Tattoos at Glastonbury

[TomByTheThames]

I'm sure I know the answer to this but are there any Tattooists at Glastonbury? Purely curious but would be very tempted if there are, however I highly doubt it.

[Daveograve]

No

[Cornelius_Fudge]

Thought there was once upon a time, no? 

[Mardy]

Hehehe, given the main thing to do after getting a tattoo is keep it clean, protected from the sun and dry, glastonbury would be pretty much the worst place to get inked

[incident]

2 minutes ago, Cornelius_Fudge said:

Thought there was once upon a time, no? 

Not in the last 15 plus years - at least not officially at any rate. It's one of the things that's explicitly prohibited by the licence, and has been since the fence went up (possibly longer).

There has been and probably still is Henna places if that's what you're thinking of?

[eFestivals]

5 minutes ago, Cornelius_Fudge said:

Thought there was once upon a time, no? 

Nope - unless you're talking 30-ish years ago.

The licence specifically excludes it.

[fatyeti24]

i think there are pretty strong rules about tatts at festivals.  the Prodigy did it a few years back at their MK gig, but there was only one design, had to be pre-booked and that was only a one day festival.

[shuttlep]

aye, I can do a mean tattoo,  I mainly do prison style , so I have a razor and a biro

 

 

can write "love " or "hate " on your knuckles for a fiver

 

well dead cool innit 

[Spindles]

Do you do badly drawn anchors with the word "mum" under them?  I'm really hoping for that on my forearm.

[Tartan_Glasto]

No decent tattooist would ever consider it. A festival is not the place to keep an open wound clean. You'd end up with an infection within a day.

[Tartan_Glasto]

48 minutes ago, TomByTheThames said:

I'm sure I know the answer to this but are there any Tattooists at Glastonbury? Purely curious but would be very tempted if there are, however I highly doubt it.

If you're really tempted then book yourself in somewhere for when you get back. 

[eFestivals]

31 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

i think there are pretty strong rules about tatts at festivals.  the Prodigy did it a few years back at their MK gig, but there was only one design, had to be pre-booked and that was only a one day festival.

there's seemingly tatt artists at Download - but the regulation of fests is all done via the local council, and different councils have different ideas.

I wouldn't be too surprised if Glasto were able to over-turn the 'no' they have in their licence if they really wanted to (after all, tatts are well regulated nowadays), but whether they'd want to is another thing. There's not really any need to have tatts on site, and they'd probably prefer to save a battle over the licence for something of greater benefit.

[mr gumby]

1 hour ago, TomByTheThames said:

I'm sure I know the answer to this but are there any Tattooists at Glastonbury? Purely curious but would be very tempted if there are, however I highly doubt it.

If you're really keen on the idea, I'd suggest getting a henna or temporary one while there, get good photos of it, and then get a permanent copy done once you get home.

[Smith777]

I also think there're no. But guys, I'm really curious if it's normal to do tree tats. What do you think? I heard them to mean something weird, but not sure....

 

something like this one:

https://tattoozza.com/tree-tattoos

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Bestival had a tattoo parlour one year, run by Sailor Jerrys, seemed like all of their actual tattoo spots were taken by bands and mates of bands who were at the festival though. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

On 6/7/2017 at 11:58 AM, TomByTheThames said:

I'm sure I know the answer to this but are there any Tattooists at Glastonbury? Purely curious but would be very tempted if there are, however I highly doubt it.

TomByTheThames -  Just wondering if you are the tattoist Thomas Smalley? Can't be arsed researching and finding out whether you are or not, at the moment.

[Bonaneas]

On 07/06/2017 at 0:14 PM, fatyeti24 said:

i think there are pretty strong rules about tatts at festivals.  the Prodigy did it a few years back at their MK gig, but there was only one design, had to be pre-booked and that was only a one day festival.

There was one at download last weekend. Old Sarum. Queue a mile long. Bonkers idea. As someone with a 3/4 jap bodysuit I can't honestly see why you'd waste band / entertainment / social time getting inked at a festival, in the mud the blood and the beer. Got the rest of a mostly boring year for that. 

[Waapster]

My brother, pissed, went to a tattooist at a small festival about 6 years ago. He asked for "One life, live it" (yes I know...).

The woman doing the tattoo, also pissed left him with "One life, live ti ".

Too pissed to spell "it".

[crazyh]

Plenty of henna but no actual ones...

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

25 minutes ago, Waapster said:

My brother, pissed, went to a tattooist at a small festival about 6 years ago. He asked for "One life, live it" (yes I know...).

The woman doing the tattoo, also pissed left him with "One life, live ti ".

Too pissed to spell "it".

Hello Waapster,

I guess he's thought of this already, but he could get another tattooist to add on to the 'ti' with any of  the following;

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-that-start-with-ti

 

[MrZigster]

I prefer the T-Shirt thread.

They're easier to change.