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Ah i love the band kylie minogue

I swear my expectations were low and they still managed to underwhelm.

Unpopular opinion. I'm old and I love Kylie, she's a national treasure. Can't wait to see her at Sziget. But, I would still have preferred The Killers, No Doubt, RHCP, Maneskin, even Catfish and the Bottlemen. Because live music is all about music being played live, by musicians who laboured for months to write the perfect song and are now getting the chance to share it with thousands of people, who are in awe of the skill and ability on display that they don't possess themselves. There are JUST enough acts announced across all stages to ensure I'll have a pretty decent Sziget. But it is absolutely the last time I buy tickets without seeing the line-up first.

I've heard Brian Fallon from Gaslight tell this story multiple times on podcasts. He had never met Bruce before, but Bruce is his favourite artist of all time. The band rocked up to go on stage, and Bruce was just stood there, and said hello. Brian freaked out, and Bruce asked "can I play on that song The 59 Sound?" and Brian was like uhhh yes please. Or so the story goes. I'm not sure if he's omitted a section of the story where Bruce asks for 10 grand to play with them - but what I do know if Brian talks about it as maybe the best moment of his life, as he had no indication Bruce had heard of the band. Of course he went on to appear with Bruce to sing No Surrender that night, and it's safe to say there's a lot more in it for Gaslight than Bruce when it comes to exposure!

Nothing will ever top my sheer shock when Macca said "and from the East coast of America.. Bruce Springsteen!" Hadn't even considered it as a possibility and we basically cried.

Okay, I have nothing against Kiley, but I cannot stress that enough, that we don’t have any bands as headliner. More so, not even as a subheadliner. Looking at all the bands touring around in August, it’s a disgrace.

It's called Saturday night. Then he rolls in sawdust. Hence the name. True story.

I noticed that. I had to go back and clang it or it just didn't feel right. "If you long drop and there is no clang, did you even drop long?"

Overall, i think its the best line up in years, and one of the best festival line up in the UK this year.

best sets I have ever seen at Glastonbury didn't involve special guests

Rare night out … orbital in Exeter

So an artist I don't care about drops from Thursday and now we might get someone better that will make Thursday's clashes even harder??? Oh no...

Personally, I'd say it's rather early for that last ditch, grin-and-bear-it optimism; bit like giving up on getting a GA ticket before the Ticket Resale. Oxfam have been collecting all the returns since the main giveaway on 1st Feb, including anything after the Resale. In the next couple of weeks, probably announced upfront, they will release all those places; by my assessment, that will be certainly dozens, and probably quite a few more than that ! Then later last year they also had two smaller out-of-hours batches and loads of sporadic places here and there. All in all, I'd say that's got to be more than 100 spaces still to be filled. Does that make it a shoe-in to get one ? I'd say no, cos there will be 100s, if not 1000s of would-be volunteers keeping an eye out to try and snag them. Good luck, and nil desperandum, to those still in the game !

if anyone's interested, Optimo are back on the farm - two sets apparently ( Friday and Saturday), unsure where though

Thank you for your first review in the E&D thread. We'll have you into 200bpm nosebleed gabba before you know it

Anyone on the lookout for inexpensive glamping, there is a new site by Gate D, run by Yurtel. It's a pitch your own tent but it has lots of glamping facilities with prices from £250.00. Plus you get a 5 metre by 5 metre pitch, so you can pitch more than one tent with a maximum of 5 people on for the pitch for the same price! There is more information here - https://holtfarm.co.uk/ Also see the discussion over in questions - https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/253563-is-this-campsite-a-scam/ 😄

I contacted co-op about the blue/green store signage and they said the green stores are the older design which haven't been through a refurb yet. So glad my co-op knowledge is growing 🤪

Just heard back. It is a bit of a mixed bag, some get paid others free. The paid can come from the artist budget. What you would expect really

Sounds like something similar to this:

Was going to come in here and say over the past ten years what really struck me is there is now a bit more rudeness, anger and animosity in the crowds I've experienced. But it appears that has also spread here too now 😉 On the whole though the crowds are still better than anywhere and a pleasant places but the number of incidents I've witnessed had gone up over the decades. Oh, and it doesn't seem more crowded to me - 2000 in general and even Rolf Harris, I think at West Holts, was way worse than anything I've seen recently, Everything Everything, The Smyths and Power Ballads have seen crazy crowds at Williams Green but it never felt unsafe.

Another Vodafone competition is on its way soon team 🍀🤞

Imagine will only be smaller names this year. - not only do the bookings seem to be very hap-hazard and random this year, but the marketing and announcement strategy is nothing other than poor. These names have been randomly announced with no structure to the line up announcements whatsoever. Maybe that’s linked to troubles with booking artists (which I can only assume is down to money reasons…). I think this is the most ‘in-balanced’ line up Sziget ever presented. When you’re presenting a week long festival encompassing different music types, it’s very strange to not even have one band as headliner in the mix and only bands lower down on the undercard. Whilst some of this years names stand alone would sell tickets, I think they will struggle to sell week passes big time. 2023 line up is a dream compared to this one.

Chris Martin’s bringing out Hobo Jones for their version of Yellow.

Grumble Guts on Woodsies, early evening, pseudonym for Nick Cave...

Fontaines and Kneecap.

Speaking of which, 50 percent off tickets code on kaboodle with code 'Dazed50' hope this helps anyone looking for cheaper tickets.

Especially since she also plays For Man city.

Look at me go................. I might be on holiday but here is the updated clashfinder. Extra act every day on The Meadow so guessing it opens earlier. Woodland also has an extra act Fri and Sun so times taken from Saturday. CODA is total guesswork apart from the comedy. As and when I get more info I will update it. https://clashfinder.com/s/beardedtheory2024

If the Mary wallopers are clashing with Paul Heaton I will be f**king raging.

Not like United fans to be dickheads.

According to the website up to 5 people can stay on one pitch. The pitches are 5m x 5m so it's a decent size. 🙂

The gifts that give on giving

They're on my shortlist. Fantastic band, and I think I had the chance to see them at Glasto a few years back but didn't get round to it. Won't miss out this time!

Beton.Hofi and Margaret Island were introduced to the Main Stage.

If she had come in an earlier announcement, it might be have gone down well. But I know a lot of people had high hopes for the last headliner so it’s a bit of a kick in the teeth when another solo artist gets announced and there is little variation in genre between the headliners.

Note - This poster misses Yard Act on the Friday Main Stage before Soft Play. In the main, not many clashes for me apart from Sunday where English Teacher are up against Dylan John Thomas and The Vaccines. Might have to bin Jamie T off for Bilk as well. Also might have to spend most of Thursday in Club Malibu!!!

I think the dead giveaway is if it accepts your blue (group) Coop card or you use the virtual card on the app when you make the purchase, then you should be OK. If I try and use the group card or app in any of the local non-group green Coop stores, it won't scan.

I understand where you are coming from, but let me assure you, that this lineup WILL NOT be a commercial success. Just look at ticketswap. Right now you can buy a 6-day pass more than 30 percent under the current official price. ATM there are nearly 500 6 day passes selling. What would you say how many people are buying new tickets right now and after seeing the line up? This generation thing is a bullshit. Young people can and do love "old" music, it just have to be good music.

Imagine if we get Kylie Minogue or Nelly Furtado (she's playing in London and Dublin on Saturday and Sunday) as a replacement, that would be awesome. They need to replace Kim Petras with a gay icon.

This account/post reeks of someone that works for Sziget 😅

if someone has to bring out another musician to play another bands song in order to make their own set interesting then i think maybe they are doing something wrong.

Ah now I have noticed that Yurtel may indeed be involved as Holt Farm has the same registered address as Yurtel in Marshfield. If that's the case then it adds further credence to Holt Farm being a genuine option.

today will prob be magic mirror. the headliner on friday

Oh, I need one of these. Never spend any time in the markets, need to change that this year.

Thank you - I think I'm going to go for West Holts too! Would be gutted if I miss Justice but being on the bar would be a good second best. Good luck with your choice too and hopefully we will both be there 🤞 Okay that's good to know!! Would much rather have a busy 8 hours than watching the time and feeling like I could be in about the festival. I think we get a half hour break per shift and do three eight hour shifts across the week, so lots of time off! Thank for this!! Think I'm going to go for West Holts just for the lineup and relative closeness to the campsite. Like the lineup at the Park too but as you say it's far away and don't know if I fancy trekking across the site before a shift!

MILKY MILKY is a huge loss

Excellent! In 2017 we were passing back through the Unfair Ground late on Friday night when one of the “carney” girls ushered us over to her fair game. The game was to throw a crushed can into a tiny slot which surprisingly I managed to get it in (in my state). She quickly rummaged through a draw then pulled me over the counter and softly whispered in my ear “here’s your prize, it’s a cast of Michael Eavis’s asshole”

Personally feel like early Mordor slots are the lease desirable slots in the festival. Such a huge space and always feels empty even when a really hyped band is on. Amyl were main stage last time and as amazing as they were, they deserve their slot at a smaller stage where it's more of a party. I can see Primavera wanting to mix it up for the band and giving them a slot on a smaller stage when it's dark out. They have a habit of rotating bands in and out of the main stage.

I have wanted to go to Glastonbury for many years. However I have no friends or family interested in making the trip. I would like any suggestions to help me plan and make the trek successfully and safely. Are there any groups available for newbies to tag along? Thanks