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Thinking about giving this a go - are these prices 'early bird' or are they just this is what it costs? Fairly local, so a disgrace to have not been yet!
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I think I advised someone to 'just pick one' pre-fest when they were trying to prioritise headline clashes. Now that I've been one of the things that I loved was that genuinely you could watch a decent chunk of lots of different things. Despite Biig Piig ending as KGLW were starting I got from one to the other with barely any time lost - then after 45 minutes of that I had a decent spot for the second half of Ezra Furman. Similarly, psychologically I never want to just pop back to the tent, but here it was literally just that, so quick and easy to do. So I loved the site's scale.
I loved the variety of music, I thought having something like Arooj Aftab on as a garden headliner was wonderful, and then popped out and saw some of Future Islands too, which was great as it meant I understood Bridgette Christie's references to them later. I enjoyed the Mary Wallopers too, I'm rethinking my patriotism now however - I get that they are a bit Kilinaskully-ish, and the contrary Irishman is something to try to move away from - but I found them fun, twice.
Showers, only used them once, were great. This was Saturday afternoon - they weren't working in the main camping field, we were then refused entry to the posh people's ones, which were essentially the other side of the same hedge and not being much-used (cynical side of me was wondering whether they were being kept functional at the expense of main camping field's?) Eventually found ones back out by the wristbanding / entry point - and it was a good shower.
wifi was shocking - pro to that is that I look at my phone less, but it'd be nice to be able to coordinate with people a bit better. Made it all the more lovely when you do bump into people.
Not much non-music stuff, though I get that it's primarily a music festival (which I thought it was brilliantly curated and I've discovered lots of great stuff). I did a yoga class one morning, and I caught most of the comedy lineup (which also was almost all fantastic), but these types of things didn't exist after 2/3pm until after the headliners finished when there was a small bit more comedy. Flip side of that was that I thought the were incredibly efficient with how they spread the resources of the festival - sure they could have comedians or a circus or, or, or, all on all the time - but 90% of the crowd are at the music later in the day so that'd mean lots of half-empty stuff. A bit of an under-developed point from me, I was happy, but I know others wished there was other things than music going on. Realise I've discounted cinema, but what the f**k was on in there most of the time anyway?
Food was great. I try to not visit the same place twice - unless it's a bar or ice-cream - and by the end there weren't too many extra places that I was itching to try. Probably about as good a variety as I could have hoped for though. To have more food places they'd have to have more people eating, meaning a busier festival and less easy to pop back to my tent - so they can't win but did an excellent job anyway. I found having the one main area selling food not great - I like finding different food options as I'm in different parts of a site - but I got over that.
Arriving and getting set up was a breeze. Tons of space by us all weekend. Leaving, 11am Monday, was nearly a breeze but took about 30 minutes to get out of the car park. Disgraceful, right?
My main festival reference for the last ten years is Glastonbury - I'd expect that to be an unfair comparison, but now I'm trying to think which festival it would be unfair on.
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2 hours ago, zahidf said:
Boygenius did a song with Billie Eilish last night in London.... so they are still in the country....
All that nonsense about the tour ending, and what could anyone possibly do sticking round London / Europe for a week?
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9 minutes ago, The Nal said:
Im up early for the flight so could get a kip in. Or even better, get under the covering of the Crow bar and get twoddled.
Forecast will change again by tomorrow.
Yeah, I keep reloading Met Office's rain chart and scrolling forward to 1pm Thurs - it's not actually updated in the last few hours so I'm starting to learn the pattern. Currently all I know is that I want to get stuff in the car on Wednesday evening or I'll get wet doing it on Thursday morning...
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1 hour ago, The Nal said:
Significant upgrade from Norway
Looks like Ill be putting up the tent between 2-3!
Hiding in your tent 3-4 (6.3mm, yikes!) and hopefully not emerging too pissed 4-5
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https://chat.whatsapp.com/LTCl8nodgR7JcjDmiDtwiX
Try this, posted a while ago so fingers crossed
<EDIT> looks the same as the one above, sorry, that's the most recent
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1 hour ago, Stillill42 said:
Is there an app for this folks? Or do we rely on Clashfinder?
If not, clashfinder can be downloaded as an app for offline use
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51 minutes ago, asw said:
For anyone who is unsure on how to dive into the King Gizzard Discography:
https://www.get-into-gizz.com/
Seen them live 3 times now, both festival and gig - always a varied set with some heavy, a 'suite' of some kind, and some chiller more relaxed tracks - often with a lot of jam in them.
This website takes you on a 'choose your own adventure' style game to help you explore the massive discography they currently have. 24 studio albums, 15 live albums, 5 compilations, 3 EPs and a remix album. I see Gila Monster is a common song in a lot of the playlists for EOTR popping up on Spotify/Tidal - but that album (PDA) is definitely one of, if not THE heaviest music they have out. So don't be discouraged if its not your thing.
All the fans are pretty chill people too, always a pleasure meeting fellow Gator Gang members at festivals!That's amazing - really nicely designed site. I knew they have lots of albums and they tried to do stuff with lots of different instruments, but my mind is blown.
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57 minutes ago, Kempleton said:
It was already my worst clash. I’d pretty much decided on KGLW because I’ve never seen them before, but with it potentially being Ezra’s last show for a good while, I have no idea how I’m going to choose.
I may have to leave it up to the day. My plans usually go out of the window once I’m at the festival, anyway.
The Nal's response is helpful - and although I say it's a terrible idea it doesn't mean that I've learnt my lesson 😄 Presuming KGLW start first, last year's timings suggesting they'll have an extra 15 minutes, that's at least a 12 minute clash-free window right there!
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10 minutes ago, Kempleton said:
Would it be a really terrible idea to try and watch half of KGLW and half of Ezra?
I assume this is easier at EotR than at other festivals, but in general a terrible idea. You invest mentally in one band but not fully because you're watching the crowd and thinking when is a good time to leave, what song am I just about to miss etc - then you lose time moving between stages, and finding a spot you're happy with at the second act, disturbing people around you. Then you're wondering what songs you've just missed etc - sure you can get into it and enjoy a few songs of each, but you're giving yourself a poorer experience of both. If it's random bands earlier in the day, or you're not feeling something then it's great to have a backup plan - but if you actually like both then I'd say try to pick one.
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On 8/8/2023 at 5:40 PM, Kempleton said:
A bit late, I know, but I should probably do one of these too:
1. Angel Olsen, 2. Murder Capital, 3. Future Islands, 4. KGLW, 5. Yeule, 6. Overmono, 7. Kara Jackson, 8. Saint Jude, 9. The Courettes, 10. Kokoko!
Virtually impossible to narrow it down to 10. This year’s lineup is way better than last year for me.
Fortunately, i should be able to watch more than 10 acts.
Really glad to see Saint Jude in one of these lists - not sure what to expect but has definitely grown on me
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On 8/9/2023 at 5:10 PM, Olshansky said:
That vegan gelato place is incredible. Went there every day of glasto this year and last year. Gonna have to put in extra steps each day to compensate
Is that speaking as a vegan, best you can get, or just incredible regardless? Sorry, cynical question - I will be partaking either way!
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8 minutes ago, Neville Street said:
And is there really no late night comedy or just not on the Clashfinder yet? Last year we were watching Alistair Green at 23:34 on the Friday night and he had only just started.
Looks like the Comedy Line up only came out 3 weeks prior last year, so I guess we may get something any day now 🙂
There has been a comedy lineup announcement, but names not added to clashfinder.com yet
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4 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:
That's correct, but Forwards doesn't share any acts with EOTR which raises the possibility that there's some kind of south-west restriction contract going on at their end - but also that the non-announcement might be because they've agreed EOTR can't announce them until their day of Forwards sells out (which given they haven't sold out the following day headlined by Aphex Twin seems unlikely) or otherwise on the Saturday itself.
I seem to remember Gabriels being one of the very first names suggested when ??? first got listed. If it is them they presumably would have panicked at being rumbled so quick - excellent job spreading rumors in every conceivable direction since then. I'll be very happy if it is them!
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13 hours ago, Hurray4theWhiffWhaff said:
Great, thanks! Can you ask about ???/boygenius too…
Has nobody thought of asking? I think we have exhausted that topic now if there's a common sense way out of it
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4 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:
The cynic in me thinks ??? might not actually be booked yet...
Would they ever admit it? Would be interesting to know afterwards
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Just got the sold out email too - some people were hoping that ??? might be revealed with that email, but no such luck. Good on them for doing a decent job of creating a bit of mystery!
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21 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:
If the count of most highlighted acts on the Clashfinder counts for anything, UMO are comfortably the least popular headliner while Angel is joint most chosen (with Wilco)
Followed next by Deerhoof - so a bit of a Thursday effect for Wilco? How does Thursday usually play out, doe most people come in for a really nice relaxed atmosphere at the one stage, are people still spread wandering / exploring across the site, or are a sizeable chunk of people at the campsites relaxing & catching up?
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What's the relative size of Garden vs Woods? Clashfinder suggests angel olsen will pull about 63% of the crowd, does anything else get added onto the lineup around that time (eg I could be persuaded to go to comedy / eat food)
In terms of what's on directly before on those stages cass mccombs on garden looking more popular than greentea peng, but wunderhose & bodega looking v popular too, so will be movement in from quite a few stages...
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11 hours ago, Kempleton said:
Of the 10 different festivals I’ve been to, I think EOTR is my favourite. You’ll love it.
My first EOTR was 2018, and it was a total game-changer. I went from being inconsolable at not getting Glastonbury tickets for 2017 or 2019 to actually preferring EOTR to Glastonbury.
I'm going to assume that you're bigging it up too much, and lower my expectations - but that's what I'm really hoping for 😄 Any of the big acts at Glastonbury that I usually watch from half a mile away, they're on tv when I get home; everywhere is a short walk away; EotR doesn't allow me to sleep overnight in the queue, so I can have a normal nights sleep with no FOMO about camping spots; and I'm enjoying exploring this lineup (nearly) as much as any glastonbury lineup. Looking forward to it!
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33 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:
As mentioned he says he's not playing, and it looks like Picture Parlour might be already taking up one of those secret sets, but a lot of EOTR acts are also playing Manchester Psych. In fact MadMadMad are at Manc Psych, taking an early slot at EOTR on Sunday, then playing Smugglers Festival near Deal in Kent ON THE SAME NIGHT.
😄 was wondering why there was a PP song on the (@bravesirrobin?) spotify playlist - cheers
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Any chance Jeffrey Lewis could be one of the surprise shows on Sunday night? No idea what to expect from these slots, but it seems ??? gets a lot of attention when there are multiple other surprises on the lineup...
Would mean JL going Kent to Manchester to Somerset over the weekend. Rough few days regardless of how likely he'd otherwise fit any of the spaces.
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2 hours ago, RedRockRick said:
They're going to struggle for decades to get the name change to stick: it'll always been the Tipi, and the Folly doesn't sound right yet.
Change the map would be a good start? Exeter Chiefs decided that 'chief' was an old Devonian term of reference / title and rebranded to some Norman-looking headgear - but then they keep the bloody wigwam bar. It's the little details.
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Lovely stuff - and that answers another question that I hadn't asked - I see tipi stage on the map but not the lineup. Cultural misappropriation I assume, Folly's are far more local 😄
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Awesome - will try to rally some people and get it sorted sooner rather than later.