Glastonbury Post

When I read yesterday about the rains that were pummelling the attendees at the Glastonbury Festival, for one brief minute I had a reason not to mind missing it.

But that moment is now passed.

We already had our seemingly-inevitable death of a festival-goer. Is it just me, or does it seem like at every major music festival, lately, there has to be one, and only one, person who dies?

The NME reports that the Kaiser Chiefs have already played their set, and dubbed the show "the greatest experience so far for their band." No doubt. Without bothering to check, it looks like they played every song on their debut album.

The White Stripes opened with "Dead Leaves..." and closed with "Seven Nation Army", in a set that was surprisingly light on tunes from the new album. Although, as the article points out, they did do "Passive Manipulation" three times, if that counts for something.

Looks like tomorrow, I get to miss Basement Jaxx, Primal Scream, Garbage and Brian Wilson....sigh.

Next year, for sure, dammit!