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Blues at Glastonbury 2009

I'm still recovering from a truly epic Glastonbury 2009. I would like to say thanks to all the cool bluenoses proudly displaying their colours at Glasto. There were definitely more Everton shirts/flags than any other team.

A huge well done to the lads with the big Everton flag who got to the front of Bruce Springsteen. If you watch the performance back (www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury), you can see a mighty blue Everton flag waving to the left hand side of the stage. There are some cool shots of it when the Boss goes into the crowd (it'll be on the right cos the camera is from the stage). Well done, lads!
Dean Williamson, Liverpool Posted 03/07/2009 at 10:35:30

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Brian Hill
1 Posted 03/07/2009 at 17:52:56

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I’m glad you enjoyed the concert but what is the point of expressing support for a football club at a music festival? Would anyone take a Springsteen/Any other rock star flag to a football match?

I have supported Everton for over 40 years and have been to countless concerts but it never occurred to me to mix the two. This is not particularly intended to be negative but I see no connection between football and music festivals — can anybody enlighten me?

Martin Beesley
2 Posted 03/07/2009 at 19:23:53

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Ha yeah I saw the flag quite often during the Glastonbury weekend on the tv, call me sad but I got a buzz from seeing it!

Garry Corgan
3 Posted 03/07/2009 at 20:00:11

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@Brian

It’s become something of a tradition to bring flags and other banners to music fesivals in recent years. The flags are just an expression of the waver’s interests. If you watch you’ll see flags for bands, gay rights, towns and cities and football clubs. I think it’s just a way of nailing your colours to your mast and a little bit of self-expression (which is what festivals have always been about.)

Music and football’s a strange mix, I agree but that’s the reasoning behind it either. It’s certainly no bad thing either. Millions of people will have watched the Glastonbury coverage on the BBC and worldwide and seeing a giant Everton flag waving in front of the likes of Bruce Springstreen can’t do any harm for our publicity.

Simon Walker
4 Posted 03/07/2009 at 21:09:02

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I’m gonna take a flag saying ’Ban The Flag’ to next years Glastonbury, I was stood back by the right hand speaker stalk and could hardly see the stage for flags.

That Everton Flag was down there most of the day I think, at least right through Kasabian & Bruce, met a guy in a bar with an Everton shirt on and yeah, gotta agree, saw more Everton shirts than anything else throughout the weekend

Kev Wainwright
5 Posted 03/07/2009 at 22:14:09

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Flags are not a tradition at Glasto; they are a selfish way of saying "Look at me, I’m on TV". Go back last year and you’ll see a much smaller number of flags; go back three years and virtually none. Tradition my arse.

What is a tradition is being able to see the stage or screens not “I love sausages” or Stoke City flags. If I want to see an Everton Flag, I’ll go to Goodison not a music festival.

Football and music don’t mix, David Biddel and the Anfield Rap prove that and anyone taking a flag next year should be tied and burned at their flag pole. Now that would get them on TV.

Total and utter knobs — even if it was an Everton flag.

Dean Williamson
6 Posted 04/07/2009 at 00:18:27

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I actually like the flags. Adds to the atmosphere for me personally.

Actually there were 2 Everton flags down the front on watching it again.

Jip Foster
7 Posted 04/07/2009 at 09:01:35

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Yep, was going to say I saw loads of Everton shirts but only one United, one Celtic, and an Argentina shirt all week. I was rather proud to see so many Blues.

Martyn Noble
8 Posted 04/07/2009 at 12:02:22

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I saw plenty of blues myself and everyone I saw acknowledged me, quite a few blues came over for a chat so cheers for that, the kopite I was with couldn't believe how many Blues were there. Don't see the harm in the flags myself — adds to the whole Glasto experience.

Joeynkoo Ludden
9 Posted 04/07/2009 at 14:08:23

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The words Glasto and tradition in the same sentence made me laugh Kev, cheers. Bruce Springsteen playing Glastonbury, and the flags are "not traditional". The irony.

Terry Owen
10 Posted 04/07/2009 at 15:47:13

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Brian - are you always this miserable? Someone took an Everton flag to Glastonbury, probably in the hope it would be seen on the telly. It was.

Ian Ankers
11 Posted 04/07/2009 at 16:45:55

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Gotta say, I don’t think there’s any harm in waving a flag around (unless it obstructs my view).

Yep, my eyes were drawn to the Everton flag on TV at Glastonbury and, sad as I am, I was like ’Yeah... ace, the blues at Glasto’.

Kev Wainwright - Great post mate, got a good old chuckle that one!

Brian Hill
12 Posted 04/07/2009 at 19:00:22

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Terry, thanks for the concern, but I’m generally not miserable at all. My submission was out of genuine curiosity as to why anyone would wish to make known their footballing affiliation at a music festival. As hoped for and expected, the response has provided education, information and amusement. Cheers!!

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