{"id":30546,"date":"2024-06-10T13:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=30546"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:25:56","slug":"review-glastonbudget-festival-sunday-26th-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/review-glastonbudget-festival-sunday-26th-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – Glastonbudget Festival, Sunday 26th May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reviewed by Adam Piotrowski<\/a><\/p>\n

Glastonbudget 2024 overview & vlog<\/a><\/p>\n

Glastonbudget 2024 Friday<\/a><\/p>\n

Glastonbudget 2024 Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n

This was my first time to Glastonbudget and I was looking forward to getting stuck in, so after the necessary unpacking, setting up and planning which performances to cover for the day, we walked, tinny in hand, to the festival entrance.<\/p>\n

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Skam<\/a>, local legends, opened the main stage at 11:50 as the crowd started to filter in to their energetic edgy grooves. The lean 3 piece played hard alternative rock and effectively used their self-ware theatrics as an additional instrument, the bass player sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes back to white so often that I was afraid they would get stuck like that.<\/p>\n

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Skam on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The singer told us they had played this festival every time since year 2 and that they were making a go of making it in the music industry. One song featured a segue into Black Sabbath\u2019s War Pigs<\/em>, beats played tightly in unison and a nod to the nature of performances to come in the day. All in all, an entertaining hard rocking affair which set us up nicely for the day.<\/p>\n

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The Carpenters Experience in the big top. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a brief interlude to catch one song in full of The Carpenters Experience<\/a>, we were to reconvene at the main stage to see The Marley Experience<\/a> next, using the height of Kevin\u2019s floppy haired friend Steve to our advantage to demark our meeting point.<\/p>\n

The festival feeling started to come into full force as the reggae rhythms pumped, the singer\u2019s dread locks swaying in the breeze, singing of One Love<\/em> and a distinct and pungent natural aroma starting to fog the air.<\/p>\n

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The Marley Experience on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The hits came rolling in one after another, Is this Love<\/em> and a swift downpour during Iron Lion Zion<\/em>, crowds shifting under umbrellas, Could You Be Loved<\/em>, and the sun coming out strong on Three Little Birds<\/em>. Exodus<\/em> was a highlight, it\u2019s complex bouncy rhythm, the accented cymbal work, the backing vocals shining like the sun.<\/p>\n

The Marley Experience was my top pick for the day and they delivered fully, on a line-up which lacked diversity.<\/p>\n

We managed to take a moments rest in the beer tent, which I must say, had a great selection of traditional cask ales (\u00a35 each) and a highlight for me, craft beers from the award-winning local Melton brewery Round Corner (\u00a37 each) at comparatively reasonable festival prices. Layover, an orange lager went down especially well to quench my thirst, even more so once the price dropped to a fiver a pint for craft beers later in the day.<\/p>\n

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Tragedy on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We lost interest in Tragedy<\/a> quickly (an \u2018all metal tribute act to the Beegee\u2019s and beyond\u2019) when alas no Beegee songs were being played. We stomped our way back to the big top with Kevin spitting muddy feathers as the Jack Black-esque front man sang dangerously high notes on Dancing Queen.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t have many enthusiastic words for Stereotonics<\/a> \u2013 they were polished and quite energetic, but at the end of the day, they lacked any real substance, much like the middle of the road alternative act they sought to emulate.<\/p>\n

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Stereotonics in the big top. Photo Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a bowl of jerk chicken and rice and a half hour lie down in the tent, I necked the compulsory walk-to-the-gates-tinny and followed the bright sound of Vicky Jackson as Pink<\/a> to the main stage. A very American sounding Miss Jackson in neon green top and bleach blonde hair led the crew through punchy pop tunes.<\/p>\n

Admittedly I wouldn\u2019t call myself a Pink fan, but something about that act at that moment was doing it for me.<\/p>\n

Refreshed from my kip, the sun was shining and a refreshing breeze was blowing – the emotional aspect of Pink-the-outcast appealing to me. I thought to myself, there\u2019s much worse things one could do then stand in a field, drinking beer and enjoying live music.<\/p>\n

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Oasish on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oasish<\/a> nailed it on the main stage; they had the feel and swagger of the original, the shaggy Beatles do\u2019s and the parka, the stoic stances and the Mancunian banter between songs. Tunes like Some Might Say<\/em>, a pleasantly funkier Wonderwall<\/em>, a rousing Live Forever<\/em>, a sparser \u2013 and kudos to them for not keeping this for the obvious closer \u2013 Don\u2019t Look Back In Anger<\/em>, as well as the continued blue skies kept the audience rocking.<\/p>\n

They closed with the sing-along hit Champagne Supernova<\/em> and they were my showstoppers for the evening\u2019s entertainment, easily worthy of the closing slot.<\/p>\n

The next act was my surprise show stealer of the evening \u2013 I would go so far as to say that for most of my life I actively disliked AC\/DC, but I have to hand it to Whole Lotta DC<\/a>, who played with the same blues punk spirit as the original with a strong attention to detail, replicating those precision guitar leads and the guitar tone itself. They ripped through the alliterative Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap<\/em>, rocked Highway to Hell<\/em>, and elevated to whole new level of straight-ahead rock with the catchy chorus of You Shook Me All Night Long<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Whole Lotta DC in the big top. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can only mark them down for some unfortunate air guitar and an odd strip tease from their \u2018Angus Young\u2019 which saw him turn into Mr Bean, mock-clumsily shed his layers. It was all very tongue in cheek, but even so, left a rather unpleasant taste in my mouth. But other than that, it was a very enjoyable guitar roaring party of a time in the Big Top.<\/p>\n

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Young Elton on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Young Elton<\/a> closed out the Main Stage as darkness well and truly set in, and spotting his receding hairline made me question the accuracy of his moniker. Bennie and the Jets<\/em> chugged along rhythmically with the vocals and musicianship bang on, followed by the likes of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road<\/em>, and the more upbeat numbers I\u2019m Still Standing<\/em> and Crocodile Rock<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Young Elton on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At one point I saw something I\u2019m not sure if I have ever seen, reaching whole new levels of meta – a cover band covering another band, namely Pinball Wizard<\/em> by The Who (Who\u2019s Next<\/a> played The Big Top the previous night), which oddly worked really well although I still don\u2019t understand why.<\/p>\n

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Young Elton on the main stage. Photo (c) Kevin Gaughan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Young Elton had the look just right, was a brilliant singer and piano player, treating the crowd to hit after hit. It was the kind of set that made you recall just how many big songs Mr John had in his long and successful career.<\/p>\n

With that the live music element was finished but we weren\u2019t yet done and managed to negotiate entrance into the VIP tent, talking to a rather more astute Bon Scott\/Brian Johnson and the Michael Eavis look-alike.<\/p>\n

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Kevin with the Michael Eavis lookalike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No time for sitting in bean bags under twinkly lights in the chill out area, we made our way to the silent disco, trying to look younger than we are whilst avoiding the mud. We eventually stumbled back to the campsite after being stopped by a couple of giggling women who were convinced that the overhead powerlines were lasers.<\/p>\n

I feel like there is a real opportunity to programme more original acts into the line-up, not segregating into a lonely \u2018originals\u2019 stage, but intermingling with the covers acts on each stage. But I did really enjoy the surprise show stealing of Whole Lotta DC, the heady vibes of The Marley Experience, and the high quality performance from Oasish.<\/p>\n

The days viewing did lead to some pretty frank discussions about what the place of a covers festival was in a time when grassroots musicians have never had it so hard. The pittance musicians earned from streaming sites, the added challenges of touring in Europe post-Brexit, not to mention the cost-of-living squeeze, surely all of this money and business could be better directed to original artists that are struggling to make it, who may very well have the talent and vision to become the next Elton John given the right opportunity.<\/p>\n

Still, the crowds don\u2019t lie and I hung on to the hope that some of the many talented musicians we saw may well be full-time musicians who use the more financially rewarding covers act to supplement their budding original projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Glastonbudget 2024 overview & vlog<\/a><\/p>\n

Glastonbudget 2024 Friday<\/a><\/p>\n

Glastonbudget 2024 Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n

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