Festivals 2011

Did anyone on here go to one (or more) recentley or planning to go to one or more?

Just curious (and bored)

Seen/heard anything good yet?

Saw Glastonbury on the telly, i liked Elbow, some morrisey and Beyonce..

Right :beer3:

Glastonbury was utterly pants this year..... (UPoo? Clodplay? Beyonce?? ) one of the worst line ups ever across the main stages.... with probably one exception: The Chemical Brothers.

Old timers still got it in them, I have to say! :)

Daughter order went to isle of wight, well it is on the doorstep, came home early cos of the rain lightweight she paid ! £15 for a posh loo pass, i paid £12 for me first Reading fes ticket back in 75, rock n roll man.

lets rock the house.

There were over a 1000 acts and DJ's at Glastonbury this year, unrivaled by any other festival in the world.

Caribou, Chems, TV on the Radio, Hercules and Love Affair, Metronomy, Wu-Tang, Little Dragon, DJ Shadow, I am Kloot, Battles, Yuck, Pulp, Gruff Rhys...I could go on...and on.

I'd hazard a guess that you've never been?

Thought so.

Sziget Festival, Budapest, next month.

The revived Get Loaded in the Park in London exactly a month ago. It pissed down with rain. But free tix meant it was a no brainer. Lots of small/medium sized stuff really. Liked: Yelle (French electro that made you forget the weather. They sound really cheezy on their myspace mind you). The Rifles - a full hour of Wellers favourite support band. Seen em before but this was their best yet IMHO. O Children. Took their name from the Nick Cave song, and it shows, but that's no bad thing. Their giant of a singer used to be in Bono Must Die who were shit, but don't hold that against him. Babeshadow - A bit like Vampire weekend. Spector. Look like new romantics meet eccentric professor but sound like the Killers circa first album. Y'know when they were young, erm I mean good. Six Nation State. They grow on you. The Cribs - well you know these guys. Maybe their set was a bit same-y but they did all the songs you'd expect/want. British Sea Power: More please. Set was too short on the main stage. Seen these guys about six times. Never mind the rivalry between the Vikings and the whatjamacallits. this is a really good live band, too bad they only played about 25 mins.

Debaser wrote: Killers circa first album. Y'know when they were young, erm I mean good..

Did you smile like you meant it by the way? Or were you human but not a dancer?

Debaser wrote:

British Sea Power: More please. Set was too short on the main stage. Seen these guys about six times. Never mind the rivalry between the Vikings and the whatjamacallits. this is a really good live band, too bad they only played about 25 mins.

I think they're called the Third Battalion. There's no rivalry between them and NO !!!

confusion wrote: Sziget Festival, Budapest, next month.

Love Sziget, there's always somtething to do even of you're not interested in particular bands on the night, and that's unlikely as there's like a dozen stages, also the program lasts the entire day, not just during the concerts. Enjoyed an early morning capoeira workout once.

confusion wrote: Sziget Festival, Budapest, next month.

And you know you're excited.

No festival for me this year. I usually went to the "local" Area 4 festival every year. But this year the line-up is 80% :barf:.

Shame I'd have had a chance to see The National and Danko Jones there... But two bands of that lot... Bad quota.