Glastonbury 2009 - June 24th - 29th
Wednesday - 24th
07:30 - set off - from mcds in convoy
09:00 - motorway at standstill - crash at m4/m5 interchange - loads of brokendown cars on route
11:00 - off motorway at last - straight into gridlock - guy with local knowledge - not taken up - stuck at street for 4 hours - burger break
19:00 - in - 11½ hours - broke the v record
21:00 - tent up - back of other stage - off for wander up the park and beers
Thursday - 25th
08:00 - brekkie
11:00 - wander - lay of the land
12:00 - beers - up the ascoutic - loads of real ale at the real ale bar
16:00 - maximo park too packed - guinness bar {bread & roses] instead
It be glasto it be rain - at least the dust has gone! - thunder and lightning
wander - get told by umpteen strangers that mj has died
Friday - 26th
08:00 - breakfast - was expecting floods this morning - drainage obviously working!
10:50 - other stage - mr hudson - pouring rain - supernova
wander
12:00 - other stage - the whip - my new favourite band - sister siam / save my soul / divebomb / fire / blackout / trash ... and the sun's out!
13:00 - john peel stage - rumble strips - girls and boys in love / not the only person / daniel / motorcycle / time
13:45+ - other stage - the rakes - alan donohoe usual dancing - the world was a mess but his hair was perfect / strasbourg
tent for kip/beers
14:30 - other stage - the maccabies - precious time / love you better
15:45 - other stage - the view - are they having technical difficulties? - alas no one can understand what they are saying - glass smash / wasted little djs / 5 rebeccas / on off pretender / skag trendy / temptation dice / wasteland / typical time 2 / face for the radio / double yellow lines / give back the sun / same jeans / superstar tradesman / shock horror
17:00 - other stage - white lies - a place to hide / to lose my life / taxidermy / farewell to the fairground / from the stars / e.s.t. / unfinished business / fifty on our foreheads / price of love / dancing in the dark / death
17:45+ - jazz world stage - lamb - angelica / gorecki / gabriel / one / lullaby / bonfire / cotton wool
wander
19:00 - glade - banco de gaia - suffering a bit of techno trouble crowd cheer in sympathy - down from the mountain / how much reality can you take? / zeus no like techno / kincajou / last train to lhasa / i love baby cheesy / heliopolis / obsidian
20:00 - dance tent west - the whip - just a quick in and out
20:15+ - pyramid stage - specials - little bitch / nite klub / too much too young / you're wondering now / ghost town
21:30 - other stage - ting tings - we walk / great dj / fruit machine / keep your head / be the one / we started nothing / shut up and let me go / [walk this way/ghostbusters] impacilla carpisung / that's not my name
22:15+ - pyramid stage - neil young - are you ready for the country? / everybody knows this is nowhere / spirit road / words / cinnamon girl / mother earth / the needle and the damage done ... then off to jp tent
23:10+ - john peel stage - doves - pounding / 10:30 / words / the greatest denier / kingdom of rust / black & white town ... then off to other stage
23:40+ - other stage - bloc party - banquet / two more years / one more chance / mercury / so here we are / the prayer / ares / flux / helicopter / this modern love
Saturday - 27th
08:00 - breakfast - mud drying up today
11:00 - other stage - broken family band - it's all over
hassled by superpowers girl (performer) on way to jazz world
12:30 - jazz world stage - rolf harris (with bb manic) - diggerido, wobble board & rapping! - tie me kangaroo down, sport / the court of king caractacus / jimmy my boy / the irish rover / waltzing matilda / sun arise / two little boys
13:30 - pyramid stage - eagles of death metal - i only want you / don't speak (i wanna make a bang!) / bad dream mama / heart on / secret plans / comeback king / english girl / cherry cola / anything 'cept the truth / midnight creeper / i want you so hard (boy's bad news) / speaking in tongues
williams green - rugger on the big tv - british & irish lions v south africa - queens head bar - fairly packed - lions just lose out 28-25 but at least there is beer
16:50 - other stage - pete doherty - the last of the english roses / a little death around the eyes / salome / for lovers / palace of bone / music when the lights go out / psycho killer / i am the rain / sheepskin tearaway / broken love song / albion / time for heroes
18:20 - the park - shlomo & the vocal orchestra - imogen heap - jarvis cocker - marcus brigstocke v bellatrix (beat box champ)
19:50 - the park - klaxons - tim burton fancy dress - stage crew wizard of oz - atlantis to interzone / hoodoo bora / as above, so below / golden skans / future memory / two receivers / magick / echoes / gravity's rainbow / it's not over yet / four horsemen of 2012
22:00 - pyramid stage - bruce springsteen - coma girl (joe strummer tribute) / badlands / prove it all night / my lucky day / outlaw pete / out in the street / working on a dream / seeds / johnny 99 / ghost of tom joad / raise your hand ... then off to other stage
23:30+ - other stage - franz ferdinand - 40' / outsiders / jacqueline / ulysses / lucid dreams / this fire
off in the distance the sound of bruce - dancing in the dark - yes i ain't nothing but tired
sit around camp fire under dodgy gazebo
Sunday - 28th
08:00 - breakfast - all is ash
10:40 - other stage - in case of fire - enemies
11:00 - pyramid stage - easy all-stars - sgt peppers lonely hearts club band / with a little help from my friends / when i’m 64 / lucy in the sky with diamonds / she’s leaving home / a day in the life
12:00 - pyramid stage - status quo - caroline / wanderer / rain / mean girl/softer side / beginning of the end / the oriental / creepin / what you're proposing / in the army now / down down / whatever you want/ rockin' all over the world
13:00+ - other stage - art brut - are we human or are we dancer? - modern art / dc comics / pump up the volume / the passenger / emily kane / slap dash / good weekend / post soothing out
tent - kip/beers
enter shikari - anything can happen in the next half hour / juggernaauts
16:30 - other stage - yeah yeah yeahs - when they said i have a big idea for the stage they probably meant i have a big eye dear for the stage / karen has nicked bfl's gear! - runaway / dull life / honey bear / art star / gold lion / zero / turn into / skeletons / soft shock cheated hearts / maps / heads will roll / date with the night
18:00 - pyramid stage - madness - one step beyond / embarrassment / the prince / nw5 / my girl / dust devil / sun & the rain
18:25+ - other stage - bat for lashes - siren song / the wizard / sarah / tahiti / what's a girl to do / pearl's dream / prescilla / two planets / daniel
19:00 - glade - eat static - alien maskage - frog attack
19:30 - other stage - bon iver - rock! two drum kits - howling audience - creature fear / lump sum / skinny love / brackett wi / beach baby / blood bank / flume / for emma / the wolves (act i and ii)
21:00 - other stage - glasvegas - geraldine
21:15 - glade - steve hillage band - saucer surfing / solar musick suite
21:50 - pyramid stage - blur - she's so high / girls and boys / tracy jacks / there's no other way / jubilee / badhead / beetlebum / out of time / trimm trab
22:50+ - glade - gong
23:00+ - other stage - prodigy - breathe / omen / their law / poison / warrior's dance / firestarter / run with the wolves / voodoo people / comanche / omen (reprise) / invaders must die / diesel power / smack my bitch up / take me to the hospital / out of space
off in the distance the sounds of black eye peas - my humps / where is the love? / boom boom pow
Monday - 29th
04:30 - pack up and leave
05:30 - off
08:30 - home
