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2 hours ago, dredre2020 said:
did timothée chalamet take on a part time job?
😂 That deserved more attention
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34 minutes ago, Porcelina said:
Is the craft/ale tent still there in the trees right at the back left of East stage? They were selling proper pints last couple of years, even if the selection wasn't too great
These were the beers last year. The bar was next to BMW Play
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23 hours ago, mynameismatt said:
Would love to be wrong but if they’re not giving out freebies for Gorillaz when nobody can get there, don’t think they’d bother with the National.
Won’t get mine until next week anyway but expecting about £50 on twickets, which is still £25 saved so won’t complain too much
It’s the day before Gorillaz now and nothing on the seat fillers so sadly I agree with you. From a long term perspective that’s probably a sensible business decision: kill off the expectation of last minute cheapies this year and fewer people will hold off from buying next year. 2-4-1s and Amex deals are far less corrosive for the brand than dumping freebies on the market.
I’m only interested in next weekend so I decided to bite the bullet last night and bought a VIP View for The National for £85 which looked amazing value (even tho it’s about £80 more than I was hoping to pay 😆) Think I will wait til the day before for Tame Impala tho - I’m sure that’s sold badly and maybe they’ll make an exception for it!
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Twickets now has a pair for Gorillaz at 39.95 each so it's happening ...
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12 minutes ago, Diamond Solitaire said:
Sounds like Nick Cave tickets are probably selling quite well
Also the one with the fewest dumped on Twickets. Not sure why that would be - it’s still not a sell out so has to be a function of fewer ticket holders changing their mind about going rather than there being more interest in buying them on Twickets. I doubt any have sold on Twickets so far
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44 minutes ago, WalesGolfMadrid said:
Twickets is a good shout, plenty on there at the minute
Wow. I’d not thought to look on there until now. Dozens! None of them will sell if it doesn’t sell out. They’ll be flogging them for 20 quid a pop soon
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This year I stayed at a pub – which shall remain nameless in the interests of discretion - during the festival. Apparently the Drift team stayed there during the shoot last year and were complete wasters. They spent most of their time sitting round in the bar just hanging, with no obvious sign of any work being done. The landlord felt they were just taking the piss and nobody seemed to be managing them properly. They were also pretty rude and disrespectful to the staff. Maybe if they’d spent a bit more time on the coding and less in the bar the Livestream might have gone a bit more smoothly
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1 hour ago, tarw said:
Same here but there are very few live music videos that I would watch anyway. To me live music is of the moment. I enjoyed it at the time but wouldn’t re-watch it. Exactly the same as a fantastic gig.
I'm not that fussed watching videos of live either but there was something about this for me that took it out of the genre. For a start it wasn't - strictly speaking - live. Each performance was, but they were all separate works - some with quite a creative take on the production - woven together to produce something more like a movie. And, for me, the fact that it's a time capsule of the year the pandemic stopped the festival - and a reminder of how much we missed it - lifts it above the sum of its parts.
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11 minutes ago, Al2006 said:
VIP view is quite good right… does it get full though? I’m tempted to get VIP for one of the days (either nick cave or the national).. and hold out for freebies for the other
The Amex deal isn’t for VIP View - just for the backstage VIP area. It’s nice and chilled with better loos. But you need View to get a better view!
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Can't believe this was never released on Blu-Ray
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4 minutes ago, sisco said:
I still want a freebie not an upgrade! So greedy
I want both. Even greedier
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57 minutes ago, xxialac said:
If you buy a ticket with Amex now you get a free upgrade to VIP.
Worth 40 quid so a pretty good deal tbf for any day likely to be full enough not to need seat fillers in the final week. Field Day for example you could wait til 2 days before to see if there are any freebies/cheapies before buying (assuming the upgrades aren't limited and sell out in the meantime). I wouldn't do it for Tame Impala as it looks almost certain there'll be some better deals. But I might get one for The National if no cheapies appear by the closing date
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5 minutes ago, FakeEmpire said:
Does anyone have the link to the Amex offer please? I have not received an email and cannot find anything about it.
I bought my tix for The National & Nick Cave using my Amex so worth seeing if they will still honour the offer.
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2 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:
Woah I paid full price for Arcade Fire like a mug! I remember not even enjoying it that much as was just exhausted from Glastonbury.
Yeah I think the Cave day is best value but am still holding out for a cheap one anyway. I'm not convinced it will sell out as all the diehards would have their tickets by now (would usually include me, but I'm expecting a very similar show to Primavera so not as on it as I normally would be).
I’d only go for The Smile so not worth it unless they’re cheapies
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Also the Kingston gigs are almost always 40mins to an hour. Hence cheap, and generally geared towards flogging vinyl and CDs and promoting a new album
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For the last 20 years we’ve stayed in Croscombe (north of the festival) and getting there via Shepton has always been traffic free. So if I were you I’d go: Shepton, Croscombe, Wells, Glastonbury, A361 -> Pilton. The other (much quicker) option is to cheekily ignore the ‘No access to festival’ sign at the junction of Shepton Old Rd/Old St and Old Wells Rd and head to wards The Crossways, and on til you hit the 361 at Steanbow. Ignore the stewards who never approach you and turn right - you’re heading to the East car parks now.
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4 hours ago, FloorFiller said:
I believe she’s taking a break from touring with them for their summer shows and they’ve got somebody else in to replace her, so no need to have your umbrellas up in the front row whilst watching them at Glastonbury.
That’s disappointing. Not for the golden showers, but she seems to be the heart (and kidneys) of the band’s performance.
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2 minutes ago, Twiggy553 said:
Her name is Sophie Urista. The portmanteau of Urine and Barista can’t be accidental!
Quite a diuretic, coffee, I find
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2 minutes ago, Acid Loafers said:
Oh my god. Reading through your comment, I didn't have to search. It slowly clicked in my head.
That video... IT'S THEM?! 😂
It’s them alright.
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1 hour ago, kugglaw said:
It makes me cringe
I can’t wait to see them. Their version of Killing In The Name is even more intense than the original. And quite a live act - the lead singer is on a warning not to get overly carried away on stage. She was subject to a police investigation after a gig in the States. If you don’t know the story Google it. It’s quite shocking 💦
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On 5/30/2022 at 6:58 PM, kugglaw said:
Lol I meant elbow- always get those two confused!
I've done that too. I'm convinced it's because Guy Garvey and Jimi Goodwin look like the most unlikely frontmen for an Indy band. They's look much more at home wearing a hard hat and hi viz for work
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8 hours ago, blutarsky said:
VAR check in progress: Troll confirmed
No he's not. Just very judgemental about other people's taste, like a lot of folk on here. Being judge doth not make a troll.
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7 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:
He’s got some fantastic lyrics that resonate with me even in my 40s so can only guess how they connect with the Young’uns he’s writing about. If I was under-30 I would absolutely adore Fender.
And if you're at the older end of the spectrum (like me) 'Spit of you' is really affecting. Gets me every time. Not that it'll be easy to hear cos it's the kind of song that the less engaged talk throughout
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I honestly think for those who are on the hill 12:45 Sunday for Ukraine's Dakhabrakha, that is going to be the emotional high point of the festival. If you don't know the band watch this. They play a weird fusion of world, trance, folk and blues that in tracks like Vesna and Yanky is like nothing else and incredibly contemporary. They look great too - traditional Ukrainian outfits. Part of the performance uses video of the war as a backdrop. It's not impossible to imagine that Zelensky might even speak by zoom. Pray the sun shines on Ukraine Sunday lunchtime.
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All Points East Festival 2022
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Am I right in thinking there are no Twickets on sale on the day … all sales are pulled the night before?