Saturday, June 27, 2009

Glastonbury Envy '09, Part III

Posted by Dean Fawkes on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 5:35 PM

[Part I] & [Part II]

After a bit of wet start, the sun's come out for Glastonbury.

And you know what that means.

It means Jarvis Cocker was everywhere today, surprise-guesting on multiple stages and showing up to play bass for Spinal Tap during the more-appropriate-than-ever "Big Bottoms".

It means a gang of fans dressed as trolls wandered the grounds and guerilla-hugged the crowds.

And it means people like Dizzee Rascal and Bruce Springsteen were so far the biggest draws of the weekend. In front of a rammed crowd at the Pyramid Stage, Dizzee, in particular, played the massive "Dance Wiv Me" and "Bonkers," but also his best like "Stand Up Tall," "Sirens," and "Pussyole (Old Skool)," all on top of covering M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes," The Ting Tings' "That's Not My Name" — "They call me Wiley!" — and leading the festival to a Michael Jackson medley. BBC writes: "'We lost a legend this week,' he said. 'So I think we should do a little something to remember all the great music he brought us.' Tens of thousands of fans joined in with a chorus of 'Thriller,' and Rascal played snippets of other hits including 'Billie Jean' and 'Another Part Of Me'. Pharrell Williams, The Streets, Lily Allen, and Gabriella Cilmi are among the other artists who have paid tribute."

Donna On The Beach writes: "Just saw on Glastonbury coverage a sign, 'Pretending 2b an aeroplane allowed in this area.'"

Maximo Park writes: "Skream's La Roux remix sent everyone off their trollies! Let's get ravey!!!"

The Guardian writes: "Most overheard conversation at Glastonbury: 'Why would you bring children here? It's tantamount to child abuse.'"

Video clips of loads of acts, including Skream, Benga, Kasabian, Neil Young, Pendulum, Lady GaGa, The Specials, The Wonder Stuff, Bruce Springsteen, N.E.R.D., Sparrow & The Workshop, and Jamie T, are finally trickling out here.


Kasabian - Glastonbury '09

Dizzee Rascal - Glastonbury '09

Glastonbury '09 [04]

Glastonbury '09 [05]

Glastonbury '09 [06]


Photos by the BBC & Glastonbury staff.

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Does anyone this side of the pond even remember Kasabian?
Posted by Casual_Observer on June 28, 2009 at 3:10 PM

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