Glastonbury: My Experience

So last weekend was my first ever Glastonbury and I had a REALLY good time. A few people have said that I should do a review, but I don't think that's possible because a festival is really what you make of it! If you had a crap time then it's probably your own fault.

Instead, I'm gunna do a top 5 Best Moments, almost like a proper journalistic feature! HERE GOES!


NUMBER FIVE: Discovering that my tent, which I had eventually erected at the ridiculous hour of 2:30am on thursday, had in fact survived the day's absolute DOWNPOUR and remained waterproof. Result.

NUMBER FOUR: Following a 30 minute delay in their (probably unnecessarily) huge set up, N*E*R*D ended up over-running their slot massively. Since they showed no intention of finishing on time, the sound desk cut the sound from the main speakers half way through "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)", but down the front we could still hear the sound coming from the onstage instruments and finished the song sing-a-long style! Achooo!

NUMBER THREE: This one, I feel, has to be a three way tie between Micachu and the Shapes' set, discovering the Rough Trade marquee*, and having been sat on the front barrier of the John Peel tent, turning round to discover that I really WASN'T the only one enjoying Esser's major tuneage... (The guy just looks quite grumpy, luv him!)

NUMBER TWO: Frankly, Bloc Party's whole set was amazing; the kind of life-affirming set that makes you realise that this band are gunna be with us for a while, and I'd be quite happy to bet that in 30-40 years time they'll enjoy the kind of status Led Zeppelin or Queen have now. However, my second best moment of the festival was when Kele Okereke returned to stage crying "Where the fuck do you think you're going?" They then played "This Modern Love" and kicked ass!

NUMBER ONE: The crowd's reaction to Florence and the Machine's "Dog Days Are Over". Hands down, one of the biggest moments of insanity I've ever witnessed. For some reason she played that song and the John Peel tent just went NUTS. She nearly cried as well, bless. But the really amazing thing is that she hasn't even got an album out yet! This woman is destined for big things, and God sparing her any Winehouse-style drama, should be one of the most important singers to happen to the 21st Century. And shes a BABE.

So there we go! A complete weekend of awesomeness boiled down to 5 easily digestible chunks! It in no way does it any justice, but then it was never going to was it!

Until next time!
Chris/The Audio Bigot
xx

*Where else can you take your pint in a record store? Best thing since coffee in a bookshop!