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[Dirty_Dave]

Hi All,

Having just returned from one of the best weeks of my life at Glastonbury I am intrigued as to why people would choose another festival over the legendary daddy of them all - Glasto? In my humble opinion all the other 'dirty festival' would never be a patch on it, so considering they are all around the same price, why oh why would you not choose to come to Glastonbury??

Have the majority of people going to other festivals also been to Glasto? What are your thoughts? How do u compare them?  What about people who simply think Glasto aint for them....?  Crazy!

Obviously if you tried and failed to get a ticket then this is fair enough, but seriously people cant prefer to go to V, Leeds, Reading etc over the Glastonbury??  

Thoughts on a postcard.

[Liblar]

I'd love to go to Glatonbury, it just seems like a mission and a half as it is sooo big!  But maybe one time I will brave it, I think you have to do Glastonbury at least once!  Glad you had a good time, you certainly had the weather on your side!

[Dirty_Dave]

Liblar, you would honestly love the place. Yes its as big as a small city, and there is so much to take it, but its great fun getting lost and finding all these hidden places etc.
First time for me, and i wonder why i never went in previous years.

[Liblar]

Well I may push the boat out next year and get myself down there, whats the bet its chucking it down next year!!  hehe.  I was having a look on the glastonbury website a few weeks ago and thought it looked pretty amazing, the shangrila (spelt wrong) area looks pretty cool too!

...not to slate V at all, cos I love it, but one thing that did disappoint me was that pretty much everything closes off at 11pm and i'm a night girl, fair enough we continued the party at our camper but its not the same.

My bloke raves about Big Chill, he goes to that every year and said the atmosphere and vibe is great, really friendly, suppose they dont get the big names like some of the others do, but it depends what your after!

[karlpowell]

Ive been about 15 times now , still love the place , but as soon as i get back i start thinking " f**k it i want to go to V as well"

I know i will get hastled to find my stashed beer when i walk into the areana ( this pisses me off no end)


all i need now is a ticket   ...  I have to watch Eels this year

[french navy]

going to t in the park (tomorrow-yay!) for the 7th time but was thinking it was time to spread the old wings-festivals down south have always seemed a bit of a mission to travel down from the arctic circle (ie aberdeen   ) but have decided to go to v this year at weston cos after seeing the line up over the two days there is always a band on i want to see

Plan for next year is glastonbury with a campervan 5 days seems a bit of a stretch camping so we are gonna try out the whole glastonbury experience for the first time in a bit more comfort   even tho it will be expensive i think it'll be worth it! think t in the park and v are all about the music and the crack but wanna try glasto cos its seems there is always something different to do if you dont fancy any of the bands that are on the main stages.

[LiamFrayisGOD]

I had exams this year, already arranged for Glasto next year, with V aswell if I get a job.

[BenLFC]

Firstly why did you find it necessary to not only post on both of the V forums but also the Leeds/Reading forum, the Download forum and T in the parks forum. I'm not saying Glastonbury isn't a brilliant festival but there's such thing as going over the top lol. Especially the wording of your post.

Dirty_Dave, on 07 July 2010 - 01:53 PM, said:

In my humble opinion all the other 'dirty festival' would never be a patch on it, so considering they are all around the same price, why oh why would you not choose to come to Glastonbury??

Glasto is as far south as you could want a festival. Most other festivals are close to cities or are fairly central. So factoring in train costs/petrol money for people who live up north Glasto quickly becomes extremely expensive. Especially the fact it's over five days as well. The extra two days for time off work and food costs could push some people over the edge.

Dirty_Dave, on 07 July 2010 - 01:53 PM, said:

Have the majority of people going to other festivals also been to Glasto? What are your thoughts? How do u compare them?  What about people who simply think Glasto aint for them....?  Crazy!

Maybe Glasto isn't for them. This doesn't mean they're crazy. Check above. People having an opinion isn't crazy.

Dirty_Dave, on 07 July 2010 - 01:53 PM, said:

Obviously if you tried and failed to get a ticket then this is fair enough, but seriously people cant prefer to go to V, Leeds, Reading etc over the Glastonbury??  

Thoughts on a postcard.

Maybe some people do prefer to go to V/Leeds/Reading? Maybe they don't enjoy the sheer size of Glasto. Maybe they actually like to see the bands instead of watching flags. If I was on a tight budget coming from up north I'd much rather go to V. I also think V has superior headliners to Glastonbury this year. (Yes, personal opinion...flame at will). I just think you should have worded your post different. And you seem to have got off lightly in this forum. The Leeds/Reading lot are ready to string you up from a massive pole and place you firmly in front of the stage so no one can see the bands.

[indie-rocknroll]

Love Glastonbury and have been before but it is school time so don't take my daughter out, probably will do in a feew years, V festival is out of school term and there's a huge bunch of us, a few years ago our usual crowd decided to go to Glastonbury and the day the tickets were available, only half of them managed to get tikets and the other half found it a nightmare to obtain some, so the group was split.

You cant compare Glastonbury to V, they are totally different experiences.  Its like asking why someone likes the Prodigy when they could listen to Newton Faulkner

[fenderstratz]

Dirty_Dave, on 07 July 2010 - 01:53 PM, said:

Hi All,

Having just returned from one of the best weeks of my life at Glastonbury I am intrigued as to why people would choose another festival over the legendary daddy of them all - Glasto? In my humble opinion all the other 'dirty festival' would never be a patch on it, so considering they are all around the same price, why oh why would you not choose to come to Glastonbury??

Have the majority of people going to other festivals also been to Glasto? What are your thoughts? How do u compare them?  What about people who simply think Glasto aint for them....?  Crazy!

Obviously if you tried and failed to get a ticket then this is fair enough, but seriously people cant prefer to go to V, Leeds, Reading etc over the Glastonbury??  

Thoughts on a postcard.

......and another glastonbury elitist is born......

[staffsknot]

fenderstratz, on 08 July 2010 - 08:12 PM, said:

......and another glastonbury elitist is born......

Yeah but he's only done it in the dry - he'd probably have a different opinion in the Summer of mud (though sleeping in someone random Austrian couple's tent like damp refugees is a great story to have). I've done Glasto twice, once in the wet and once in the dry and enjoyed myself, but I don't go to festivals because 'its the biggest, most awesome last time' - I go to a festival because of the line-up and if I can afford it!

As Indie points out Glasto can be great but you can't compare it with other festivals, just like comparing V and Download is relatively pointless - if you're into mostly Indie you'd prefer V to Download, if you're into metal and only metal then you'd say Download was better.

Glasto is more than a music festival, but a fair amount of the people who go don't experience more than the main stage - so honestly you probably didn't experience Glasto either!

[xxtinkerbellxx]

I went go Glasto last year, loved it and will admit that it was one of the best experiences of my life! But I can understand why people don't want to go.
Firstly a whole week has got to be booked of work which is difficult for some, the advantage of places like V is its on a weekend so no need to book time off if you don't want to.
Secondly everyone of my mates who have come back from G this year have said its just too long after 3 days your absolutley shattered and fed up of all the walking about etc. Then also the fact its so long means you spend more dosh so some people can't afford it with the ticket,travel,beer etc. all added up (hence why i didnt go this year )

[fenderstratz]

xxtinkerbellxx, on 09 July 2010 - 10:46 AM, said:

Firstly a whole week has got to be booked of work which is difficult for some, the advantage of places like V is its on a weekend so no need to book time off if you don't want to.
Secondly everyone of my mates who have come back from G this year have said its just too long after 3 days your absolutley shattered and fed up of all the walking about etc. Then also the fact its so long means you spend more dosh so some people can't afford it with the ticket,travel,beer etc. all added up (hence why i didnt go this year )

Yes.....All of the above

Now excuse me i have to go to the Whitby Folk week forum and berate everyone there for not going to V instead.....i mean how could they????????  

[staffsknot]

fenderstratz, on 09 July 2010 - 11:33 AM, said:

Now excuse me i have to go to the Whitby Folk week forum and berate everyone there for not going to V instead.....i mean how could they????????  

Yep exactly Fender - then we both have to argue because I prefer Ibanez and Gibson guitars to Fenders ooh the possibilities are endless - nevermind we are all entitled to do what we enjoy this guy thinks everyone must be like him. I think the guy is out for some flaming (but it livened up the boards a bit).

BTW I own a few Fenders and they are great ;-)

[xxtinkerbellxx]

staffsknot, on 09 July 2010 - 10:14 AM, said:

Glasto is more than a music festival, but a fair amount of the people who go don't experience more than the main stage - so honestly you probably didn't experience Glasto either!

I didnt even make it to the main stage when i went haha think i saw about 10 bands in total all week i was just far to amazed by everything else there!!

[Aarron B]

No ticket.
Couldnt get a week off work.
My mates wanted to go V for the line-up.

[cogstar]

Did glastonbury and loved it again, now I get another party with my pals.

[bezza18]

ive been to both, first v last year and loved, can never imagine not going, just an amazing weekend of drinking and great music. so easy to get from stage to stage, pretty close to where i live etc. glastonbury is a slog and considering if you want a good spot you have to get there early which was tuesday this year its even harder. i wanted my own bed by the friday/saturday, but thats when it starts kicking off really. if i had to choose only one to go to ever again, id pick V every time.

[the salmon]

fenderstratz, on 09 July 2010 - 11:33 AM, said:

Yes.....All of the above

Now excuse me i have to go to the Whitby Folk week forum and berate everyone there for not going to V instead.....i mean how could they????????  

As if they could choose going to Whitby over V........

But seriously, some quality festival snobbery there.  For me the only festival that is similar in getting acts I want to see is T in The Park, which with the extra day I think is better value, but then I have the hassle of the extra travel.  V does the job for now, I know exactly what it is, how much I expect to pay for a burger and that they expect me to spend an extra £10 to park my car, and another £10 for a programme etc.

I will do Glasto one year, but for now I will do V as long as there are enough acts I want to see.