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The Glastonbury Scally is of course a cliche, but like many cliches it arises out of common occurrence.


I've been to that festival many times, not paying for several years - and on every occasion of not paying save one was escorted into the festival by a cheerful man from 'the northwest'. The only other year, it was a Mancunian, who made a joke about him 'not being a Scally'.


The last year I went (as I handed my fiver for my dodgy wriststamp) I asked the bloke how come it was (nearly) always dudes from the NW - and he said his 'crews', with the collusion of the people on the gate naturally, had been 'doing the entrance' for nearly a decade.


This has nothing to do with people from the NW being thieves and robbers per se (which would of course be daft) but everything to do with a group of connected people who just happened to be from the NW in control of the various ongoing unpoliced nefarious practices at the festival.

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shit the bed, what a line up - the Stones, The Mumfords and Nick cave


its dad rock hell


at least PIL are playing to break the monotony

So I am 22, and when the Glastonbury line up is finalised, days before the festival, I hear that Elvis Costello is headlining on the Saturday night. What luck I think. And he truly was excellent, one of his best performances (and I've seen some bad ones as well).


Well I am no longer 22, but if I was and I had bought my ticket, I'd be tempted to throw myself under a bus if I heard that some 70 year old has beens who haven't done anything interesting since the early 70s were playing. No I am not talking about Primal Scream or The Stone Roses, alhough both have close connections with the old farrts.


Can someone explain FFS what has gone wrong?


Actually perhaps I have been a little blinkered, as there are one to two bands I'd like to see and quite a few of them I've seen that I would not be embarassed to tell others. And by coincidence Costello is also headlining. Am I aloud to argue with myself on a thread? Trouble is the sycophantic BBC made such a fuss about those old gits playing as if it was important.


http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/history/1984/

They are certainly old

They are maybe old gits, although a couple are fairly cool old hits

They certainly have one old peacock upfront


..but as the greatest rock'n'roll band that's ever been, who can still outplay many, I'd rather see them than anyone else - even if they've done bugger all new for 30 years.

If the RS had had the sense to commit mass suicide in the early 70s they would have been legendry, a la Doors or Hendrix, or acrimoniously split up.


Can't think of a painful enough death for our friends M&S.


Seriously though even though I really don't know why the Stones are highlighting, a more interesting line-up then everywhere else.


Shame it is so popular. And has sold out, but there again apart from the Fall and Half Man Half Biscuit that is what entertainment is about.

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