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  1. Some bands play very regularly but not everyone has been to every festival - 2019 was my first chance to see Chemical Brothers despite their regular appearances. Also, the last festival was three years ago - bands that played then and are playing again (or rumoured, or whatever) will have brought out a lot of new material in that time - Fontaines have two albums' worth of material they didn't play at the last festival, to pick just one example. But the main crux of your question seems to just be 'why are some things more popular than others', which is better answered by someone with a doctorate in sociology or psychology or something rather than some random forum user. I've not spent much time on here but have seen plenty of posts about very small acts I had never heard of. But obviously more people will be talking about the more popular acts...that's kind of self-evident?
  2. Fanta Lemon. Official taste of holidays. Must be from a can, not a bottle.
  3. lol just because a word is French doesn't make it middle class. My great aunt used to feed us huge slices of cheap gateaux with a cup of strong sugary tea when I was a kid. She was definitely not middle class (she was also clearly not a dentist)
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    Arcadia?

    Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi!
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    Wet Leg

    Will they ever add screens/more speakers to the Park? Got there relatively late for Idles in 2019 (after the previous band finished) and it was about as immersive as sitting in the garden while a neighbour has their radio on. I know 99% of sets there aren't that busy, and if I'd been desperate for a good spot I'd have turned up earlier, but still
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    Sober times

    It might just be a w*nky East London trend at the moment, and it's definitely very recent, but it feels like Lucky Saint especially has been on a drive to get on taps in pubs. I hope it's the start of a wider trend because I'm a massive pub nerd but can't hack the sessions like I used to. At Glasto it would be ideal to be able to intersperse the real stuff with something alcohol free, because a lot of the appeal is sitting/standing in the sun (it will be sunny) with a cold pint.
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    Sober times

    As someone who likes a drink, but more than that loves the pleasure of sitting in a pub and the routine/feel/taste of drinking a 'real' pint, I've been really enjoying the slow but noticeable spread of low/no alcohol beers on tap in pubs. If I spend a weekend evening with friends in a local, or exploring some interesting pubs, it's so easy to end up drinking way more than I intended to or needed to. Pints of Lucky Saint or whatever mean I can carry on enjoying the vibe without pointlessly adding to the hangover. Pretty much all pubs have alcohol-free options in cans, but for whatever reason I just don't get the same enjoyment having a can or bottle as I do having a draught pint. I wonder if/when the bars at Glasto will start offering low/no alcohol beer on tap? I imagine the demand just isn't strong enough at the moment, but judging by their spread in London (in the pubs I've been going to anyway) it may just be a matter of time.
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    Silver Hayes

    to be fair I think the only thing people were complaining about was the unstoppable march of time and how they used to be with it, but then 'it' changed, and now what's 'it' seems weird and scary
  9. Thinking about this has made me realise how important personal/group memories are in how fond you are of a pub. Probably the one I have fondest memories of is objectively one of the most average bars in the festival, the Hop and Liquor. It wears its theme so lightly that it's possible it doesn't even have one and I've made it up, but I think it's meant to be like an Old West saloon. They serve the bog standard drinks - your Carlsbergs etc, nothing fancy. They play inoffensive crowd pleasing music. And yet. For some reason, probably thanks to its location near the Pyramid and nearish where we camp, over the years my group has always spent a decent amount of time there waiting between acts, quenching our thirst, or just plotting what to do next (never waste time planning without a drink in your hand). And if you spend a decent amount of time anywhere at Glastonbury funny and fun memories will start to accumulate. So for that reason it's somewhere we all look forward to revisiting every festival, to sit in the little 'beer garden', talk to some strangers and watch people go by. But if you were to ask me which is the best bar at Glastonbury, it probably wouldn't even make the top 10. Speaking more objectively, the Avalon Inn is a thing of beauty, and that whole area is a delight.
  10. Hi everyone, I came for the spotify playlist and decided to stay for the rumours/speculation/general excitement. Relative Glasto newcomer, my first was in 2015 and I've been going back ever since. Nice to find a place where people are as excited about it as I am (my friends love it, but they're not in love with it, you know?)
  11. Created an account to thank @Brave Sir Robin for his playlist. I stumbled across it on Spotify before my first fest in 2015 and it's become an integral part of my festival run-up ever since. Lurking on the forum today I discovered its creator, so wanted to say cheers!
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