From beginning to end Glastonbury has been a treat for irrelevant gammons who have never been there and are never likely to.
The GSM (Gammon Stream Media) have had plenty to complain about this year which is all they care about. Of course none of them were actually there as that would require effort. They did not even bother actually watching the performances on television so they could form their own opinions. That would require thinking.
Their reporting mostly consisted of lurking about on X looking for comments that they could create negative stories around. All their social media posts were a treat for boomers who need the opportunity to reply “Who?”, “Never heard of him/her/them” or “Call that music? It’s just pap.” about any performers who were born after 1990. They struggle to grasp that they are no longer a relevant demographic to for current music.
General whining
The likes of Tom Slater just whinge about how Glastonbury is a ‘national embarrassment’ and moans about the ticket price. Worst of all they have yoga sessions. Oh the inhumanity! Luckily he is not forced to go, and to be honest Glastonbury is better off without him.
Charli XCX
Her performance was enjoyed by the people who were there. The people that matter. Boomers who had picked up on reports that she made some use of autotune seemed to think it was some kind of musical crime. They didn’t actually watch it and would probably have not picked up on its use if the GSM hadn’t mentioned it.
A handful of people on X thought that she was lip syncing to a pre-recorded vocal track. Over the years there have been several instances of the broadcast audio and video being slightly out of synchronisation which has spoilt the enjoyment for those watching at home. The GSM chose not to consider this possibility and rely on the few people moaning on X as their source of information.
Bob Vylan
This has been a golden moment for the GSM. When the rap duo led the audience in the chant “Death, death, to the IDF!” it was condemned by the festival organisers. The Gammon Munching Moanerati decided to interpret this as a call to attack Jews in general rather than specifically the Israeli Defence Force who are currently shooting and killing unarmed civilians trying to access aid at designated points.
The band have put out a statement responding to the news that the Avon and Somerset Police are investigating.
We are not for the death of jews, arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine. A machine whose own soldiers were told to use “unnecessary lethal force” against innocent civilians waiting for aid. The government doesn’t want us to ask why they remain silent in the face of this atrocity? To ask why they aren’t doing more to stop the killing? To feed the starving?
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Litter
There has always been a lot of litter and more recently abandoned tents after each festival. Gammons on social media like to moan about the litter as if affected them in some way, or the tax payers had to pay for cleaning up. The clean up is organised by the festival and uses an army of volunteers. Great effort goes into recycling. Even the tents left behind get recycled.