Glastonbury coverage

Not sure, but if you have digital TV and "press the red button" you get two further choices of coverage. It also has the benefit of not being interspersed with inane chat by "bouncy" presenters. :-/

I just watched an amazing performance by Regina Spektor - had me literally in tears. She is incredible and I must get to see her live soon.

Fleet Foxes on later tonight.

Steeve

oh, correction...Fleet Foxes on now! bye....!

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Originally posted by Diccus62:
Does anyone know the coverage line up, just want to make sure i don't miss Bruce and Neil if indeed they will be televised. Thanks

Coverage is on now of course (BBC3 & 4) ..BBC 2 has 3 hours or so from 11.10 (inc Neil Y Live + F Foxes recorded apparently) There's literally almost non stop coverage on BBC3/4 through till Sunday Night

And a fair amount of coverage on BBC HD.

I have set up series link for the coverage on BBC HD One of the best TV inventions ever!

Fleet Foxes highlights from the BBC Glastonbury site

If you can record it Radiohead's legendary 1997 headline set is on BBC6 tonight at midnight.

Denis,

You need to have a word with Mr Wilson for next year.

nap-ster,

They might cause an incident Hopefully this years tour might raise the bands profile and appear on the Emily Eavis radar. Getting on Jools Holland would also be a big break.

Radiohead on BBC6 now. I don't have any S/W to record it (any recommendations for the future?)

What is the Radiohead being broadcast? If it is the great 1997 or even the 2003 performance, then the complete show (well almost) is out there in lossless recordings, provided you look in the right places.

Unfortunately those places are not allowed to be mentioned on this forum, sorry.

As for the BBC coverage of Glastonbury, it is woeful compared with kind of coverage WDR give to the festivals in Germany, complete sets by named artists at the times they are shown on the TV schedule. Rockpalast

The BBC show little bits, across several channels and multichoice (red button) intersperced with some pretty moronic coverage of the festival as a whole. Pretty happy to see Mark Radcliffe there, so disappointed to see Lauren Laverne paid by our license fees to ramble on in moronic fashion.

Also posted on another forum:
"Ten years ago this night I saw one of the best performances I have ever seen, R.E.M. at Glastonbury, the next day I saw both Underworld (probably one of their best performance to that point), and Orbital, as well as many other good performances that weekend, by bands like Mercury Rev, etc.

After watching some of the BBC coverage tonight, I am so glad that I am at home. I don't get Neil Young, apart from 'The Needle and the Damage Done' (powerful), and most of the rest of the bands at Glastonbury left me dead.

Big plus to Lady Ga Ga, who kind of seemed to take Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson and NIN and make it pop again, with some great persona on stage (although less than perfect application of costume tape) and Fleet Foxes who sang beautiful harmony on some lovely folky songs.

Jamie,

You have mail. It was the 1997 performance and very good too. I agree about Mark Radcliffe, enjoyable on TV or Radio (his Kate Bush 'Aerial' interview was fantastic)

...For all the Neil Saddoes out there here is the full set list for last nights epic performance.....

’Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)’
’Mansion On The Hill’
'Are You Ready For The Country?'
'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'
'Spirit Road'
'Words'
'Cinnamon Girl'
'Mother Earth'
'The Needle And The Damage Done'
'Comes A Time'
'Unknown Legend'
'Heart Of Gold'
'Down By The River'
'Get Behind The Wheel'
'Rockin' In The Free World'
'A Day In The Life'(encore)

Neil Young, fucking amazing!

Has Adam turned off the robocensor?

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Big plus to Lady Ga Ga, who kind of seemed to take Depeche Mode, Marilyn Manson and NIN and make it pop again, with some great persona on stage (although less than perfect application of costume tape)

...I thought she was good at first till I realised how much apparent lip syncing was going on ..watch her performance again ..dancing around mic by her side whilst the vocals carry on regardless ?? MIMING at Glasto - WTF!

Really enjoying the Bruce set at the moment but what is up with Clarence's sax playing tonight.

Broooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocccccccceeeeeee

I had read that the BBC were going to show 4 songs only on TV so pretty happy with that coverage. So much energy from Bruce. Just over two weeks until Glasgow.

....Springsteen nailed it as well I reckon .....supposedly THE biggest crowd ever seen at the main stage at Glasto .."The River" being particulary atmospheric....

But so far the Beeb seem to have only shown 5 songs from Neil Young's set .....'Words' 'The Needle And The Damage Done' 'Get Behind The Wheel' 'Rockin' In The Free World' 'A Day In The Life' (unless I've missed some of the coverage ......anyone seen any others?)

DOH!

To answer my own question ....I've just seen this via Twitter from the BBC's own tweet......

The BBC has spent the last couple of months talking to Neil's management about how much of his set we might be able to show on TV, radio and online over Glastonbury weekend. Neil Young's career has been conducted on his own terms. Last night Neil's management agreed to let TV and radio broadcast five songs as they watched and listened to his performance. They believe in the live event and retaining its mystery and that of their artist. They have decided to make one song available online over the weekend to give a flavour of his set. That's Rockin' In The Free World and that's their decision.


DAMN!

That Brucie set was excellent apart from Outlaw Pete
which I personally can't stand.

Adrian did you see at one point Clarence trying to walk across the stage. He was walking like someone who ahd arthritis very gingerly. Not sure how good his physicla condition is.

Maybe you are right there Ewen.

http://www.arthritistoday.org/...clarence-clemons.php

Neil young was the stand out performance by far for me. as for the presenters well!

Stand outs so far

Neil Young - I saw him a few days ago in Nottingham - awesome. Even my four year old son was grooving to Rocking in the Free World on the telly
Fleet Foxes - I get more impressed the more I hear them
White Lies - about the only band I stayed with on the bbc 3 multiscreen options
Lily Allen - outfit not music!
Spinal Tap doing Stonehenge - it still makes me laugh 25 years later
Bruce last night - was not expecting so much of the set to be televised


Low lights - and there have been a few - but in particular Bloc Party & the much hyped Florence and the Machine. Oh and the BBC 3 presenters - guess I'm getting old!

The whole of the BROADCAST coverage of Neil Young is included in the BBC2 Programme now available on the BBC website (don't know for how long though). It is intersperced with some other stuff too, such as bits from The Specials.

Neil begins at about 1min 37 in.