There’s much to write about today – the line-up, last night’s TV, six months ;), Blair in Kuwait and the missing WMDs, the backpedalling of the Bush administration over WMDs, the interview with Salam Pax in the Guardian… where should I start?
As ever, with the line-up, it’s the clashes that stand out. I mean yes, I can’t miss the essentials, like the Manics on Sunday, The Flaming Lips/Radiohead double header on Saturday night, but hang on, what about the three way Radiohead-SFA-Lamb clash on Saturday night? Doves or Moby? Can I catch The Libertines on Saturday afternoon and still make it back to the main stage for Polyphonic Spree/Turin Brakes/Supergrass/Flaming Lips/Radiohead?
Oh, and, on a technicality, what’s John Cale (off-of the Velvet Underground) doing playing in the “new” tent?
Anyway, excuse me while I go off and start circling bands in the paper like a kid at Christmas with the TV pages of the Radio Times (oh, and maybe do some work). I’ll be back later. In the mean time, I found this (now removed) page rather amusing: “NME.com will reveal the line up tomorrow [er… just as soon as we’ve bought The Guardian or Q and copied it out of there]”