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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Imogen Tilden

Kill all hippies, upset all Kylie fans

Dorian Lynskey's full review of yesterday evening's music br/>
He announces, "We're a punk rock band and you're a bunch of fucking hippies," says "fuck you" to any Kylie fans in the audience, and accuses everyone of being complacent cattle. The only way he could have caused more offence would have been by wheeling on an effigy of Michael Eavis and setting fire to it.

What makes this darkly thrilling as opposed to embarrassingly petulant is the sheer force of their set. There have been few moments this weekend more gripping than Swastika Eyes and the climactic Movin' On Up. Even then, however, Gillespie manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Bassist Mani starts up a Stone Roses bass line and Gillespie shouts "Do you want to hear the Stone Roses?" To the crowd's enthusiastic reply, he responds, "Well you should have been here 15 years ago, you fucking lazy bastards."

Finally, a security guard has to escort him off stage, but not before he's thrown his microphone into the crowd to a chorus of boos. I get the sneaking feeling this might be Primal Scream's last Glastonbury appearance. "

Just in: Read the full review here.

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