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Lots of love for Glade since their drop. But can the area handle much more than last year's crowds?! Remember every time I went last year it was so rammo you had sound bleed and crowd control everywhere.

That's exactly how I found it. I was expecting (and also hoping, I suppose) that I'd have a relatively chilled walk back to wind down before bed. Something I found myself doing on the Friday and Saturday morning was having breakfast with earplugs on and keeping them in for an hour just to stop the background noise for at least an hour.

Blimey, the visuals at Afterlife do look awesome.

Oh and the visuals behind the bands on the main stages have improved A LOT, lol.

The biggest difference I noticed since my last time in 2017 to 2023 was how busy it was. I remember being able to find a quiet moment walking back from SEC to my tent at 3am, but in 2023 there were just people everywhere all the time. Even in the "quiet" fields like Green Futures, Healing Field etc. Other than that, it's pretty much the same, aside from some of the venues had made way for new ones. Oh, there's a Co-op now which is very handy if you can avoid the queues.

Personally, I choose to embrace. Leading up to the festival I watch vlogs of the years I went, looking out for things acts I saw and reminisce. I've already watched a couple from last year, currently watching the GnR set. For the actual weekend I'll check in during the evening after the kids are in bed, crack open a couple of cans and catch up on highlights and then watch live. At the end of the day, you tried your best to be there, and it's gutting to miss out, but you know you'll (very likely) get to go again and it was out of your control that you missed out this year. You can avoid it too if that helps, but as others said, might just compound your misery even more.

Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Camelphat, Groove Armada, Goldie, K Klass, Afriquoi, Nubiyan Twist, Yung Singh...

Nailed it.

I don't think I've ever forgotten who I actually saw, but I have seen sets and questioned my judgement to see who I actually saw. It's the bitterness of a clash when the one you plump for turns out to be average and the one you missed turned out to be brilliant.

But is this including headliner announcements, because we've usually had a couple before Christmas, or one around November, one just after the new year?

That's a pretty cool website. When I checked just now though, it's changed slightly. Is it personalised for each person? On the Spotify app it says "Made for (my name)", but it's also supposedly the official Glastonbury playlist. Mine is below. Electronic has jumped up massively, possibly since Shangri-La got announced?

But of course, there is no pattern... Expecting April to be rammed with one a day then nothing in May at all...

How much ket had you done before Paul came on? Lol.

So, now all the tickets have gone, who's gonna be watching from home? I'm already planning on buying a couple of six packs of Brooklyn Pilsner and catching up/flicking through the stages live. Might even treat myself to a rum-shake if the weather perks up a bit 😅 Couple of years ago, there were quite a few people chatting and watching together through eFests. Wasn't quite the same to put it lightly, but good fun if you're not too gutted about missing out. Also, it's enjoyable to be able to flick through the stages if something brilliant is happening and you don't have to traipse through mud to check something out.

West Holts used to be (and prob still is) a standard go to before I became more organised. My top 5 now would be: 1. West Holts 2. Other 3. SEC 4. Woodsies 5. Other