Glastonbury…

Well, I’m off for a week to Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts down in Somerset, and for those that are interested, here’s who I’m hoping to see and who I recommend to you.

This will nearly be my 20th festival (nb. first Glasto) and thus I’ve seen a lot of bands, so this year I’m going to try checking out some bands I usually wouldn’t and let you know what I think…

Friday

Bloc Party 23:00 to 00:15

Neil Young 22:00 to 00:15

The Streets 21:00 to 22:15

Specials 20:00 to 21:15

Friendly Fires 18:30 to 19:30

Metronomy 17:25 to 18:10

Fleet Foxes 16:40 to 17:40

N.E.R.D. 15:10 to 16:10

Regina Spektor 13:40 to 14:40

Rumble Strips 13:00 to 13:40

Bombay Bicycle Club 12:00 to 13:00

Mr Hudson 10:50 to 11:40

Saturday

Africa Express Sound System 01:30 to 03:30

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 00:30 to 01:15

Franz Ferdinand 22:50 to 00:15

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street band 22:00 to 00:15

Deadmau5 20:00 to 21:30

Klaxons 19:50 to 20:35

Passion Pit 18:40 to 19:30

La Roux 17:50 to 18:30

Dizzee Rascal 16:20 to 17:20

Spinal Tap 14:50 to 15:40

Eagles Of Death Metal 13:30 to 14:20

Tinariwen 12:20 to 13:05

First Aid Kit 11:00 to 11:30

Sunday

Blur 21:50 to 23:45

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 20:00 to 21:15

Noisettes 19:30 to 20:30

Bat For Lashes 18:30 to 19:30

Yeah Yeah Yeahs 17:00 to 18:00

Tom Jones 16:15 to 17:30

The Mummers 15:15 to 16:05

Alberta Cross 14:00 to 14:45

Art Brut 13:10 to 14:00

White Lies 12:00 to 12:30

Good Books 11:00 to 11:30

(NB: These stage times are from the official site)

I’ll report back on the other side, see you then.

Greg