Lost Vagueness won't return to Glasto (news)
5/2/08
Well, this is no fun. Lost Vagueness will not feature at this year's Glastonbury Festival because the man behind it has decided not to participate, basically claiming the UK's flagship music festival is becoming too commercial.
Lost Vagueness founder Roy Gurvitz says he thinks the festival promoters who are now involved in Glasto - by which he presumably means Festival Republic
- are gaining too big an influence. Festival Republic, then Mean Fiddler, became a shareholder in Glasto in 2002, taking a primarily logistics role and helping the festival overcome its security and ticketing issues (in particular tackling the fence-jumping problem that threatened Glasto's licence). Gurvitz seems to say they now have too great an influence.
Speaking to 6Music he said: "Up until now they took a back seat. But now it's starting to influence the line-up of bands and the general feel of the festival. There were a number of procedures last year that we were not particularly happy with. It's not too sad that we have pulled out. Things move on and things change".
Glasto chief Michael Eavis confirmed Lost Vagueness would not reappear at his festival this year, though didn't really respond to Gurvitz's comments, concentrating instead on what will replace the Vagueness area.
Well, this is no fun. Lost Vagueness will not feature at this year's Glastonbury Festival because the man behind it has decided not to participate, basically claiming the UK's flagship music festival is becoming too commercial.
Lost Vagueness founder Roy Gurvitz says he thinks the festival promoters who are now involved in Glasto - by which he presumably means Festival Republic
- are gaining too big an influence. Festival Republic, then Mean Fiddler, became a shareholder in Glasto in 2002, taking a primarily logistics role and helping the festival overcome its security and ticketing issues (in particular tackling the fence-jumping problem that threatened Glasto's licence). Gurvitz seems to say they now have too great an influence.
Speaking to 6Music he said: "Up until now they took a back seat. But now it's starting to influence the line-up of bands and the general feel of the festival. There were a number of procedures last year that we were not particularly happy with. It's not too sad that we have pulled out. Things move on and things change".
Glasto chief Michael Eavis confirmed Lost Vagueness would not reappear at his festival this year, though didn't really respond to Gurvitz's comments, concentrating instead on what will replace the Vagueness area.
He told reporters: "We brought a brand new area into Glastonbury Festival last year when my daughter Emily created The Park, which was a major addition to the festival. As part of that progressive change this year we have asked Debs Armstrong and Chris Tofu (of Continental Drifts) to programme the William's Field areas of the site, previously occupied by Lost Vagueness. They have a new vision that I find inspiring, but the whole area will be divided into three separate fields and run by different individuals to produce a stunning result. After six festivals with Lost Vagueness it is time to move on. I wish Roy and his team well in their future activities but for Glastonbury it is another step forward in bringing in new ideas and creative thought".
Meanwhile, as you've probably seen, it's been confirmed the hip hopper previously promised as a headliner at Glasto this year is Jay-Z. The NME says the response to that news on their message boards has been mixed, but with more of the NME faithful not happy with the news. Though personally I think old Jay could win over some new fans at Glasto if he gets it right.
From: UnLimited/CMU
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Meanwhile, as you've probably seen, it's been confirmed the hip hopper previously promised as a headliner at Glasto this year is Jay-Z. The NME says the response to that news on their message boards has been mixed, but with more of the NME faithful not happy with the news. Though personally I think old Jay could win over some new fans at Glasto if he gets it right.
From: UnLimited/CMU
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