Glastonbury via armchair 2023

Gassage · June 2023

Having been in Gibraltar at the Rugby Sevens all weekend I missed it, although Alistair was at Glasto.

I watched a fair bit last night.

War on Drugs- superb
Clem Burke- INCREDIBLE- the Peart of Punk.
Slash- fantastic, a GOAT- but I do wish he'd sort his tone out at times.

Elton to be watched tonight.

Gassage · June 2023

Gassage said:

Having been in Gibraltar at the Rugby Sevens all weekend I missed it, although Alistair was at Glasto.

I watched a fair bit last night.

War on Drugs- superb
Clem Burke- INCREDIBLE- the Peart of Punk.
Slash- fantastic, a GOAT- but I do wish he'd sort his tone out at times.

Elton to be watched tonight.

Fuck- Clem liked my tweet!!

Jalapeno · June 2023

theatreanchor said:

Jalapeno said:

QOTSA win the guitar GAS award - never seen so many 12 strings !!!!!

I’m gonna give it to Elton’s guitar man, whoever he was. So many lush custom paint jobs.

Loved the Farewell Yellow Brick Tour Les Paul !

MagicPigDetective · June 2023

SRich said:

The War on Drugs were easily the highlight for me…..anyone find out why Adam Granduciel kicked his Swart amp out of its stack at the end of “Under Pressure”?…..looked more like frustration than an act of pure old style Rock’n Roll

Don't know but after being fairly chilled, for the last two songs he really upped his energy and aggression, shouting the band introductions and giving it all for Under The Pressure, it was a mesmerizing performance. Perhaps he had so much adrenaline he just lashed out. What a set.

JezWynd · June 2023

JezWynd said:

Is Max Richter's set available anywhere? Can't find it on BBC.

The BBC have a single brief interview with Max and Tilda Swinton. A screen grab of the audience reveals why there's no video on YouTube; there's not an iPhone in sight, everyone's listening to the music. Come on BBC, it's over to you...

nb. Spotted a single camera (on a tripod!) in lower right corner.

Max's set inspired one audience member...

Vintage65 · June 2023

Gassage said:

Having been in Gibraltar at the Rugby Sevens all weekend I missed it, although Alistair was at Glasto.

I watched a fair bit last night.

War on Drugs- superb
Clem Burke- INCREDIBLE- the Peart of Punk.
Slash- fantastic, a GOAT- but I do wish he'd sort his tone out at times.

Elton to be watched tonight.

QOTSA won it for me, tight as f*** and they even had some new songs. There's lot's of other good stuff if you dig deep.

Vintage65 · June 2023

CloudNine said:

That QOTSA set was right up there with one of the best ever at Glastonbury. Best band in the world right now.

Absolutely, and they should have been headlining on the main stage!

Vintage65 · June 2023

monquixote said:

Just been watching Caroline Polachek

What an incredible singer and a great performer. It's weird she isn't more famous.

She's hiding in plain sight. I've seen some great interviews where she goes into her song writing process, and as you say an incredible singer with tremendous range and control.

mrkb · June 2023

Just watched Lewis Capaldis set (after seeing the news about him having to cancel gigs)- and wow - his audience were amazing. I hadnt realised he had bad Tourettes and how that would affect him. Fair play to him and his audience, its a bit dusty in here!

munckee · June 2023

mrkb said:

Just watched Lewis Capaldis set (after seeing the news about him having to cancel gigs)- and wow - his audience were amazing. I hadnt realised he had bad Tourettes and how that would affect him. Fair play to him and his audience, its a bit dusty in here!

Me and missus munckee had some sort of allergies after watching it last night. If he never performs again it will be a tragic irony that his last song was at his dream concert struggling to sing about how he was getting used to being someone you loved.

Jfingers · June 2023

I've been multiple times, never paid for a ticket, never dropped litter.

My favourite act I've seen there was Elvis Costello solo for an hour or so then The Attractions came on for a lot more.

LPManic · June 2023

MagicPigDetective said:

SRich said:

The War on Drugs were easily the highlight for me…..anyone find out why Adam Granduciel kicked his Swart amp out of its stack at the end of “Under Pressure”?…..looked more like frustration than an act of pure old style Rock’n Roll

Don't know but after being fairly chilled, for the last two songs he really upped his energy and aggression, shouting the band introductions and giving it all for Under The Pressure, it was a mesmerizing performance. Perhaps he had so much adrenaline he just lashed out. What a set.

He got really pissed at the end of the Madrid gig I was at a few weeks ago about his guitar cord and sore at his sound guy. I hope he is ok.

Vintage65 · June 2023

Vintage65 said:
Where it all started ...

Just caught up with Elton on the Pyramid stage and I think I prefer the old version of him with less reverb and more high notes.

darius · June 2023

Foo Fighters tour announcement sure looks like it’s designed to end at Glastonbury24.
[edit] Or Download24.
I’m [not] calling it now.

Not that I’m ever going to go, stadium gigs are my limit (and too big).

monquixote · June 2023

darius said:

Foo Fighters tour announcement sure looks like it’s designed to end at Glastonbury24.
I’m calling it now.
Not that I’m ever going to go, stadium gigs are my limit (and too big).

They said they would be back next year at the end of their set.

You could read that as "in England" or "At Glastonbury"

monquixote · June 2023

Nova Twins were great.

Some seriously evil messed up bass and guitar tones via massive pedalboards.

RocknRollDave · June 2023

Foos would be a decent choice for headliners.

I’m not a fan, but they have enough of a wider appeal and Grohl leaves it all on the stage.

CaseOfAce · June 2023

I'm just watching the War On Drugs at this minute - a band I have never heard before. Yeah - I dig it - big anthemic choruses played on a massive stage in the magic hour at Glastonbury but let's be brutally honest here -

it's basically Survivor with a massive pedalboard?

Vintage65 · June 2023

CaseOfAce said:

I'm just watching the War On Drugs at this minute - a band I have never heard before. Yeah - I dig it - big anthemic choruses played on a massive stage in the magic hour at Glastonbury but let's be brutally honest here -

it's basically Survivor with a massive pedalboard?

Check out their earlier stuff, Kurt Vile used to be a band member.

Gassage · June 2023

So, I hadn’t managed to see Elton before tonight due to working at Gibraltar 7s.

I think it’s safe to say he just settled the debate on the greatest Glastonbury performance of all time.

Simply career defining - but within a definitive career.

.Fucking hell!!

digitalkettle · June 2023

CaseOfAce said:

…
it's basically Survivor with a massive pedalboard?

I’m in!

ArchtopDave · June 2023

Slowly looking through the performances with my supper.
So far CHVRCHES Excellent…….Saw them on tour just over year ago and throughly enjoyed that gig.
Warpaint Delighted to discover they were performing. One of my favourite bands, who I've seen live 3 times before.

Next up Pale Waves. I did have ticket to see them in 2020, but obviously got cancelled.

Vintage65 · June 2023

Gassage said:

So, I hadn’t managed to see Elton before tonight due to working at Gibraltar 7s.

I think it’s safe to say he just settled the debate on the greatest Glastonbury performance of all time.

Simply career defining - but within a definitive career.

.Fucking hell!!

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I didn't like anything he did after 1974. Prior to that he captured lightening in a bottle.

RocknRollDave · June 2023

GNR were soooo poor.

As others have said, there was no chemistry there. Axl needs to stop running around and concentrate more on his singing. He still hasn't cottoned on to how trite some of his moves and schtick are.
Slash's guitar sound (listening to it on TV, at least) was particularly unforgiving, and some of the lead lines sounded a bit clunky and misfiring. Duff had the look on his face I have when I know a gig is going south and all I can do is ride it out until I can get off stage.

Elton... a bit of a workmanlike set, for me. I expected more. The guests were talented enough, but the "OOOH, WHO'S IT GONNA BE?!" rumour mill had bigged it up too much, and they weren't notable enough to be interesting.

Pretenders...odd choice of setlist. Wot no Brass in Pocket? Too many new songs. Again, Chrissie seemed a bit uncomfortable on stage.

Rick Astley and the Blossoms - easily the highlight of what I have seen so far.

Kittyfrisk · June 2023

ArchtopDave said:

Slowly looking through the performances with my supper.
So far CHVRCHES Excellent…….Saw them on tour just over year ago and throughly enjoyed that gig.
Warpaint Delighted to discover they were performing. One of my favourite bands, who I've seen live 3 times before.

Next up Pale Waves. I did have ticket to see them in 2020, but obviously got cancelled.

What had you said?

Philly_Q · June 2023

digitalkettle said:

CaseOfAce said:

…
it's basically Survivor with a massive pedalboard?

I’m in!

Yeah, but ditch the massive pedalboard.

vasselmeyer · June 2023

Just caught Queens of the Stone age.

Immense. That is all.

CaseOfAce · June 2023

vasselmeyer said:

Just caught Queens of the Stone age.

Immense. That is all.

I've just saw them do Smooth Sailing on iPlayer (starts 11 mins in). Wow. That's blisteringly good - I love that gnarly guitar solo Josh Homme does in the middle ...the song has so much swagger and groove!

There's a boatload of great guitar that happened this year at Glastonbury.

Vintage65 · June 2023

CaseOfAce said:

vasselmeyer said:

Just caught Queens of the Stone age.

Immense. That is all.

I've just saw them do Smooth Sailing on iPlayer (starts 11 mins in). Wow. That's blisteringly good - I love that gnarly guitar solo Josh Homme does in the middle ...the song has so much swagger and groove!

There's a boatload of great guitar that happened this year at Glastonbury.

The line-up seemed a bit bare when it was first announced, but after digging in there was some exceptional music across many different genres. Whoever put it all together did a great job.

monquixote · June 2023

vasselmeyer said:

Just caught Queens of the Stone age.

Immense. That is all.

Just realised they have Jon Theodore on drums.

That probably explains it. He is amazing.

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