bickster Posted June 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, ender4 said: Watch Charli XCX on the other stage for some decent pop.Though she must have almost finished now. It'll all be on the red button for a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 I caught some article a couple of days ago, about one of the Circus Tents where they were doing a few variations on high wire acts, trapeze acts. The logistics were just crazy, a couple of weeks of setting up the tent, rigging the staging, sorting the lighting. Getting scaffolders and riggers and climbers that could swift change sets for changes of show every hours. It was hundreds of thousands of pounds for the back room staff and artistes in a part of the Glastonbury show you don’t hear about. Add that to 9 stages of music, fairgrounds, and a big spider… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2022 That Courtney Barnett set was brilliant, really looking forward to Thursdays gig now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I caught some article a couple of days ago, about one of the Circus Tents where they were doing a few variations on high wire acts, trapeze acts. The logistics were just crazy, a couple of weeks of setting up the tent, rigging the staging, sorting the lighting. Getting scaffolders and riggers and climbers that could swift change sets for changes of show every hours. It was hundreds of thousands of pounds for the back room staff and artistes in a part of the Glastonbury show you don’t hear about. Add that to 9 stages of music, fairgrounds, and a big spider… Not forgetting all the clubs that go on after the live music has finished until the early hours of the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Not forgetting all the clubs that go on after the live music has finished until the early hours of the morning Been talking a lot about the economics of running this thing over the weekend. Blows your mind thinking about the complexity of putting something like this on. It would be fascinating to see the accounts! Which makes me feel older than watching Billie Eilish on Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, villaglint said: Been talking a lot about the economics of running this thing over the weekend. Blows your mind thinking about the complexity of putting something like this on. It would be fascinating to see the accounts! Which makes me feel older than watching Billie Eilish on Friday night. Or even see the invoice from the accountants for the accounts! Genuinely, it’ll be a vast bill from the guys doing the billing. Or do we think old man Eavis will now be up all night with a big stack of coffee receipts and some cheque book stubs to sort out? Imagine trying to engage in a business like way and receive timely invoices and receipts with the correct vat registration details from Primal Scream. Hello, hello is that Mr Gillespie? Yes its about the receipts bundle. You’re saying you had lunch in Costa Coffee and it cost £8.29 but that was at exactly the same time you had two Happy Meals in Taunton, which incidentally was exactly the same time you were live on TV performing ‘Higher Than The Sun’ on the Parks Stage? And you’ve bought a tank specifically for the journey here? I need you to have another look at this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Off to see Cudi in November, buzzing for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 2 hours ago, tonyh29 said: tbf I didn’t know he was a rapper , I thought he was that Lamar bloke from England , that’s how out of touch I am !! That's cracked me up. Bloody Lemar "Right about now I'm 50/50" would have the crowd going wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2022 6 hours ago, chrisp65 said: I caught some article a couple of days ago, about one of the Circus Tents where they were doing a few variations on high wire acts, trapeze acts. The logistics were just crazy, a couple of weeks of setting up the tent, rigging the staging, sorting the lighting. Getting scaffolders and riggers and climbers that could swift change sets for changes of show every hours. It was hundreds of thousands of pounds for the back room staff and artistes in a part of the Glastonbury show you don’t hear about. Add that to 9 stages of music, fairgrounds, and a big spider… Can you imagine how much the liability insurance is for the circus tent alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2022 7 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Or even see the invoice from the accountants for the accounts! Genuinely, it’ll be a vast bill from the guys doing the billing. Or do we think old man Eavis will now be up all night with a big stack of coffee receipts and some cheque book stubs to sort out? Imagine trying to engage in a business like way and receive timely invoices and receipts with the correct vat registration details from Primal Scream. Hello, hello is that Mr Gillespie? Yes its about the receipts bundle. You’re saying you had lunch in Costa Coffee and it cost £8.29 but that was at exactly the same time you had two Happy Meals in Taunton, which incidentally was exactly the same time you were live on TV performing ‘Higher Than The Sun’ on the Parks Stage? And you’ve bought a tank specifically for the journey here? I need you to have another look at this. Not to mention all the helicopter bills and trying to match them up with pretend carbon offset schemes run by crooks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted June 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2022 9 hours ago, hogso said: Anyone ever seen Rammstein live? They must be incredibly loud, as I'm sitting in my living room, 4 miles away from where they're playing, and I can hear the bass. ****. Probably about 15/20 years ago but yeah pretty load! Good pyrotechnics as well. Couldn’t make the original date and had sold out by the time I could make it. Shame as good band live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted June 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) Well that was fun! I’m broken now highlights: Self Esteem, Sigrid, girl in red, Holly humberstone, Olivia Rodrigo, Turnstile, Charli XCX oh and Paul & Jacqui of course Edited June 27, 2022 by fightoffyour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 If you want some amusement check out any FB posting regarding P. McCartney Esq's performance. Anyone daring to say he was anything less than "phenomenal" gets piled on by all the acolytes, who retort with the same kind of "what's your back catalogue like", "Would like to see you do that now let alone at 80", "how very dare you critisize a living legend" type comments. I think that's the difference between the majority of Macca fans and all Brian Wilson fans. Macca is still as good as 1964, but pretty much every Brian Wilson fan I know can see and has admitted that Brian does next to nothing these days, and when he does he invariably misses the cue or sings off key. They're just happy he's there, wheelchair or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, rjw63 said: If you want some amusement check out any FB posting regarding P. McCartney Esq's performance. Anyone daring to say he was anything less than "phenomenal" gets piled on by all the acolytes, who retort with the same kind of "what's your back catalogue like", "Would like to see you do that now let alone at 80", "how very dare you critisize a living legend" type comments. I think that's the difference between the majority of Macca fans and all Brian Wilson fans. Macca is still as good as 1964, but pretty much every Brian Wilson fan I know can see and has admitted that Brian does next to nothing these days, and when he does he invariably misses the cue or sings off key. They're just happy he's there, wheelchair or not. Yep, that was exactly my thought. They're both living legend heritage acts, with very good bands who do their best to cover for the old feller's failing abilities. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Went with the wife last night to see The Eagles at Hyde Park, we are both of that age.... I enjoyed the gig, Joe Walsh still a great guitar player Joe Walsh commented that he had a lot more fun when he was in his 20's in the 70's, than being in his 70's in the 20's......although I am not yet in my 70's (6 years to go), it was something that I could very much agree with Regards Derek 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 16 hours ago, hogso said: Anyone ever seen Rammstein live? They must be incredibly loud, as I'm sitting in my living room, 4 miles away from where they're playing, and I can hear the bass. ****. Yes and yes. You'd probably be able to see the pyro from 4 miles away too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) So , based on comments here , there and everywhere and expecting a train wreck , I put McCartney’s Glastonbury performance on iPlayer tonight have to say I enjoyed it , yeah his vocals were a bit off at time but he had some good musicians alongside him , he played some good material from his vast catalogue ( and a few not so good ones ) , I reckon being there would have enhanced the enjoyment even more It just sorta reaffirms my conclusion the internet just enjoys being miserable , I for one enjoyed that set … I get people just wanted to hear hit after hit but having only heard the original bootleg previously , I really enjoyed “in spite of all the danger “ given an airing . here today is still a beautiful note to a friend even if he couldn’t really deliver the vocals if that’s his last ever performance there are worse ways to bow out Edited June 27, 2022 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted June 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2022 Just got back from Glastonbury, thought it was one of the best I've been to. The media coverage doesn't give you a fair representation of what it's actually like. They obsess over the Pyramid headliners, and a few wanky bands in the BBC / Guardian / John Peel tents. When you're in a packed crowd at the Pyramid and they're all singing along to a song in unison, it doesn't matter so much if the old man on stage has lost his voice. The TV coverage cuts out most of the crowd noise, and you lose all the energy of the performance. Paul McCartney's set was one for the purists for the first hour, but everyone I spoke to thought the closing half was amazing. There was a little indoor venue called San Remo that had great DJs on back to back all through the night, and a lovely crowd. Erol Alkan, Romy, Haai were all great in there. My surprise highlight of the weekend was Lorde. Perfect Sunday sunset comedown pop. Billie Eilish not for me, left after 15 mins. The teenage girls went wild for it though. She's definitely got the charisma, but way too early in her career to have a headline slot. Wandered over to Primal Scream who were disappointing, was expecting much better. Eventually ended up at Foals, who were fantastic, really tight, nailed every song, great crowd. Diana Ross was ok. One of the biggest daytime crowds I've ever seen at the Pyramid, and plenty of hits, but her voice is shot. Seen some much better Sunday Legend slots. A "secret" set from Jack White at the Park stage wasn't such a well kept secret, and was impossible to get near enough to see or hear it properly, but seemed like he was putting on a good show. On one of the smaller bandstands, saw a great set by Mik Artistik. Being able to see stuff like that in a small crowd from a few feet away, just sitting on the grass eating some nice food and having a drink is what I love the most about Glastonbury. Saw a couple of great sets on similar stages by bands I can't remember the name of, one acoustic blues and the other gospel rock. I went along to Kendrick Lamar not expecting to enjoy it... not a massive fan of live hip hop, especially on the big stages. But was an incredible set. It did feel "historic" to me, I guess. Don't think that was just the media going along with the hype. I missed a few acts I'd have liked to have seen... Courtney Barnett, Crowded House, Phoebe Bridgers, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Brass Against, Leon Bridges, and there were so many good DJs clashing with live acts I wanted to see. Only lowlight was catching 4 teenagers robbing stuff from my tent at the end... thankfully they gave everything back to me without a fight. Think I was so broken after several days of burning the candle at both ends that I must have looked a bit unhinged when I sprinted up to them. Always charge in with the crazy eyes. Anyway, give it a chance if you've never been before. Literally has something for everyone, and if you don't like big crowds there's always loads of great stuff to see on the smaller stages. And the food and drink are much better and cheaper than most festivals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 28, 2022 8 hours ago, KentVillan said: Wandered over to Primal Scream who were disappointing, was expecting much better. I finally watched that set last night on the iPlayer. I'd heard a lot of negativity about it but apart from the sound being horrible, I thought it was great. I can well understand some of the criticism that it started slowly but it finished really well imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, choffer said: I finally watched that set last night on the iPlayer. I'd heard a lot of negativity about it but apart from the sound being horrible, I thought it was great. I can well understand some of the criticism that it started slowly but it finished really well imo. I started watching and the sound was really wrong, really off. But I also know that a few years ago I went to a PS gig and in the room it was some of the best live music I’d ever heard, then days later on i-player, it was bang average at best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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