Caporegime
I regularly rave to Elbow, Imagine Dragons and Dolly Parton
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I regularly rave to Elbow, Imagine Dragons and Dolly Parton
Did you go? It is very biased to dance music in most areas. BBC don't cover the dancey bits, which is most of it!
Caporegime
I'm looking at the main stage at the moment (you know, the one Metallica played) and that one certainly isn't. Do you think all those other acts shouldn't have played?
I was being tongue in cheek but obviously the main stage is not dancey. There are dozens of venues and overall the bias is pretty dancey. People look at BBC listings and assume that's all there is.
Same here!!!
They were without a doubt the highlight of glasto this year, so maybe it was a good thing that the bosses mixed it up a bit?
Everyone in the crowd was loving it.
Soldato
Yes there are quite a few 'dancey' venues but I certainly wouldn't say Glasto has a dance bias, in my experience (2010/11) it was fairly well balanced with something for most people. I was actually really surprised that there was so much questioning of whether Metallica were suitable, as while they are a metal rather than rock band, they are also one of the most mainstream metal bands and most people who enjoy rock can probably find themselves liking a few of their tracks (for example, I am not a Metallica fan, but I love Fade to Black).
Metallica was certainly no more of a 'leftfield' (no pun intended) choice than say a hip-hop act like Jay-Z headlining.
Metallica was certainly no more of a 'leftfield' (no pun intended) choice than say a hip-hop act like Jay-Z headlining.