Glad I didn't manage to blag a ticket for Glasto this weekend the headliners are sh*t. Particularly G'n'R headlining Saturday night.
Guns N’ Roses in 2023 are an example of everything Glastonbury shouldn’t represent. When I saw their gig in Dublin last year, I was swept up in headbanging nostalgia. The band, along with everyone in attendance, had two feet in the past. Yawns broke out during the 'new' songs from Chinese Democracy (released in November 2008). We only really came alive when the band dipped into Appetite for Destruction, a record that predates the invention of the World Wide Web and the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Nostalgia has its place. Appetite for Destruction is neck and neck with Nirvana’s Nevermind for the title of greatest rock album of the past 40 years. Still would the world have ended if Lizzo, whom Glastonbury describes as having 'joint headline billing', had gone on after them on Saturday night?
Gun N’ Roses would not have cared. Their never ending reunion tour is more about topping up their pensions than preserving their legacy. They may even have appreciated the prospect of an early night.