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Been going in a van since 2017 - hire it, I have zero experience otherwise. Last year I was struggling with Mrs BP to fill the water from my whopping big aqua roller into the chest high input in the van using the provided funnel. A neighbour let me use a siphon pump that he had made himself which was an absolute game changer for my back. I’ve been looking to see if there are commercial ones available and obviously there are loads! Anyone have any experience/tips before I rely too heavily on Amazon reviews?

You forgot those 8 at Acoustic….

Acoustic. 8 pyramid. 6 west holts 5 avalon 4 other 3 park 2 woodsies 1 though I rarely see more than 10 all weekend.

Manfreds - Mighty Quinn

Got a big Leftfield feeling about this.

Will 11 weeks (spring/summer weeks at that) make any sort of difference do you think?

The 2017 fest, my son got through on his phone almost at will. Got 30 tickets before he ran out of people to buy for despite being through again before half nine. Probs could have got at least another two batches if needed. He’s never got through since.

Thank God. Gives one phone, one laptop cavemen like me a chance!

Does anyone know if see managed to close that gate into their server? Or are we still competing with mad hackers to get tickets in resale?

She is on. Told me whilst I was shamelessly flirting with her on Twitter.

I was speaking to Gary Clail last week: he is well and truly out of retirement. Playing Beautiful Days and Shambala as well as a few gigs of his own over the Summer. He did let a few of the Glasto bookers now of his availability but didn’t hear back. Bit disappointing that; absolutely one of the good guys out there and the stuff he is doing currently is top drawer.

Gulp

What’s the prices for Manchester?

A return to the Acoustic for Jake Bugg would be very welcome. He’s more appreciated there than anywhere else.

Half a dozen there that I really want to see, about a dozen I’d be happy to see and a handful more I wouldn’t walk away from. Not a bad start for me, and acoustic and Avalon usually throw up one or two defos as well. Quite enjoying the ‘no blockbuster act’ vibe tbh.

It will be either Monday or George Galloway.

Mine are. They take the piss for weeks if they haven’t heard of the official poet in resident.

i was talking to one of these lads at a BBC Introducing promotion at the Cavern in Liverpool last week. They played a festival in Sofia last year at the invitation of a couple of Glastonbury bookers and have had a few emails on the back of this new song and their last single (Dream + Lie). It’s all a bit murky I think in the realms of the minor stage bookings but I’d love to see these play somewhere.

Went to a BBC Introducing night last night at the Cavern. Best band in Liverpool headlined and were absolutely brilliant as always.

The Liverpool Royal Court does a great job in delivering local comedies with a superb stable of comic actors (Paul Duckworth, Gillian Hardie, Andrew ‘Scully’’ Schofield….) and I saw the latest one last night; ‘Haunted Scouse’ with Sinbad off Brookie playing alongside his real life wife. F*ck Shakespeare! This had me in tears of laughter and of heartbreak from start to finish. They have a group of writers there who absolutely know the Liverpool psyche so well. Though I went with friends from Bath and they were as overwhelmed by it as I was.

Seriously, this feeling of self-importance of Liverpool supporters is just incredible. I go every year with the biggest group of scousers you can imagine. About 60% are blues, 30% reds and 10% not arsed. And the reds won’t go to see one song and then f*ck off!

Carl Hunter, bass player, is a top film director these days. ‘Sometimes, Always, Never’ with Bill Nighy was wonderful and had a fabulous score by Edwyn Collins. Carl is also a huge promoter of local Liverpool bands (Hooton Tennis Club, Oranj Son, Keyside to name a few) and can regularly be seen on the streets of town chasing the far right fascists off when they come for their pathetic rallies. Top bloke.,

Citizens of Chester are permitted to shoot (with a longbow) any Welshman found loitering within the City walls after midnight. The wording is very specific however so best not make the mistake of shooting a woman.

Weird take that. Most of the more ‘out there’ fans these days are for female artists. I do struggle with the adoration for LDR cos I don’t get the connection with the fan reaction and the music. I can’t get through an album without feeling genuinely bored. I just wonder what the super fans are hearing that I’m not.

I know I’m probs in the minority but ….LDR is actually a bit sh*t isn’t she? Bit unfair that I suppose but she’s no better than ok. I think people have been well and truly duped my mediocrity there.