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This puts me off a bit to be honest. I don’t mind a bit of acoustic during the day and I like OCS but I can’t picture watching an acoustic act as my Saturday night headliner
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What would you make sure to do at your last Glastonbury?
DJL replied to The other Bellboy's topic in Chat
Great post, this bit made me think of the Yard Act lyric ‘It brings me peace of mind to know that this will all just carry onWith someone elseWith something newNo need to be blue’ -
I’m with you on the bar shifts. Trying not to get my hopes up for anyone in particular for this reason - if I get to see 2 out of Faithless, LCD or Justice I’ll be pretty stoked.
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Like many others have said Black Pumas and Kenya Grace. Barry can’t swim wasn’t an act I discovered, as I had listened to him when he was last year’s line-up, but I had completely missed the fact he had a very good/well received album out which I’ve been loving too. For all the criticism of the line-up I am yet to have a year where I don’t love the playlist I make out of it to fit my taste.
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Thanks @dondo shame I can’t make the Monday but that’s very reassuring. Thanks@CharlotteB also, sounds good 😊.
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Thanks, I’m sure I will - keen to be a bit more proactive beforehand and at the festival 😊. I’ll be volunteering behind the bar with Avalon, should be fun.
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I definitely plan on being at the Efests meet (shifts permitting). Would have loved to have gone to the Monday one but don’t think I’ll be on site till Tuesday.
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Couldn’t see a thread for this year… anyone else going solo? Will be my first doing so (volunteering) and very excited to be doing so, with complete freedom to wander. My only concern is the fact that a significant proportion of my time at Glastonbury my communication skills are generally somewhat… impaired 😂
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If there are a fair few people not interested because of the lack of Maxi that’s absolutely fine by me, I personally disagree and it could make it very slightly less rammed. He was fantastic but I like the stuff they have brought out without Maxi. If they use another vocalist I’m not above seeing a tribute act and if they use samples, well the Chems are probably my favourite live* act so I’d enjoy that too.
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Likewise volunteering for Avalon and looking to car share… but I’m coming from Derbyshire so not ideal for either of us!
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I couldn’t find another Glastonbury solo thread for this year so giving this a bump. Going solo for the first time, volunteering with Avalon, after years going with groups. Looking forward to it but I don’t enjoy watching acts by myself and I’m not always relaxed approaching others, so keen to find others going solo too.
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I couldn’t find any recent mentions of Prydz (apologies if I have missed it). Does the fact he is in Cardiff around the time make any sort of appearance remotely likely?
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I’d love Despacio to be there but the one year they did neither act played elsewhere on site and it was all weekend I believe, which was probably pretty intense? I’m not sure if James Murphy playing a huge gig on the Pyramid Stage on the Friday makes it more or less likely? I guess at least the gig is first. do Despacio have an entirely different crew?
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See map above, not sure if it is accurate/up to date. Do you live in Derby, Phil? (I ask as I do and am volunteering for Avalon).
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2022... to be fair I didn't know enough about her to know if it was samey samey.
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She was decent at All Points East before the Chems. After Fat Boy Slim last year (which many thought was weird) it doesn't seem that weird. I quite like it when they mix it up on the stages a bit.
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If I'm not on shift LCD into Dua Lipa will be the main time I'm aiming to be at the Pyramid... but I wouldn't be surprised if I don't stay for much of Dua and head to Jungle.
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How do you apply for parking/organise a car share? Seems very much preferable to the coach.
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Re young headliners this is from last year but this year's was clearly an increase - Average age of a Glastonbury headliner is still well into their 40s after Paul McCartney gets prime slot - Wales Online. I think the festival needs to book who it can when available (would have been crazy to turn down Blur, Neil Young or Spingsteen in 2009) but generally try and skew younger. I'm 44, I'd be happy with one pyramid headliner from or before 'my era' and I'll either see an exciting young act on the other nights if they appeal to me or go to one of many other stages if not.
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Have to say I was pleasantly surprised. After all the talk beforehand about how poor they were live, particularly Axl's voice I was just there for the songs. Axl had a great energy on stage, his voice was patchy - good at points but didn't bother me when not. Slash was as excellent as oyu would hope. Wouldn't have been anywhere else.
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I feel like I saw plenty of music but relatively few big acts. Increasingly less fussed about the main stages, not even so much because of the acts themselves. You just spend so much time getting to a good sport, going to the loos etc. and the atmosphere is rarely as good. Smaller places you can just meander in and out of sets as you fancy.
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After 6 years away (fallow year, child in hospital, COVID x2 and no ticket) I know what it is like to live without it and I can but I sure as hell don’t want to