The justice set is incredible, would love to be there. Liked the little bit of london grammar I caught, too.
Right….now that it’s over I’ll have a rewatch of Jamie xx, and capture the audio as it’d be a shame to waste it.
Think it’s my fav of the weekend,
I’m giving Sza another go by hitting rewind on the iPayer app. They sort her mic out a simply ridiculous 20 minutes into the set (about 22:10). I feel so sorry for her, of all places to suffer that kind of technical screw-up headlining Glastonbury has to be the worst imaginable. I don’t understand why they didn’t just take all the FX off and give her a clean mic. Just incomprehensible. The “fixed” vocal still has more autotune/FX than I’d like, but at least you can hear her voice behind it. Anyway, she’s got a giant plastic ant to sit on, and who doesn’t love a girl with a giant plastic ant? Take the positive here.
Little Simz was a revelation to me, never thought I would have been so entertained by such an artist, would have been great to have her close the pyramid stage I think. I tried SZA, but she didn't do it for me... that's not a criticism as it's just not my thing.Technical issues aside, I thought it was a great set in the wrong slot.
There was some weird scheduling choices this year but to be fair I wouldn’t have predicted how popular say, Avril Lavigne, would have been. Or Sugarbabes for that matter.
Maybe they should have switched SZA and Burns Boy round? I’m not a fan, but he pulled a crown, and the set did have end of festi vibes.
Based on performance and crowd, maybe Little Simz would have been a better headline choice.
i agreeI tried SZA, but she didn't do it for me... that's not a criticism as it's just not my thing.
I listened to some of her early stuff, as I wanted to like it, but it just didn’t do it for me. However, I’ll give her another go based on your recommendation.No-one ( apart from me) has mentioned this
She is a very different artist to the on who a hyped ( but good) new soul artist in the early 2000's - as just the opening few moments show. I stumbled across this by accidenty while trying to find PJ Harvey
She's really channeling the best of 70s black consciousness R&B infused in places with a dose of grunge ( Gibson SG and Orange amp!). Worth a dip in.
Glastonbury - Corinne Bailey Rae
BRIT winning soul singer expands her palette to include elements of punk and garagewww.bbc.co.uk
I still can’t find Squeeze tho.’ Does anyone know if they were filmed? Was it a technical or contractual issue that’s preventing their set from being televised? Seems strange as they were the perfect festival openers.Tip for watching on BBC iPlayer - Go into categories > music > Glastonbury 24 to find all broadcasts
Been looking myself and I can't find it either... have to hope BBC put it up soon. They put up Heilung this morning as it wasn't there yesterday when I looked.I still can’t find Squeeze tho.’ Does anyone know if they were filmed? Was it a technical or contractual issue that’s preventing their set from being televised? Seems strange as they were the perfect festival openers.
But are lip-syncing auto tuned acts really the way forward? There was certainly a lot of it about this year from what I saw.