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[maja x]

Hi,

I went to my first Glastonbury last year and took a chair as I can only stand still for a few minutes before needing to sit down. Mostly when at the Pyramid stage I was able to get on the disabled platform but a couple of times there was no room left and I had to sit in the crowd (far back nowhere near the front).

Having read a few threads on this forum I now realise that chairs can be a bit on the unpopular side and wondered what the best thing to do was. Where is the most inoffensive place to sit if the disabled platform is full? Or should I avoid the area completely?

Thanks for looking  

[LusciousLucy]

Its not that chairs are utterly hated, its more the numpties that choose to sit in the chairs for the entirity of the blooming day, not putting them away/down while acts are playing and getting shitty/shirty when asked to put aforementioned offending space taker upper away.

Once its dark and you are in the Pyramid Field...go figure the consequences!

It can get quite nasty in there thats for sure

Tom Jones...last year...I reckon it was 40 deep in places...and thats 40 deep DOWN The field...twas a bit ridiculous.

At times it feels like you are at the BBC Proms not Glastonbury...blame the BBC for making a countercultural event a cultural event  

Heyho. Maybe there will be announcements on the screens this year asking for people to be considerate.

[StoneCircle]

I personally have no objection to chairs on the large stages as long as its behind the mixing desk area, any further forward  and you are in the way and stopping people dancing. And never ever ever should you put a chair up in the smaller tented stages ie Acoustic, Avalon, QH, Leftfield etc!

[ivan]

Chairs are fine , they just need not to be in the wrong place.

Which is in a densly populated area near the front of the stage , but then again I suppose
it depends on the act.  

Prodigy - No
Jools Holland - Yes

I would say unless its really sparse do not go further in than the mixing desk , we spend
a lot of time at Other Stage and you do not see chairs past that point usually

Hope this helps !

[Station]

This is no word of a lie and i swear I was not on any drugs at the time but whilst chilling outside my tent one year I actually saw several people walk past carrying a two seater sofa and an armchair ?????????

[farewellandgoodnight]

maja x, on Apr 27 2010, 10:55 PM, said:

Hi,

I went to my first Glastonbury last year and took a chair as I can only stand still for a few minutes before needing to sit down. Mostly when at the Pyramid stage I was able to get on the disabled platform but a couple of times there was no room left and I had to sit in the crowd (far back nowhere near the front).

Having read a few threads on this forum I now realise that chairs can be a bit on the unpopular side and wondered what the best thing to do was. Where is the most inoffensive place to sit if the disabled platform is full? Or should I avoid the area completely?

Thanks for looking  

Usually you can get away with sitting up the side of the hill to the right of the Pyramid at most times during the day if you want a reasonable view of the stage without getting in people's way. At night though try to stay as far back as possible as much for your safety as anything as pissed up people (me) will tend to fall over you.

[maja x]

Thank you everyone for your replies, I intend to be pretty far back behind the mixing desk so hopefully won't get in anyone's way.

I'll attach glow sticks to my chair and walking stick at night to save people tripping and any painful knocks for me. Not sure what I can do to prevent people from tripping over me during the day though, some sort of high visibility tape maybe?  

[farewellandgoodnight]

maja x, on Apr 27 2010, 11:40 PM, said:

Thank you everyone for your replies, I intend to be pretty far back behind the mixing desk so hopefully won't get in anyone's way.

I'll attach glow sticks to my chair and walking stick at night to save people tripping and any painful knocks for me. Not sure what I can do to prevent people from tripping over me during the day though, some sort of high visibility tape maybe?  

Haha, i'm sure you'll be fine during the day. It's fairly easy to look at a crowd and see where you can go and not be in the way.

Good call with the Glowsticks by the way. That's gonna save me a few bruises this year, lol!

Hope you have a great time!

[Toilet Duck]

maja x, on Apr 27 2010, 11:40 PM, said:

Thank you everyone for your replies, I intend to be pretty far back behind the mixing desk so hopefully won't get in anyone's way.

I'll attach glow sticks to my chair and walking stick at night to save people tripping and any painful knocks for me. Not sure what I can do to prevent people from tripping over me during the day though, some sort of high visibility tape maybe?  

Honestly, the main problem people have with chairs is based on their use in areas where they really don't belong (ie right up front). Behind the repeaters in the pyramid field I would judge as fair enough (there's a huge spread in the types of people who go to glastonbury, it's unfair to expect everybody to be able to stand for 10-12 hours a day!). The suggestion about the right hand side of the pyramid field is a good one since there's more of a hill on that side, and there's less movement as there's a fence to the right...you also get quite a good view! Chairs used to be banned from the acoustic tent, but last year there was a dedicated chair area at the back (of all the stages the acoustic tent is the one where having a chair probably makes most sense!)...