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I got into AXS venue presale after about 10 minutes in the queue. Initially there was nothing left, but I refreshed a few times and got allocated 2 seats in row A of 409 (front row of the back section on the top level) for a total of £290. I passed on the opportunity, but if they'd been the same seats in 402 or 421 I'd probably have taken them.

You have to be careful with Madge. When she did her Palladium residency in 2020, she cancelled the Tuesday shows, and only did full sets on the Wednesdays and Saturdays. For her Thursday and Sunday shows, she came on an hour late and skipped a quarter of the set.

Let us know the prices 🙂

Bought the hype and saw Arctic Monkeys at Glasto in 2007 and 2013. Bored the pants off me both times.

I'll be there if I'm still standing after all that time.

I recently saw David Tennant, who most of you know as The Doctor, in a play called Good. The Doctor was really good in that even though he wasn't playing The Doctor. However, the play wasn't much good. The following night I saw a different play called 'The Doctor', which The Doctor wasn't in, but that play was really good.

They probably do, but the problem was they weren't that regular, so you couldn't always get on one when you wanted to.

We didn't arrive until the Thursday so we never had a problem getting through the gates, especially with no big bags to carry. The only time we had a problem getting on a bus was going from Glastonbury town in the morning. So we booked a minicab to pick us up at a set time every morning instead.

We stayed in B&Bs in Glastonbury town for several years as my partner wouldn't camp. It wasn't that expensive (like £80 a night for a twin with ensuite), you got a hot breakfast included every morning, and you could park nearby. They get booked up quickly, but keep an eye out and they become available from time to time. We had to forego late nights in SE Corner in order to get the last bus back from PGA, but all in all it worked pretty well. And in the years when it was either very hot or very wet, having a proper roof over our heads was a godsend. The journey in and out wasn't normally too bad, apart from the Sunday night which took ages due to all the traffic leaving the site. Sometimes we got a taxi for about £15-£20 rather than wait for the £4 bus.

Loads of our groups got tix after the Sold Out tweet. But I don't think there was a conspiracy - just loads of failed transactions coming back on line.

Unless they forget their clocks go back on ticket day 😁

To be fair, The Stranglers were saying the same thing back in 1977.

I went on Saturday night. Queue took about an hour, but it went by quickly. It's small and intimate and there is a piano, but the entertainment was more fiddles and accordions when I was there. I left around 4am while some guy was singing dressed as Humpty Dumpty. Glad to have ticked it off my Glastonbury bucket list, but I wouldn't rush back.

It was pretty much perfect (slightly too hot on the first day but who cares). The thing is it could easily have been very different. There was a LOT of heavy rain within 30 miles on the Friday, which if we'd been unlucky could easily have caused a mudbath like it did in 2011 (when heavy rain was forecast for South Wales and not us, but ended up hitting us just as badly). With the relatively low temperatures over the weekend it may not have dried up. This time all the heavy stuff just missed us - the force field and sacrifices to the welly gods worked brilliantly.

If it rains during Crowded House, they can flipping well take the weather with them

Before the superfence went up in 2002, thefts of tents were a major problem. Loads of people used to jump the fence, and while most did so relatively harmlessly (myself included), significant numbers of criminals from all over the country would also descend on Glastonbury with the sole intention of robbing the punters blind. They brought very little with them, as anything they needed (including tents) could be easily nicked on site. Thankfully thefts of tents are very rare these days, but you should still keep valuables in the lockups as people do still get things nicked out of tents.

A quick google says they generally are 😀

ECMWF 12z just completed and looks a bit more promising. All is not lost (yet)! https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/ecmwf

Worst case scenario is you could get a couple of buses to the O2. If you can get yourself to Waterloo somehow, the 188 goes to the O2 from there.

It's looking good isn't it? Just a couple of outliers in the ensembles that could lead to a wet festival.

Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but the boffins at Netweather have done the first of their Glastonbury specific forecasts. They're going for a 70% sunfest.

I love hot weather. Anything up to 30 is lovely, 35 if at a beach or pool. BUT in festival crowds with limited access to shade and water, anything over 22-23 is uncomfortable.

It is. But for a crumb of comfort check out the previous (18z) run. It was glorious!

I'd suggest the Healing Field for a massage without the nudity/sauna shenanigans. Worth mentioning that Lost Horizon is one of the few areas at Glastonbury that has an additional entry fee.