Glastonbury 2011

People who've not been like to tell themselves it's going downhill or isn't as good as people make out so decide to make threads with things such as 'coldplay lol' 'omg rheanna is going to play' & 'lmao they've booked neil diamond lol tehehe'.

let em scoff karl.....if they never go it's their loss

The line up is always fucking shit.

Still the best festival though

the line up is never shit, ever

it never has been and never will be....just cos the three main stage headliners might not be to your taste- it doesn't mean that the line up across the other 49 stages is shit


shit line up from 2010? The West Holts Stage alone has a better line up than any other festival ever.

Friday

Pyramid Stage:
U2
Dizzee Rascal
Vampire Weekend
Snoop Dogg
Willie Nelson
Corinne Bailey-Rae
Femi Kuti
TBA

Other Stage:
The Flaming Lips
Hot Chip
Florence and The Machine
La Roux
Phoenix
The Courteeners
TBA
The Stranglers
The Magic Numbers


John Peel Stage:
Groove Armada
The Black Keys
Mumford & Sons
Ellie Goulding
Kele
Bombay Bicycle Club
Tegan and Sara
TBA
De Staat
Detroit Social Club

West Holts
Mos Def (with full live band)
Femi Kuti
Nouvelle Vague & Guests
Breakestra with Chali 2na
Bonobo
Mariachi El Bronx
tUnE-yArDs
Matthew Herbert Big Band

Acoustic Stage:
Bootleg Beatles
Alan Price Set
McIntosh Ross
Turin Brakes
Brian Kennedy
Danny & The Champs
Megan Henwood
Cory Chisel
Julie Feeney

The Park Stage
The xx
Broken Bells
Special Guests
The Big Pink
Local Natives
Steve Mason
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Beth Jeans Houghton
Lissie
TBA
TBA

East Dance
DJ Fatboy Slim
Live Chase and Status
DJ Zane Lowe
Live Plan B
DJ Rob da Bank
Live Example
DJ Roger Sanchez
DJ TBA
DJ TBA

West Dance
DJ Boyz Noise
DJ Simian Mobile Disco
Live Delphic
DJ Fake Blood
DJ Rusko
Live Chromeo
DJ Aeroplane
DJ Boy 8-Bit
DJ Hannah Holland

Avalon Stage:
New Model Army
Transglobal Underground
Newton Faulkner
The Woodentops
Lou Rhodes
Goldheart Assembly
Gabby Young & Other Animals
Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs

Croissant Neuf
TBA
6ixtoys
Steve Knightley
Julien Tulk Band
Undercover Hippy Band
Seth Lakeman
Biggles Wartime Band

The Queen's Head
Good Shoes
The Bees
Magic Numbers
The Mystery Jets
Fanfarlo
Detroit Social Club
Tubelord
Tiffany Page
Frank Turner
Fiction Plane


Poetry & Words
Penny Ashton
Baba Brinkman
Sabrina Mahfouz
Tony Walsh
Aisle 16
Kat Francois
Ventriloquist
Paula Varjack
Andreattah Chuma
Jonny Fluffypunk
Kate Tempest
Pete the Temp
Poeticat
Helen Gregory and Pete Hunter


Saturday

Pyramid Stage:
Muse
Scissor Sisters
TBA
TBA
Seasick Steve
Jackson Browne
The Lightning Seeds
TBA

Other Stage:
Pet Shop Boys
Editors
The Cribs
The National
Kate Nash
Imogen Heap
Coheed and Cambria
Reef
Two Door Cinema Club

John Peel Stage:
Jamie T
The xx
Foals
Marina & The Diamonds
Delphic
Wild Beasts
Field Music
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Sophie Hunger
Let's Buy Happiness

West Holts
George Clinton with Parliament / Funkadelic
Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra
Os Mutantes
Devendra Banhart
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Phenomenal Handclap Band
Brother Ali
Troy Ellis & The Longshots

Acoustic Stage:
Christy Moore
Nick Lowe
Imelda May
Al Stewart
Michael Eavis In Conversation
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus
The Leisure Society
Ellen & The Escapades
John Allen & Band

The Park Stage:
Midlake
Laura Marling
TBA
Special Guests
Stornoway
Beach House
Strange Boys
Frankie & The Heart Strings
The Ballad of Britain
Peggy Sue
TBA

East Dance:
Live N-Dubz
Live Chipmunk
Live Kelis
DJ DJ MistaJam
Live Tinie Tempah
Live Giggs
DJ Yasmin
Live Chiddybang
Live McClean
Live Bashy
Live Donaeo
Live Roll Deep
DJ TBA

West Dance:
Live Dubfire
DJ Nick Warren
Live Mix Hell
DJ Sander Kleinenberg
Live Banco de Gaia
DJ Riva Starr
Live Neville Staple
Live Dub Pistols
DJ TBA
Live Foreign Beggars

Avalon Stage:
The Lightning Seeds
Alabama 3 acoustic
Charlie Winston
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
The Unthanks
The Avett Brothers
The Wurzels
Nick Harper
Tom Williams & The Boat


Croissant Neuf
The Beat
MrB. The Gentleman Rhymer
Hot Feat
The Kevin Brown Trio
The Vagaband
TBA
Dizraeli & The Small Gods
TBA

The Queen's Head
Earl Brutus
TBA
Phenomenal Handclap Band
Band Of Skulls
Holy F***
Blood Red Shoes
Here We Go Magic
Cate Le Bon
Lissie

Poetry & Words
John Hegley
Paula Varjack
Andreattah Chuma
Attila the Stockbroker
Hollie McNish
Luke Wright
Kate Tempest
Murray Lachlan Young
Sabrina Mahfouz
Bohdan Piasecki
Open mic. (hosted by Julian Ramsey-Wade)
Ventriloquist
Jonny Fluffypunk


Sunday

Pyramid Stage:
Stevie Wonder
Faithless
Jack Johnson
Ray Davies
Slash
Norah Jones
Paloma Faith
TBA

Other Stage:
Orbital
lcd soundsystem
MGMT
We Are Scientists
Grizzly Bear
Temper Trap
The Hold Steady
Frightened Rabbit
TBA

John Peel Stage:
Ash
Julian Casablancas
Broken Social Scene
Gang of Four
The Drums
Holy F***
These New Puritans
Everything Everything
Black Cherry
Dan Mangan

West Holts
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Toots & the Maytals
Quantic & his Combo Barbaro
Staff Benda Bilili
Dr John
Tunng
The Bees
Dizraeli and the Small Gods

Acoustic Stage:
Jackson Browne with David Lindley
Richard Thompson
Loudon Wainwright III
Blues Band
TCOTU Community Gospel Choir
Joel Rafael
Robinson
Fisherman's Friend
Mayhew

The Park Stage:
Empire Of The Sun
Dirty Projectors
TBA
Archie Bronson Outfit
Beak
Portico Quartet
Fionn Regan
TBA
Here We Go Magic
Travelling Band

East Dance:
DJ Above & Beyond
Live Crystal Castles
DJ Filthy Dukes (DJ Set)
Live Professor Green
Live Reverend Sound System
Live Crystal Fighters

West Dance:
Live Magnetic Man
DJ Jackbeats
Live Stanton Warriors
DJ Adam F
Live Blasted Mechanism
DJ Toddla T
Live Alex Metric Live
DJ South Central
Live Jaguar Skills
DJ A1 Bassline
Live Killaflaw
DJ Virus Syndicate

Avalon Stage:
Gomez
The Saw Doctors
Imelda May
Judy Collins
SPECIAL GUESTS
Teddy Thompson
Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds
Kirsty Almeida
Ellen & The Escapades

Criossant Neuf
The Baghdaddies
Zen Elephants
Prof Nohair & the Wig Lifters
Corinne Bailey-Rae
TBA
The People's String Foundation

The Queen's Head
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
TBA
TBA
Chief
I Am Kloot
Field Music
Goldhawks
The Middle East
Mountain Man

Poetry & Words
Glastonbury Festival Poetry Slam (hosted by Kat Francois)
Helen Gregory and Benita Johnson
Pete Hunter
Pete the Temp
Jean Binta Breeze
Poeticat
Luke Wright
Jo Bell (Website Poet in Residence)
Bohdan Piasecki
Julian Ramsey-Wade
Penny Ashton
Baba Brinkman
Comperes – Dreadlcokalien and Abbey Oliveira

Glastonbury is the best festival going, but I have toSSSy Latitude last year was my best overall festival experience no doubt helped by 4 days of glorious sunshine.

I'll presume you meant "The smaller stages at Glastonbury are tailored to my exact niche tastes and therefore I cannot complain. I accept that as a mainstream festival, which is undisputable, they consistantly fail to put on a relevant or interesting line up."

"I also concede that for reasons that make no sense, they also tend to make the good stuff clash."

If so we can leave it there

was gonna go.

went off the idea though.

think the mud was a deciding factor.

what year was it when it hammered down that morning and turned the place into a swamp.

the coverage is always great on the telly anyway. ;D

U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder don't appeal to the mainstream?

U2 are a perfect example, why have them on?

I don't know any U2 fans, there's absolutly no buzz about that band. The strange paradox is that they still sell stadiums week in, week out. What's the point in having them play? It's just a lap of honour.

They haven't had a proper band of the moment since the Arctic Monkeys headlined it and that was probably a year too late as well. The headliners are always safe and boring and as it sells out without needing to reveal it's line up, it's not like they couldn't take a few risks.

karl loves u2.

Hey Bill.

Looking at E Festivals we could have Arcade Fire (2nd top Main) and Primal Scream (Headlining Other) on Friday and a similar scenario with Pulp and Libs on the Sunday.

That would be excellent. Libs vs Beyonce would sort the men from the spastics.

No BDI rumours yet though

Not sure if I'm going yet but that's a pain in the arse tbh, all amazing live bands but moving stage for the headliner is a real ballache, the crowds between Pyramid Stage and Other Stage are packed as fuck and you end up getting in but nowhere near the front.

Libs crowd mincing through Beyonce crowd.

It would be fucking epic.

I remember Doves' 2005 set looked like that.

We're getting closer: www.nme.com/news/the-libertines/54920

Libs at Glasto would be perfect.

Latest from Mr.Efestivals is that he's got very strong information that The Libertines, Primal Scream and The Chemical Brothers had all been offered The Other Stage headline spots but he's got information that Underworld are on The Other Stage as well so he thinks because of The Rolling Stones not playing like Eavis hoped, Beyonce got upgraded to a headliner with Primal Scream possibly on before Coldplay on the Pyramid, and The Libs, Chems, and Underworld on the Other stage with Pulp on before Beyonce on the Sunday.

So the way its now possibly looking

Friday: Pyramid: U2, Arcade Fire - Other Stage - Underworld

Saturday: Pryamid: Coldplay, Primal Scream - Other Stage - The Chemical Brothers

Sunday: Pyramid: Beyonce, Pulp - Other Stage - The Libertines

Not ruling out Primal Scream headlining Other Stage though, with Underworld playing lower.

I'll be very happy if the lineup allows me to see The Libertines (fingers crossed), Pulp and Primal Scream like.

Female Eavis has confirmed 13 more acts:

- Anna Calvi
- BB King
- Big Boi
- The Chemical Brothers
- Crystal Castles (pictured)
- Friendly Fires
- Fleet Foxes
- Gruff Rhys
- James Blake
- Janelle Monae
- Mumford & Sons
- Primal Scream
- Warpaint

Not bad. Not an exciting line up yet but Scream and Gruff will be good.