While 2020’s highlights package in place of the cancelled
music festival offered solace, this time round it feels like a case of aggressive Fomo
Wondering distantly how many more times I will watch Kylie Minogue’s Glastonbury set before I die. I must be on the, what, fourth or fifth viewing now? There is no occasion when putting the Kylie Glastonbury set on isn’t a good idea. It is a party in a box. Back-to-back bangers. Costume changes. The iconic “Oh, you” smile-and-nod at the crowd. A drone shot of a billion people in a field, losing their minds. That quite strange slow-down bit where the lad dressed as a sort of haunting triangle starts to mutely dance around. The Nick Cave section … come on. There is no party that putting the Kylie Glastonbury set on in the background doesn’t improve. I’m watching it again, now. Six. Still good.
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