Led Zepplin to play at Glastonbury 2008?

[danny la rouge]

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john x

Before I say anything else, do you do the PA for outdoor events?

 

[john x]

Before I say anything else, do you do the PA for outdoor events?

john x

 

[William of Walworth]

john x

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7179737.stm

Oh dear... Kanye, Beyonce, J-Z, Riahanna (WTF ) , Timboland or Prince at Glastonbury instead of Led Zep.

I would be tempted if it was Beyonce*. She can wail. It'll never be Prince because that would ruin the thursday afternoon Stone Circle rumour mongering. I would LMAO if ot was Rhianna....

* free ticket, helicopter and monster truck required.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I'd put money on it being Kanye tbh.

 

[William of Walworth]

Almost all the current chat on other sites supports that.

 

[Hollis]

I so hope the Led Zeppelin don't play Glasto.. Despite being responsible for the thing occuring in the first place..

 

[William of Walworth]

Not exactly Hollis ...

 

[seeformiles]

The Zep will probably end the tour with Glasto if they don't start it there. Plant is good mates with Eavis IIRC.

Mind you I don't see how its gonna be any better than Page & Plant in 1995 which was way cool.

I was at that one - absolutely fucking marvelous! I left Mrs SFM under a tree and went down as near to the front as possible - definitely one of those "if-I-could-do-that-all-over-again" afternoons!

 

[david dissadent]

I so hope the Led Zeppelin don't play Glasto.. Despite being responsible for the thing occuring in the first place..

I thought the first Glasto was orginised by Joseph or Aramathia???

 

[William of Walworth]

I thought the first Glasto was orginised by Joseph or Aramathia???

The first one (1970) was organised by Michael Eavis himself (£1= in, and free milk).

The second, big, famous 'Glastonbury Fayre' (1971) was organised by Arabella Chuchill and David Kerr and various quite posh mates who put up the money. Was free, man. But I was 9 at the time ...

Sun shone almost all the time on the 1971 one according to the 'Glastonbury Fayre' DVD and various pix .... lucky rich bastards!

 

[William of Walworth]

Page and Plant 1995

I was at that one - absolutely fucking marvelous! I left Mrs SFM under a tree and went down as near to the front as possible - definitely one of those "if-I-could-do-that-all-over-again" afternoons!

Yeah I was at that one also, brilliant!

 

[Hollis]

Not exactly Hollis ...

Simple fact. Eavis hadn't been inspired by Zeppelin, then spend his entire life milking cows and making yoghurt.



Straight up!!

 

[Hollis]

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moooooo!!!!!

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

Yeah I was at that one also, brilliant!

I saw that - it was ace. Although I was leaving at the time - i dumped my bags and sat down for page and plant. Then went home and watched it again on TV!

 

[free spirit]

Here's something to mull over, though. Keeping in mind the fact that I've never been, and that I've never met Eavis, is the view I've heard - that Michael Evis plays up to a hippy image to make money by getting people to buy into the counter-cultural vibe of the festival? Much like Glastonbury is a music event like any other, Eavis is a capitalist event planner like any other - in any way accurate? As I say, I don't know, I'm just asking the question.

hmm - I think there's a little bit of truth in this, a lot more so since mean fiddler got involved, but in general Glasto is way different to the likes of reading / leeds / v etc. in it's ethos and capitalist / hippy thinking ratio (not quite sure how to put that).

Basically glasto does to some extent exploit the hippy side of the thing to blag a hell of a lot of people to work their bollocks off for free. However, it does mostly make donations based on a standard hourly rate for these volunteer hours to a whole host of charities, mostly local charities plus oxfam, wateraid, greenpeace etc. I'm also pretty sure that a few locally based 'charities' milk glasto and the glasto volunteers thing for all they can in order their own annual wage bills... but don't think that's either Eavis or Glasto's fault.

Glasto's essentially not allowed either the stewarding or stuff like the bars to be taken over by standard commercial operators (though security obviously has to be provided by commercial operators).

They do milk the goodwill of both volunteer staff and performers, and pushed this too far in my case, but generally people are ok with this as there's an understanding that if everyone were to charge full commercial rates for their work then the festival would either have to downscale massively, or increase ticket prices massively. The mean fiddler involvement did make a fair few people question this though, as mean fiddler are capitalist bastard through and through, and it's one think working for nowt for eavis, another to know that some of your free work is helping to line mean fiddlers pockets.

erm, fuck I dunno, it's defo different to t in the park, reading, leeds, v etc. but there's also some truth in the milking the hippy image train of thought as well.

personally I hope Eavis would consider doing something like setting glasto up as some kind of cummunity interest company so it can continue with the right ethos into the future, and everything can be open and above board. I'd hate to think that it could either be sold as a purely commercial venture, or just gradually lose the hippy charity side if whoever takes over from eavis starts listening to the mean fiddler types too much.

 

[William of Walworth]

Great post fs, it's good to get this stuff from direct knowledge, cheers.

Nothing to add!

 

[danny la rouge]

I thought the first Glasto was orginised by Joseph or Aramathia???

And did these feet/
In Ancient Times/
Squelch through Mud/
And queue for bogs?

 

[Firky]

What pisses me off about Glastonbury is, like I have siad before, tens of thousands of people driving millions of miles collectivley to attend the festival. I'd love to know that the cost of Glastonbury is. People fly all over the world and drive from all over the country to attend this festival. Met or heard dozerns of Americans and aussies there.

Can't get away from that though.

 

[editor]

I wish they'd reopen the Glastonbury and Street railway station.

Look how lovely it looked too:


Edit: blimey that was only in 1981 too!

 

[Firky]

The Glastonbury site used to have a FAQ on how to get there if you're flying

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The Glastonbury site used to have a FAQ on how to get there if you're flying

So?

 

[William of Walworth]

I wish they'd reopen the Glastonbury and Street railway station.

Look how lovely it looked too:


Edit: blimey that was only in 1981 too!

Have a strong feeling, if I remember the Glastonbury town layout properly, that that site's been built on now .... shame ...

Just imagine trains going right through the festival site though, on the 'old railway line'

<pictures hippies suddenly and shockedly jumping aside to avoid the Glastonbury to Yeovil Junction stopping service ... >

 

[moose]

Those canopies have been preserved in the town centre car park, and they hold a market underneath them now. It sells vegetables and tie-dye.

 

[Yossarian]

The Glastonbury site used to have a FAQ on how to get there if you're flying

Would you want Kylie to get lost on the way there??

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

Or Maddona and Prince in their helicopter bringing news of Cliff Richards death...

 

[foo]

what's the Led Zeplin tune called that used to be on Top of the Pops please?

my mum wants to know.

 

[Mapped]

Whole Lotta Love

 

[foo]

thanks v much N1 Boy