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13 hours ago, charlierc said:
Do we think any festival has a realistic chance of happening this year?
Rewind never gets much of a mention in these forums, but it's just been announced that all three Rewind festivals have been "postponed" to next year.
REWIND SCOTLAND 23-25 JULY, 2021
REWIND NORTH 6-8 AUGUST, 2021
REWIND SOUTH 20-22 AUGUST, 2021In other words, they're cancelled, but they're working on getting the same line-ups for next year.
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49 minutes ago, cdm22 said:
I'm guessing for exactly that reason. You get caught up trying for tickets so when you finally get through and see the prices you just buy them.
For some people, perhaps. We can't all afford to pay top whack every time.
For me, it doesn't really work like that unless it's something I really really want, and I'm only buying for myself.
But often it's a case of canvassing several friends to see who else might want to go. In which case we want to know the options in advance, so that the person trying to book knows what to go for. This is especially important for seated events, as obviously you want seats together.All too often if I can't see the prices ahead of time, it goes out of my head and I don't book at all.
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Thanks, @cdm22 I guess you have to qualify for the pre-sale.
I just don't get why they hide the info until the last minute. It means you can't discuss options with friends ahead of the sale. We like to have time to weigh it all up and consider what to go for. -
54 minutes ago, xxialac said:
I don’t present information as fact. I present it as my view, pointing to the reasons for holding that view.
Fine, but there's no need to keep on and on repeating it.
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Where are you seeing the prices?
This is a major gripe I have, the way ticket prices are seldom announced before they go on sale. -
This has probably been posted elsewhere on here, but Guardian has a piece on the festival dilemma.
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1 hour ago, VanderlyleTea said:
Gonna start panic buying APE tickets
I think this was a joke.
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6 hours ago, xxialac said:
It’s possibly the only good thing that might come out of this is we stop being a nation of filthmerchants and learn the basics of hygiene (myself included).
OTOH it's the grubby buggers who probably have the fittest immune systems.
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Joni Mitchell's in poor health, I don't see her performing live again.
Elton John (2016) and Rod Stewart (2015) have both headlined the BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park festival in recent years.
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As somebody else said, don't know why they needed to separate them anyway. Last time I went to HP was for Tom Petty and they had separate queues then.
There was no segregation at Blackheath last weekend, and at other festivals I've been to it's all been unisex.
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3 hours ago, Sean1234321 said:
Surely it was just a case that there were more women attending on that day?
Women take a little longer, it's a proven fact. Sitting vs standing. It just does.
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I only went to see Grace, she was sensational and I had managed to get to the front so didn't really care about anything else.
Enjoyed Rag'n'Bone Man while waiting for Grace, and UB40 earlier were OK but would rather they'd played more of their early stuff. Disappointing that Aswad were on in the second stage tent before UB40 had finished, lot of people wanted to see both so that was crap scheduling.
I didn't have a problem with toilets, there were indeed big queues at the loos by the second stage tent but I walked on down past the food stalls and there were loads more loos there and no queues at all. I wasn't drinking as I had to drive, so not inconvenienced there either.
Thanks @Fishman for the travel advice, spot on and we actually had acres of time, ending up on the last train that would have got us nearer home after all! But to be on the safe side we travelled from Reading as there are later trains. Just meant a longer drive home but worth it for peace of mind.
The whole business of no readmission plus the restrictions on bag size didn't affect us, but must have inconvenienced people with children especially.
One annoying thing was that some people had brought those inflatable sofa things into the main stage area, and they took up masses of room. If they're not allowing people to bring chairs in, those things should be banned too. Send some stewards round with pins on long sticks ?
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2 hours ago, itspoppy said:
Why people feel the need to get so intoxicated is beyond me! Did Primavera entirely sober but I guess that just demonstrates the quality of the event...
Very often I have to do some driving at the end of the day, so I'm used to not having a drink. Anyway I don't see the point of paying £££ to see a band and then being too pissed to appreciate or remember it.
Good shout about the hat, I've got a nice straw cloche-type hat that I bought long ago at a festival, and it's served me very well since at sunny outdoor events.
On the bag/pocket front, if you can get hold of a fisherman's vest they are good to wear if you don't want to bother with a bag. They have LOADS of pockets. Nightmare for the people who have to do the searching ? but you'll have room for anything you might need!
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On 7/9/2019 at 11:14 AM, xxialac said:
Grace will start and finish late. And be brilliant.
It's what she does...
That sounds all too likely.
I don't want to miss any of Grace's set, nor do I want it to be marred by worrying about missing the last train. So I've decided to play safe and drive to Reading as there are plenty of later trains back to Reading, so we can saunter back to Paddington without any pressure. It's a PITA, but it's a solution. -
On 7/10/2019 at 1:50 PM, itspoppy said:
Any tips for attending this festival solo? Never been to a festival on my own before ! Cheers
I've been to a couple of HP gigs on my own, and actually enjoyed them more for it. It's quite liberating. You can please yourself and wander around as the fancy takes you. People are generally friendly and it's easy to fall into conversation if you're feeling sociable. If you find yourself near loudmouthed twats or drunks, you can just move away.
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On 7/8/2019 at 8:06 AM, Hugh Jass said:
Not sure I’ve ever been at a Hyde Park gig where the sound has been above “adequate”.
Blur 2012 was the worst, couldn’t hear a thing.
At the infamous 2012 Springsteen gig, when they pulled the plug on Bruce & Paul, the sound seemed to be getting turned lower and lower as time went on. To the point where my mate did not even realise that they had cut the power!
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9 hours ago, John L said:
How can something billing itself as a family festival only allow you to take an A4 sized bag in. That will surely be a disaster at the gates.
And no re-entry! All those local people wanting to take their little kids home and come back later.
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On 4/10/2019 at 8:06 AM, Fishman said:
You should be fine (and Grace Jones will be good).
It has finished at 10:00 on the Sunday the last few times and then it's only around a 10 minute dash down the hill to Lewisham station. You can get to Paddington in under 45 minutes from there (really!), with trains every 10 minutes to London Bridge (it's Lewisham - Lon. Bridge - Baker St - Paddington.)
I was just checking train times and ....
"Travelling to the ONBlackheath festival? Lewisham & Blackheath stations are closed on Sun 14 July, so please use Maze Hill station instead to reach the festival."
You couldn't make it up. What a way to treat people. ?
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There was that time when Elton John was headlining in Hyde Park (I think this was the same year the Stones played two dates) and he had to pull out quite late for medical reasons. AEG gave everyone a full refund and carried on with the undercard. I wasn't going to go, but applied for free tickets and got to see the likes of Ray Davies and Elvis Costello. Must have cost AEG a fortune.
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6 hours ago, Fishman said:
You should be fine (and Grace Jones will be good).
It has finished at 10:00 on the Sunday the last few times and then it's only around a 10 minute dash down the hill to Lewisham station. You can get to Paddington in under 45 minutes from there (really!), with trains every 10 minutes to London Bridge (it's Lewisham - Lon. Bridge - Baker St - Paddington.)
Brilliant, thanks.
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What's it like getting away from there on the Sunday?
I really want to see Grace Jones, but would need to get back to Paddington by 2330 thanks to the sorry lack of late trains at weekends.
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On 5/31/2018 at 6:37 PM, Tommy101 said:
I beg to differ
(sorry I couldn't help myself)
Ah, but I might get what I need! ?
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Marvellous stuff, I got very good seats on London #1, gold circle for #London 2 and after a series of unfortunate events got seats for Southampton which anywhere else would have been rubbish, but St Mary's being like an arena, it was fine. Friends I should have met up with earlier (but for said events) all got pit tickets! Their first Stones gig so I was very happy for them.
Only wish I could go to Coventry now, but have to be elsewhere.
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On 10/07/2017 at 2:17 PM, Mash011 said:
It gets marginally better later into the day. Have a go at watching an earlier on act from past the sound towers if you want to really experience the horror of Hyde Park sound.
Been there, done that, thanks.
And it certainly didn't get better later on when Bruce Springsteen was on a few years ago, quite apart from the infamous plug-pull. The volume steadily decreased throughout the evening.
Anyway I was pleasantly surprised this time. It wasn't too bad.
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They should be offering refunds though. It's wrong to keep people's money in these circumstances.