TheDayman

These guys do a really good job at vlogging the festival - they played the Rocket Lounge in 2019 & 2022. Seem like a decent bunch of lads

Bicep > Fred Again

The whole diversity stuff would be out the window if that ends up correct, no female acts headlining the Pyramid or the Other. I think purely based on the type of act they are, they'd have to be either Friday or Saturday. We'd hardly be able to handle the Prodigy on a Glasto Sunday night!

The Prodigy... of a Sunday? How in the world will anyone have the energy for that! My bet (hope) is Friday against AM

"Your transgressions can become your greatest blessings, bitch"

Did you get sorted in the end? I'm sure I have them, definitely Bicep and Sam Fender anyway

If it looks locked in as an AM/GNR/EJ pyramid trio, I wonder what the chances are of the Prodigy headlining the Other Stage on Fri/Sat...

I'm not sure about GNR given the whole diversity angle of recent years. I wouldn't be surprised if Lizzo got Saturday. It could be argued that she's not quite headliner material yet but you could also argue she was TikToks most popular music artists for 2022 (if that's a thing). Down with the kids and all that.

Absolutely gutting, RIP Maxi 😔

Respectfully, I'd argue touting is a problem. In particular, professional touting. If we differ on that, I'll instead highlight ticket fraud, which last year cost consumers £4 million in the UK alone. Tokenized ticketing can pratically eliminate this (if done correctly). And just again to highlight - I'm not a crypto person, my belief is that the vast, vast majority is a ponzi-scheme. With that said, we are getting to a point where certain DLT's are now providing genuine utility in a cost effective and meaningful way across a whole host of industries.

Well, I did actually a highlight a few problems - directly through touting and the secondary market, as well as indirectly through 3rd parties fees and otherwise. In the industry I'm in (sport), there is a problem in being able to sell hundred's of thousands of tickets to major global events (leading to long queue times - sometimes many hours). This is only going to be compounded in the future when things like VR and augemented reality mature. In 10 years time, we could be in a siutation where tickets for the Fifa World Cup Final or the NFL Superbowl may not just be physical in-venue seats but also virtual seats sold hundreds, or even millions, of times over. The right blockchain technology, or maybe more accurately put it's evolution in the form of Directed Acyclic Graph, addresses these kinds of current transaction volumes as well as what we could potentially face in the future. Don't get me wrong, I don't believe in Bitcoin or the vast majority of other distributed ledgers that are out there. Maybe a necessary step to get to where we are but essentially no better flying on a wright brothers plane now. IMO 99% of the crypto world is a ponzi-scheme but there are some that provide genuine utility.

Feels like forever since I’ve posted here… Glasto is always so amazing that I genuinely don’t have the heart to come back here after it’s finished! Plus I spent so much time here pre-Glasto that I plenty of work to catch up with after… With ticket day only 2 weeks away, I’ve been lurking around again and I thought this would be a great spot to get me posting! Without divulging too much detail, I work in the technical side of an large industry similar to music and NFT’s, the metaverse and Web3 are definitely on our radar. Hopefully I can give you a different angle to think about. I always find it funny when I see people saying NFT’s are stupid (or a ponzi-scheme) because it’s both a correct and incorrect statement. NFT has become an acronym that rather sloppily describes tokenized digital “art”. However, that’s not really accurate. The NFT, or non-fungible token, is the unique digital identifier that is used to certify authenticity and ownership of the asset. The digital art itself isn’t the NFT, the NFT is the irrefutable digital contract that proves a person owns somethings and/or confirms the transfer of ownership of an asset from one person to another. So, when somebody pays an exorbitant amount of money for a picture of a cartoon monkey, the monkey is the digital art and the NFT is the contract. And yes, spending a bag of money on a cartoon monkey is definitely stupid and definitely has hallmarks of a ponzi-scheme (IMO). However, let’s break down that transaction and relate it to the music industry. Person A has a monkey. Person B buys the monkey. An NFT is issued via. a smart contract. Monkey is sent from Person A to Person B. It is confirmed on the blockchain that Person B is now the owner of said monkey. A similar common transaction between an artist and a fan is the sale of a ticket. However, artists tend not to be in a position to distribute tickets to fans directly themselves, so they’ll bring in someone like Ticketmaster to facilitate the transaction (where additional costs/fees are added). However. if you tokenize tickets (rather than a silly monkey), an artist (or venue or festival), can sell their tickets directly to fans, cutting out the middleman and reducing costs. There’s also some really interesting things we can do with a smart contract ticket too. For example, NFT tickets can pretty much eradicate touting and the secondary market place. How? Rules can easily be written into the smart contract stating that transfer of ownership can never go above the original ticket price. In fact, anything you can code (which is pretty much anything), can be written in to the smart contract behind the ticket. On the fan side, all we see if is the digital ticket arriving in our digital wallet. This is just one example of how Web3 and NFT’s could reshape the music industry. There's lots more I could write about when we start thinking about building more direct and intimate connections between artists and fans or even just where everything is going to be in 5 or 10 years time. However, that could take all night and even I wouldn't want to read it! I know I’ve missed your training workshop but if you have specific questions, just shout. As I say, for my own job I’ve been researching quite a bit in this area over the last couple of years and am more than happy to give a steer if needed.

Stewards have told people to stand up at PGA... no movement at PGD yet (but we're a good bit back)

Box office update - The steward at car park entrance has told me they are boxing everyone in until 8am. When I explained we were trying to get to the box office and that this means people will need to queue 3 times he said "it's just one of those things".

D queue is pretty massive now too - wrapping out along the hedge row back to the orange 39

They don't seem to be allowing people get to the box office from the orange car park side. 2 of our crew have had to join the PGA queue just to get to the otherside and start queuing again at the box office. What a pain in the hole - triple queuing.

Soooo.... they don't seem to be allowing people get to the box office from the orange car park side. 2 of our crew have had to join the PGA queue just to get to the otherside and start queuing again at the box office. What a pain in the hole - triple queuing.

Given they're giving festival tickets to people with CV's, what are peoples thoughts on trying to collect box office tickets today? Wondering if its worth risking dropping across to the festival.

I'm pretty sure I've seen at least tequila in plastic bottles before but as @crazyfool1 has said, its less common as I would assume it would need to be a specific type of plastic. We've bought a few cheap metal thermal bottles in Primark (€4.50 so maybe £3/4 in the UK). They're perfect for spirits and as they empty you can use them to carry ice if you're lucky enough to find some!

Yep. And the fact that it's sitting at the bottom of the shower, someone must be practicing. ...I just hope she's properly cleaned up after herself! 😂

Looks like someone in my house is starting to prep... 😂

I've no doubt that's the case and tbf, the live events industry was disproportionately affected. That said, a lot of people have pointed out these oncoming issues well in advance to See and the Festival. People are even tweeting Emily directly as well as cc'ing See's CEO on their emails. I can understand gaps in knowledge as a result of covid but people are literally highlighting the problems directly to the top brass but it seems to be falling on deaf ears. Anywho, here's hoping this is all just sensationalism and everything works out fine when we get there! I'll never be as happy to be proven wrong! Onwards and upwards, we're nearly there! 🥳

Tbh, I have less issues with Royal Mail than I do with See. Final delivery is only one part of, what might be, a complete and utter shitshow come Wednesday morning. For example, a strategic decision was made to not post international tickets and its becoming more and more apparent that they have no plan in place to distribute what is going to be an exceptionally larger number of tickets left for box office collection. People are also being told that the parking passes that weren't sent in time will need to be sent back for a refund (and they will now need to pay again at the gate). Others are being told to park at PGA to pick up their tickets (which lets be honest, is never going to be allowed). There's no clear pedestrian routes - other than the road - from the car parks for those who need to get back to the box office at PGA. It's all pointing to a clear disconnect with the on the ground logistics of the festival and there seems to be zero planning in place to mitigate against the disruption their decisions may cause. I really hope all will goes well but right now, the evidence is starting to point towards a messy start and at a minimum, probable traffic issues. Sorry, long rant but it's so frustrating...

This is more principal than anything else but they want to be refunding the postage too.