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Some good news… I got married! And the weather was absolutely incredible for it too! I wanted to share one of our wedding gifts with you all as I know you’ll all appreciate it. My friend drew this from scratch, must have taken her AGES!

Well that sucked the fun out of that idea.

Tired of seeing 2020 in the title so started a new thread about the triumphant return. My 9th since 2011, and in many ways my favourite, though you never forget your first time entering the garden do you ? I camped alone as Mrs KYTV was a bit bored of "confessional American females" and she kindly stayed in Salisbury, doing drop off/pick off duties, bless her. She was surprised I managed to put my own tent up. I'm only 56. HIGHS The music was wonderful, my best year for consistency. Didn't hear a set I didn't enjoy, and can honestly say I'd pay to see any of the 30 odd artists I saw again, assuming they'll want to play Gorilla or Brudenell or Lexington for a tenner next month. The Katy J Pearson set blew me away, and that last song by Anna B Savage brought a few tears, but as usual it was Jane Weaver's "I Need A Connection" that moved me most. Loads of new personal discoveries, most shamingly Porridge Radio. Never judge a band by its name. The breadth of musical style was astonishing. Moving from Shirley Collins to Little Simz to Dry Cleaning to Richard Dawson in an evening was as good as it gets. Sound quality was really good, once you found your own sweet spot. Darren Hayman from the side of the Tipi was as good as it got, or perhaps the cider did that. Lack of chattering, or perhaps I notice it less. Crowds down on Talking Heads late at night were reverential. I dropped in on some high quality early afternoon comedy and laughed a lot. Not much makes me laugh. Enjoyed all the food, particularly the Lebanese Mezze, breakfast cheese toasties vegan cauliflower bites and dosas. As Chubby noted so eloquently, not cheap. Oh, and the weather. Never mind the best EOTR, the best 4 days of the year for those of us for whom 20 is plenty. But mainly, lovely people, including the bloke from Bristol who chatted to me before the Penelope Isles set. Talking to people is good. LOWS Missed the Americans and Antipodeans, particularly the confessional American females. The toilets. I've always wondered why I carry half a roll of toilet paper round and now I know. William Doyle's set was beset by technical problems, which was a shame because the 20 minutes we heard were really great. And that's it. A triumph, and the look of sheer joy on the face of artist after artist at the reception they were getting was wonderful to see.

Not sure where the correct place in the forum to put this would be, but I have 4 tickets for this gig on Friday that I am not going to use and haven't been able to sell on Twickets. (Am doing the Right Thing and going to a pal's post-vaccines rearranged Stag Do instead.) I am running the Manchester marathon on Sunday 10th October and can't find cheap accommodation (i.e. everything I see is £120+). Anyone who DMs me with some inside info about bargain hostels or hotels can have the 4 New Order tickets. Or even if you don't have inside info but just ask nicely, you can have them with my best wishes. 😄

I'd happily watch a weekly show where Emily reviews the best/worst/most mental eFests content of the week.

I absolutely love all the speculation. It's got me thinking how good a Glasto documentary series would be. Six episodes covering a year in the Glasto lifecycle, from the end of one festival right up til the start of the next and covering all the booking processes, build up, behind the scenes drama etc. Inject it into my veins!

Arrived on Thursday excited beyond belief and headed in for first band on the Woods Stage, Blood Wizard. How the organisers managed to pull it out of the bag so remarkably is astounding. To complain about anything not being perfect (eg toilets) would be churlish at best, Any impact from Covid was minimal and apart from the absence of US/African bands, it was much like any other year - ie fantastic Blood Wizard were fun, followed by Kikagaku Moyo and Stereolab. KM were entertaining but always seem like they could go up another gear. Stereolab played for 90 minutes and were phenomenal. Ended up working our way through the Spice Girls and drinking way too many ciders from the bus - getting back was hazy. Headed in on Friday for a Bloody Mary, only to find the Airstream bus gone and the replacement still setting up at noon. Bleary eyed we headed to the Tipi to see if they could rustle up an alternative. There was no queue but only cans were available which, although acceptable as a substitute, were significantly enhanced when we asked for Tabasco etc which the kindly bar manager procured from elsewhere at speed. Katy J Pearson was fun at the Woods, as was Balimaya Project. CMAT at the Garden Stage was a revelation - what a voice she has. Enjoyed Teleman, less so Damon Albarn. The rest of the evening was a bit of a blur (boom boom) , as we met long absent friends who’d never been before, and ended up careering through the fairy lit, art filled beauty that is Larmer Tree. The oasis that is the woodland library seems to hold an extraordinary number of different Andy McNabb books - who knew he’d written so many!? Many stops at various bars were punctuated by a spot of stargazing (well, listening) and glimpses/snippets of Hot Chip, John Grant and Warmduscher. Random encounters with strangers in the disco delights of Effing Forest produced a new limerick I’d never heard (who know there were so many rhymes for ‘Birmingham’, including ‘sperm in ‘im’?!) Saw a bit of KJP in the Tipi but unfortunately missed out on Bo Ningen. Left our friends dancing til closing in the Cider tent and headed back via a dimly recorded and less than direct route. The real ale tent was a treat throughout, but we were especially pleased with the 8 grain porter which became a firm friend. Highlight food wise was the Singapore Noodles (massive portions) followed by the crispy duck and roast potatoes. Saturday was a bit calmer thankfully, and began with Golden Dregs (lovely hypnotic baritone) in the Garden Stage. Bloody Mary’s were still tantalisingly out of reach due to the queue, but a gin and ting from the Gin Bar did the trick, as did the Steak flatbread from the Persian concession. H Hawkline was great as ever with lovely patter, then over for Modern Nature and Hen Ogledd on the Woods. Both were very good but I tend to prefer them when they do evening sets. Squid were phenomenal back at the GS. A quick sprint over to Woods for Comet (ferocious and relentless), quickly back to GS for the end of Anna Meredith (wish I’d caught more) and finished off back at Woods for Sleafords. Seen them many, many times but they’re always captivating - great to see political ire front and centre still, along with cutting lyrics and fantastic beats (now supplemented with singing occasionally). Tried to wander over to TH for Simon Amstell but the queue was crazy so caught a bit of Romare (trippy), back to Tipi for more hot ciders plus Chubby and his gang (phenomenal) and Giant Swan (bonkers but great fun) as late night secret sets. It always goes too quickly and Sunday was upon us already. Junior Brother (plus more gin) were interesting at Woods, then we spent the afternoon basking in the sun (well, shadow) at the Garden Stage. Beautifully curated for the last day, there are few better places to watch music. Charlie Cunningham was charming, Jim Ghedi absorbing and Shirley Collins blew the bloody doors off. She might have had the best reception of the weekend and the Morris dancer was great (as were the pre song intros explaining the 400 year plus origin of many of them). Caught a bit of Porridge Radio who created a lovely racket, then over to Garden for the final couple of sets. Arab Strap were incredible (great lyrics, candid cynical subject matter, ferocious music) though Richard Dawson was the highlight. He played for 90 minutes but it went in a heartbeat - with songs of 14th century ogres and soldiers butting up against contemporary mental dislocation and the banality of existence. Loved the drummer too. Darren Hayman finished off the published line up and was as enjoyable as ever. Great intro (‘Graham, who the fuck is Darren Hayman?)’ and all-round loveliness thereafter. He should play every year. Final two secret sets were Black County (loved them) and then an off kilter choice of Horsey (I think). Possibly the brother of King K, they were a (kind of) punk garage, glam cruise ship combo. King Krule came on to do the final number (wish I managed to see his main set TBH) and that was it for another year. As ever, all was beautiful - customers, staff and crew were charming, ales were scrumptious, weather glorious, (even at night), music amazing and I’ll be back again for the dozenth time in ’22 - can’t wait x Top 5ish Stereolab Squid Shirley Collins Arab Strap Richard Dawson Darren Hayman Bubbling under Golden Dregs H Hawkline Hen Ogledd Black Country Chubby and the Gang Jim Ghedi Gutted to have missed Fortitude Valley Jane Weaver Jonny Dillon Vanishing Twin Trash Kit Sarathy Korwar Melin Melyn Caroline Drug Store Romeos Sorry Girl Ray Dry Cleaning Dana Gavanski Pan Amsterdam Yard Act

I am not emotionally prepared for hearing One Day Like This because it is such a Glastonbury song and not having had my One Day Like This for so long now I think it would break me. Hope you enjoy the gig. I know they get a lot of stick on here but they are a lovely bunch and Guy Garvey's voice does make me emotional.

Make it a late night live show and have it hosted by @Yoghurt on a Stick Now that i would watch.

Take that kind of nonsense over to the Controversial Opinions thread, chief. That's not even their best song 😆

Bands wot I saw and filmed….. Enjoy xx

I do like a breaky wobbler, me. Can't wait to see Shanti at Waterworks in just over 2 weeks. Set times out today, so the anticipation is building nicely. Ben

Thread police, arrest this man, He talks in touring patterns, he bimbles like a hippy, He's like a detuned radiohead. Thread police, arrest this girl, Her Hayley Williams hairdo is making me feel ill, And we have crashed her party for one. This is what you'll get, This is what you'll get, This is what you'll get, When you mess with eFests. Thread police, I've given all I can, It's not enough, I've given a 5 stage Glastonbury prediction, But we're still on less than 15 rep points. This is what you'll get, This is what you'll get, This is what you'll get, When you mess with eFests. For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost my goan fish curry. Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself. For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself. Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost track of who was ruled out of Glastonbury 2022 and embarrassed myself in the headliners thread.

Did Love Saves this weekend, what an absolute vibe of a two dayer! Saturday was really nice, with Ben UFO b2b Shanti finishing off the evening (well, we then went out after so not really). Breaky wobblers and hazy basslines. Sunday we were feeling rough but got back on it and La La and Bradley Zero saved the day (heh). Was waiting for him to drop Toca's Miracle as I'd seen videos of it getting played all Summer. Still just fucking huge really isn't it?

Lots to say but for now: Gav’s weather videos? Fucksake. What’s he doing? Using a bit of seaweed on a nail? Looking at swan entrails? Man’s a charlatan. ‘Washout’ my arse.

Just got back from Green Man, caught a bit of BC Camplight and ended up stood next to Thom Yorke. He said that Radiohead are going to be playing next year and probably The Smile too although didn’t say if they were headlining. (I wasn’t sure it was him at first but then he started doing the Lotus Flower dance to I Only Drink When I’m Drunk)

Did your Dad do a similar thing to their partners or did he single your wife out? Without knowing how it is written it's tricky to give advice. I am generally an anything for an easy life kind of person. However I am also fiercely principled. Did your siblings have a similar relationship with your Dad to you as if they did you might want to try a more softly, softly approach. In that they will all recognise that what he did wasn't reasonable and that you want to ensure your wife is taken care of should the worst happen.

Agreed! Perhaps a misalignment of expectations and reality rather than an honest review of what it was. That version of Up on Melancholy Hill was so divine! I wish there was a legit recording of it.

Obviously a bit patchy this year compared to most, with very few US bands and plenty of last minute replacements. We also restricted ourselves to the outdoor stages. The special moment was Willy Tea Taylor on the Talking Heads stage, with great stories and a beautiful intimate setting. Other highlights included Kikagaku Moyo and Jane Weaver, with a brilliant atmosphere at the Garden Stage. The lowlight was Damon Albarn. I should have known better, I've seen him solo before - incredibly dull. Rumours also went around that Modern Woman would be something good, but I think they could possibly be even worse than BCNR, and that's going some. And I found the answer to whether Sleaford Mods can carry it off on the Woods stage... nice effort, but no. But in saying all that, I still got introduced to new music, I still got to recline for hours in the sunshine, drinking Bloody Mary's at the Garden Stage, and I still had a great time. Early Bird tickets in the bag for 2022!

Haven’t stopped listening to Kawala since I’ve come back. Brilliant happy summery band

Anyone catch Golden Dregs on the garden? Magical stuff.

Yes I just realised I didn't even comment on the wedding. I'm so sorry @DareToDibbleMany congratulations to you and your wife. Wishing you many years of happiness. What can I say I'm a sucker for great art. If it's any consolation I treated my own wedding day with similar disregard. We got married abroad and when I got back someone asked me was it the best day of my life, I said it wasn't even the best day of that trip!! Nothing against my husband who I am still married to 16 years later but the whole getting all dressed up etc isn't exactly my favourite thing to do and our wedding/honeymoon trip did have some bloody great day tours etc in it. It certainly wouldn't compare to winning Glastonbury tickets. You have no idea how hot I was in that dress and make up and apparently swimming in your wedding dress is frowned upon 😄

I don't think any show I've ever tried for has put the full ticket allowance into pre-sale.

I managed 26 miles walking and dancing on crutches. #Winning

Girl Band was a hoot.

John Peel Tent Hot Chip 128 Doves 175 Jarvis Cocker 160 The Streets 105 Phoenix 115 MGMT 80 London Grammar 119 Sigur Ros 90 InterpoI 75 Jazzworld / West Holts Rodrigo y GabrieIa 106 Jimmy CIiff 70 Kool and the Gang 150 Chic ft. NiIe Rodgers 160 The Mothership Returns (George CIinton, ParIiament, Funkadelic and The FamiIy Stone) 115 Earth, Wind and Fire 160 Justice 560 JaneIIe Monáe 240 The Park Bon lver 161 The Horrors 80 Metronomy 80 Grimes 138 The FIaming Lips 40 (-10)

Fabulous news....congratulations to you both....and what a wonderful gift that you can treasure forever.

Aw that's a proper great present!! What a great friend.

Congratulations, and what a tremendous pressie, much better that a set of cutlery!

STOP. DUMPING. TWEETS.

On Thursday I had misgivings as the queues for food were massive and the bogs were shitholes, as it were, but it all improved after that. Lucky for us males that there were plenty of urinals. we only go for the music, not the partying so this time we stayed in an Airbnb about a ten minute drive away, through some narrow and quite hairy country lanes. It worked for us, and we’ll be doing it again next year. no bands blew me away as the likes of Eliot Brood, Duke and the King, The Growlers, Phosphorescent, Low Anthem and dozens of others have in the past……but I was still spoilt for choice on who to see and saw some great and greatly enjoyable sets. Sunday was exceptional on every stage, but we stuck mostly to the garden. Being old, with an underlying condition, we didn’t brave the tents, although sat outside the Big Top with a beer and loved hearing if not seeing All We Are and WH Lung. apart from a largeish group of middle aged tossers that congregated on left side of Garden, crowds seemed more like the old days in showing respect to the artists and fellow attendees by keeping quiet. only downside was I cracked my knee very hard an a bollard on an unlit and crowded path. Can’t bend the bastard now. All in all great festie, one of the best given the circumstances and much better than I thought it was going to be without the Americans, Canadians Australians and Africans

No replacement for buying the programme on entry to read with your fine ale and cider from the bars and all based on times from 2018 and 2019 but here is the start of a clash finder. https://clashfinder.com/s/beardedtheory2022

They could easily do it from the Glasto perspective though. Bookers and agents might not agree to being on it or having their tactics documented but you could see Emily or whoever put the phone down and say "Beans On Toast's agent isn't budging on his fee." and show how they handle that or find a replacement etc etc. Or even the less sexy stuff like a day in the life of the guy/girl who maps out the stages (I don't know what festival jobs are in case you can't tell), or the person who approves vendors or whatever. Or even what a boring day for the Eavis' looks like. People love shows about behind the scenes of hotels and luxury yachts, I'm sure a festival one would have just as much interest.

Woken up to read this shite. How long is this going to go on. At what point does the government have to admit that it’s completely torn apart the NHS and this is the reason why? This is nothing to do with COVID getting worse it’s because the NHS isn’t fit for purpose.

One song - made popular by a film.

John Peel Tent Bright Eyes 30 Hot Chip 128 Doves 169 Jarvis Cocker 160 The Streets 105 Phoenix 111 MGMT 80 London Grammar 115 Sigur Ros 90 Interpol 75 Jazzworld/West Holts Rodrigo y Gabriela 100 Jimmy Cliff 70 Kool and the Gang 150 Chic ft. Nile Rodgers 160 The Mothership Returns (George Clinton, Parliament, Funkadelic and The Family Stone) 115 Underworld 5 (-10) Earth, Wind and Fire 160 Justice 560 Janelle Monáe 240 The Park Bon Iver 161 The Horrors 75 Metronomy 80 Grimes 138 The Flaming Lips 50

As always a fantastic festival, with great weather, food, drink & the vast majority of people (more of which later). My top ten acts (in order, cos I'm anal like that!): 10. Hot Chip 9. Charlie Cunningham 8. Stereolab 7. Fortitude Valley 6. The Golden Dregs 5. Shirley Collins 4. Chubby & the Gang 3. Arab Strap 2. Darren Hayman 1. Katy J Pearson - the star of the festival for me. Both her main set & the late night tipi show. Also, met her wandering about & she was obviously loving the festival. Shout outs to: Bdrmm, Jonny Dillon, Pozi, Comet is coming, Sleaford mods & Black country new road who didn't quite make the list. Loads of stuff I loved that I knew little or nothing about but will be investigating further in the coming days & weeks. Only one moan: Gangs of c**ts at festivals. A group of 5 blokes camped near me who seemed to have zero interest in the music. They'd obviously got a ticket just to get smashed with 'the lads' (if they're wearing fancy dress, it's usually a clue). They were singing & chanting about raping & battering women. I shouted at them to shut the fuck up, but didn't feel brave enough to confront them directly. Please don't come back you fucking tossers - fuck off to a festival that suits you or, better still, fuck off and die!

Pretty much, yeah. Neil/efestivals has info that Billie Eilish is headlining the Friday, plus some info from elsewhere that Kendrick won’t be touring Europe in 2022.

Actually deleting this as don't have the energy for this thread any more! Enjoy.

Just thought I'd mention that the NFR NFC meets have been some of the best times I've ever had at Glastonbury. Meeting you lot has been a privilege. NFR NFC.

My first EOTR and what a show! I’ll make every effort to go back. Lovely vibe in the campsite, beautiful arena and a really strong line up that left me spoilt for choice every hour.

28th Sept, was in the programme

I have so much love for this festival and cannot express how much admiration I have for the organisers and staff for the tireless work they put in to make it happen. We had an absolutely amazing time, saw some incredible music, met up with a load of great people and drank and ate very well indeed. Highlights: Warmduscher, Lice, Crack Cloud, Little Simz, Just Mustard, Wu-Lu (my word, those last few songs and the drummer's epic stagedive) Stereolab, Kikagaku Moyo, Lazarus Kane (please don't stop now), PVA. Being back at Larmer Tree, I think this is the 15th festival I've been to on that site going back to Big Chill's in the 90's and it never loses its charm and magic. Other stuff: Beer was decent and I didn't miss Beavertown's wallet busting prices. Enough food although a couple of stalls were sorely missed. Shout out to Dosa, Curry Shed and Persian Street Food all of who were excellent. Stranger Than Paradise. Please have them back next year instead of Rough Trade again. A proper independent shop with amazing staff. Really loved what they did this year. The wooded area was so lovely again, it's beautiful to wander around at night when it really comes alive. Toilets weren't up to Andy Loos standard but I didn't have too many issues as long as I took my own bog roll. Can someone have a word with whoever picks the frankly awful music blaring from the Cider Bus on Thursday night? I love drifting off to sleep with the hubbub of festival noise in the background but when it's the only thing playing until 3am and 80% of it is utter shite it's really quite annoying. They obviously had issues with the crew wifi which meant some places reverted to cash only. Didn't bother me as I had plenty on me but can see how it would have impacted others and also the trade of the businesses. The people. We all know things are a bit shit in the world so a huge group hug to the amazing crowd who contribute towards make EOTR such a beautiful festival. It was genuinely heartwarming to see so many happy, smiling faces around. Big love to you all.

People like that have never known how to be nice to anyone, arseholes.

I think we know @Mouseboy11 well enough to know that our man was off his head and some short bloke with a greasy ponytail was having him on.