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Dua Lipa, Coldplay are good headliners. SZA so so. It's the subs that are the issue for me -
21 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:Yeah, that's fair.
A question to you and other regular attendees. Overall festival experience aside, does this full lineup make you reconsider committing to buying a ticket in October regardless of knowing who's on the lineup?
Glastonbury is by far and away the best experience festival wise in the UK imo and its for this reason that I attend. However when it comes to the line up, I often feel other festivals are better. I think the issue this year is there is nobody particularly exciting - plenty I'd like to see but anybody I'd be devastated to miss? - I don't think there's anyone.
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7 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:
Is there a way to see who's been newly added?
There's no debate and I'm still super excited, this Pyramid Stage on the whole is unbelievably weak. Even when you compare it massively smaller festivals.
It's definitely the weakest Pyramid I've seen since I started going in 2010. The subs are the biggest issue imo - all of them look too high up.
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So is it definitely today or is it mass speculation again?
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2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:
Big difference between saying 'not good enough' and finding it a huge downgrade on previous years. I'm still looking forward to it and know I'll have a great time, but for the first time ever that'll be despite the line up.
This is how feel really - taken in isolation, the line up is a weak one when you compare it to line ups over the past decade. Luckily the entire festival is an amazing experience regardless of who's playing. It'll be more of an 'exploration festival' for me, visiting smaller/niche areas which usually there wouldn't be time for.
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Looking forward to seeing the full line up! - Personally for me, this is one of the weakest line ups that I've seen at Glastonbury - a few interesting acts but the Pyramid in particular is uninspiring to say the least.
In some ways it'll make the festival more interesting though, I can wander round the much niche areas without feeling like I'm missing out
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Still another 3 weeks or so until we get into range of semi reliable (for a general weather pattern) charts. 2 weeks to go if you want to torture yourself with 16 day GFS charts!
Current weather isnt too bad really - its certainly more a mixed bag rather than endless rain.
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The revamped Silver Hayes is a great area again - the stages are set out well and they get busy but not ridiculously so. There is also a wide access route along the back of them unlike the SE corner which imo, is dangerous around the Truth Stage.
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Not seen the booking page in more than a decade now. I can sympathise for those who are frustrated by the process as if it was down to me, I'd not have attended the festival since 2013 despite trying in a F5 refreshing frenzy every sale/resale. A queueing system would be much worse though.
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Weather models usually have a general gist within 120-144 hours or so i.e. is there going to be high or low pressure over the UK - rainfall amounts (and where exactly) is a much shorter timescale though.
The GFS weather model goes up to 384 hours for those that want to torture themselves over a couple of weeks!
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Frustrating as usual. I already had tickets but was trying for a friend. I've not seen the booking page in more than a decade but one of our group gets through every single time.
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Low 20s with cloud/sun please! - I personally find a scorcher as bad as a mud bath (I've done several of both scenarios). Feels like we are well overdue a mud bath, think 2017 was the last one?
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There's zero chance I'd ever not pay the balance as it's such an amazing festival experience.
However the line-up is definitely on the weak side this year. I don't think the headliners are the issue (Dua Lipa, Coldplay are both good bookings) but I don't think I've ever seen such a weak looking Pyramid line up further down the list, it's very uninspiring. It desperately needs a 'churn ups' entry added to it if nothing else.
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The area around the truth stage was awful this year for congestion, this needs to be wider or the Truth Stage needs a separate area so that people passing through don't get caught up in the crowd watching the stage.
They need to do more to draw people into the IICON arena area which is huge and highly impressive. Whenever I've been there, it's been completely dead though with very niche music.
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Needs 2-3 years of dogshit weather! These sunny ones have made everyone and their dog want to try.
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As others have mentioned, I just find the hot weather grinds me down mainly through lack of sleep as i cant bear to be in a tent after 8am or so. Worthy View tents seem to get particularly hot.
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8/10 weather wise for me personally.
Obviously its down to personal preference but i find hot days hard work getting around stages and then lack of sleep as the tent is like an oven at 8am.
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An awesome experience as usual but a few gripes seeing as there is a topic!
Still some potentially dangerous bottle necks when crowds were moving between areas particular the Truth stage area - got stuck gridlocked here a few times. Bigger draws are needed at IICON - a brilliantly designed area but never seems busy.
Many of the evening stages play very similar music. Possibly just to my untrained ear but not alot of variety!
Weather was also too hot at times, particularly on Saturday. Obviously personal preference and nothing the festival can do but i find it hard work when the sun is beating down on you and little shade.
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This GFS run isn't looking great early next week. Still too far away to be sure but there's a lot of rain about.
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Looks like a warm festival with potential for showers judging by current output. Depends how close the trough in the Atlantic gets - if it stays further west then we could end up with hot air being dragged up from Spain which I'm not overly keen on either! Ideal conditions for me would be low 20s sun/cloud.
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I'd prefer a wet one than a scorcher - wet is hard work moving between stages but hot weather just gets unbearable with the little shade available. Another 2 weeks to get a rough idea of what the weather will be though and not until a few days before for it to be fully reliable.
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Temperature wise it looks ideal to me - will be more than pleasant in the sun and maybe a light jumper in the evenings. A scorcher is a horrendous affair, as bad as a wash out in my opinion as the heat soon wears you down and your tent is like an oven the minute the sun comes up.
Rain wise, looks like a mixed bag from Friday onwards - hard to predict with showers but the wellies will definitely be in the car in case we get unlucky and end up with a sustained period of rain.
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I found it tolerable and quite pleasant on Thursday and Friday mainly due to the brisk breeze but Saturday was a different kettle of fish. The tent was like an oven at 7-8am so bugger all sleep to begin with but then finding some shade to doze in was an absolute nightmare. We thought we'd head to the John Peel tree area only to find several hundred others jammed in like sardines - we ended up collapsing at the side of a road as it was the only vaguely shaded area available.
It was certainly preferable to 2016 but there were certain times where it was simply unbearable with no way to just battle through it like you can with mud.
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The latest model runs are not good - the UK stuck under a repeating cool/showery trough pattern which just won't leave us be! Luckily there is plenty of time for improvement still. Should have a general idea of weather for the festival in 2 weeks time (and even then it'll be only semi accurate).