Glastonbury Festival bans heavy rock

Glastonbury will always be the best festival in the uk if you want metal go download if you want offspring go reading and hang out with sixteen year olds getting drunk on carling for the second time and throwing up and just to clarify you think glastonbury organisers are narrowminded? have you ever even seen a reading, leeds or download line up?

Glastonbury will always be the best festival in the uk if you want metal go download if you want offspring go reading and hang out with sixteen year olds getting drunk on carling for the second time and throwing up and just to clarify you think glastonbury organisers are narrowminded? have you ever even seen a reading, leeds or download line up?

I love metal music, but I don't agree that they should play at Glastonbury. That's not their demographic. If you want to see rock / metal bands, go to Leeds, Reading or Download, or go abroad and check out Bloodfest.

I've just got back from my second Glasto, and have to say it was completely amazing. You could have a great time without going to any bands at all. The community and the shear scale of the thing is immense.

By being so close minded you're missing out on an amazing life changing experience.

But no bother, I'll be there again next year, and it'll be you guys that miss out.

Metal fans should be glad that metal is banned from Glastonbury. It's just a pop festival. Same as those Radio One gigs that you get at the seaside.

I am so angry because I was so pumped up to check this festival out, and every time they announce a new line-up, the disappointment mounts.
And you know what, I've already got those tickets the months ago (plus I'll be flying in from asia).

For one thing, I do not understand the marketing style of "PRETENDING TO SELL OUT" when you've probably got tones of tics lying around everywhere, and trying to make some kinda artificial demand (just my opinion).
Another thing is, why all this hard sell tactics when the line up hasn't even been fully published???? It's only 2 months to the big show, and no list? What's going on?

Maybe it's because I'm new to Glastonbury, but I seriously think the organizer should learn a thing or two from the rock festivals in Japan (Fuji Rock anyone?).

I've been waiting for this gig for 6 months now, and I guess I'll make do with whatever they dish out.

Btw, what was up with Jay-Z being the headliner last year?
That put me of big time.
I want mayhem!!!!!!!!! Not bouncy crap hip hop or feel good country side nonsense!!!!

Yeah, Glastonbury blows chunks. Didn't they have some rap guy and that whinehouse woman there. I mean who would actually pay to see that kind of crud!

Metal will be round alot longer than Glastonbury, and it'll ALWAYS be the bigger dog.

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Anthony, I'd even avoid that lot as well.

For real festival experiences with stuff that's worthwhile you really need to get yourself off to the Continent. Wacken Open Air, Graspop, Hellfest, Rock am Ring, and so forth... cheaper and a better quality of acts on the whole.

The end of Heavy Metal would be a catastrophic loss to the world. Imagine the consequences.

Went for the first time this year and hated it. Bands were crap for the most part, just a field full of rich kids constantly saying "this is so cool" why is it cool, a field full of mud and second rate bands for £150 is certainly not what I would class as cool. As for the Glastonbury spirit , there was none, go to Reading , V , Download to see real festival Spirit. Will never even contemplate going again.

Well it struck me this year that Glastonbury is full of rich kids and teasing tarts in mini skirts and wellies who just need a good seeing to.