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I've done absolutely nothing to get ready yet. It's weird, I'm not feeling excited at all for the festival. I'm waiting for the buzz to creep up on me!

Our group is going to have at least one first-timer in it this year (potentially 3, depending on re-sales) and the rest of us have been brain-storming to think of things that you'd reccommend first-timers to see/do at Glastonbury. We're not looking for the obvious ones of "Watch the fireworks" or "See somebody you've never heard of" we are looking for things that are just SO GLASTONBURY such as visit the Dragon. Have you guys got any good suggestions?

She's doing 'The Charli XCX Experience' at Banquet on the Friday of Glasto, which is advertised as a gig with "Bops from every era" so I'm hoping she's headlining the JP on Sunday as she was rumoured to in 2020 and that's what we get. I'm meeting her at Westfield HMV on Friday so I'll try and ask! My girlfriend is a big fan, and supposedly this is the last album if her record deal. If that's the case, maybe doing straight-up pop is her idea. It could be a bit like what actors do by taking on a Superhero film or whatever. She does this album, hopefully earns a bucketload of cash and then when she is independent (she hates her record label) she is set and can just do what she likes. I'm not a fan of this album really but Good Ones is possibly my favourite of all her songs ever.

My old sources for leaks have completely died. Used to be all about All Day and Kingdom, but they're both gone. Found it now though. Lovely birthday treat for me 😉

Any idea where I could find this leak, eh?

This year I'm going with Holiday by Confidence Man

The only things I know I'm definitely seeing are Billie and Macca. The rest of the lineup I can give-or-take. I'm seeing Confidence Man in May, after 2 years of rescheduling but I'm not a fan of the new singles really. Everything else is just going to be things my friends want to watch so I guess at the very least I don't have to worry about clashes.

Honestly, I'd say I know at least 30% of the lineup, and there's a fair few I would watch (mostly because the people I go with like them) but there's nothing on there that I'd be on Ticketmaster at 9am for. As I said earlier, I'm happy for everyone, but I'm really struggling to part with that money right not for this because there's a lot of other places that I could (and if I'm honest, probably should) put that money right now. I'm going to wait until Monday to make my final decision

They weren't necessarily rumoured, but what the fuck has happened to Royal Blood this summer? They headlined a bunch of the small-mid sized festivals last year, have a tour this month and then nothing over the summer.

There's nothing on there really that I'd pay to see outside of the festival. That ticket money is more valuable to me now that it ever has been before so my ticket may regretfully go back in the pot. I'm going to finish crying to myself in a little while and give myself the weekend to think about it and make my decision on Monday. It feels extra devastating that I'm even considering not going after such a long wait.

For me, this is one of the worst lineups I've ever seen. If it was a lineup literally anywhere else, I wouldn't pay to go there Edit: Happy for those that do like it though. I just do not like it.

Did Kanye have that bad of a clear-out? I was just in front of the sound desk for that so I was just absorbed in the moment but my brain always told me he did well for some reason ahah

I wasn't at AF but I thought Metallica did alright. That was my first ever Pyramid headline set, so maybe my specs are a bit rose-tinted

What's the answer for both? I think Kendrick will be a contender for both.

Genuinely I think Kendrick is going to have one of the smallest modern-era Pyramid headline crowds. Who has had the smallest one since, say, 2000?

I think it depends on what the lineup is when it does eventually drop. If it's as strong as ever, great.... But it could xause a lot of damage if we pay balances before the lineup and then we get a poor group of names. I'd imagine lot of people won't be confident next year laying down their money in advance if that's the case

I honestly think it's the pandemic. People value their money more than they did previously. Pre-pandemic, I'd have done Glasto as well as maybe a smaller festival and a couple of day festivals. This year, I'm not going to be able to do all of that. I could go to Glasto or I could go to a few outdoor gigs across the summer.

I asked my group earlier and not a single person has paid their balance because they're a bit pissed at the lack of a lineup

What do you think the hold-up is then mate?

Do you think they're struggling to put a lineup together?

But this is what I'm saying. Unless we're waaaaayyyy off the mark, the festival have their headliners booked so why haven't they been announced? Are they hoping people don't pay their balance? Are they testing people's faith in the festival? Is it pure arrogance?

Yeah it's not looking good. At the moment, I don't think anyone in our group has actually paid because they're all a bit pissed off that no lineup has come. Only 3 out of our 12 aren't regular attendees as well. They all know what the festival is about, but not even having the 3 headliners officially confirmed is rubbing them up the wrong way a bit, and I would tend to agree if I'm honest. We seem to have known on here for months who the final two headliners are, so why haven't they been announced?

So... Not today then?

He's been there before with Miley. Not impossible I guess

Normally I would agree, but with what's gone on over the last couple of years, I think there should be a bit more given to us.