Gregcharlie

Hallelujah to this. There was so much crusting across so many stages / acts this year due to people just stopping way too early when there was still a tonne of space in front of them (and yes that unfortunately include having to potentially weave around people who have decided to sit down) I don’t think everyone is quite tuned into the problem that this creates when all the crowding is in places that weren’t designed for the pressure to build there - pathways, outside edges of tents etc.

Strange as is showing on mine

Nooooooo

FullSizeRender.MOV If anyone wants a laugh, here’s Carly Rae Jepsen pieing me off in my 90s Kaiserslautern shirt and my mate in his 2006 Brazil Ronaldinho shirt during Call Me Maybe

Similarly not particularly funny but walking out of Example at the Glade and a posh girl said to her friend whilst looking at her phone ‘Oh my god, they’ve found wreckage of the submarine’ to which the friend replied: ‘What? Sorry I don’t know anything about that’

It wasn’t even THAT busy in the tent itself - the crusts at the edges are a real thing and maybe the biggest danger going crowd wise.

Would again respectfully disagree with that with regards to Arctic Monkeys, especially considering this is the UK’s biggest music festival.

Exactly. Why would you deliberately book one less good act than you can afford to? Lizzo has agreed to play that slot and the festival’s lineup is a lot stronger for it. Everyone benefits.

2015 set was god tier. That triple run of Run The Jewels -> Caribou -> Hot Chip on the West Holts will take something massive to ever topple for me.

Sparks Lana Del Rey Lizzo Arctic Monkeys Carly Rae Jepsen

Music for lads in bucket hats made by lads who listened to lads in bands who wore bucket hats innit ♾️

Would’ve actually loved Lana subbing Arctic Monkeys - all the strings. Anyone who wasn’t into that could’ve effed off elsewhere but headlining Other against GNR is perfect.

Obviously. What I meant is, there is now clearly a demographic of young people who discover, let’s call it ‘music of the recent past’, through TikTok, as well as the all the artists who are choosing to post their music directly on that platform.

Arctic Monkeys very popular with the TikTokers and those 30 year old (or just shy of) bastards like me.

With all the fees a standing ticket was £53.80 on Ticketmaster