FrankieX

I don't have a ticket this year, so it is with some relief that I realise I really don't seem to have any must-sees which I am missing out on. Little Simz is the closest, but I saw her in 2022. I'd still rather be there than not, and will be trying in the resale, but the lineup is more "I'd watch them if I'm there" than anything else.

Technically this counts as a ticket competition, I think. Tough to win though...

At least it's good cheese, I suppose.

What are the odds like for this competition? The Co-op website says there are 2,500 stores, so if there were (for example) 30 eligible transactions per store then that would be 75,000 total entries. Judging by my local store, there didn't seem much interest here. The shelf was full, there wasn't any mention of the contest in-store, and the first pack I bought had a shelf life of just over a month. The lack of publicity and short competition span may mean fewer people entered and increase our chances as a result.

Typically the server is so overloaded at 9am that people can't even get redirected from the main page (glastonbury.seetickets.com) to the event holding page immediately. If you are able to go straight to the event page, that might slightly increase your chances of getting in early. Or, at least, that's the theory.

Same.

Two of my four screens are still on the autorefresh holding page. I don't know if that means something has gone wrong somewhere, but I keep refreshing one of the browsers which isn't on the off chance a ticket is still out there...

As far as I can gather, there is no 'queue' (unlike a Ticketmaster-style sale where it says "You are 40,343 in line", for example. Instead, whenever a slot on the sale server opens up the next person to load the page is allowed in. If that is the case, then you chances of being that person are increased if you are loading the page more frequently. There certainly doesn't seem to be any negative consequences to refreshing. It's worked for me in all but one Glastonbury.

That might be the reason it's two weeks, to give people time to make sure they're available during the sales.

Tonight's Transgressive Takeover at the Rabbit Hole:

That was predictable. I didn't even try, they just moved the problem from Williams Green to another small venue. The solution is more popular acts on Thursday evening, cutting one just causes everyone to go to the next best one.

The Glastonbury website: https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/woodsies/woodsies-programme/

Usually the issue with heat in England is the humidity. If the amount of evaporated water in the air is high enough, your sweat can't evaporate (or at least not as quickly) which means that you become both warmer and sweaty. In the deserts of America or Australia, there is likely to be very low humidity. On a West country dairy farm situated next to a river, be prepared to feel incredibly sweaty. There's not really anything you can do about the humidity, so I think the key is to cool down yourself. Find shade, drink cool drinks, and obviously invest in a Fresh & Black tent.

Not sure I'll bother trying to see Example, if 17% of the people on site on Thursday night are going to try and fit in the Glade. I suspect the issue with William's Green on Thursday night has just moved somewhere else.

Some announcements which aren't on the official lineup page: Greenpeace's Wednesday cabaret lineup (in alphabetical order): The Mandala Stage's Wednesday schedule: Donna Thompson is performing at the Crow's Nest on Friday: https://www.facebook.com/donnaT123/posts/pfbid02mNGLbq7Vgg46RmTbEbMtJsh8yrjkQNv98ykbdTJdgkg2BPNiPhYUyEeaKw9dhFzRl