In rock n roll style, Bruce was fined 3000 quid for breaching the curfew last night and going into 'boss time' or whatever he called it. Oh dear. Eavis is paying the fine apparently. Seems a bit pointless having a curfew if 1) the fine is so low and 2) the fine is paid for them. The Boss wanted a 3 hour slot!!!
No BBC TV coverage as yet so listening to Adam & Joe doing a great job on 6music and generally catching up on the news. Gabby Logan did a stint from the festival on 5 live and was so out of her depth it was scary. And she didn't get to interview the Quo even though she mentioned it about six times in the hour building up to the non-event.
They are just playing Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal. What a crap song. Not impressed.
Now it's Lauren Laverne again on 6 music and a song from Emiliana Torrini and Pendulum from last night - damn they were loud.
A quick (ish) chat with Adam & Joe before some more recorded stuff from Jarvis Cocker's set yesterday. Nothing live as yet - a bit early...
A bit on Bon Iver from yesterday. Nice... Vocals are a bit lost with all the crowd participation but sounding good. He is playing every day - now that is commitment. Complete silence for the gorgeous Re: Stacks. Wonderful.
Lauren chats with Mr. Lamacq about the Blur set later and then we get some Noah & The Whale - who now sound more like Editors...
Not heard (or seen) much Fleet Foxes yet but I thought they sounded a bit ropey. As a band who reply so much on the vocals, I was worried that a festival is not a great platform. But they is [sic] sounding good! Some nice falsetto.
Looking forward to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 'warming up' the crowd for Blur - yeah right. Should be the other way around. Anyway there is talk of Justin Timberlake joining Black Eyed Peas on the World Jazz stage. One to miss I feel...
According to reliable sources, Rob Da Bank is head-banging along to Status Quo. I think a lot of Quo's magic will be lost after the Tap yesterday. Meanwhile I am listening to a bit of The White Lies set from yesterday - a cover of Dancing In The Dark?!? Really...Now Lamacq interviews Madness (well some of them, including Suggs).
Big 6music interview with Bruce is good fun. He's just a bit mad...
It's 5pm and tie to switch from radio to TV for the BBC 2 coverage. Mark Radcliffe kicks off with a helicopter tour of the site and a biography of Tom Jones.
This is followed by footage of the set from the Pyramid and Hard To Handle - complete with members of the crowd holding up underwear - in fact there is even a clothes line full of 'smalls'. Tom is in good form and seems to be lapping up the atmosphere. A slice of the 60s with Help Yourself now - the vocal mix seems a bit low, either that or the brass is too loud.
Way too many flags in the crowd - they really need to do something about this. Lamacq talked about it earlier. I remember them from the years I went but it's getting well out of hand.Oooo and there seems to be an issue with the vocal audio. Thought so. Someone sort it out!!! "Who's in charge???" demands Tom. You tell em.
Give A Little Love gets the disgruntled crowd going again! Before Green Green Grass Of Home - one for the oldies. Then into fans favourite Delilah.
Mark is joined by Lauren and a quick break for an acoustic set from the Noisettes. Time to make a cuppa...After some comedy banter...it's The Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Yeah! Always a great live band. Karen O is wearing a jesters outfit and a sequinned jacket, jumping around in front of a huge eye. And now during Zero, a big inflatable eyeball is pushed out over the crowd.
THE QUO are up, starting quietly and then into the classic Whatever You Want...
I think they may have peaked early with Rockin' All Over The World. Oh this appears to the last song... more at 8 on BBC Four...
A quick tour of the Green Fields - where all the spiritualist stuff takes place. Odd place. I found it all a bit creepy and not much music going on but loads of workshops and stalls and...free love. Back with Mark and Laverne interviewing Tom Jones. Poor Lauren doesn't get a look (or a word) in.
More of Tom's set with What's New Pussycat. I'm suddenly wishing for some newer material... and You Can Leave Your Hat On will do. A bit racey for a Sunday afternoon but no one seems to care a great deal. Sex Bomb continues the...theme... A guy in the crowd has a "Tom Jones sexed my Nan hard" t-shirt. Moving swiftly on...
It's Not Unusual brings things back to normal. And Kiss, one of my favourite covers of all time, is excellent. Some serious dancing and Art Of Noise stuff in the "I think I better dance now" segment. Ok this is a surprise: the EMF cover Unbelievable. Shame about the 'rapping' in the middle. Good effort though. Cool set.
More acoustic nonsense, this time from VV Brown. I'm fed up with going on about this woman (as I'm guessing are the rest of you). Time for another brew...
The Quo are back with an insight into the band with a quick blast of Deeper And Down.
And now a real song! This Is The Way To (Amarillo) by Tony Christie - who famously said recently that there is more to his music than this one song. He will be pleased then that this is the song the BBC chose to show. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. Real crowd pleaser...
Quickly on as Madness take to the stage...and One Step Beyond with the crowd drowning out the saxophone which can hardly be heard. The poor saxophonist is blowing his red cheeks into they burst and you can't hear it. They bring a mic over for him but the sound mix is all wrong. Not just Tom then...Embarrassment is next and the brass is again all wrong. They need to stop and start again. On The Prince it's still a problem but the band perceiver and move on with NW5.
A great slow version of My Girl, with lovely keyboards...but not for long as it gets into full swing. The nutty boys throw in a few new songs including Dust Devil. Going down well by the looks of it but I'm waiting for the bug hits - the band has enough of them.
The Sun And The Rain gets the hits churning again. Switching over to BBC Four and into another song from the new Folgate album, Clerkenwell Polka. Not sure I like this new stuff to be honest. Would rather have House Of Fun, Wings Of A Dove and Baggy Trousers please!Oooo Bed & Breakfast Man will do. Suggs tells us that the last Glastonbury performance was 1986!!! And they did this song. Cool... Then another of my favourites, Shut Up.
Forever Young continues the old/new juxtaposition that is making for a solid but inconsistent set. Ah now House Of Fun - my tweet got through!!! The brass audio is still screwed - some of it is really loud and the sax is so faint. Might just be the TV. Hope so. Wings Of A Dove next - my psychic powers are working then!
I swear that I haven't gone back to edit what I wrote earlier. It's Baggy Trousers up next. Superb! Ok the flying saxophone stunt looks painful!
Our House up next which gets the crowd singing again. And sounds like the sax is working again. And then my second favourite Madness song, It Must Be Love. Fantastic stuff. And of course Madness to end. Or maybe not as Night boat To Cairo fires up. Suggs now has a towel on his head - something of a bad move. Thankfully he removes it...
And then loads of kids invade the stage - proper friends and family? Or guests? Turns out it is all the Madness clan. Good set.
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