Glastonbury 2008 - June 26th - 30th

Thursday - 26th
06:30 - set off
09:30 - in - camp by john peel stage
once camped we go for a wander to check out the configuration.
there's a big smoke cloud off site (scrapyard on fire)
this year's dragon is last years dragon (with a spot of paint)
time for some v&rb / some dealings with tape girl
queens head - dead kids - mike title hamming it up
queens head - glasvegas - geraldine / it's my own cheating heart that makes me cry / daddy's gone
i don't know, i was drunk at the time

Friday - 27th
09:00 - breakfast - tea & bacon in a dry roll ... yummy!
it's easy moving about as there appears to be not that many people around
10:30 - pyramid stage - kate nash - & her skelington friends / twirly skirt - pumpkin soup / sh!t song / we get on / birds / don't you want to share the guilt / do waa diddy / mouthwash / mariella / skeleton song / foundations / merry happy
12:10 - pyramid stage - subways - second smoke incident / "it's friday morning, you guys should be drunk already" / "after 3 i want you guys to go f#@king apesh!t" billy is having a great time - kalifornia / young for eternity / oh yeah / alright / mary / shake shake / i won't let you / i wanna hear / turn around / with you / girls and boys / rock n roll queen
13:10 - other stage - joe lean and the jing jang jong - the sun comes out - tough terrible / lonely buoy / i ain't sure / hey little child (by alex chiltern) / brooklyn / teenagers / dear rose / in competition / lucio starts fires / where do you go / baby
14:15 - other stage - vampire weekend - mansard roof / campus / cape cod kwassa kwassa ...
... go for beer / gourmet fish & chips
17:20 - john peel stage - ting tings - biggest crowd at jp ever / she bangs the drum - we walk / great dj / shut up and let me go / be the one / we started nothing / that's not my name
19:15 - pyramid stage - editors - bones / the racing rats / an end has a start / escape the nest / all sparks / no sound but the wind / bullets / blood / you are fading / munich / the weight of the world / fingers in the factories / smokers outside the hospital doors
20:00 - john peel stage - mgmt - weekend wars / the youth / of moons, birds and monsters / 4th dimensional transition / pieces of what / electric feel / the handshake / time to pretend / kids
21:25 - john peel stage - reverend & the makers - heavyweight champion of the world / bandits / what the milkman saw / silence is talking / the state of things / 18-30 / the machine / he said he loved me
23:00 - john peel stage - cribs - our bovine public / hey scenesters! / don't you wanna be relevant / girls like mystery / moving pictures / martell / women's needs / moving pictures / you're gonna lose us / i've tried everything / victim of mass production / men's needs / mirror kisses / another number / ancient history / i'm a realist / wrong way to be / be safe

Saturday - 28th
09:00 - breakfast - bacon roll from a different stall and better tea
11:00 - john peel stage - dogtanian - jack johnson-ish - rudy pudy / electrofolk / i met a girl who thought islam was a country
11:50 - john peel stage - emmy the great - hallelujah
14:30 - john peel stage - holy f#@k - super inuit / royal gregory / safari
15:30 - john peel stage - british sea power - a few trees in the audience / london bulgarian choir - all in it / atom / remember me / waving flags / the great skua / no lucifer / down on the ground / spirit of st. louis / lights out for darker skies
17:00 - other stage - wombats - giant inflatable wombat - tales of girls, boys and marsupials / kill the director / lost in the post / party in a forest (wheres laura?) / here comes the anxiety / moving to new york / patricia the stripper / little miss pipe dream / let's dance to joy division / my first wedding / backfire at the disco
18:30~ - pyramid stage - raconteurs - rich kids blues
gourmet burger ... very nice!
18:50 - john peel stage - black lips - har mar superstar / pigs heads / fireworks - i saw a ghost / oh katrina / bad kids / cold hands / juvenile
20:00 - acoustic stage - glen tilbrook - plagued with set up problems, glen starts regardless / save the hawley arms? / wrecking the equipment in slow motion - annie get your gun / tempted / black sheep / up the junction / minder theme / funky town
bro - beers / what orcs?
21:45~ - pyramid stage - amy winehouse - message to you rudie
more beers then
22:00~ - other stage - hot chip - over and over / ready for the floor
22:20~ - john peel stage - futureheads - beginning of the twist / hounds of love
23:00 - john peel stage - biffy clyro - come on to "99 problems" - saturday superhouse / who's got a match / a whole child ago / 9/15ths / justboy / love / has a diameter / mountains / my recovery injection / get fucked, stud / machines / now im everyone / living is a problem because everything dies / glitter and trauma / as dust dances / 57
00:20 - outside cinema - ironman
you cannot sleep through 'no country for old men', which is playing on the outside screen

Sunday - 29th
gulls are out in force this morning
go for a lukewarm solar shower - refreshing!
11:00 - john peel stage - Rocketeer
12:00 - john peel stage - psycho baby - rock n roll
12:10 - dance stage east - suns of arqa - ethnic mood music - beyond the beyond / the truth lies therein
13:10 - other stage - black mountain - "this our last song"...20 minutes later - stormy high / we could be together / wucan / stay free / bright lights
gourmet chilli prawns & chips
15:00 - john peel stage - friendly fires - photobooth / your love / in the hospital / on board / strobe / white diamonds / paris / ex lover
16:00~ - pyramid stage - john mayer - mercy
bro - beer / tony benn
17:00~ - leftfield stage - the paddingtons / matt kirshen (only 1 joke was funny) / shazia mirza (muslim comedienne) / simon munnery (a bit too ad-lib)
17:20 - leftfield stage - the beat - stand down margaret / too nice to talk to / rock the kasbah
18:00~ - pyramid stage - neil diamond - i'm a believer / coming to america / sweet caroline
18:15 - john peel stage - blood red shoes - "we are not the type of band who shout whoo" - it’s getting boring by the sea / you bring me down / say something, say anything / take the weight / i wish i was someone better
19:30+ - john peel stage - crystal castles - a bit chaotic / stopped gig once for climbing on the gantry - reckless / baptism - popped out for minute to get a quick beer and they had disappeared!
21:00 - john peel stage - spiritualized - usual sideways stance for jp - pure phase / you lie you cheat / shine a light / cheapster / soul on fire / sweet talk / sitting on fire / it felt like a hit / take your time / come together / cop shoot cop
22:30 - the park - my morning jacket - jimmy's cloak / would have played on - evil urges / off the record / gideon / what a wonderful man / the way that he sings / sec walkin / thank you too! / lay low / anytime / golden / smokin from shootin / touch me i'm going to scream pt.2 / wordless chorus / highly suspicious / dondante / one big holiday
rolling stones to keep you awake, 'shine a light' is playing on the outside screen

Monday - 30th
05:30 - pack up and leave (or try to - car won't start!)
08:00 - rac and off we go straight into a non moving queue and mismanaged traffic control
14:00 - home at last