This weekend would have been the 50th Glastonbury
Festival, not that we got tickets, and the BBC celebrate it with some classic
sets from the past. Sadly the first thing that you realise is that the BBC have
only covered the Festival since 1997, which although this is over 20 years is
less than half the life of the event. So there’s nothing really fascinatingly old
from the 70s or the 80s.
About the oldest is a intriguing set from an upcoming band
called Oasis back in 1994 which was actually filmed by Channel 4 who covered
the Festival for the three years prior to 1997 before the BBC elbowed them out
of the way. There was also the Killers debut from 2004 and a great set, that I
enjoyed at the time, from Arcade Fire in 2014. Then, of course, the set everyone
has been talking about from David Bowie in 2000, which was indeed excellent.
Aside from those highlights though, it was a bit dull really. The BBC must have
much better in their archives but chose not to make it available. Still it was an
appropriate reason to open this week’s keg.
I get up and do a run first thing on Sunday (e.g. about
11:30am) although it’s only 5.5k, it is still a training run. The Brighton
Marathon is still on for now, despite gatherings currently being limited to 30
people.
(Sunday 28th June)
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