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Probably sub-Other or headline Woodsies these days, I think. But then, stranger things happened this year!

Stepped away from the insanity of the Avril Lavigne overcrowding and stumbled across Phil Hartnoll's b2b with his son, Conradical on the Arcadia Bug. I say b2b, Phil never played a single tune. Was a nice hour of ravey breaks and Orbital edits before heading over to the Holts for Nia

And who better to demonstrate the art of the live vocal than King Monkey and his Hewlett Packard?

Any substance to the Eminem rumour that keeps getting thrown at me?

Ian Brown and his laptop have entered the chat...

That's probably true. I just think that with how successful this recent event was (even with a perceived weaker lineup), with the added jeopardy of the impending fallow year, we're in for an even tougher sale. There'll be some of us reading this who were in attendance this year that may not be back on the farm for three years. Yikes.

Maybe there are charities that you could explore that encourage interaction with others? I can't remember if any of the mental health organisations have a presence at the festival?

I've never seen it, ever.

Vibes on point generally. People having fun, dancing, expressing themselves. How it should be. Every act I saw, I was surrounded by good people.

Hope so. For many reasons.

Yeah, that's probably most likely. I wonder if that might see a bit of a shift in demographic? There's a few I know who think 2025 will probably be their last, if they get a ticket. The festival before a fallow year seems like as good a time to bow out as any.

The cynic in me thinks they'll inevitably renege on it and 2027 will up being the fallow year and that this recent statement is simply to drum up even greater interest in 2025's event (there were some murmurings pre-festival this year of a perceived weaker lineup and reduced demand for 2025). I reckon a lot more people will be trying in October, if they think there won't be another festival until 2027. Either way, October/November's sale will probably be the most difficult yet.

I do wonder if the "Everything Must Go" theme was also a nod to it being the final year in this format?

Coldplay again

Well that's one way of reducing overcrowding

I will say that this route in did take some coordination and time, but there are much easier methods of getting in. They do rely on familiarity with the site layout and the people in those areas though

The current entry process does feel a bit archaic in 2024. Little bits of paper to gain re-entry, wristbands without digital scanning, relying on manual viewing of images on tickets, "interviews" for lost tickets. Again, it's another subject that's been discussed ad nauseum on here but I really don't think we can be having a conversation about overcrowding until we understand firstly how many people do get in illegally and secondly, tightening up the process of genuine entry using better technology. Does one offset the other?

Ah yes, I remember him Edit: ah, sorry, you said fake "bands"

Just watched it back on iPlayer for the first time. Incroyable. And they said that 2017 couldn't be topped. Other Stage 2027.

That's been mentioned on here before. Something along the lines of Michael actually liking the rebellious spirit of it

So we have two threads running concurrently. One that complains that there are too many people on site and another that suggests over 10,000 get in illegally.

So you're thinking over 10,000?

Interesting video. I'm telling you, the number of people who get in without a ticket by various different means (arrangements with security, shift-workers swapping wristbands, chancers 'looking like they belong', etc) is higher than people think. And I'm saying this as someone who knows numerous people who get in this way every single year. I wouldn't like to hazard a guess on the number, but it's definitely four figures.