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Awesome.” touring plans for this year.” BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN 93NME14021106.pgs 16.05.2014 12:56 TELL US WHAT’s Answering you ON YOUR this week: MIND Barry Nicolson LETTER OF THE WEEK EMAIL [email protected] TWITTER @nme WINS £50 OF VOUCHERS! FACEBOOK www.seetickets.com facebook.com/nmemagazine POST NME, 110 Southwark St, THE THING THAT London SE1 0SU SHOULD NOT BE? diferences in their way of performing when compared I can’t believe there’s so much hatred for to that of Arctic Monkeys, Metallica headlining Glastonbury. To be and what they said was honest, I was a bit disappointed with the true. Arctic Monkeys play headliners so far – Arcade Fire and Kasabian, very professionally and are while worthy in their own right, are a bit of well put together, while at a safe bet. Well done to Michael Eavis for being an Orwells show, one night brave enough to go for an artist that other the microphone will be festivals wouldn’t dream of putting on their bill a noose and the next it will [except for Sonisphere, Download and Reading be down Mario’s pants. The & Leeds, of course – BN]. It’s good to see an diference is clear, but it’s act like Metallica get the chance to show what not a bad thing. They’re two they’ve got at the greatest festival around. I’m completely diferent bands gutted I’m not going now as this could well be with two drastically diferent similar to Jay Z taking the stage a few years styles, and needless to say, ago. And we all know how that turned out… fanciful, never-gonna-happen notions of Bowie, Prince both are very enjoyable to Alex Renton, via email or a reformed Oasis, so the news that the Eavises had experience. simply nicked Sonisphere’s headliners was always going Olivia Gehrke, via email Barry Nicolson: I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been hoping to feel a bit anticlimactic. Still, of the three, Metallica against hope for Fleetwood Mac, but Metallica will be just actually feel like the safest bet to me, and as long as BN: Olivia, you’re right, fine at Glastonbury. The ‘problem’, such as it is, stems they don’t do anything daft – a hologram of Lou Reed, of course, but this is all 4 from the way they were announced: the month-long wait say, or anything from ‘St. Anger’ – I honestly can’t see part of a deeper malaise: for their confirmation gave everyone time to entertain how they can fail. indie bands have forgotten how to beef with each other. We’re cursed with …AND METALLICA BN: That’s the wonderful (for being available to Radiohead’s intentions a generation of media- FOR ALL thing about Glastonbury: download for any price) with ‘In Rainbows’ were trained, excessively Many of us had speculated however much the Noel in NME’s Big Fat Quiz Of essentially honourable. respectful young men and about it for a while, and on Gallaghers of this world The Year 2007 by saying, The 99p promotion of women who don’t know the Thursday evening last week might try to ghettoise it as “It devalues music, it’s not ‘Sheezus’ on Google Play, simple, unsullied joy of we finally got closure on the an indie-only afair, it a very good precedent to on the other hand, was crushing their enemies and rumours that Metallica are remains the broadest of be setting for young people downright Machiavellian hearing the lamentations headlining Glastonbury’s churches. It’s way past who are trying to get in – a ploy designed to of their fanbase. It’s a sorry Pyramid Stage. Of course, time that a metal band to the music industry.” guarantee Lily a Number fucking state of afairs. this was always going to be headlined the festival, but Hypocrite. One album. You might controversial and a divide anyone who doesn’t fancy Liam Hall, via email argue that no tactic is among the festival-goers Metallica will have no too underhand to be was inevitable. I enjoy shortage of other options. BN: Actually, I think it’s employed against Gary Metallica’s music and And again, I reiterate: a bit more pernicious Barlow (and, tax-avoiding although I am not a huge fan, they’re fucking Metallica. than that. Whatever establishment lickspittler I have to support Michael They’ve been doing this your opinion of the that he is, you’d be right) Eavis’ decision. I can’t shit for as long as Kasabian pay-what-you-like model, but the whole afair still comprehend how anyone have been alive, and leaves a bad taste in the lucky enough to have they’ve sold more records mouth. For argument’s LOOK a ticket to this incredible (or as near as dammit) sake, let’s imagine that festival can complain when than the rest of the line-up Lily had been beaten to WHO’S they can see such a range combined.