'Must See' Glastonbury 2009

Here's my 'must see' list for Glastonbury 2009 'so far' in a 'some particular order but it gets a bit orderless towards the end' kind of way.

I must admit, when I reserved my tickets back in the mists of time, when the sun barely made it over the yardarm (have I got one of those?) although I knew Glastonbury 2009 would be 'absolutely astounding' I hadn't really given much thought to what the lineup would be, who would be playing (apart from a yearning for Blind Guardian to suddenly be included and it be the best Glastonbury ever!). I thought it may not be as good as 2008's, being my first Glastonbury an' all. Woah, was I wrong. I was so wrong. I was like a wrong person, at the wrong time, with wrong glasses on, the wrong way round! Here's kind of how it went

• Blur - I mean Blur! Not Rumoured or even Strongly Rumoured, not even TBC'd in an eFestivals kind of way but a full blown Confirmed in a Glastonbury Festivals type of way!



• Gong - flipped into AF, triped into a bit of SVT, folowed by picoseconds of Flatline and then back into Sinus (albeit Sinus Tachycardia) Gong! Camembert Electrique Gong! Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Mike Howlet, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Travis Barker Gong. Playing Glastonbury, just like they did all those years ago.



• The Specials - everything went black and white and I drifted back to the days of 2 Tone and all that ska - Wow!



• Dub Pistols - Jason O'Bryan and Barry Ashworth. Saw a bit of them at Glastonbury 2008 dynamite! They're collaborating with Terry Hall - The Specials. Mine's a Rum & Coke...



• Scratch Perverts - that Fabriclive CD in a tin...



• Eric Prydz, Timo Maas - it's going to be like a mini-Creamfields



• Kasabian - 'Shoot The Runner'



• Tinariwen - ever since I saw a clip of them on the Glastonbury DVD, they took my top slot as coolest band, even though they come from the hottest part of the world!



• Josh Wink - A Higher State of Consciousness - 'nuf said'



• Spinal Tap - I'm turning it up to eleven!



• The Prodigy - If there's one band that are going to make it the best, this is it!

So now, without further ado, the full

'Must See' List Glastonbury 2009

• Gong [listen on planetgong]
• The Steve Hillage Band [listen on MySpace planetgong]
• The Prodigy [listen on MySpace] Only a rumour at moment...
• Dub Pistols [listen on MySpace]
• The Specials [listen on MySpace]
• Blur [listen on blur.co.uk MySpace]
• Banco De Gaia [listen on MySpace]
• The Scratch Perverts [listen on MySpace]
• Kasabian [listen on MySpace]
• Ray Davies [listen on MySpace]
• Spinal Tap [listen on MySpace] Free download from website
• Nick Cave [listen on MySpace] Only a rumour at moment...
• Deadmau5 [listen on MySpace]
• Timo Maas [listen on MySpace]
• Eric Prydz [listen on MySpace ericprydz.com]
• The Twisted Wheel [listen on MySpace]
• Pendulum [listen on MySpace]
• Pete Tong [listen on MySpace]
• Josh Wink [listen on MySpace]
• Tom Jones [listen on MySpace] A legend... Only a rumour at moment...
• Neil Young [listen on MySpace]
• Eat Static [listen on MySpace]
• Tinariwen [listen on MySpace]
• Murphys Lore [listen on MySpace]
• Freeland [listen on MySpace]
• Slam [listen on MySpace]
• Peter Doherty [listen on MySpace]
• Fairport Convention [listen on website]
• DJ Billy Nasty [listen on MySpace]
• Annie Nightingale [listen on MySpace] Another legend...
• Tom Middleton [listen on MySpace]
• Hybrd [listen on MySpace]
• The Qemists [listen on MySpace] DJ Set at the Glade & Live
  

Not much sleep then!

Get the official nod from the Glastonbury site and the rumour status from eFestivals

RP

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