eFestivals Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, retrokev said: cheap ones sold out for all we know, there might have been only ten of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, eFestivals said: for all we know, there might have been only ten of them Possibly... we bought 10 and low and behold it was sold out a week later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokev Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, eFestivals said: for all we know, there might have been only ten of them but knowing many of fest team,i know what was sold and was a considerable amount of full amount for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 minute ago, retrokev said: but knowing many of fest team,i know what was sold and was a considerable amount of full amount for sale so if you know, you can say...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokev Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, eFestivals said: so if you know, you can say...? say what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, retrokev said: say what 7 minutes ago, retrokev said: i know what was sold and was a considerable amount of full amount for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooxld Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 17 minutes ago, eFestivals said: for all we know, there might have been only ten of them I got an early bird ticket (£130) but they were only on sale for a few days before there was a notice saying the limited number had sold out. no idea how many sold. I'm sure if tickets sold massive numbers in a short time they'd be publicising this, most good PR companies would!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrokev Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, eFestivals said: i could say,but wouldnt prove anything would it. just standing up for fest team and doubters.makes for good fun and banter as all have an opinion 2 minutes ago, eFestivals said: 2 minutes ago, eFestivals said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 26 minutes ago, ooxld said: I got an early bird ticket (£130) but they were only on sale for a few days before there was a notice saying the limited number had sold out. no idea how many sold. I'm sure if tickets sold massive numbers in a short time they'd be publicising this, most good PR companies would!! Well there is also the issue I mentioned before.... there is a limited amount of Ferries and spaces on Ferries. When we bought the earlybird tickets the ferry from 10am to 3pm on the thursday had practically sold out. We had to get 3 cars on 2 different ferries. The return ones were even worse! could only get a 4.30pm ferry back.... so in my understanding with all the best intentions they will never sell out IOW.... just cant get the amount of people on the island off effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 44 minutes ago, ooxld said: I got an early bird ticket (£130) but they were only on sale for a few days before there was a notice saying the limited number had sold out. no idea how many sold. I'm sure if tickets sold massive numbers in a short time they'd be publicising this, most good PR companies would!! thing is, just about any event would lie about it as much as tell the truth. if they wanted to be upfront about it, all they need to do is publish how many there are. There's a reason why few do (some do, tho). Simple fact is that most want the ability to manipulate things in the less-good situations, to pretend a special batch has sold out when it hasn't, or to put the price on a specific date anyway. There's nothing particularly underhand about any of that, they're just trying to work things in their event's favour rather than (perhaps) against it, as anyone would. But from 20 years sat here I've learnt there's stuff you can use to benchmark and there's stuff you can't. Even plenty of "sold out"'s are suspect. You can't really use the speed of sales of early birds as meaning very much, cos if nothing else the go-every-year regulars will snap them up as cheap tickets (and there won't be enough to satisfy those in most instances), so they don't indicate wider demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 25 minutes ago, Havors said: so in my understanding with all the best intentions they will never sell out IOW.... just cant get the amount of people on the island off effectively. 700,000 made it over in 1970 The shit line-up is the reason it won't sell out, not the ferries. I think the vast majority of people come over as foot passengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 56 minutes ago, Henrik said: 700,000 made it over in 1970 The shit line-up is the reason it won't sell out, not the ferries. I think the vast majority of people come over as foot passengers. haha this is 2018.... people are lazy twats! If the ferry was sold out I know a shit load of people wont go. They probably swam over in 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Day splits have been announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurism Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, sisco said: Day splits have been announced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Not bad. Are these acts per day still to be split per stage?? If like to catch chase and status a s kasabian but think they may both be on same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurism Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 That's a mixture of acts from different stages. I would guess kasabian and chase status will be on at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 16 hours ago, Futurism said: That's a mixture of acts from different stages. I would guess kasabian and chase status will be on at the same time. Yeah I have a feeling that will be the case.... would much prefer Script were on same time as Kasabian so I could catch Chase & Status. I notice there is still around 30 acts to be announced and nothing has been mentioned for the thursday yet... come on sneak some Friendly Fires in the big top on the thursday! would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countingcrow Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I'm guessing that the following will be Big Top acts : Fri - Chase & Status - Nile Rodgers Sat - Hacienda Classical - Tokio Myers Sun - Camila Cabello That would leave a headliner required for Sunday in the Big Top and a host of 80's acts to be announced for Thursday Hoping that Manics stay as sub to Killers and Feeder stay on the main stage as Friday openers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 20 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said: So slightly offtopic but does anyone else have suggestions on where else to see Depeche Mode? Because I want to see them but nothing else on Saturday appeals and I live near Newcastle so it's quite far to travel. Thinking maybe I should go abroad to see them but where? They are playing Mad Cool in Madrid. Not sure if you can buy day tickets for that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 33 minutes ago, countingcrow said: I'm guessing that the following will be Big Top acts : Fri - Chase & Status - Nile Rodgers Sat - Hacienda Classical - Tokio Myers Sun - Camila Cabello That would leave a headliner required for Sunday in the Big Top and a host of 80's acts to be announced for Thursday Hoping that Manics stay as sub to Killers and Feeder stay on the main stage as Friday openers Be surprised if Feeder played an openers.... didnt they headline the Big Top a couple of years ago? big change that Also, they went with Razorlight and Starsailor last year on the Thursday. So no saying they will go 80's? There is about 30 acts still to be announced if you compare with previous years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooxld Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Saw Chase n Status in big top around 7 years ago when they'd just broke into charts. It was dangerously full but awesome atmosphere, although it was the full group not dj set like this year. if they and chic follow each other in big top that'll be brilliant, no need to move for a couple of hours :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, ooxld said: Saw Chase n Status in big top around 7 years ago when they'd just broke into charts. It was dangerously full but awesome atmosphere, although it was the full group not dj set like this year. if they and chic follow each other in big top that'll be brilliant, no need to move for a couple of hours :-) Yeah would much prefer a live set but still tons of big tunes! Id prefer they didnt clash with Kasabian either though... they are decent to sing along to when your smashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Gilgamesh69 said: There are day tickets available but I imagine it'll be quite expensive. So far Open'er seems to be the best option: Depeche Mode, David Byrne, Massive Attack and more for about £60ish Just go all in and do one of the whole festivals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havors Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said: Unfortunately there aren't many that appeal that aren't either sold out or clashing with other things I'm doing. Plus I don't want to go to a festival abroad if I'm already seeing a lot of the good acts over here. It's difficult Yeah I get what your saying. What I love about festivals though is the unexpected. Wondering around and coming across some crazy and fun things... and sometimes some brilliant music. I dont think I could go a year without doing at least one festival 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The All Round Ball :| Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Hi guys, who do people think might play on Thursday night? They haven't released anything about the Thursday and was wondering if people had any thoughts on it? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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