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26 minutes ago, Colorblindjames said:
Nope, overpaying for headliners reduces the quality elsewhere. She hasn’t been relevant for years. At this stage of her career Madonna should just be just glad of the publicity a Glastonbury headline slot will be.
She's an artist that is for the most part immortalised. Define "relevant"?
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Get the chequebook out imo. It's one of those moments that won't come around again.
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On 7/19/2023 at 2:49 PM, rwoo said:
I had a few friends that used to rave about SGP. So we went last year, it was horrendous. Worst festival I’ve ever been to. I’m sure they’ll sort out a lot of the issues but out of principal I would never return and I’m sure others will have the same opinion.
Used to go for years and thought it was utter sh*t last year, totally souless.
I said that in the 5 years they were not running, other festivals surpassed SGP in terms of that vibe.
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12 hours ago, 4AssedMonkey said:
As mentioned in the other thread, a general lack of empathy or respect for the festival/other attendees was rife. Such as,
Pissing on the land. It was everywhere, often in full view of stewards and unchallenged.
Littering. People just dropping sh*t anywhere. Saw a guy drop an empty cannon the floor not 2 metres from the bins.
Open drug taking and to excess. Saw a bunch taking pills and coke, in a crowd, at the bandstand, at 5pm. Another guy who worked in Small World pushed to the front when Cam Cole was on, did a massive line off his hand, the started slam dancing his mates, which meant they were just slamming everyone else there. Could not have cared less. Jumped on my wife’s foot which is badly bruised. Never said a word.
The more I hear of this stuff the more I don't feel a reason to go back. If you put on a festival that essentially promotes itself as having something for everyone you end up picking up the fringe dickheads of society.
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4 minutes ago, 09matthewsw said:
Because I can’t do buggar all about it, so what’s the point?
I have one priority and one priority only whilst I’m at the festival and that’s making sure that I and the people around me are having a good time. If I let things like that wind me up then it’s only going to negatively affect my own experience.
It’s a lot of planning, money, effort and time between deciding you want to go and actually being there. I simply refuse to let anything get on my nerves whilst I’m there
Fair enough mate, I just think people bunking in which creates a festival in over capacity does actually negatively impact on other peoples enjoyment.
Totally understand not letting it wind you up over the weekend, but it's also fine to point it out after the fact.
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3 hours ago, 09matthewsw said:
I am no grass and got no issues with people who jib it
Why out of interest? If you haven't paid for a ticket, or cannot work / get entry legally - don't go.
Theres an annoying sense of entitlement with people who try to get in by any means necessary.
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12 minutes ago, st dan said:
I really don’t get the general light hearted take on people bunking in and them essentially having the same access and enjoyment as somebody who has spent £350+ to be there.
Regardless how how the festival used to be decades ago when this was the norm, it’s a different beast now. For me, it’s not ‘funny’ or ‘a laugh’, you’re actually effectively committing a crime and are being an inconsiderate, selfish (insert swear word) if you’re attempting it.Agree with this sentiment even if I sound like a square, I've never attempted to bunk into any festival. You either have a ticket and go, or you suck it up and don't go if you don't have a ticket.
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2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:
warmer maybe...not sure about drier necessarily.
Fair enough, I mean I went to 3 festivals in the UK last year and I don't think it rained at any of them at any point in the festival Have not had that for a long time.
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The days of cold and wet festivals are coming to an end imo as we are definetly moving towards drier and drier summers. I mean we hit 40 degrees last year for the first time ever....
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3 hours ago, DTichborne said:
Tonight, 5000 people will see Elton John and 95000 people will not. That's not fair for the people that would like to see him, which I'll wager is more people than would like to see the flags.
If your 5k+ people deep you can't see the artist anyway get real.
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This has to be up there as a headliner performance
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1 minute ago, verrymerry said:
Same, leftfield are winning
Hard to top leftfield as a live act if we are being honest.
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Flicking back and forth between this and leftfield. Slash and the band sound f**king excellent - Axl definetly struggling at points.
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Fever Ray have been set of the festival thus far imo.
An incredible artist, one of a kind.
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When I Grow Up by Fever Ray is a timeless masterpiece imo
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11 minutes ago, prestonmike said:
there was a shot early on that made it look pretty empty, its either filled up since the start or it was just the camera angle that made it seem quiet
Think it just looked empty to the left if looking straight ahead on stage.
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Really enjoying the warpaint set, started on Fred Again but lost interest.
Havent actually listened much to the new Warpaint album but definetly will.
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2 minutes ago, Drums Please Fab said:
Fred again superb.
I recommend people look at his YouTube channel.
Hour long videos of him playing piano and improvising on his London rooftop.
It's really really good. I didn't even know who he was until about 4 months ago.
Can't get enough now.
Yeah hes incredibly talented, I just havent ever been able to get into him and I like a lot of electronic music.
I find his music tries to be 'too uplifting' if that's even a thing...
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I just don't get the Fred Again hype....
Just a bloke tapping away frantically on a midi pad for an hour.
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Good vibes at Joey Badass
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Enjoyed Los Bitches, sometimes find that fast rock with a cumbian influence a little irritating but I enjoyed that.
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21 minutes ago, leath02 said:
I waited until my mid 20s for my first Glasto, and am now in late 20s and our group actually enjoy the lack of people below the 20 age bracket
As much as Glasto should be for everyone, I think there's something to be said for not having an abundance of teenages in the fields
The over 50 age group bring a lot to festivals imo.
I was at Noisily this year and it had a really good cohort of people over 40 there and even what looked like a good few well into their 70s and it was the better for it.
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When a festival gets to a point where crowd sizes are hindering peoples enjoyment - then it's done for mine.
There is always an oversaturation point and it appears Glasto has now hit that.
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3 minutes ago, mr flow said:
I think Boomtown made a small error by saying the secret line up will mean they can avoid festival exclusives as everyone assumed that meant mega headliners, but they are aware of that and will be more careful with saying stuff like that in the future. They are planning on keeping the line up as secret next year as well, and really want the emphasis on the it’s about more than just the music.
I just think people like to moan about stuff. People who weren’t even going were getting on their high horse, and being the vocal minority. It’s also worth noting that it didn’t feel remotely overcrowded at any stage, which when you consider almost every other festival has had complaints about overcrowding, just goes to show how much planning an prep Boomtown went into to make sure they got it right.
That's good to hear, as there has definetly been a 'pack em in' vibe at a few...
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Yes, I guess all those outstanding albums that crossed multiple genres released by her throughout the 80,90s and 2000s don't matter.
Madonna could have stopped making music in 2008 and people would still clamour to see her.