DirtyLurker

👋👋👋 I've booked 😁 Was kind of planning a year off festivalling but I accidentally bought tickets for this & Camper Calling, both local. Got to say I'm loving the smaller festivals, have seen majority of this years lineup at different places over the years but live music, in a field, weekend in my campervan, what's not to like😉

I know but can't risk the info not matching up! Good luck everyone, I've bowed out, catch you all later, after June!

Wasn't planning on trying this year, bought a house recently so was going to skip this year.. Just realised I haven't changed addresses on our registrations so effectively can't even try now 😫😫

As if we couldn't love her enough; check out her Twitter timeline from last night, she made sure all the food from the Mercury's was donated to charity rather than wasted - as a chef I know how hard this is to achieve, so many companies unwilling to help with excess food going to those that need it!

The track was prob quite poignant, something about Kevin & a bird, in a tree or something - but his voice sounded like a pair of football socks filled with concrete going round in a tumble dryer, it was specifically his voice that I did not like.

Nick Cave is durdge (I may or may not have made that word up) Never knowing heard his stuff, 6Music played one this AM and I considered driving off the A46 just to make it stop - slight hyperbole there I do not endorse any form of self harm.

Fair - I've only seen them with a plethora of drummers so can't compare 😉

Fun fact; I'd seen both incarnations more tha a handful of times before I realised they were in fact the same people 😆

Arghhh had thought I probably wouldn't try for tickets for next year but Pulp I would not want to miss if they played Glastonbury!

She did a short pop-up set at the Barclaycard stage - I say stage but it was basically an advert for Barclaycard with a raised section for their hype up dancers! - at Latitude which I totally missed because; terrible signal, notification came in an hour after it had happened. Bit gutted I missed it after the comments re: intimate gigs. Loving that she's popping up at lots of festivals this year.

I'm so sorry you've been having such a shit time, caught a few of your posts recently & really hope you're getting through with some help❤ There is such catharsis with music that connects. I know someone commented about I Do This All The Time, the Wear Sunscreen homage & not connecting with it but there are a few lines in that track that get me every fucking time, and to see it live, wow. Such power in her words.

Quite drummery though 😉

You need to see a Soulwax set - So.Many.Drummers!

They played over an hour set at Latitude so must've been tracks from 1st album inc - I'd had a few espresso martini so couldn't tell you what was played. I agree with you about the Mercury meaning so much to her, she just comes across as genuine, her music feels so honest, that's prob why the live show affected me so much. She's got a Northern sense of humour for sure! She wore the Boots advantage card dress at Latitude, partner (Northerner) was impressed at the thrifty aspect of reusing advantage cards 😅

Amazing photo! She is So on fire right now🔥🔥 And your tshirt & vinyl are part of her history, without those sales she may have packed it all in & we would be without such a strong voice - both vocal opinions & singer songwriter voice.

So I've searched site & there's no dedicated thread to Self Esteem, how is this even possible?! I've had to create a thread, I am not the thread creating type😉 I purposely didn't head to John Peel tent to see her/(them to inc band), at Glasto because I knew I'd catch them at Latitude. O my bloody gosh, they blew me the fuck away! So good in so many ways. Partner was dragged along & it was 1 act I didn't care if they were enjoying or not because I fully intended to stay for the whole set - partner came away absolutely in love with Rebecca Lucy Taylor which is fair, I too am in love with Rebecca! She brought on the Queer House Party for the last track & gave them front & centre stage which was pure joy. I cried, quite a bit to be fair like tears streaming down my face & I danced, such good music & i listened, she has stuff to say & I'm fully here to listen. Would love for her to win the Mercury. Send your Self Esteem loves here 😁 (or not it's a free country 😉)

Can confirm 29°c beating sun, windy festival punishing - played hunt the shade for a couple hours midday then had the van awning in & out more times than I care to count, setting on out about a foot to keep a bit of shade over van doorway but not flapping so much it feels like the van sill take off.

@blutarskyyour kitchen area units are <chef's kiss> absolutely stirling work!

Got the van back! 😁😁😁 5pm collected, home by 5.30pm van fully loaded & on way around 6.15ish! Fasted van pack ever😆 have bought batteries where I'd usually use rechargeables. About an hour or so out from Latitude so half set up in dark, large gin, bed then full set up awning etc in morn. The garage threw in a free drive shaft replacement, they said they had one lying about so put it in, we think they fucked about for the 1st 10days having van, realised they'd fucked us about so when actually cracked on with work did that to keep us sweet. We do use them for all 3 VWs so spend much ££££ with them. Did have a windscreen washer malfunction for a few mins about an hour into journey, tbf that's a fault I knew needed doing but completely forgot about due to gearbox failure🙄 washer only come on when intermittent switch is in a certain position and you have to find position whilst is raining & you can't see... not the best but sometimes it works immediately. Will go back to garage when we get back.

Thanks @spg & @blutarsky went to garage, van not there. They rang other garage, heard them say for sure, for definite it's on it's way back today. I'm sat at home twiddling my thumbs, bags packed waiting go Latitude🙄 I've not been able to charge any of the battery operated stuff, lanterns etc because everything is in the van! With hindsight sending van to garage with full camping kit in maybe wasn't the best idea🤷‍♂️ Is a 3.5hr trip over so as long as we've left by 5pm then we're going tonight otherwise it'll be tomorrow... if the van even comes back today😦

I did give a 10 minute lecture on climate change & the realities they were leaving for their children, hopefully some of what I said sunk in🤞

Should be packing up the van & heading to Latitude right now, in reality my van is still at the garage, which garage I've no idea! Dropped with our VW specialist 2weeks ago for a gearbox rebuild, have been given 3 (so far) different dates of when it will be ready to collect and the last phone call they told us the whole van had been taken to their gearbox specialist.... so currently have no idea where in the world my van even is☹ The last date they gave was today at "lunchtime" so at 12pm I will be sat on their forecourt, slightly agitated if my van is not in sight!

Prime example of people not taking climate change seriously: Filling my trusty Glasto bottle at the water station, cases of bottled water on top, colleague says: it's so hot, just take a bottle (plastic) of water why waste time filling a bottle. Like dude it's literally this feckin hot due to that type if attitude.

Don't think there was an option either way. Contact Latitude, hopefully they can help.

Well my campervan isn't going to be ready... Hoping we can collect on Weds afternoon & either get across to Henham late Weds or failing that Thursday with the rest of the traffic. Garage that we dropped van with sent it to another garage so I don't even know at this point in time where the hell my van even is🙄 At this rate I'll just be glad to even make it to Latitude 😭