It's that time of the year again to get out the wellies for the summer and to slide in muddy fields of good music as Glastonbury comes around for the biggest festival of the year. Glasto provides several days of music excellence from everyone you could possibly imagine and this weekend provides no lack of quality with three massive headliners. On the Friday night, Canada's finest in Arcade Fire make their Glastonbury headlining debut in what (from first hand experience) I can promise will be a memorable set. On the Saturday are British rockers Kasabian, following after the recent release of their newest album 48:13. Finally the weekend ends with the surprising headline debut for Metallica despite their 33 years in the heavy metal spotlight. Put these massive headliners along the likes of Dolly Parton, Elbow, Royal Blood, The Pixies, The Black Keys, Metronomy, Lily Allen... there really is something for everyone and that's only naming a tiny amount! The BBC will be providing coverage all weekend on BBC 2, 3, 4 and online too for those in the UK. I know I'm excited - make sure you join us for the TV coverage over the weekend and join in the music greatness!
Glastonbury Festival 2014
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yay glasto! the official app says a few dj sets get underway this evening. not sure if they'll be streamed on tv or radio.
loving the stuff EE are doing this year. wifi cows, battery exchange programme, a charging tent plus an event app.
http://ee.co.uk/ee-and-me/music-games/glastonbury
fearne's doing a live show from the festival this morning.
haim are on later, brilliant!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r6vx
6music also live streaming from the fields. it's raining.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music
madness: https://twitter.com/vf/status/482165845918232576/photo/1
Well that's not terrifying at all.
All that camping!
thought you'd like the coordinated tents in the lower right.
Is that what that is? I like it. They should do big pictures like Art Attack.
best tent ever: https://twitter.com/guardian/status/482166546522193920/photo/1
turns out, glastonbury, much like f1, is all the better with twitter :)
Ah, I've missed out on an FBFB opportunity here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/jun/27/glastonbury-2014-friday-liveblog
oooh! not too late for weekend coverage :)
fbfb dolly :)
google glass-tonbury is genius.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2014/jun/27/google-glass-glastonbury-2014-video
live video is go!
introducing stage - http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/live/cq9fhn
other stage - http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/live/c9rxn3
wohoo, blondie. although this content doesnt appear to be working......
i have ms harry live on my screen.
love the person signing the lyrics at the side of the stage wearing a blondie wig :)
not working here....
rats. geo blocked?
other stage video is working, looks like the introducing stage has gone down already.
not sure if its geo blocked but it just says content doesnt appear to be working, please try again later.
"maaaaaarrrriiiiiaaaaaaa"
so happy :) :) :)
grrr.. dodgy bbc, only available to uk only.....
frustrating :(
I may not be around for arcade fire live at 10pm online, noooo :(
They're showing the full set on bbc2 from 11pm so hopefully I'll be back for then!
Stages and streams shut down due to lightning!
https://uk.celebrity.yahoo.com/gossip/omg/glastonbury-stages-and-live-streams-shut-down-due-to-massive-electrical-storm-173417051.html
I keep wanting to like Haim but there's something about them that doesn't quite click, and I don't know what it is.
(btw the stages are back on, and on telly)
Really enjoyed Blondie.
#sorryMrC
I am home, woohoooo!
I feel the same way. I want to like them but I can't get into them
Arcade Fire will be live here from 10ish, maybe 10:30pm:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/live/c4frbp
The TV is delayed and doesn't start till 11pm, so that's the best place to see them live.
Elbow while the sun goes down is lovely. Not earth-shattering, not groundbreaking, not even good by their own standards (lots of newer stuff I don't know..).. but it is a nice relaxing way to spend an evening while I do the ironing..
They are really relaxing. Guy Garvey does what he does well. Definitely good background music :)
Wow, that sunset is really pictureesque!
Nicest man in music.
Have you heard his 6 music show at all? Always really enjoyable
No I keep meaning to though
Arcade fire are on!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/live/c4frbp
Win in the crowd!!
with someone's phone on stage now from the crowd, I hope they treasure that forever :)
He's now taken a photographer's camera. Silly Win
Yaaaay, time for old arcade fire! Power Out :D
Tunneellllssssss
Well Arcade Fire are nailing the headline slot so far. So much fun :)
Ah will catch on BBC2 in a bit. Might watch the full thing online later.
Can recommend CVURCHES for synth stuff with a melodic beat, was watching them on red button. Now they have De La Soul.
I had no idea Chvrches were even doing Glasto! Will definitely check their set out. They're incredibly addictive to listen to
Heheh, yes.
@daraobriain 2 mins
Glastonbury really is a brilliant television event. In reality, no, of course not, unimaginably grim. But on telly? Wonderful.
:)
Arcade Fire on BBC2 now. I haven't paid them much attention since Neon Bible.
Been a nice mix of old and new songs so far so a bit of then and now
Power Out into Rebellion was great :)
Oh man. The encore is incredible.
Wake Up was good, the other songs of the encore (at least that BBC2 showed) didn't do anything for me..
Looking forward to Royal Blood, I think they're on the John Peel stage soon.
forgot to watch warpaint. now flicking between nina and lana on park and pyramid stages.
Lana's success confuses me.
doesn't feel like festival music.
I wasn't expecting her to be that interesting, admittedly, but still...
Lana del doom.
:)
koaline are new to me, but far more cheerful than d'doom.
i like them. kinda a folk-pop. perfect saturday afternoon festival tunes.
one, two, tre, four.
ahh ireland.
I thought Ireland was uno, dos, trez, quatorze
:):)
paul heaton is doing a solo(ish) set. awesome.
ahh, it's not a solo set, it's paul and jacqui. oddly, she's turned up on stage carrying her handbag.
Why on Introducing? They can't be new, I've heard of them.
i guess they're new as a duo. but these are all old beautiful south songs.
robert plant sings folk music now? odd.
imagine dragons have been playing in the mud.
interesting that del ray lighting up has caused such a commotion on twitter. smoking officially no longer rock and rock.
manics live on the other stage!
ooooooh!
Manics doing that song with Nina Cardigan. She was on stage before, they should have roped her in.
oooh, where is she. that'd be ace!
I bet she's on holiday in Cardigan. Possibly wearing a cardigan.
Oh yeah. the new album is out next week
Woah
the fact that it's 20 years old, or that they're playing PCP?
a bit of both!
same :)
suddenly feel very old. And yet a bit young at the fact they can still nail pcp after all these years¬
you stole the amp from nicky's bass heart, they should probably name it. it's silent!
nina hoss?!
it is!
wrong nina.
german nina
maybe the plan is for the manics to have their own eurovision of ninas
hehehe. i don't know this song?
off the new album, europa gecht duch mich
wait, it's out?
next week :)
This was the 2nd single after walk me to the bridge
oops. totally missed this. heard the first, that was all.
they've played a few new tracks on their european tour, they sound really good. Much heavier than they've been for a while.
also there's a track on the new album named after the street next to where i work so thumbs up
if you tolerate this <3
chooooooon!
oh nicky :)
Quite the sweary chap, isn't he?
Newport dialect!
more holy bible! surprising.
choooon
what a setlist.
futurology!
i've lost sight of the drummer thanks to smoke, strobes and him being a tiny shortarse :)
poor sean :)
i feel i've missed something important. how do you know all the songs?
I know eeevvveeryythhinnggg.
(I only know about futurology, europa gecht duch mich and walk me to the bridge. Which they've all played live! There's been others I thin but I don't know them)
yay for show me the wonder too
gotta close on design.
of course :)
amazing crowd given jack white is playing pyramid right now.
packed.
i was thinking this last night when arcade fire were on. I can't even begin to comprehend the pressure of trying to entertain so many people!
plus the live stream. never before has so much music been broadcast from the festival. it's not quite live aid, but there are a lot of people watching right now.
the future is cool :)
Metallica should be on in about an hour too
i pretty much only like nothing else matters and lars. i'll tune in for the show, word is they're pretty good live.
bbc music pages all showing 500 errors.
think glastonbury killed the bbc.
bbc pages struggling again. metallica might be a bit popular.
have red button and bbc 2, but online there's nothing but the chalkboard girl.
They're trying to get it working. Other streams need to be up but as far as michael eavis is concerned, he's told the BBC nothing else matters.
sorry
hahahaha
Nina persson is on stage tonight, Manics you have no excuse!
mega points to christine sir: https://sidepodcast.com/event/glastonbury-festival-2014-festival-contemporary-arts#comment-3214061
How did I forget that? I must have short term memory loss.
Hey when are the Manics on?
:) :) :)
Cute!
Metallica's album with Lou Reed is.... something else. Not in the 'wow out of this world' something else, more in the '...huh' something else. There's a song about tables.
don't know the opening song. suspect there will be a lot more.
do they have an on stage crowd?!
yes!
the bassist has nice ponytails. heavy metal
*pigtails
he does. weird.
"die"
"die"
"die"
cheerful bunch.
i wonder if they were preceeded by the stereophonics tonight with 'have a nice day'
this is an odd mix of music for a festival in the sun.
I'm not sure if the same song is still being played or if this is a new one!
yay I know this one!
ok.
what is it?
for whom the bell tolls.
does it have any words?
do de doo do doo ding donnnnggg *shouts* *guitar* *have some more guitar*
There will probably be a lot of 80's heavy rock guitar solos tonight I envisage...
man in the crowd set himself on fire. don't really blame him.
I bet everyone on stage turned up expecting to see Kasabian really
I KNOW ONE!
wherever i roam. or something.
winneeerrrrrrrrrrr
I hope they have any nina named music lady on stage for their next song
i may have owned the black album on tape, now i think about it.
:)
ManicStreetPreachers @Manics 39s
P.C.P was very special-brought back some ultra vivid memories-kind
of heartbreaking but beautiful-xxx
aww. bless nicky.
james looks like he probably plays a lot of darts these days.
one hundredddd and eiigghhttttyyaararrgggghhhh hurrghh
:)
he does seem like a genuinely nice guy.
I watched their film a few years back and he's been through a lot of ****. Even through that he seemed very level headed.
those pigtails are really distracting
pretty sure the old bass player at least looked like the others.
I love this photo of him back with the (current) band for the rock and roll hall of fame. That is a proper look of 'why am I here?'
omg! there's a man who'd rather be anywhere else.
this seems nice.
they took your advice on board :)
be less angry.
he literally just sang "nothing matters, no-one else"
big tease.
Ahhh the life of a roadie.
I like the idea of that being a touring crowd, so they put them back into a truck and move them onto the next gig and unload etc
in an odd mix of emotions, i really like the band members (pigtails notwithstanding), and i'm enjoying the set. by why are all the songs so angry? how can anyone be that mad at the world?
:) :) :)
popup fans.
is james going through the world's greatest cult signup?!
33 years is a long time to be angry. You'd think at this point their songs would be angry at self checkouts and trying to understand how to use ebay
the words he's saying between songs, don't correlate with the words he's saying during the songs.
it's the musical equivalent of lewis hamilton's radio.
"Put your hand up if you're happy with you and everyone you know, we'll sing a song about this just for you"
Suicide, I've already died
You're just the funeral I've been waiting for
Cyanide, living dead inside
Break this empty shell forevermore
YES.
THAT.
Steve Carell nailed it in Anchorman
I think this is the Unforgiven. This one is quite nice
chooooooon.
heheh
I am pleased james at least has two different guitars. double headed guitars are just the worst. Muse did that for a while.. *shudders*
makes you wonder why anyone carries them if you can just play them on stands.
That's the thing; matt bellamy has his onstage on a stand and he STILL had this monstrosity
they're both the same? six strings. are they tuned differently?
Not to my knowledge. If I remember, he only used it on one song for lead and rhythm guitar seperately. It was odd.
Can't faut Metallica's ability to perform though. Still totally solid after all these years.
great reception.
One!
a may not sleep tonight.
YEAH!
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOON
woooo!
what a song. loved that.
wooo x2
YEAH
best guitar riff in music history?
absolutely. ageless :)
♥ lars
Encore?
do they have any other songs? camera's suggest yes tho.
I was wondering seeing as they just played their two biggest songs!
phew!
:)
Heh I like james' self deprecation
whiskey?
yes!
YEAHHHH!
chooooooooooooon.
okay, i love this band.
OK I forgot how many good tunes metallica actually have
have they recorded this then?
recorded it? I think we've got it live on tv, last nights was delayed
no, i mean, have they recorded their version of whiskey in the jar for an album?
Ooooooh! My bad :) I'm sure it was on Garage Inc but I may be wrong.
Yep!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_Inc.
ahh, didn't know. i'd sing louder but someone is sleeping.
hehe :)
someone i knew once confused pogues version with metallicas which was interesting
:)
it's the best guinness song ever.
look.at.the.crowd.
seek and destroooyyyy
metallica balls!
MASSIVE BALL!
hahahah
get it out there!
cameraman flattened by MASSIVE BALL
I feel dizzy now
heavy metal beach ball
I feel for the guy that had to pump that up
really enjoyed that. far more than i expected to.
They still got it!
i wanted more flames. but yeah, they've lost nothing.
they replaced flames with giant beach balls. it's the new metal ;)
heh.
Phew. tme for a live entertainment rest I think!
cheers sir. i missed all of yesterday so i'm staying tuned in until it's done.
Hello. Sorry to have missed Metallica.
Pixies are on red button
ooh, i'm there.
hey chappie, where ya bin?
Out at a colleague's leaving do that he organised. marquee in a field, DJ playing disco and 80s and now stuff, beer, really nice local cider. Good.
blimey. who long had been there?
not english. how long had he been there?
:)
20 years +
Not too happy due to internal politics so certain types weren't invited, but those will hold an 'official work do' on Thurs to which I'll also go because I like drinking
ha. good man.
Tonight he invited the people he wanted to invite. Was fun to catch up with people informally, and some who left a few months ago. No senior types around.
No more Pixies, I don't know who this is but it seems nice
good music too?
i went for more beer and snacks, no idea who this is :)
Yeah, all sorts. Plenty of 70s/80s disco which is fine by me. Some classics from 60s-today. Decent mixture really.
It got a bit weirder. I've no idea what's going on.
Although Pixies are now on BBC2
Debaser
sorted
chooooon
debrief with lars.
he looks shattered.
lars: "i'm coming back tomorrow!"
Loves it. Glad he's experienced it rather than flying in, performing, flying out.
too cool
royal blood sound like mansun.
just checked the metallica setlist.... looks like they played a pretty tame set,but its expected at a festival like that. i seriously recommend anyone who gets the chance to see them live to see them. just the best live shows, even if now dodgy beach balls are the least metal thing ever.......
lead singer of 1975 is michael hutchence, right? he didn't die, he got younger.
anti-flag playing last on the left stage, probably not broadcast but if they are..... its must watch tv....
cracking band.
dolly!
richie sambora on stage with dolly!?
whatever next.
well that was a festival highlight.
Ooooh I think the black keys are on soon
gonna have to catch that on replay. i'm so behind, it'll be a week of catching up :)
the audience are great for these guys :)