed Jul 03, 2024 12:06 pm All things change although I fear it has become too commercial for me and I miss the ragged rock band vibe but it is still loved by many so I say keep on keepin on:

Glastonbury Festival Headliners

1970-1971 Glastonbury headliners:
* 1970: T. Rex
* 1971: Hawkwind, Traffic, Melanie

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For me Glastonbury has turned to show business and away from music.

First Glastonbury Fayre started day after Jimi Hendrix died and was over two daze; acts included: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Keith Christmas, Stackridge, Al Stewart and Quintessence. 1,500 turned up. Tickets were £1 including free milk from the farm. 1971 was even better as 12,000 got to see Hawkwind, Traffic, Melanie, David Bowie, Fairport Convention and Quintessence and it was free. My kinda music. Not sure why is was revived in 1979 (money?), but it ceased to be a Fayre.

With the cricket world cup, Euros etc. I didn’t watch this year at all apart from 10 minutes of Coldplay - not really my cup of Ovaltine. However, I’m sure many enjoyed it.
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With this years headliners, I thought the festival might have been sponsored by Tampax.

Dua Lipa is a lovely girl but never a headliner. Her performance was soulless.
Coldplay are just wet, with a lot of recognisable songs, granted.
I thought I would recognise some of SZA'a tunes once I heard them, but nope. Not one track had I heard, and I have a broad taste in music.

I thought PJ Harvey was great. Mannequin Pussy were powerful and had great energy.

There seemed to be a lot of bands that I was looking to see, but just didn't seem to be covered by the BBC.
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