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Speaking of which, 50 percent off tickets code on kaboodle with code 'Dazed50' Many thanks Gnaster Womble, just snapped them up. Out of interest, how did you hear about the discount - was it via an email from Kaboodle? If so I'll have to get on their circulation list.

Many thanks from me too for the Clashfinder. I'll be at Truck this year for the first time ever with my family. Looking forward to all four headliners as Idles, Jamie T, The Streets and Wet Leg are all great. Also really looking forward to English Teacher (what an album!), Declan Mckenna, Wille J Healey, Divorce, Fat Dog, Been Stellar etc. Just a quick question. I've heard that there's a signing tent/area at this festival - if so, do they usually announce which acts are signing beforehand, or is it more hit and miss as to which bands are around and/or they announce at the start of each day during the festival? TIA.

I've just won on Ladbrokes Live for the first time - scored two tickets to OMD on Sunday in a Suite (using Power Ballot). Looking elsewhere it seems these normally go for £226 each! The Suite description says all-inclusive food and some drink too...does anyone know if food is included for Ladbrokes winners, and is it any good?

Hi, you're not the only one interested! Also local to us, but never been as the line-up's never quite been enough to tempt us - always one or two great acts like the Unthanks, Bellowhead etc but never enough to fill out a whole day for £50-£60 each. Would love to see some of the new fantastic Irish artists on the bill, like Lankum, OXN, One Leg One Eye, Brigid Mae Power, Lisa O'Neill, Elaine Malone etc.

Good list, we'll be seeing all those bands except Confidence Man. Saw Fern Brady recently and already booked to see Bridget Christie on tour, so won't bother this time but both are very good. Young Fathers are fantastic live, incredibly intense and powerful - and even better now with added backing singers. Also looking forward to Dry Cleaning, Gretel Hanlyn, She's In Parties, Bar Italia, The Mysterines and Don Letts. Would like to know if 86TVs (ex-Maccabees) are any good as nowt on Spotify or Youtube. I expect Romesh, Pascoe, Gamble etc will be absolutely packed so probably not worth going as we won't be able to hear a word! George Ezra and Paolo Nutini look like they'll be playing during the rain. Hopefully Siouxsie and Young Fathers will be a bit drier in the tent!

Yep, good stuff. We have similar tastes! Given the likely rain, the trek from the car to the camp site and that this is my family's first Latitude, do people recommend taking large bags or wheelie suitcases - what do most people normally take? TIA.

Many thanks to those updating the Clashfinder, it's really helpful. Will it eventually be updated for the Comedy Tent etc as well (I'm not so good with the tech myself!) ?

Hi - my family and I are coming to Latitude for the first time. Really looking forward to Young Fathers and Siouxsie (hope they don't clash...), plus Last Dinner Party, Pulp, English Teacher, Gretel Hanlyn, Dry Cleaning etc. Decided to go for it and book glamping though Pink Moon (the main site was largely sold out). Has anyone got any experience of Pink Moon - can they be relied on? And any tips for the best car park to use for the Pink Moon site (their own car parking was also sold out!) and for the festival as a whole?

A great day, helped by the superb weather! Plus good food and an easy journey home. My highlight was Jockstrap - they were superb and the amosphere inside the tent was fantastic. They needed a bigger venue. Nuha Ruby Ra was really good, very charismatic and dramatic. Also loved Black Country New Road, Gretel Hanlyn and the Osees. Model/Actriz were entertaining and powerful live. Enumclaw were enjoyable, but also lacking in variety, 30 minutes was enough. Not so taken with Alex G (bit dull live), Butch Kassidy (bit one-note) and Viagra Boys (better on record), but agreed, the Viagra Boys comment on Bearded Theory was highly amusing. A few technical issues with Gretel Hanlyn and BCNR were a shame, but they didn't mar a great day out. I think the capacity's 25,000 people, and it seemed a touch crowded in certain places at the end, but not overly so.

Many thanks to whoever posted the 50% off code here. Used it yesterday to book for our family and it worked perfectly. It's an excellent line-up, especially for that price! Most looking forward to Jockstrap, their album is brilliant and should win the Mercury Prize. Also really looking forward to Blondshell (great live), Gretel Hanlyn, Alex G, Viagra Boys, Black Country New Road, Osees and more. Best of all the weather forecast is great!

Nick Cave was stupendous. Seen him before three times, but this was by far the best - the set list was almost faultless (no Deanna!) as a career best-of, with all the best fast/loud songs interspersed with just a few more recent slowies. The moment when he intoned repeatedly "Just breathe...." was incredibly moving. I was at the front and he stage-dived on top of me at one stage! So I may be a tad biased, but this may well go down as one of the classic concerts. Phenomenal. And his fan base just keeps growing - there were people from all over the world around me. As for the rest... Joan As Police Woman - OK, but no better. Far too mellow and self-indulgent for a short set, needed pepping up, didn't even play her "Hit" Holy City! Anna Calvi - I'm a big fan. But similarly, in a short set to a non-fan audience she needed to quicken things up and play the biggies - instead there were long intros and outros and guitar solos, which used up time and didn't convince the people around me. She's so charismatic and powerful, such a great guitarist and makes a hell of a racket, but this was a misjudgement imo. The Smile - very, very good. The new song was terrific. Loved it. Essentially a Radiohead gig given the two creatives at the helm. Sleaford Mods - my wife said they were brilliant and everyone was jigging along to them. Once again the crowds were a pleasure for the most part (larger than for the National day), the weather and food were good and the organisation fine (we won a Luno VIP area pass at their stand which most importantly gave us access to a fully flushing toilet - luxury!). I think this is a great festival and usually love the line-ups as rock/indie festival bills in London and the surrounds are increasingly rare.

That was a really great day. The weather was almost perfect (could have been a tad sunnier!), the bands were great, the sound was terrific for every act, the food was as good as ever at APE and the crowd was enthusiastic and polite (if a bit chattery - how on earth do you keep whittering through Mogwai?!). Kurt Vile - lovely mellow, laid-back vibe as always Mogwai - stupendous. Never seen them before live, but they were transcendental. An even bigger fan now. Fleet Foxes - beautiful, soaring melodies. Glad to see them get a big crowd as the main stage was vacant. The National - really, really impressive. Surprised at how many people knew the words and sang along, they seem to slowly get bigger and bigger. And the set didn't muck around, they played all the hits/favourites. The only disappointment was no Taylor Swift to wind our young daughter up about afterwards......now can't wait for Sunday.

Agreed - nothing much AFAICS early on. We're only getting there in time for Kurt Vile at 5.45, then Mogwai, Fleet Foxes and The National (maybe a bit of Public Service Broadcasting too if we can fit them in). Unless anyone has any top recommendations for the early acts today (Villagers are OK, but a bit meh imo!).....

Just to say I complained to both AmEx and AXS about the late offer of a free VIP upgrade to new ticket buyers, given that it was penalising early/loyal buyers like myself and rewarding late purchasers. Unfortunately I got nowhere! Worth a try anyway....at least I got half price with O2 for the Nick Cave day. Also, Anna Calvi posted on Twitter and Facebook a few days ago that she'd completely lost her voice but was hoping to have recovered in time for the Victorious Festival (just before her APE day....).

Cheers collectivised farming, that's really helpful. And the weather forecast does look great!

Thanks for this - snapped up a couple of Richard Ashcroft tickets for the princely sum of £6 each! Ashcroft and Ride are both great, and Tess Parks is deffo worth a listen if you don't know her (similar to a quieter Brian Jonestown Massacre). We've never been to the Crystal Palace Bowl before, so if anyone could help as to (1) the easiest/quickest way to get there by train from North West London, and (2) am I right in thinking you just sit/stand on grass, so it's pretty comfortable (no need for blankets or towels)? Hope the food is as good as at Standon Calling or APE and not just burgers and chips. Also, apart from starting at 5.30pm, if anyone comes across stage times that would be handy.

Congrats ZooMusic Girl! Please keep me in mind for the Tame Impala day if there's a spare ticket going. Cheers!

Yep, the app usually works fine for us with detailed stage times etc, though I agree about the alerts. Already going to the National and Nick Cave days (on 2 for 1), but the Tame Impala day is starting to look attractive at least on a similar 2 for 1 basis. Tame Impala, Caribou, Working Men's Club (really great live), Dry Cleaning and Goat are all worth seeing, and Mattiel has had a good album or two out.

Just went on the Sunday, but loved it. So relaxed, everyone in a great mood, excellent music - and the weather helpd of course! Self Esteem, Dry Cleaning and Ezra Furman were great. Sigrid and Bjorn Again were poptastic. Milton Jones in particular was a scream in the Lawn tent, which was useful to get out of the heat for a while. The only disappointment imo were Primal Screm. They didn't play the whole of Screamadelica as hoped, and instead the first half of the set, which started brilliantly with Swastika Eyes, was filled with obscurities and downers/political sloganeering which went on far too long. Completely inappropriate for a festival crowd, especially a family-friendly one like Standon. Though perhaps (being Primal Scream) that was the point. It was only the last half hour or so which perked up with some of the classics. Looking forward to next year.

Hi Gregory, thought I'd give you some company here! I'll be going with my family on the Sunday, mainly for Primal Scream, Dry Cleaning, Self Esteem, Ezra Furman and (for my daughter!) Sigrid. The four new artists named this morning aren't eactly earth-shattering - never heard of any of them. More worrying are the timings - why on earth is Self Esteem on from 11.20pm-12.20am? Good job that she doesn't clash with Primal Scream, but surely she should be on from 8.45-9.45 so that attendees can then cross to see the Scream? I'm not sure my daughter and many others will be bothered enough/have the stamina on the last night for such a late getaway before work the next day (it can take ages to exit the site!).