The Greenbelt festival has relaunched it's website, so I took a few moments this lunchtime to see which bands would be playing at Christendom's most cutting edge event.
Okay, nothing about music on the front page. 'Shop and talks', 'resources' and the like. Ah, what about the coloured buttons at the top, above the cosy picture of families enjoying the sun on the edge of a seminar tent? Nothing there: I'll just click 'line-up'.
I seem to have landed on the Soul Survivor website by mistake. Are those people worshipping or clapping a band? The main links say 'youth', 'children's festival', 'all-age', 'talks', 'visual arts'...
...ah, hold on, it finally mentions music!
"And remember, Greenbelt is much more than a music festival." At the bottom right corner of the page. Under the link to previous years' events.
Oh.
Greenbelt continues to be my 'spiritual home' in many ways, and I understand most bands haven't been confirmed yet. But if the website's focus is representative of how the festival wants to be seen, I can't help thinking it's become anything but a music festival - with a smattering of good bands if us punters are lucky.
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Try http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/?s=77
I think it's just that it's too early - most of the music lineup hasn't been finalised yet, so it's all a bit sparse.
sourpus.
Unless the headliners are The Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus with Extreme Noise Terror doing cover versions of Aphex Twin, I'm not interested...
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