Neil Young is an outstanding artist..alway has been even with his time with Crosby Still Nash and Young..the guy is a genuine legend
Park stage 19.35, 20.35Any idea when Future Islands are on ...
Tom Odell and a grand piano doing 'God Only Knows' ...
... quite a moment.
Anyone else surprised by the apparent average age of the crowds? Looks way older than I would have guessed.
I think it's reflected in the ages of some of the acts tbh.
The new acts are all well produced and marketed but they're not particularly exciting.
Older people will get more from Pulp than 1975 who are dreary tbh.
I love new music but it has to be better than the likes of Dua Lipa who's good but not that enthralling in my opinion.
That's fair, that plus prices I reckon, younger people more likely to be skint, still a bit surprising to see as by default you sort of associate music festivals with the youth.
I don't.

"The only war boomers have been against is Vietnam, the only one they were supposed to fight in"
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I think the age thing comes from the bands that are on.
Neil Young, I would expect an audience higher average age than say Dua Lipa.
Imo, the older generation want to see bands, whereas the younger want to see pop stars.
Give me a band or a musician over a manufactured, bland pop star any day of the week.
I think the crowd demographic has has changed over the years. It seems a high percentage of Tarquin's and Bunty's now, public school middle class toffs.Aye but it's got to still have the pull though. Neil Young was empty last night. Not even half the field full on a Saturday night. I think they have just mis scheduled him
I think the crowd demographic has has changed over the years. It seems a high percentage of Tarquin's and Bunty's now, public school middle class toffs.
Maybe thats what the organisers want...higher spend.
So far my picks have been
I need to watch some of the others still but feel free to recommend
- franz Ferdinand (seen em loads so I’m biased)
- Wet leg (the sheer energy of that lead singer !)
- John Fogerty (love CCR TO BITS)
- Amyl and the sniffers
- (Don’t hate me for this) Jade
- Pulp
- Busta Rhymez
- 1975 - I wanted to hate them I really did
Bloody love wolf Alice, im more than slightly obsessed with Bloom Baby Bloom