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Polar bear being repurposed as lion for Elton's performance?

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Less sneaky way to get tickets: https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2023-more-tickets-released

More dates announced for the Hamilton tour! I'll be getting tickets for Southampton 🥰 https://hamiltonmusical.com/uk-tour/home/

"I don't like festivals, I like parties with goody bags. Let me tell you why Coachella is rubbish". Great article 🤣

We've already had a dancey area, so my guess is it'll be something like kidzfield or pilton palais next.

Are you my husband? 🤣 I'll inevitably need to go once we've found a spot for the tent, it's not my fault if he sets it up while I'm otherwise engaged. Then grab the programmes, go for a wander, find some food/drink and somewhere to chill.

I think this means following the 1-7 April window there will be the normal resale. They might bring back secret resales for tickets that aren't paid for after 24 hours (or are cancelled by 5 May), but I don't think that's what this is referencing.

No, it's a separate national express coach. Southampton is the closest place with the combined ticket/coach option, but I got a standard ticket this year. The seeticket coach is a bargain though. £54 return from Southampton if you get the ticket/coach option compared to £90 for national express!

Yep, if you can carry a plate of food and a can of beer into a field, you can carry the empties back to a bin.

Flapjack or similar at the tent, then something without massive queues when I head out (last year was mostly momos for breakfast).

I'm on the national express this year, and there is only 1 direct from Portsmouth so I don't get to pick when I leave/arrive. Not due to arrive until 14:30, so should miss the worst of the queues, and planning to camp in darble again. Should be slightly easier than last year, when train strikes meant I had to leave straight after work on the Tues, get nat ex to London then another to Bristol so I could get my seeticket coach on the weds morning.

Got the train from Ryde to Lake on the Saturday morning, and walked from there to Niton. Sunday walked to Totland. Monday we bussed/hovered home. It was beautiful, but my poor old Pompey legs aren't used to hills!

IMHO the worst thing about leaving later is seeing the state other people have left the place in. Going back to the real world is depressing enough anyway, but that puts an extra downer on it. I think if your tent doesn't look too abandoned you should be alright. Could always try leaving a sign on it to say you're coming back (and don't leave any valuables in there once you've got them out the lockups). We'll sometimes leave someone packing up while the other goes off to find lunch, but that obviously only works if there's more than 1 of you leaving late.

1st thought: 🤢 2nd thought: you can see people in the long drops? 😳

Many years ago my older sister asked for the ocean colour scene album for her birthday. Our mum very nearly bought her ocean drive, but our little sister was like "errr, I don't think that's right". Hang on, you're not bike like my mum, are you? 😂

I actually got out and did some walking at the weekend, over on the Isle of Wight. Got plenty of steps in, my legs are still recovering now!

Yeah, you just pay 1 postage fee in the resale and they all get sent together. Obviously not a problem in the coach sale as the lead booker can just pass on any emails.

Don't forget that in the resale all tickets will be sent to the lead booker. If you've got people that are being put together into 4s the lead booker will need to get the tickets to the rest of the group.

That is how I'd pronounce it, but I've also been saying "joey bada-dollar-dollar".

Great idea for a thread @Bike_Like_A_Mum I'd recommend taking a collapsible bowl and some flannels for a morning tent wash that's much nicer than wet wipes. And whoever recommended the moth espresso martinis last year, good shout!

Don't go breaking my heart and crocodile rock are bangers!

Glad I'm not the only 1 who sang that at infant school! (When I went to juniors we had an overhead projector so we could see what the lyrics were supposed to be 😂)

21 March, 8:10 am

We normally get a few cans of staggeringly good from Watkins & Faux at the festival, but they're moving out of the tennis club so might not be on site any more 😟