How was Glastonbury 2009 For You?
This years festival was one of the best to date. The weather was perfect, we had rain just when we needed it and then sun for the rest. The music was amazing. I was gutted that NERD got cut short to listen to some bullshit propaganda effort, but hey… Kasabian stole the show for me, tears of happiness coupled with the ringing in my ears from the countless balloons full of laughing gas made them one of the best acts I have ever seen at Glastonbury.
The Prodigy, Specials, White Lies were also my favourite acts from over the weekend. Although the majority of my festival was spent on Kings Meadow taking in the sun and meeting tons of random people, I dont feel like I missed anything.
Did anyone here see us but our mate in a bin by the pyramid stage? I am sure someone will remember seeing it as there was a crowd of about a hundred people all gagging and trying to get away from him. hehe
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Springsteen, Spinal Tap to rock Glastonbury 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur were announced as the headline acts at this year’s Glastonbury festival, with spoof rockers Spinal Tap also set to grace the stage.
Other veteran performers included on the bill of the three-day event in western England next month are Status Quo, Tom Jones, Madness, Tony Christie and singer-songwriters Crosby, Stills and Nash.
It’s not all old-timers, however, with the second stage filled with the likes of Ting Tings, Lady Gaga, The Maccabees, Pendulum and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Streets, Black Eyed Peas and Baaba Maal due on the jazz stage.
All the tickets for the world’s largest greenfield music and performing arts festival, which this year runs from June 26 to 28, were sold in February, with many having been bought last year.
We Want To Play At Glastonbury 2009 - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has said the band want to play this year’s Glastonbury festival.
Moore says the group, who are scheduled to release their new album ‘The Eternal’ in June, are keen to sort out their tour itinerary as soon as possible.
“I’m almost positive we’ll definitely be doing one or two festivals in the UK,” he told BBC 6Music.
“I wanna play Glastonbury because it’s such a disaster camp and I really enjoy that. The general consensus amongst musicians I know is that it’s like walking into the pit of hell, and in some way it really feels like that.”
The band last played the festival in 1998. Despite atrocious weather, Moore has happy memories of the gig.
“The only times I’ve ever been there it’s been so incredibly messed up,” he said.
“You’re lucky to get through any perceptible, decent set at all and then there are these huge roving cameras on stage that are spinning around documenting the disaster. There’s something about that I find really charming.”
The First Official Name Confirmed For Glastonbury 2009
Winners of the RockStar Bands competition Major Major are the first officially named act for Glastonbury 2009.
The Liverpool band won the competition securing their slot at one of the biggest festivals in the world.
Major Major consist of Conor Clarke (vocals and guitar), Neil Owen (Lead Guitar and backing vocals), Louis Cooper (bass and backing vocals), and Liam Dobie (drums).
On 4 January 2008, Major Major became the first band to perform at the Liverpool Echo Arena where they supported The Farm (band) in front of 4000 Liverpool 08 Ambassadors for European Capital of Culture 2008.
Razorlight Want to Play at Glastonbury 2009
With a new album coming out tomorrow Andy Burrows the drummer from Razorlight said to Orange that they were such a success at Rockness year and they hope that they can deliver that same caliber of perfomance at Glastonbury 2009
“We would love to headline Glastonbury.”
“It is one of the greatest festivals in the world. It would be amazing if we ever got the chance to do that - amazing. But I have no idea if that’s even a possibility.” - Andy Burrows
Razorlight’s new album Slipway Fires will be released on Monday.
Coldplay For Glastonbury 2009
I for 1 will be keeping my finger crossed regarding this one. Especially since their latest album is doing so well, it would be foolish to not have Coldplay at next years festival.
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Whispers of The Wombats Playing Glastonbury 2009
Rumours begun flying around yesterday after The Wombats manager Simon Bobbett apparently let it slip that he had been approched by Glastonbury representatives to see if The Wombats would like to fill a spot at the prestigiuos event. Nothing has been set in stone as yet but keep your ears open for the latest news by subscribing to the blogs RSS Feed
Could Oasis and Kasabian be set to Play Glastonbury 2009?
Kasabian have been confirmed as special guests for Oasis’ 2009 UK stadium tour. This announcement has sparked discussion at various places around the net and many are making their own conclusions as to the dates for the Oasis tour - being close to the time of year Glastonbury is set for. I am sure Noel will have a score to settle with Jay-Z over the fireworks from 2008.
It will be Oasis’ biggest ever tour of open air venues in the UK and includes two dates at the iconic new Wembley Stadium, as well as the promised homecoming shows over two nights in Manchester’s Heaton Park.
Here are the dates:
Saturday 6th June 2009: MANCHESTER, Heaton Park
Sunday 7th June 2009: MANCHESTER, Heaton Park
Wednesday 10th June 2009: SUNDERLAND, Stadium of Light
Friday 12th June 2009: CARDIFF, Millennium Stadium
Wednesday 17th June 2009: EDINBURGH, Murrayfield
Saturday 11th July 2009: LONDON, Wembley Stadium
Sunday 12th July 2009: LONDON, Wembley Stadium
Kanye West For Glastonbury 2009?
Registration for Glastonbury Festival 2009 opens this weekend. For the first time you’ll be able to put down a £50 deposit for your ticket and pay the rest off next year.
Organiser Michael Eavis told Xfm they hope it’ll help it sell out this time. “Last time we were the last [festival] to sell,” he said. “ll the Vs, the Ts, the Readings went on before us and they stole some of our thunder, so I thought it was important that we stole some of theirs again.”
The bearded festival man claimed that the deposit idea was ideally suited to the current financial climate. “We decided to do this about three months ago, so the credit crisis wasn’t upon us at the time,” he explained, “But it will certainly fit that model won’t it?”
Eavis also dropped a tantalising hint about who may be on the bill in 2009. “There’s some talk of Kanye West playing The Other Stage, he’s sort of Jay-Z’s rival, or rather they come from that same stable, don’t they? I’d love him to do The Other Stage, but not the Pyramid.”
You can register and pay your deposit from 9am on Sunday, October 5. To register, you’ll need to upload a passport photo of yourself, along with your usual details at www.glastonburyregistration.co.uk.
Radiohead and Led Zeppelin to headline Glastonbury 2009?
Glastonbury 2009 may still be around nine months away, but organiser Emily Eavis has indicated that the headliners might have been booked already.
Speaking to the BBC, Eavis said: “Because our tickets go on sale on 5 Oct, we’ve brought [the announcement of headliners] forward. So we’re ensconced in chat about next year and there’s a lot of good feeling after such an amazing festival. We’re talking to a few people at the moment and I think pretty soon we’ll have some stuff sorted”.
Not a lot given away there, then, but she also said that: “It’s not Coldplay, it’s not U2 and it’s not the Rolling Stones”. Given that Radiohead weren’t included in this list, many people have deduced (rightly or wrongly) that they’re shoe-ins to top the Worthy Farm bill next year.
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