Len_derby Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I’m not sure how important the line-up is. Of the people I know who go, all in the affluent 35+ bracket, who they are going to see doesn’t seem to be important. Most of them, to my my knowledge, hardly ever go to any other live music. They’re going for “the Glastonbury experience “, and would shell-out the money whoever was playing. If their attitude is common, sad as it may be to us on this forum, what point is there putting much effort and imagination into booking acts? There never seems to be any difficulty in selling the tickets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Len_derby said: I’m not sure how important the line-up is. Of the people I know who go, all in the affluent 35+ bracket, who they are going to see doesn’t seem to be important. Most of them, to my my knowledge, hardly ever go to any other live music. They’re going for “the Glastonbury experience “, and would shell-out the money whoever was playing. If their attitude is common, sad as it may be to us on this forum, what point is there putting much effort and imagination into booking acts? There never seems to be any difficulty in selling the tickets. true dat.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Forgot to mention 'locals' can get daily tickets too, they were £30 back in the day, maybe more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Old folks moan about music for youngsters. Back in my day etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 2 hours ago, yorks5stringer said: Just think of the exposure and downloads ......( where have I heard that before?) They're effectively paid by getting a free pass to see most of the festival (you're off more than working) plus three meals a day and nice camping. Most people who do it think it's a great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, yorks5stringer said: Forgot to mention 'locals' can get daily tickets too, they were £30 back in the day, maybe more now. £90 now and only available for the Sunday. The bus home is at midnight so when we got the day passes, we just stayed all night then walked to Shepton Mallet in the morning and got a bus home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 F me that makes me feel old. Only recognise about haf a dozen names, and the only one I'd get out of bed for is Richard Thompson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Some bands (Supergrass, and McFly) are surprisingly low in the lineups, and on smaller stages, when considering their record sales and placings in the Hit Parade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: Some bands (Supergrass, and McFly) are surprisingly low in the lineups, and on smaller stages, when considering their record sales and placings in the Hit Parade. They both sold a lot of records a long time ago and have since been forgotten. Supergrass only ever really had a couple big hits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy109 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 15 hours ago, Woodinblack said: I went 3 years in a row in the 80s. I have no idea who was playing. That is the same experience I had in the 80's early 90's. I still have friends that have gone every year (when not a fallow year) since and still love it. The magic stopped shining for me when the clientele changed. I am writing this whilst on the ferry to IOW Festival!!! I don't expect this to be amazing but I will enjoy what's on offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 55 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: They both sold a lot of records a long time ago and have since been forgotten. Supergrass only ever really had a couple big hits If we're talking about sold a lot of records a long time ago, look at Saturday's headliner 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: If we're talking about sold a lot of records a long time ago, look at Saturday's headliner 😉 The only thing he did was yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Supernaut said: Old folks moan about music for youngsters. Back in my day etc etc. I do think we're showing our age a bit. Billy Eilish is probably the biggest act in the world right now. Kendrick Lamarr is one of the biggest names in hip hop. Olivia Rodriguez is massive. Those three could easily sell out stadium tours in their own right. Then on the Other stage there's Foals and Idles who are among the biggest 'indie'bands in the UK. AJ Tracey, probably currently the biggest UK hip hop act barring Stormzy and Burna Boy who's just breaking through into the UK mainstream but is pretty much the biggest star in Africa. And that's before you start looking at the various lesser known gems performing on all the other stages. It may not be appealing to middle age Basschatters (and I include myself in that demographic) but doubt there'll be a stronger line up at any other European festival this year. I may even tune in myself to catch Herbie Hancock. Edited June 15, 2022 by Cato 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Fair play to Macca if he's really going to do a 2+hour set at his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, paddy109 said: That is the same experience I had in the 80's early 90's. I still have friends that have gone every year (when not a fallow year) since and still love it. Indeed - I think it was a later thing when BBC started to broadcast the music that the music was the main thing that people went for. It wasn't, and I doubt it is now. when I was young I went to see the sights, hang out with my friends in a field, with food, comedy tents, art tents, lots of other fringe music and events that were spontanously made by other groups of people who were there, not organised. On top of that, if you had any time or felt like it, you could wander down to the main stage and see what was playing. Now it is huge, I would imagine it is moreso like that. It was completely different to reading or donington or something like that where you went to listen to the music, or stonehenge where you went to see the hippies get stoned and the bikers get into big fights with each other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, MacDaddy said: If we're talking about sold a lot of records a long time ago, look at Saturday's headliner 😉 Some old fart who was in a decent band but then wrote the frog chorus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Nowt wrong with The Frog Chorus, it’s a classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I've been a few times and it's always been good, I'd go again but nowadays I'd be spening most of my time at the Firmly Rooted stage during the day and IIcon through the night...it would be great but I figured a few years ago I could save myself a few hundred ££ by going to smaller festivals/events that focus on the stuff I'm into (Glade, Boomtowm, Outlook, Carnival) rather than contributing to the fees of glastonbury headliners I don't watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Supernaut said: Old folks moan about music for youngsters. Back in my day etc etc. Au contraire, my main criticism concerns the booking of old lags who should've been pensioned off yonks ago; MacCartney, Diana Ross, Plant & Krauss, Noel Gallagher, Skunk Anansie, Pet Shop Boys, Crowded House..plus loads of over the hill indie type bands who've been around for years e.g. Libertines, Supergrass, Elbow, Jesus and Mary Chain (whose 80s stuff I still play), Primal Scream (who were always gash except when Andrew Weatherall produced their music), the Damned.... The acts that would interest me more are younger ones like Sam Fender and Sigrid (my personal fave). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 20 hours ago, Woodinblack said: I went 3 years in a row in the 80s. I have no idea who was playing. I went once. I saw Richard Thompson and Hank Wangford. I have no idea if I saw anything on a big stage. I do know that we took cases of orange juice grenadine and tequila to sell tequila sunrises. We didn't sell any and there was a lot of grenadine left over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) Gees, how many bands are on!! I thought there was only about 3 or 4 stages. With that list it looks like every band in the country is gonna get a go! Edited June 15, 2022 by la bam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Anyone going for the kids are alright,the music's great it's just because you are getting old vibe. I'm afraid you are wrong. Music is plopper these days woefully plopper mainly because of technology handing things to people on a plate. It stifles creativity and causes stagnation because people don't have the hunger as much. And the drugs were better and more interesting then.I know this because of my girlfriends daughters who are both in bands nicking all my 90s vinyl and basically refusing to listen to most things past this. I feel slightly smug about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Why can't you swear on here anymore? Brain police as Frank Zappa said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Harder Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 14/06/2022 at 22:20, Woodinblack said: I went 3 years in a row in the 80s. I have no idea who was playing. Good time had by all then! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegs07 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) On 14/06/2022 at 22:20, Woodinblack said: I went 3 years in a row in the 80s. I have no idea who was playing. The final time I went was in the mid 90’s. It was getting a bit too big for me to pay for by then. I would still go if a free ticket came up … Idles and Khruangbin would be worth it. I would check out Billie Eillish and Sam Fender too. Not my taste really, but they both have something special going on. Like you I never really looked at the line up and spent most of my time enjoying the mad $hit going on in many of the peripheral areas and seeing bands on the smaller stages who were really into the whole experience. Really infectious energy. Edited June 16, 2022 by tegs07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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