http://informage.net/articles/2003/05/30/the-festival en-us 40 tales from anglospheric la-la-land <p><blockquote>"In 1995, The Lemonheads' Evan Dando missed his slot at the festival due to rock star excesses. Arriving late at the site, he attempted to force an impromptu acoustic set on a crowd waiting for Portishead. They were vastly unamused: Dando had to be removed from the stage for his own safety. It remains a solitary recorded example of coffee-table trip-hop fans erupting in a livid wave of anger - the musical equivalent of assistant librarians rioting."</blockquote> </p> <p> Ami found this <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/glastonbury2003/story/0,12902,966497,00.html" target="_blank">fine piece of festival writing</a> in The Guardian today. I was one of the aforementioned coffee-table trip-hop fans and remember this event well. "Evan-fucking-who?" were I believe my exact words at the time as I tried to cope with having fought my way through an unexpected sea of Portishead aficionados only to hear a solo unknown (to me) guitarist's drivel.</p> Fri, 30 May 2003 16:57:59 +0100 urn:uuid:bacd59c4f323e9a66a204e8135be2383 sean http://informage.net/articles/2003/05/30/the-festival linkage http://informage.net/articles/trackback/5