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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.

[Vieuphoria]

I too went to Glastonbury.

[Vieuphoria]

Also, you seem like an arsehole.

[ska_4_life]

Easy enough to answer.

1. Glasto lineup was shit. There were few bands I would have liked to see. - I know there is alot more to do at glasto, but I wish to go to a festival to enjoy the music, that said I am a fan of WOMAD when it was in Reading, but that was pretty cheap.

2. People who go to glasto that I know are all c**ts, and therefore has branded the thought into my mind that therefore everyone who goes is a c**t.

3. I work in a Pub. In Reading. If i didnt go to the festival, I'd have to work the weekend in the pub, and that is so busy + messy is not worth it.

[halfpint]

I went to Glasto but i am gutted i can't make it to Leeds this year - they are very different festivals and people will go to each for very different reasons.  I love them both.

[craigb]

I do leeds festival every year and have do for quite some time. My first glastonbury this year, loved it. It may be my last leeds this year. Glasto and Leeds fest are like comparing alton towers to disney land, still both good but one is incredible. I would still do glasto if the line up was not to my liking, some of my highlights were stone circle and shangri-la.
Leeds fest really needs a stone circle area!

Edited by craigb, 07 July 2010 - 02:57 PM.

[Lithium05]

Many reasons...

1) forgot to register for tickets
2) prefer the line up at Reading, Download and Sonisphere
3) with so much going on at Glasto I reckon I'd feel a tad overwhelmed so I stick to the less is more theory
4) money - there's no payday between Download and Glasto - and I get free tickets to the former! So won't be missing that
5) distance - Reading is a half hour drive away at most
6) would have had to go on my own as none of my friends are ever up for Glasto (I could well make my debut next year though)
7) Laziness. All that walking... Meh.
8) I'm not a hippy, I like angry music
9) Im also not a pretentious c*nt like the op
10) because I wanted a round number of reasons I didn't go.

Edited by Lithium05, 07 July 2010 - 03:04 PM.

[Benj]

Dirty_Dave, on 07 July 2010 - 02:01 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.

I've been to one Glastonbury (99) and thirteen Readings (97-ongoing).

Glastonbury was ace, for me though it was simply too much, to much of a pain to get to, too busy once there. I still really enjoyed it but for me Reading provides what Im after in an easy to digest format. I much prefer the line-up at Reading, the one thing that Glastonbury does obviously lack, is music from the heavier side of the spectrum.

Im not a keen camper (and indeed don't even camp at Reading any more), I would love to go to Glastonbury again but unless I win the lottery and can be helicoptered into Camp Keralla, I really can't see myself ever attending again.

[Dirty_Dave]

craigb, on 07 July 2010 - 02:54 PM, said:

I do leeds festival every year and have do for quite some time. My first glastonbury this year, loved it. It may be my last leeds this year. Glasto and Leeds fest are like comparing alton towers to disney land, still both good but one is incredible. I would still do glasto if the line up was not to my liking, some of my highlights were stone circle and shangri-la.
Leeds fest really needs a stone circle area!

I thought this was a superb way to describe the differences!

[j-j-j-j-joe!]

Shut up! I cant believe i missed out on Glasto this year! Next year nothing will stop me going.

Rading in August, the hopefully get a glasto ticket in october. Niiiice  

[lharris92]

Lithium05, on 07 July 2010 - 02:56 PM, said:

Many reasons...

1) forgot to register for tickets
2) prefer the line up at Reading, Download and Sonisphere
3) with so much going on at Glasto I reckon I'd feel a tad overwhelmed so I stick to the less is more theory
5) distance - Reading is a half hour drive away at most
6) would have had to go on my own as none of my friends are ever up for Glasto (I could well make my debut next year though)
7) Laziness. All that walking... Meh.
8) I'm not a hippy, I like angry music
9) Im also not a pretentious c*nt like the op

pretty much these + there is hardly that many bands that i would actually like to see... from this years lineup there was 3 tops and i think 2 of them clashed... fun? i think not

[Vieuphoria]

I think Glastonbury is a far superior festival to Reading. Reading is just getting consistantly worse as a festival, and Glasto for a very similar price can offer you so much more. That being said, Reading always has a selection of bands i REALLY want to see so i tend to go. This however will almost certainly be my last ever Reading, it's turned to shit. Will always be a legendary festival, but they just dont do enough for the ticketholders.

[Electricityscape]

Cheaper, easier to get to, music overall is better, more my age group at Leeds etc etc etc.

I am going to Glastonbury one day, but not for a couple years.

Edited by Swellx, 07 July 2010 - 05:53 PM.

[j-j-j-j-joe!]

Since i decided to go to Glastonbury 2011, I've found it harder and harder to become excited about reading this year =/

I mean, the only band I'm REALLY looking forward to is Arcade Fire.

[5co77ie]

Whilst Glastonbury is a better festival for that festival feel, it is after all a performing arts festival - Reading offers far more chances to see acts as a music festival - as the stages are all close together and it takes minutes not hours to walk between them - at Reading I usually see around 60-70 acts, at Glastonbury it's around half that. So if you're into your music Reading is a far better proposition, in fact I can think of know other festival (and I've been to a lot) that offers so many acts in such a small space - probably Summer Sundae is the closest.

Edited by 5co77ie, 07 July 2010 - 06:35 PM.

[Vieuphoria]

j-j-j-j-joe!, on 07 July 2010 - 06:10 PM, said:

Since i decided to go to Glastonbury 2011, I've found it harder and harder to become excited about reading this year =/

I mean, the only band I'm REALLY looking forward to is Arcade Fire.

You should be in my shoes sir... having been to Glastonbury this year. I really couldnt give a shit about Reading, i find it proper hard to be excited about. I will however pep up when i see Libs and Weezer etc

[joelovesleeds!]

Dirty_Dave, on 07 July 2010 - 02:01 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.

Firstly, you are a cock.
Secondly, I think the 2 festivals are of a similar level all considered. Glastonbury is a nightmare to get to, far too busy and too spread out.

[craigb]

Swellx, on 07 July 2010 - 05:52 PM, said:

Cheaper, easier to get to, music overall is better, more my age group at Leeds etc etc etc.

I am going to Glastonbury one day, but not for a couple years.

Cheaper?
Weekend tickets for Glastonbury 2010 cost £185 plus £5 booking fee and £4.95 postage
Weekend tickets for R/L 2010 cost £180 plus £5 booking fee and £4.95 postage and £15 early
£10 between them, more expensive being R/L.

Not forgetting Glasto has about 50 stages/venues, whereas Leeds has about 10. Value for money?
Maybe in fuel/transport more expensive but in a car if you share the cost its not bad getting to glastonbury, considering I have to do over a 450 mile round trip.

Age doesn't come into it at glastonbury there is a very good mixture of people. Don't get that at reading or leeds

Vieuphoria, on 07 July 2010 - 06:45 PM, said:

You should be in my shoes sir... having been to Glastonbury this year. I really couldnt give a shit about Reading, i find it proper hard to be excited about. I will however pep up when i see Libs and Weezer etc

I'm feeling the same way at the festival as a whole but lucky for me I like a lot of bands this year at leeds

[Leeds_Brett]

Lithium05, on 07 July 2010 - 02:56 PM, said:

Many reasons...

1) forgot to register for tickets
2) prefer the line up at Reading, Download and Sonisphere
3) with so much going on at Glasto I reckon I'd feel a tad overwhelmed so I stick to the less is more theory
4) money - there's no payday between Download and Glasto - and I get free tickets to the former! So won't be missing that
5) distance - Reading is a half hour drive away at most
6) would have had to go on my own as none of my friends are ever up for Glasto (I could well make my debut next year though)
7) Laziness. All that walking... Meh.
8) I'm not a hippy, I like angry music
9) Im also not a pretentious c*nt like the op
10) because I wanted a round number of reasons I didn't go.

Apart from number 4 and maybe 7 thats the best I could of put it.  Also I love Leeds for being at the end of summer its like I get to enjoy the summer and then Leeds makes it a great end to it.

[Vieuphoria]

craigb, on 07 July 2010 - 07:08 PM, said:

Cheaper?
Weekend tickets for Glastonbury 2010 cost £185 plus £5 booking fee and £4.95 postage
Weekend tickets for R/L 2010 cost £180 plus £5 booking fee and £4.95 postage and £15 early
£10 between them, more expensive being R/L.

Not forgetting Glasto has about 50 stages/venues, whereas Leeds has about 10. Value for money?
Maybe in fuel/transport more expensive but in a car if you share the cost its not bad getting to glastonbury, considering I have to do over a 450 mile round trip.

Age doesn't come into it at glastonbury there is a very good mixture of people. Don't get that at reading or leeds



I'm feeling the same way at the festival as a whole but lucky for me I like a lot of bands this year at leeds

Reading/Leeds actually have 6. Very not worth it. I always wonder why Glasto can afford to do so much more and do do far more than the commercial ones such as Reading...