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I'd say they are pretty generous. This is a large pitch and we didn't arrive until Friday.

The worst thing I’ve ever seen at EOTR in 13 visits. Also BCNR. NO!

Various videos of KGLW, The Courettes, High Vis, The Murlocs (best gig I ever saw in the Big Top) and the Wet Leg stage reveal: https://photos.app.goo.gl/B6xUA8xk5SpcY1SP7

I literally saw one band off your list (The Courettes) and yet I bet we both had a brilliant time. I don't want to get all Marvel Metaverse here, but the different pathways and possible experiences always intrigues me. And being a middle-aged bloke who didn't own a band t-shirt, I aimed to put that right once back at home. Two new t-shirts ordered: Ian Dury and Crass. Not very EOTR! 🤣

I kept crashing out for 10 minutes but managed to purchase a large campervan ticket once in there. Keep trying today as I managed to get hold of one a few hours after they all seemed to have gone last year.

I agree. There always were more urinals than this year. Not sure they would take the female only loo option though, in case of trans issues.

I posted a congratulatory comment about this year's event to Simon on Instagram and also asked him to listen to people's comments about the loos. He responded that he would.

I went through the usual phases of initial disappointment at the first announcement of acts, followed by some hope based on Simon et al always just getting the template right. And so it came to be again. A lack of big names, but probably the strongest overall bill, with great quality across many genres from start to finish. Special highlights were High Vis, Angel Olsen, H. Hawkline, Jon McKiel, Adwaith, Scott Lavene, The Courettes, KGLW.

Our mob is resigned to going on Friday early now. Sad to miss Wilco, but in the grand scheme of the weekend we won't miss too many bands. Going to stay over on Sunday night for the first time to make up for it.

I'm becoming slightly tempted to recreate the Cinema tent lineup at home on Thursday, kid myself I'm not missing out, and get down there on Friday morning instead.

I've never tried putting my tent up in a shitstorm before. Might be a case of wearing only swimming trunks for that bit and drying out once the tent is up!

Same in terms of the lineup and the lasting effect on me. I’m not 100% sure that this was the sparse year, it could have been 2009, but it certainly felt like the effects of the crash were impacting.

Far end, all the way past the Eastern style folly and right against the hedge. We learned our lesson and bought wind breaks the next year as a defensive measure😆.

Great story. We once set up early camp at the far end of General Camping with barely another tent in sight. We left and came back to find one additional tent within about 50 yards of ours, which was pitched about a foot away. Even the guy's wife called him a gimp the next morning. And last year I met an exceptionally tall young Aussie chap called Alex. Stoned off his head and full of beans about how amazing the festival was. Me and my mate are both over 6 feet tall and he towered over us, calling us short-arses. It was all done in good humour. I hope to see him bouncing around again this year.

Lots of space after the banking crash of 2008. It was like a ghost town. I was wondering if it could survive.