blinding wrote: » The crowds are Very White and Middle / Upper Class . Don’t tickets cost £275 . Is this too keep the rif-raf out . All seems slightly Racist really .
rireland wrote: » I'm not even 30 but all young people seem to listen to rap music nowadays. There seems to be a new kid on the block every month now. Big Shaq, Stormzy, Santana Dave, XXtencation, lil pump, meek mill, nas, j cole. It's all a load of blibberish to me.
phutyle wrote: » Funny, because the last time I was there, we got chatting to a group of black lads at the Wise Crone café. They asked us where we were from. When we said Ireland, one of them replied "I'd never go to Ireland, there's no black people there."
topper75 wrote: » Now if anybody wants to call that guy racist, you would actually be using the word correctly. He believes his race to be superior to the point where he actively chooses to avoid mixing with other races. That's how it's done folks.
Gimme A Pound wrote: » The technical term being "a hoor's shower".
phutyle wrote: » The black guys were with a group of white guys, he wasn't avoiding any races. The guy in question was the one who struck up friendly conversation with us. They were all from Bristol if I remember correctly. He mistakenly thought that Ireland was a pure-white and unwelcoming to black people as blinding thinks Glasonbury is. Ignorant for sure, but hardly racist in itself. He'd never (knowingly) met an Irish person before - I might as well have been North Korean to him. Ireland was just some foreign country that he knew nothing about.
orourkeda1977 wrote: » Do they still finger aul ones at these gigs? Like back in the day
topper75 wrote: » OK - you were there so you have the edge on me in interpreting intent, but his reason for not coming here was a racialist one, if you are reporting accurately. I for one am amused, in the context of how lightly the accusation of same ("racist") has been thrown around in this particular forum on a regular basis when it is not warranted at all. This is most often done by aspiring middle class Irish who ape middle class people in other nations that may have some justified guilt.
mfceiling wrote: » Bollix. There wasn't too many black people at Slane this year...So Slane/Metallica are racist? I've been to a few gigs in the Olympia and The Academy and there wasn't too many black people there. Tickets were affordable sooooo....Racist?
sabat wrote: » At Public Enemy, De La Soul and Wu Tang in the 3 Arena a couple of months ago there was about a dozen black people out of several thousand...
ToddyDoody wrote: » Black watch 2019?
sabat wrote: » I thought it was noteworthy, although "heritage" hip-hop gigs here do usually have almost 100% white audiences-specifically 30 to 40 something scruffy, hairy, Carhartt wearing, stoner dudes.
TheIrishGrover wrote: » And you would be wrong. Given the size of the place, the amount of acts (Music and non-music), the fact that it starts on Thursday and not Friday, the fact that you can bring whatever you wish in food and alcohol-wise, the fact that, if you so choose, you can not spend a single penny in there, it is great value. An Electric Picnic ticket can cost you 205 Euro and then you are gouged once you leave your tent. The acts, while good, cannot compare with Glasto. This is because Glasto can pay more for the bigger acts. For God's sake, one year I saw U2, Coldplay, Elbow, Beyonce, Tinie Tempah and had to miss The Chemical Brothers, QOTSA, the Kiaser Chiefs, Fat Boy Slim and Pete Tong because they were all on at the same time.
Discodog wrote: » Glasto.
phutyle wrote: » You obviously have your agenda, and seem pretty intent on finding a racist black guy to somehow nullify accusations of racism against white guys, and I'm sure they're out there somewhere. But this isn't your guy by any definition or misdefinition. Good luck in your search.
topper75 wrote: » The guy's basis for not coming here was skin colour. He said it out loud. I'm not sure why you would interpret that as anything other than racist. What am I missing?
Discodog wrote: » A band will probably get more for headlining EP than Glasto. Most headliners, at Glasto, end up losing money but they more than make it up with the coverage. Michael Eavis was on the BBC this year explaining the booking process. It's why it's taken time for newer American acts to headline, their agents expected the usual mega bucks. The reason for the move away from rock is Emily, who's now taken over from her father. The charity aspect of Glasto was always there - Michael is a methodist This has always been a big factor in support for the festival.
And while I like when he organises a girls-versus boys singalong, I feel like the decision to lead a thousand Irish people into a chant of “Say it loud, I’m white and I’m proud” was a bit misjudged. (It causes a lot of us to wonder, for the first time in their lives, if it would be more impolite to disobey Stevie Wonder or to chant what amounts to a white pride slogan.)
phutyle wrote: » Not wanting to trigger topper75 and blinding any more, but I found this amusing in light of earlier comments:Irish Times review of Stevie Wonder:
phutyle wrote: » I guess you're missing the actual definition of racism. He didn't want to come to Ireland because he thought it was unwelcoming to, and therefore devoid of, black people. You seem to have a big hangup on race, and I really can't help you with that.
topper75 wrote: » Hangup? You make it sound like it was ME that didn't want to come to Ireland!:D The black guy was a racist. By any definition. It's OK to say that. It happens.
