Major_Tom108

I have to admit, I just don't...get 1975? I understand they are popular but I don't think I've ever met a single fan. I go to dozens of indie/rock gigs (well did before Covid) every year and don't think I ever encountered a 1975 fan at one. Weren't they manufactured/put together in the lab of a record label? Or is that an apocryphal rumour? Their songs are just meh. Or am I just Principal Skinner?

The version of Slide Away he plays is utterly incredible. The only version of the song I can listen to now

Yeah, must have been night terrors. The 2nd time it sounded like someone in agony, thought for sure I'd hear sirens any second but no nothing after 3 very loud, panicked shouts/screams. Gave me the fright of my life, just sat bolt upright silent and still 🙃

YES! Thought I imagined/dreamt it. Sure I heard the guy again on Saturday night/Sunday early when I was getting into my sleeping bag.

Yup, positive test a few hours ago, the Positive line was deep & thick 😬

Yeah notice the security were more rigorous in checking wrist bands both in and out from Friday onwards. Agree there could have been more toilets, maybe a few additional compostable ones (in the main area) as an alternative. Queue was pretty bad for them in the mornings. Showers were great to have, could have done with more of them as other have said the queue got really long in the morning. I ended up waiting until the afternoon and coming back to my tent around 3-4 everyone day to have break and have a shower (were usually empty). I also had a shower every night I came back as well, they seems to open quite late. Made all the difference. Have say was quite disappointing how people treated the mens showers, discarded clothes, underwear, bottles etc. strewn everyone where. I went for a shower on Saturday afternoon and there were two cleaners in checking them, they were not happy. The word "Feral" was used multiple times, could do nothing but agree with them. Could may do with another food stalls. Everyone wanted to go for this one particular stall (can't remember it's name). Food, coffee & smoothies from it were excellent though. Good mixture of ages on my row (2 person scout tent) and everyone was really friendly. Vibe was very chilled out and everyone was respectful. No mad parties late into the evening which was nice to come back to some peace & quiet.

Trainers destroyed my feet so don't think there's any compromise. I surmise the natural terrain plus endless walking is going to hurt no matter what.

Mine was more surreal/barmy: All the See Coaches to Manchester were late. There must have 200 people waiting in the rain the for any coach back north to arrive. In the meantime there were about 7 London coaches that came and went, and plenty of coaches to Reading, Oxford, Southampton (including Southampton coach one that must have departed with about 10 people on it). When the Manchester coaches did arrive and we finally did decide to depart (at around 7:15am - 1st coach was supposed to leave at 5:00am) our driver played his personal set-list of Hindi/Urdu songs (nothing wrong with that just time/place) at near full blast for the 1st hour, then some kind of Hindi/Urdu radio skit show for the next hour (which included a DJ with a over zealous like of his "baby-laughing" sound effect) meaning nobody could get any form of proper sleep. We did get silence for about an hour after this which was bliss. We pulled into Keele services after about 4 hours and the driver tells us to be back at the bus after 25 mins. He then proceeds to disappear for a full on hour. Everyone on the coach rushed their visit to services to to make sure we were back in time. Everyone was then stuck outside a locked coach for 30+ mins in constant rain (some of us in t-shirts, thin jumpers) waiting for the driver to return. We he did emerge we got a sarcastic/insincere "sorry sorry" as he carried the remainder of his Burger King meal. If he had told us an hour nobody would have been upset, we could have sat down to eat food go, go to the toilet, freshen up etc. We were then treated to a good 15-20 mins of loud radio static/interference on the intercom from some random pop radio station. A genuinely bizarre ride home, still trying to work out whether it was real or did some drugs I was unaware of this morning.

Caveat to the below whinging is that I had an absolutely incredible time and praying I get tickets for next year but: - Need a serious re-think re: tickets sold vs space available on-site - Need to either limit entry on Wed & Thu or get licence to put on more acts on - Is a larger "3rd Stage" needed? Given all the stories of dangerous overcrowding at various points at WH, TP & WG would it be worth setting up a larger stage to host acts like George Ezra, Jack White, Wet Leg, TLC, Sugababes, Mel C etc that were very well attended but far too big to appear on the existing smaller stages (given the increased tickets sold)? - Agree on the wood-chipper, definitely rolled both ankles at least 5 times a day. Both are now very sore and swollen at the moment. - Parents with very, very young children and those push carts blocking up all walkways, particularity late on at popular acts taking up loads of space....is there usually that many? - Breed a hyper sensitive drug sniffing dog to catch all the coke going into the festival. I'm not a prude at all when it comes to drugs (your body, your choice) but far too many coked-up, belligerent, ignoramus' barging their way through anything and everything in their path. Special shout out to the two lads in the queue for the bar next the Crows Nest who did about 3 bumps in space of 25 mins then passed around the Ket at 8pm on Wednesday night, dread to think of the comedown they are on today. 😬 Tbf this seems to be general society thing at moment as I've noticed it even in my local pubs on a regular Friday night.

Learnt my lesson and have been at The Park since 2:00pm enjoying the vibe & waiting for JW

Hopefully, the more people tried to help the more distressed and upset she got.

Hundreds & hundreds of people trying to go both directions with space for a single file line. Low light was a very old lady who was clearly in distress fall out of her wheel chair and bunch of us trying in vain to tell an obviously disinterested crowd to stop and slow down. It did calm down for the 2nd half of the gig but no one around us enjoyed the first hour at all.

I can confirm the crown control at Macca is none existent. Genuinely dangerous at the back around the dirt track.

I can confirm the crown control at Macca is no existent. Genuinely dangerous at the back around the dirt track

I am currently sat above the Park (next to the Rainbow Man sculpture thingy) and they are doing sound tests on the Park Stage. If the acts are as loud as the sound tests you could comfortably sit by the Glastonbury sign and hear fine. Know what you mean though. I’ve had nearly twenty years of near misses with the White Stripes & Raconteurs and cannot wait to see if him (if he is playing) 🤞