Glastonbury 2005

[William of Walworth]

* looks forward to another Thursday night mobile marathon & visit to the medical centre *

I blame the football and England going out. My physical state was fine, my mental state wasn't. No wonder I hid behind a bus with some hippies!

 

[William of Walworth]

Loads of stuff appealing to me, but the presence of Elvis Costello (for the first time since 1994 I think) makes this old fart feel particularly good ..

I'm also optimistic that the White Stripes will be excellent.

And Roots, Avalon, JazzWorld, Acoustic. Plenty to keep me happy between random wanderings.

 

[boing!]

Someone go and see Chris Clark for me

I will deffinatly be going to see him.

I don't know what you lot are complaing about, I reckon theres loads of good stuff on. Maybe your all just getting old?

 

[Orang Utan]

More extensive line up here (my old mukka Ian is playing on the dance stage ):
Glastonbury Festival Line-Up 2005
Pyramid Stage

White Stripes
Coldplay
Kylie
The Killers
New Order
Doves
Elvis Costello
Brian Wilson
Van Morrison
The Zutons
The Coral
Ash
Kaiser Chiefs
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Jools Holland
The Thrills
John Butler Trio
The Undertones
The Subways
Taj Mahal
Hayseed Dixies
Garbage

Other Stage

Razorlight
Kasabian
Ian Brown
Fatboy Slim
Royksop
Bloc Party
Interpol
Rufus Wainwright
The Bravery
Futureheads
Echo And The Bunnymen
Athlete
The Dears
Cooper Temple Clause
Hot Hot Heat
Soulwax
Cake
Thirteen Senses
Brendon Benson
Martha Wainwright
Tom Vek
BlackBud
Dead 60's
KT Tunstall
Modey
Lemon
Engineers
The Deadbeats

John Peel Stage
The Tears
Go Team
Bright Eyes
The Earlies
Willy Mason
Mia
Secret Machines
M83
Your Code Name Is Milo
Maximo Park
Nine Black Alps
Jem
James
Blunt
Dresden Dolls
The Subways
Be Your Own Pet
Rilo Kiley
The Rakes
Art Brut
Hard Fi
Longcut
Morning Runner
Infidels
Outset
El Presidente
The Mad Staring Eyes


JazzWorld Stage

Roy Ayers
Roots Manuva
Nigel Kennedy
Alabama 3
Tyler James
Kokolo
Dennis Rollins' Badbone & Co
Terry Reid
Moya
Seeed
Taj Mahal
Amparanoia
G Love
Levellers
Ilham Al Madfai.
DJ Dolores
Femi Kuti
Zap Mama
Oojami
Youngblood Brass Band
The Jaipur Kawa Brass Band

Acoustic Stage

Steve Earle
Steve Harley & the Cockney Rebel
The Beautiful South
Paul Brady
Paddy Casey
Tori Amos
Henry McCullough
Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club
Ani DiFranco
Battlefield Band
London Community Gospel Choir
Declan O’Rourke
Glenn Tilbrook
The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain
Allison Moorer
Chas ‘n’ Dave
Patti Griffin
Mike Whellans
London Lasses
David Kitt
The One Man Blues Band
Ralfe Band
Kathleen Edwards
Clayhill
The Deadbeats
Amos Lee
Tiny Tin Lady
Martha Wainwright
I Am Kloot
The Backbeat Beatles
Whalebone Polly

Avalon Stage

Oysterband
Eliza Carthy & the Ratcatchers
Justin Sullivan
Terry Reid
The Proclaimers
Peatbog Faeries
Hayseed Dixie
Rory McLeod
Session A9
Kangaroo Moon
The Broken Family Band
Martha Tilston
The Huckleberries
Eddi Reader
Sharon Shannon
Shooglenifty
The Baghdaddies
Baka Beyond
Leon Hunt & Daily Planet
Seize The Day
Dragonsfly
Mahatma
North Cregg
Los Albertos
Polly Paulusma
Tarantism

East Coast Dance Tent

Chemical Brothers present Glint
The Bellagios
Carl Cox
Timo Maas
DJ Format featuring Abdominal and D-Sisive
Evil Nine
Too Many DJs
Whiley Crazy Titch J2 + Came
Mylo
Skinnyman & DJ flip
Terri Walker Live
Plantlife

West Coast Dance Tent

Dubtribe
Way Out West (PA)
System Seven
808 State (DJ Set)
Eatstatic
Ian Cheshire aka Kube 72
London Electricity (Live)
High Contrast
Blakout
Hexstatic
Zen TV (Matt Black)
Dreadzone (Live)
Layo & Bushwacka!
The Bays (Live)
Tayo (Dub DJ Set)
Mad Professor Dub Show (Live)
Tayo (Dub DJ Set)
Renny Pilgrim Presents The TCR All Stars (Live)
The Beat (Live)
Jon Moore (Coldcut) (DJ Set)
Scratchy (Clash Tour DJ)
Tetchi (Live)
Aural Imbalance
Plump Djs
BT (Live)
Zen TV (Matt Black)
Banco De Gaia (Live)
Phil K DJ (Australia)
Atomic Hooligan (Live)
Sherem Jey (DJ Set)
Celloman with 8 Piece Strings(Live)

G Stage

Hybrid
Hyper
Elite Force
J.D.S.
Dreadzone Sound System
Krafty Kutz
General Midi
Koma & Bones
Aquasky
Atomic Hooligan / Jay Cunning
Phantom Beats
Breakfastaz
Squarepusher
DJ Speedy J
Chris Clark live
DJ Luke Vibert
DJ Surgeon
The Bug + MCs
Mark One + Virus Syndicate
cassetteboy + DJ rubbish
Clever Bunny
Juju
James Monroe
Lox
The Commercial Hippies
Jumanji
Ans
Joti Sidhu
Tristan
Son Kite

Roots Tent

Seeed
Pathaan
The Egg
Suns of Arqa
Foreign Beggars
Genesis Elijah
Doozer
Marky, Patife, Stamina and Cleveland Watkiss
Task Force
Oojami
Lord Gosh
Iration Steppas
Smith and Mighty/More Rockers
Dub Dadda
Alpha and Omega
Salmonella Dub
Dib Dub
Chemical DubTheory

Dance Lounge Bar

Buggs in the Attic
Pitman
Dbooga
Dive
Urban Myth Club
Little Barrie
Amalgamation of Soundz
Four Tet
Nouvelle Vague
Damn!
Racheal Yamagata
Ivory
Husky Rescue
Plan B
Whitey

Pussy Parlure

Neece Un Unk
Peoples Republic of Disco
Kokolo
Pop Quiz
Bingo Karaoke (stars in your eyes)
Anne Pigalle
Lovely Morning
Parlure deluxe
DJ Dolores
Babyhead
Guilty Pleasures
Seeed
Dance classes
Giant Games
Urban Magic
Quirky theatre
Piano

Croissant Neuf Stage

Friday

Yoga
Nizlopi
Buffalo Gals
Siyaya
Mythtwister
The Boat Band
Kissmet

Saturday

Aerobic Dance work out
Engine Room
Flipron
Askew and Avis
Ed Alleyne-Johnson
Dragonsfly
Riven

Sunday

Yoga
Biggles
Nick Wilkinson & Olivia Moore
Whalebone Polly
Jacqui Jamal
Los Guys
Orchidstar

 

[Orang Utan]

oops didn't look beyond page 43

 

[Crispy]

oops didn't look beyond page 43

*Sirens wailing, lights flashing, the car screeches to a halt beside Orang Utan*

"Oi you! You with the beard! Read 40 posts per page, y'hear? In User CP! Now don't let me catch you at it again!"

 

[story]

oops, and patti smith and television...!


and bitch magnet/superchunk/killdozer reformations...!

Bitch Magnet!!?? As in Umber and Ben Hur?? Wow, I've never heard anyone else mention them. I love Bitch Magnet!

I stayed with John Fine in NY once, after we put them up in London in 1990. That's one of my proudest name drops.

 

[William of Walworth]

oops didn't look beyond page 43

Errrr does the line up you posted above contain anything that wasn't on the Guardian website yesterday?

Or was it from the Guardian website?

(Just like my posts (full lineup) from yesterday on page 42 )

 

[William of Walworth]

Actually I wonder whether the lineup is yet complete (smallest stages and Cabaret, etc. stages aside, I mean)

Is there any more space to add more names to the stages already announced, do people think?

 

[Orang Utan]

Errrr does the line up you posted above contain anything that wasn't on the Guardian website yesterday?

Or was it from the Guardian website?

(Just like my posts (full lineup) from yesterday on page 42 )

Well, as I said, I didn't look far enough back. A thousand apologies, oh festival oracle.

 

[William of Walworth]

I don't know what you lot are complaing about, I reckon theres loads of good stuff on. Maybe your all just getting old?

I'm getting on and some of the names mean bugger all to me, but I still think it's a pretty interesting lineup nonetheless, and it's inevitable that I'll check some stuff out that I'm not familiar with at all ... all the more enjoyable for that ...

 

[William of Walworth]

Well, as I said, I didn't look far enough back. A thousand apologies, oh festival oracle.

 

[boing!]

Actually I wonder whether the lineup is yet complete (smallest stages and Cabaret, etc. stages aside, I mean)

Is there any more space to add more names to the stages already announced, do people think?

No, apparently its not entirely complete. It says in the guardian article that accompanied the line up that it was slightly rushed and unfinished, and neil on efests also confirmed it was incomplete.
Which is good, cos there was a fair few people rumoured to be playing who I would have liked to most of all (ie, the magic numbers, mogwai, al green). Hopefully some of them will be added, but im happy with the line up as it is if we don't get them...

But then again, Al Green on the jazz world stage with a pint and a spliff in hand with the sun shining, would just be amaaazing!

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

heres an article from the mirror:

DEATH OF THE ROCK FESTIVAL Apr 12 2005


HOW TV AND BIG BUSINESS HIJACKED GLASTONBURY

By Gavin Martin, Mirror Music Critic


IT'S bound to be an enormous success - tickets like gold dust, huge crowds and Kylie Minogue topping the bill in her sequins, headdress and tight-fitting corset.

But perhaps that's where the problem with Glastonbury lies.

Now don't get me wrong. In the right place - one of those overpriced aircraft hangars that sell flat beer and hot dogs out of a Jamie Oliver nightmare - Kylie is fine.

But gifting the little lady from Australia the prime spot at Europe's premier outdoor festival in June is deeply symbolic of how far the event has moved from the music and performers that were once its lifeblood.

Corporate Britain has taken over Glastonbury, making it safe and comfortable for middle-aged Range Rover drivers out for the weekend, hoping to recapture a youth they probably never had in the first place.

It also makes it safe for the likes of Kylie and Sir Paul McCartney to play there, and they are far more appealing to big business than drug-addled Pete Doherty.



Glastonbury has become a city - increasingly burdened with the very things it once provided an escape from. Mobile phone companies and High Street banks make their presence felt in the main arena. Record companies and booze manufacturers dole out hospitality in the backstage area.

While this may make Glasto a paradise for the well-connected, and lubricated ligger, the dream of countryside freedom it once represented is increasingly hard to find.

Faced with mounting costs - local businesses demanding compensation, the high-level security and the cost of hiring Kylie and her corset - the organisers have had no choice but to let the sponsors in.

The one-time rock-and-roll event of the summer now sits uneasily on the social calendar as a place to be seen, up there with Henley, Wimbledon and Ascot.

Part of the attraction is being able to see the sort of folk who would be served with an ASBO anywhere else. The irony is that the freak-show aspect is what gives the festival its so-called edge, making it more attractive than ever to advertisers.

In years gone by a high-flying product of the pop video market such as Kylie wouldn't have played Glastonbury. And the hordes supping their good old country cider and making merry with their funny cigarettes wouldn't have wanted her there.

But the idea that the festival is one big, happy family has been keenly fostered in recent years. At first, prime spots for such cabaret turns as Tony Bennett, Tom Jones and Rolf Harris were seen as a running joke. When Sir Paul of Macca was given the prime slot last year many saw it as a joke too far.

Much has changed since Farmer Eavis first invited people on to his land - entrance fee £1. The people who once sneered at Glastonbury as a repository for every freak and weirdo from John o'Groats to Land's End now see it as a money-spinning paradise.

CND and Greenpeace still benefit from it, but the festival is a goldmine for ALL involved. Tickets sell out in record time. Corporate sponsors wine and dine their clients; the backstage hospitality area is like Ladies' Day at Ascot.

LAST year I happened upon a marquee playing authentic deep dub reggae from the 70s.

After I'd been there a while, soaking up the lovely, natural music from Jamaica, I realised that the speakers and the tent were all emblazoned with the logo of a weak, fizzy and chemical-filled American lager. I had walked into a three-dimensional ad hoarding.

A few years before his death, Joe Strummer tried to kick away the TV cameras as he raced across the Glasto stage - a last valiant attempt to stave off the inevitable. Allowing the TV cameras in hastened the slow slide into family entertainment.

Pop pensioners New Order, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson and - I kid you not - Chas 'n' Dave will be there to keep Kylie company.

The bill at this year's Reading Bank holiday jamboree, too, is a nostalgia-fest for rockers. Iron Maiden, champions of the new wave of heavy metal back in 1981, have top billing. Support is supplied by one-time wildman Iggy Pop - the most dangerous man in rock. Well, at least he was back in 1973.

There are going to be many more grey days for ageing rockers. Lovers of the old-style camaraderie and cutting-edge acts such as The Smiths in the 80s must look elsewhere.

And when the rain falls at Glastonbury, the line between bedraggled audience and well-heeled performer is sharply drawn. The tented masses flee as the celebrity-laden 4WDs splatter mud in their path. Without a laminate pass there's no admission to the corporate hospitality tent.

In such circumstances, even Kylie's latest spangly get-up and breathtaking corset may seem more than a little ridiculous.

 

[William of Walworth]

Where do I start?

I know more criticisms of the corporatisation (round the edges, at least) of Glasto than Gavin Martin does, and I probably slagged off Bud Shiter's presence before he ever noticed it.

But he's missing a lot of points ...

No time for more right now.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

I pretty much agree with him. But those points are not going to stop me having a good time. i actually like Budwieser And although I know these boards are particularly kylie-centric I will be avoiding her performance like the plague becuase I happen to think she's utterly shite.

 

[William of Walworth]

i actually like Budwieser

You freak!!!

But then Glasto was always for freaks .... but corporate McDonalds-of-'beer'-loving freaks???

 

[corporate whore]

I pretty much agree with MirrorMan as well, but it would be news if he'd written it three or four Glastos ago. Think the festival has lost its capacity to amaze, as I tried to articulate a few pages back.

I'd still have a good time, though. If I was going. Which I'm not.

 

[Crispy]

I pretty much agree with MirrorMan as well, but it would be news if he'd written it three or four Glastos ago. Think the festival has lost its capacity to amaze, as I tried to articulate a few pages back.

I'd still have a good time, though. If I was going. Which I'm not.

Still, of all the 'big' festivals, it still shits all over Reading, V2xxx etc. They have an official bed time, where you get kicked out into the camping ground ffs!
Glastonbury is still the only place where you can go and see lots of big bands you might not get a chance to otherwise, whilst also retaining its original spirit. It's just that the old glastonbury is now a bit ghetto'd into a few certain fields.
Yes, glasto pre-fence was a different experience, but those days aren't coming back. As I'm sure they still say in the program, 'bring what you expect to find' and enough people do that it's still worth going.

 

[William of Walworth]

it would be news if he'd written it three or four Glastos ago.

Well two or three, but yes, spot on ....

More tomorrow, probably.

 

[aqua]

la la la *bump* a day

la la la *bump* a day

 

[DrRingDing]

Acoustic Stage


Tori Amos

Where did you get this list from?

Is it confirmed?


please Mr Utan tell its true

 

[DrRingDing]

is it is it is it is it is it?!?!?


*jumps up and down*



*and 'round and 'round*

 

[mr steev]

Where did you get this list from?

Is it confirmed?


please Mr Utan tell its true

My gf mentioned this last night... it's on the bbc's list apparently.

The Cracked Actors (shameless plug for mates' band) are playing Lost Vagueness again, but afaik, they don't know what day or time yet, so it may be a while before we do.

 

[MarkMark]

heres an article from the mirror:

Shit, that's sad reading. But a lot of it's true eh?.. I reckon it'll get steadily worse too - but like others have said already glasto still beats all other big events hands down.

The solution is new smaller events that have the same diverse spirit without the sponsorship crap that with the biggies. Clearly Mr Eavis is doing something right.. so I'm sure a few more others could follow his lead.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The Cracked Actors (shameless plug for mates' band) are playing Lost Vagueness again, but afaik, they don't know what day or time yet, so it may be a while before we do.

Do you know Uber Jon by any chance?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Where did you get this list from?

Is it confirmed?


please Mr Utan tell its true

She's on the official list from The Guardian, so I guess we can take it that the lovely Ms Amos will be there

 

[corporate whore]

Cracked Actors were the best band I saw last year.

 

[mr steev]

Do you know Uber Jon by any chance?

Don't think so, but then I know a lot of Jon/johns

Cracked Actors were the best band I saw last year.

I'll let them know

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Don't think so, but then I know a lot of Jon/johns

Trust me, you'd know who I mean....