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Couldn't disagree with this more. FR aren't putting on a free village fete in the local park here, this is a multi-million dollar festival that people have paid £100s to attend. Expecting some degree of communication is not being "entitled". Nobody is blaming FR for all high number of drop out this year, it can't be helped, but bands being dropped from the schedule without official comment is just poor form. For all you know someone is going specifically for one of the bands that have or may not have dropped out (I went to Leeds in 2018 solely for TFB, for example). Those people deserve to know what the situation is. It's not in any way unreasonable to expect FR to officially confirm when an act drops out. Removing them on the sly from the app and not posting any proper news is super scummy.

We were ultimately able to come to Worthy Pastures last weekend from France. We had an amazing time with the family, and we really enjoyed every second of our stay. Very happy to have been able to do what we never take the time to do during the festival: explore the surroundings (Pilton and Glastonbury). The atmosphere was so nice and soothing. I spare you the pictures of my ecstatic children on the Cadmus play ship, the dragon, and in the Pink Castle.

If they don't do a collab album with The Avalanches and call it Abbalanche then I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I reckon we might get Di Roz again before xmas, reckon they might keep us hanging on the rest though

Get Architects in quick to replace Fever 333!

*clears throat* Official announcements made before Christmas (each one for the following year's festival. Obvs): 10 October 2019: Diana Ross 20 October 2016: Radiohead 24 October 2002: Michael Eavis announces REM to headline on Radio 1 1 November 2004: Michael Eavis announces The Undertones & Outkast will play in Bristol Evening Post 15 November 2018: Stormzy 18 November 2019: Paul McCartney 23 November 2009: U2 30 November 2014: Lionel Richie 15 December 2019: Taylor Swift 19 December 2013: Arcade Fire 19 December 2018: Kylie

Definitely felt it for Stevie. Somehow ended up right down the front through sheer luck and it felt like the entire festival was in that field pouring their goodwill and love out towards him.

Agreed but at the end of the day I’m just taking it as it comes - almost to be expected with restrictions and Covid. Surprised Posty is still scheduled honestly Last year we got nothing at all so this year i don’t mind really who’s there - could it have been better? Sure. But, let’s make it what it is and still have a freakin’ amazing weekend because the festival is back at a time where we wasn’t sure whether it’d go ahead. So let’s just have a damn good time!

So excited to go tomorrow - currently loading the van!

That’s a really good description of how it was. One of my mates was at the big G for the first time and waiting for them to come on he nearly vibrates off his axis, repeating over and over “this is one of the biggest gigs ever isn’t it? Like the whole world is watching? And we’re here, stood here, this is mental. This is just massive” etc etc Then they absolutely nailed it. I love watching it back because I think you can visibly see them buzzing off it more and more as it goes along. Normally they have the richest punters down the front and they seemed to love the crowd reaction they got at Worthy. Including Charlie who was grinning ear to ear at the end (and on occasion during).

I try not to look that close.

This is probably going to sound like a really weird request, but wondered if anyone knows if there's any kind of AA/NA presence at EOTR as I know there is at some other fests? Last few years I've been a (sometimes barely) functioning alcoholic, festivals have always been one of the few times I could get pretty wasted for several days at a time and daytime drink without anyone judging me 😁 Won't bore you with the details, but now I'm a recovering alcoholic attending AA meetings and have been sober for 7 months. EOTR is going to be my first ever sober festival 🥳I'm not too worried about it (OK, slight lie), and I've got the best mates in the world who I'm coming with that all know the score so I've a bit of support there, but I don't want to be a downer for my mates either so having somewhere I can go for a nice cup of tea (living the dream etc) and get away from any boozey temptation for a bit would be welcome. Failing that, on the off chance that someone else in recovery reads this and is going then feel free to DM.

My favourite set (said btw as a huuuge Ezra fan) was the Felice Brothers in the 'old' tip tent and no entry controls (about 2009?). Whiskey in my whiskey was the perfect 2am lyric.

Slow day, I'm getting a bit desperate for set times... 😬 In the mean time, I've finished listening to and rating the whole lineup - based on their three songs with the most listeners on last.fm in the last year, which is a formula I've been using for a long time for no particular reason. Here's the upper bit of my list, if anyone wants something to look at while they wait for the SET TIMES COME ON ALREADY 9/10 Hen Ogledd Little Simz Richard Dawson 8/10 John Grant The Comet Is Coming Warmduscher 7/10 Dana Gavanski Girl Ray Jonny Greenwood Stereolab Teleman 6/10 Alice Boman, Anna B Savage, Anna Meredith, Auntie Flo, Balimaya Project, Billy Nomates, Dry Cleaning, Hot Chip, Jane Weaver, Jonny Dillon, Lonelady, Penelope Isles, Vanishing Twin 5/10 Ahmed Fakroun, Aoife Nessa Frances, Arab Strap, BABii, Big Joanie, Caroline, Crack Cloud, Fenne Lily, Field Music, Gwenifer Raymond, Gwenno & Georgia Ellery, Jerkcurb, Jim Ghedi, JOHN (TIMESTWO), Katy J Pearson, Kikagaku Moyo, Pozi, Red River Dialect, Sarathy Korwar, Sleaford Mods, The Golden Dregs, The Umlauts, Trash Kit, William Doyle, Zulu Zulu

Or how about "there they, there they, there they fucking go"

Yeah, I was right next to you, with @guypjfreak just in front of us. It was nice to see you both... We even shared some of Guy's hooch (cheers old son), which tasted better than it looked lol...

Baby Blutarsky was despatched to collect water on arrival

For those who love a map: Also glad we stocked up on food and didn’t forget anything (that we’ve noticed yet) - the general store is charging £4.50 for a tiny punnet of blueberries and £4 for a £1 bag of ice. Captive audience…

Reading Fest app for android - Reading 2021 – Apps on Google Play - its a new app. They didnt update the old one

I’ve had a lot of these over the last year or so in the time since I presumed to have had Covid. The trouble is that I’ve had a lot of other stuff going on that has the same symptoms so no idea if it’s long Covid or not. I’m wondering if they can develop a test for it that can check for a trace of the virus in the system. Would probably have to be a GP prescribed blood test though

Michaels searching his garden shed for that fire breathing Phoenix as we speak 🙂

Great bar on the high street with happy hour. Also shows sports: https://www.barkicklondon.com/whats-on/happy-hour Another happy hour down the road: https://www.barriobars.com/shoreditch Best curry house on Brick Lane. Always busy, great food - is BYO: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186338-d3489533-Reviews-Aladin_Brick_Lane-London_England.html There are also BYO Vietnamese places just up past Bar Kick (can't recall the names, don't go there as much as I used to recently!). Bar Prague was also decent and cheap, but Google says it's shut now. Can also recommend Commercial Tavern.

BBC summary: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58334835

All about percentages though innit. Based on my extensive survey of my own behaviour which I assume applies to everyone, I know that I'm putting myself in more situations where those potential transmissions are going to happen now that I'm double jabbed. So each one's got a lower risk of me catching it, but the greater number of encounters means I'm rolling the dice more often. Bound to happen sooner or later, although I've got the added bonus of having already had it so maybe a bit more resilient. Definitely gutting about the weekend though, especially with the weather. I take it that you going and leaving her at home isn't really an option...😂

Yeah, thats my general view as well. Circuit breaker lockdowns don't work, we pretty much have as much vaccine coverage as we are going to have ( unless we want to wait to vax kids, but thats another minefield) and the NHS isnt looking like its going to be overwhelmed. Any restrictions proposed now are basically going to be permanent ones. And id rather have the societal risks of Covid than social distancing as permanent thing

Heya - genuine question as I'm interested and you seem to be the most informed on long COVID on here - how have medical staff been able to tell people they'll have it for life? My understanding was we don't entirely understand what it is right now, and new treatments are cropping up regularly? Unless it's trigged some underlying condition? Just struck me as odd. It's a difficult situation at the moment - just saw the Get Cape Wear Cape Fly tour due next month has been postponed as they can't get insurance for it. And shows that would normally sell fast don't seem to be selling as fast - though there could be multiple reasons for that (not least for us, it seems like every show we had booked in 2020 has been moved to September this year!) The weird thing is, I spent most of the first half of the year arguing with the "if not now, when?" crowd by saying "once all adults are double vaxxed." It seemed obvious to me - we make ourselves as safe as possible then open up. It made absolute sense to wait until that point. And that's roundabout the point we are at right now. And my view hasn't changed, which means I am now one of the "if not now, when?" crowd myself! We've done all we can, long COVID may just be something we have to deal with as a society. I don't see any other route out of it other than indefinite lockdown. We can talk all we want about distanced events and continued mask wearing, but in the period of time where we were doing that *cases were still going up*. At a slower rate, for sure, but if that's your "new normal" then they're going to continue going up (because exponential growth) and they're going to peak at the same point - it's just that peak will be at a later point in time. Which is useful if your concern is hospitals being overrun, but not if your concern is overall infection (and therefore long COVID) numbers. They'll be the same.

That Thursday night Ezra Furman covers set in the Tipi was so good. Enjoyed it enormously.

Love it! Enjoy the weekend my dude.

Bugger, hope the jab does its job and it stays mild

It's the fact that he's suddenly coming out with this child exploitation/pornography/sex worker bullshit now after years of living a life celebrating the fact that he was the Nirvana baby. Had this always been his stance then I could understand a little more, but he's been reaping the benefits for years and now the money seems to have dried up he's taking another tact. Shameless cash in attempt.

Maybe. Its a bit longer (85 versus 58 pages) than what became the main thread in 2019 but we've had an extra year to make it so. It's pleasantly busy this week though! I love the speculation and anticipation the week before that we're all feeling 😊

OMG, it was like something out of a comedy, I like, was trying to find my friend near the main stage and we were totally lost, but then they said they were near a guy with a flag that said “Ban Flags” and then I was able to find them and we had a totes amazeballs time. The flag like, really helped, and if they were banned we wouldn’t have found each other. It was like, so ironic, like in that Alan Morrissey (from The Smiths) song.

This is how I read this! Normally takes a couple of nights to get that bad!

I’m the Tim you met Guy, bumped into you while you were wearing a Pearl jam T-shirt, made it a bit easier to recognise you!

I've just found that it's a brand new app for Android, I was waiting on the old one to update. Its just called Leeds 2021 and developed by festival Republic ltd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greencopper.leeds

good stuff ... thanks for your help in the build up by the way 🙂

That’s what we found. It was reminiscent of those occasional times at the festival when you’ve had enough of the frenetic atmosphere seeing bands and you just wander into the quieter areas, sit down with a drink and maybe chat with a stranger. The stone circle at dusk with the fire lit and kids toasting marshmallows, we felt so chilled out.

I would take RHCP with Frusciante or Rammstein instead of Coldplay.

Cheeky little video on Camper Calling Instagram stories For a sneak peak at the site; https://instagram.com/campercalling?utm_medium=copy_link I live within a 10 mile radius of the site & the grid lock the first couple of years was a nightmare, they then sorted a traffic management that only gridlocked the surrounding country lanes😅 2018 it took us about 3 hours to get in! this too has been rectified - the last one '19 was smooth sailing as they now have multiple entry gates depending on your camping area. Follow the colour coded signs/route/gate that are the same as your window sticker - As You Like It is green (I think!) Also Thurs entry was new for '19 which we bought, and again this year, we left the house at 11.40am, gates opened at 12 noon, we drove to site, saw 1 or 2 other campervans on the way over, straight in, no queue & set up by 12.10 😉 - staggering entrance over 2 days also massively cut out a lot of the queues. Things might be a bit more slow moving this year due to the Covid pass checks but I would say not to arrive much earlier than gates opening time (noon tomorrow, 10am Fri) because they probably won't open any earlier and it will cause tailback. There's a couple of services on the A46, a larger one at Evesham, if you're coming from the south, (15/20mins from site) and a smaller one at Alcester (5mins from site) you could always head to one of these and check out Google maps, if the route's all in red then you're in for a wait, but hopefully you'll be in smoothly 😊 Also I'd turn off sat nav nearer to the site as it may very well send you down singal track lanes that won't take you where you need to be - follow the signs, they're already out, and if all else fails follow the the VWs😉

What about Sleep Token as a secret set? They’re at the I’ll fated ALT LDN on the Monday

Usually announced on the app on the day, think they did that for Broco in 2017 and BMTH (An Invitation to Salvation) in 2018. Check here on the main 2021 thread though, and the merch stands for any merch on sale for bands not on the lineup and the fences covered in posters, sometimes there's posters saying "2pm Pit Stage" etc. Not sure how but no one is ever out of the loop if they don't want to be.

I don't know if anyone has read Lol Tolhurst's memoir Two Imaginary Boys, but in that case a lawyer managed to instill a sense of grievance in Lol, leading to a lengthy court case where he sued his mates, later regretting it badly, presumably in no small part because he lost. The lawyers got paid.

Another reminder for us to go and see these legends play live as much as we can. One day, there won't be any left from such a wonderful era. I do hope I get to see the Stones play just one more time. Been fortunate to have seen them half a dozen times but the last show in Cardiff a few years ago was absolutely incredible. I just kept shaking my head of how they still had so much energy to produce that kind of show. I still get chills thinking about the glorious crescendo of Midnight Rambler.

Speaking to Jesus is more likely than ticketmaster.

Where's this assumption about secret big names come from? Unless there's a "special guest" listed in the stage times they'll be piano and late night Tipi second sets by some who are already playing, as they usually are. (Bill Ryder-Jones turned up on the piano in 2019 but that was unusual - Black Midi hadn't released anything when they played the Tipi)

Wow. The Tory lead has been slashed.

I just put out a new one too! Hope everyone enjoys!

Same legs, different view, Dartmoor today looking lovely from the van