CaledonianGonzo

Might be. Not really a bar as much as a row of pint-slingers. Same goes for the Dreamtime and the Chameleon (?) over by the Other Stage.

And no sign of The Man With The Golden Gun IIRC

That's the one. There is a Spotlight Bar somewhere though, right?

The Boulevard Bar?

Avril vs. Janelle Monae feels more likely, although it does also suck.

Yeah - I was there for that. She did Relight My Fire - but only her bit of it i.e. about 20% of the song

Calling it The Brewery implies a better selection of beers - but no mention of that in the actual blurb. Assume the Spotlight Bar or whatever it's called won't be going anywhere...

Ex-Avalon acts getting increasing prominence on the main stages isn't really a sign of a prosperous golden era.

What was it like when she played Avalon before? Didn't hear that it was chaos.

People arguing against big surprise special guests happening every year have presumably also only celebrated Christmas once.

Aye - so Julian doing his own stuff not really a d@b up.

Ziggy Marley in 2022

Though they have just announced for Italy:

TBH I'd completely forgotten that they'd been booked yet again. I wonder what sort of kompromat they have on Emily?

A bigger factor is usually a pre-existing relationship with the festival. Most secret sets tend to come from people with quite a lot of history with the farm.

I believe it was closed for the accommodation sale a couple of weeks later.

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/2024-ticket-resale-faq/ A very limited number of tickets for which the balance was not paid, will be made available via ticket resales, which will take place at 6pm (BST) on Thursday, 18th April (Ticket + Coach travel options) and 9am (BST) on Sunday, 21st April (General Admission tickets).

Fair enough I'm not in regular touch with lots of young folk on the issue - so maybe my sense that they'd prefer to see the likes of Tyla or Tate McRae rather than Paul Heaton or Cyndi Lauper is misplaced.

I'm not so sure. SZA aside, the line-up seems light on hipper young acts - at the expense of reheated leftovers from about 10 years back

Ah - that makes sense.

I'd do something which you can *only* do at Glastonbury - catch a huge, iconic performance on El Pointo. Issue with the 2024 line up is that there aren't many obvious contenders. Dua, Shania maybe the best bets. Coldplay are too frequent a proposition to really qualify. Throwing a pot, eating a halloumi cone, grooving to Mik Artistik, checking out the comedy stylings of the Steve Frost Impro Allstars - you can do elsewhere.

Recall folk on here getting on their high horses - maybe even going so far as to complain to the festival - about the tomato fight as it was food waste whilst people were starving in Africa.

I thought they definitely owned areas like Pennards, The Park and the Arcadia field. Otherwise there are permanent building works associated with the festival - e.g. longdrops - on other people's land.

Seems counterintuitive to put people off the resale if there's a fat stack of tickets to shift.

All true for this year, but weaker line-ups for a few years in a row could certainly see it become less of a hot ticket. I don't think anyone should take it for granted forever - and we know the farm themselves don't. Plus there's the weather curve-ball.