They are, they are I won't be watching them though
I am most looking forward to:
Paul Simon
Imelda May
Wu-Tang Clan
Mumford and sons
U2
BB King
Coldplay
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:51, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

You missed the following
Elbow
Stornoway
Fleet Foxes
Queens of the Stoneage
Big Boi
DJ Shadow
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:54, Reply)

Oh yeah.
Forgot about Elbow. They're playing at Leeds, and are bloody brilliant.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:55, Reply)

QOTSA and Fleet Foxes would be top of my list
QOTSA are epic live and Fleet Foxes' music is achingly beautiful
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:56, Reply)

My favourite is White Winter Hymnal.
I don't know what it is, but the song is so... calming.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:58, Reply)

QOTSA were great live when they played at Reading in about 2002 or so
but since then, they are dull and uninteresting, much like everything Josh Homme has been involved with since.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I saw them in 2002 or so
and they were shit. As I said below, I hope it was a lapse on their part.

I went to watch Massive Attack instead which was one of the highlights of the festival
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:04, Reply)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
*wipes tears from eyes*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAahahahahahahahahahahaha

Hehehe

Good one, mate
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:59, Reply)

They are no CombiChrist that's for sure
/Monty
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:03, Reply)

It was meant genuinely
"Fleet Foxes' music is achingly beautiful"

I assumed you were mimicking the pretentious style of a teenage boy or Guardian reader.

Hang about... were you serious?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)

they are quite good
but I wouldn't describe anything as achingly beautiful, unless it was a really hot woman and I prefixed it with ball-
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:07, Reply)

Indeed, Rainier
I've no problem with the Fleet Foxes, not my sort of thing, but not even Tori Amos goes down as achingly beautiful in my book.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Nice voice, interesting music.
Truly a face for the radio though.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:11, Reply)

No, no
Tori Amos.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)

That's who I meant.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:19, Reply)

Tori Amos is fucking stunning mate

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:24, Reply)

You what?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Umm...
1.bp.blogspot.com/_rahT757Jgu0/TRIceZ3vxnI/AAAAAAAACg8/vo0u066OWp8/s400/fotoindexnueva.jpg
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, Reply)

fucking hell
I had no idea she was so ginger.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Or a cat.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:35, Reply)

That is really disappointing
Am now listening to some of her newer stuff on We7 and it appears the mental has extended to her musical output too. I shall choose to believe that La Amos did a Joplin in '97, if that's OK with you.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:37, Reply)

Christ
I would like to revise my previous statement; Tori Amos WAS stunning, and has let herself go spectactularly
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:31, Reply)

Yup



And she's had a facelift.
( girlinthehole, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Yeah I just looked at her Wikipedia page.
She never knew when she'd been Tango'd.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)

Very easy to find a bad photo of her.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:35, Reply)

I'm from the future.
'achingly beautiful'?

You massive bent spastic.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 15 Sep 2013, 23:38, Reply)

I've just read both those 'highlights'
and whilst I consider myself a music fan with a varied and eclectic taste the only acts on that list that I would get out of bed for are Paul Simon and Queens of the Stoneage and that at a push.
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:59, Reply)

Imelda May is awesome.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)

I saw QOTSA in Denmark
and they were fucking dreadful. I hope it was a lapse on their part.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:03, Reply)

As I said above
it's everything Josh Homme touches.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:05, Reply)

Horses for courses dude.
People are allowed like music that you don't.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:04, Reply)

Luggage, Wormulus. Wormulus, Luggage.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Ummm... hi?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Nah mate, just run

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)

Oh.
Where to?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)

Hello.

( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)

It looks to me like a pick and mix of bands that fall into the 'yeah they're pretty good but I wouldn't deliberately pay to see them if they were the only act on the lineup' category
with a couple of genuinely shit bands throw in for good measure.

Just picture the crowd that are liekly to turn up for an Elbow, U2, Coldplay marathon. Fucking hell.
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:19, Reply)

you've hit the nail on the head with that category

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, Reply)

I like Elbow.
The other two are dull as dishwater. Oh Gods, I'd die of boredom. Only Piston's standup would be worse.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Elbow are almost really good
but they fall short of the mark. Partly because the guy has a fucking terrible voice for the sort of music they are trying to do.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:21, Reply)

Really?
It always worked for me. Asleep in the Back is a good album, I thought.

But what do I know, I work in IT.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:25, Reply)

It's a personal thing with Elbow
I don't think they are bad (not like U2) but it doesn't do it for me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, Reply)

Yeah
I feel the same about QOTSA or New Found Glory.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:33, Reply)

My Friends Over You is a fucking great track
*scurries off to download*

Otherwise, yes
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)

Yes but you like Asia and this renders your musical opinions instantly null and void.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:18, Reply)

I'm not ashamed
They provide a specific need in my playlist.
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:24, Reply)

Fair enough.
Of the list above I'd like to see BB King before he croaks but I fear I've missed him at his peak, by about 40 years.

Wu Tang Clan are entertaining live but I've been to see them twice - and again they've been shit for at least ten years.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:26, Reply)

WOOOOO I saw BB King at his European farewell concert at Wembley Arena a few years back, it was exceptionally good
and his banter between tracks was some of the best I've ever heard.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:30, Reply)

I saw him busking on Beale Street
next to his own statue. He just had Lucille plugged into a portable amp and he was chatting away to people.

A true gent.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:35, Reply)

Really nice guy it seems, good chatter.
Also chucked fuckloads of gold and silver bracelets at the crowds in the front seats at the end of the show.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)

I was going to see him in Manchester last year but had no-one to go with : (

( girlinthehole, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:38, Reply)

I'm sure he wrote a song that went something like that
I woke up this morning
Der ner ner na
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:41, Reply)

Do you need rains in Africa?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:42, Reply)

I'm not sure.
But I know that every time Bono clicks his fingers, a child in Africa dies.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:44, Reply)

U2?
Are you kidding me??
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:54, Reply)

Nope, never going to pay to see them live on their own
but I think they'll put on a good show, do the hits. It'll be a good gig that I'll enjoy.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)

If you say so.
I just find them sooo... boring!
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:07, Reply)

they're not boring
they are fucking shit.

They did some ok songs many years ago, but the more recent stuff is crap.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)

Elevation had a good riff.
And then I sobered up.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:22, Reply)

god, that's the fucking worst one!
it doesn't have a good riff, it's average at best and the lyrics could have been written by children.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:26, Reply)

*nods*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I could do a phd on why U2 are shit and people who like them are fucking morons

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, Reply)

www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:46, Reply)

Fantastic.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:47, Reply)

I fucking love that article

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:50, Reply)

I was drunk.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I hold over a certain amount of affection for U2 from the big hits of yesteryear
But a lot of their "new" (last decade) stuff is indefensible and as you say, Elevation is the worst culprit of all.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:33, Reply)

Mumford and Sons were disappointing when I saw them at the Eden Project
was expecting loads more energy, but they may as well have just stuck the CD on.

I feel a little bad about it because I'm really good friends with the bassplayer's sister
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:06, Reply)

I saw them at Hammersmith last October and they kicked arse, loved it.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)

The best people playing are the ones who realise the glastonbury gig is a big deal
and put in a bit more effort, that's nearly all the UK acts.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)

makes sense
too much shit for my liking though. Festivals are always about the music for me. All of the rest of the stuff I can do whenever for a lot less money
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:19, Reply)

My pals Deep Cut are playing there.
You should see them. They're 'alright I suppose'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Really? I'll check em out.
edit: any other recommendations www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster/
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:33, Reply)

Pentangle
Show of Hands are worth a go. Very folky. Voted greatest ever Devonians or something.
The Correspondents - definitely worth watching
Beardyman - human beatbox is a bit gay, but this guy is very good at it
holy shit, Jim Jones Revue are playing
John Digweed
Dreadzone
Terry Reid
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:55, Reply)