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I've never put one back on the basis of a line up and never would (0/12). We have a reasonably large group and some of them have done so over the years. Main reasons for this are: - financial change - family change (pregnant etc) - because their best mates within the group didn't get tickets, so they all decided to go to a different festival together - because they deliberately went in the main sale with a view to making the decision in April, and decided against it. I would say this year that the noise about the line up is louder than other years. Nobody has yet said they are giving up their ticket, but a lot of people in the groups that didn't get tickets are not bothering with the resale on the strength of the line up. Hopefully that means more tickets going back than usual to the resale, and less people trying to get them.

Ahhhh the Glastonbury cry! This year I caved early, on Friday. I love Chvrches anyway, we got right to the front, and they were simply stunning throughout. Also cried during Daniel by Elton. My dad used to play that album on repeat in the car on our annual camping trip to Scotland when I was little. Last year, I cried during Emmy Lou by First Aid Kit who I've loved for years but never seen live. I ended up with sun cream in my eye balls, so a little happy tear led to lots of painful tears and a trip from First Aid Kit at Other to the First Aid Tent near West Holts to have my eyes washed out. All rather embarrassing!

I went to my first glasto in 2008 with my best mate who lives miles away and a group of his friends I barely knew back then. Last minute decision as it had not sold out, I got my ticket 2 days before the festival. I'd recently come out and was struggling with it, he'd known for a while, but I hadn't the nerve to tell the big group of "lads" we were camping with on my first night at a festival. I went off for a wander and when I got back to camp, ended up going to bed knackered. I woke up in my tent in the middle of the night when everyone came back and they were all up chatting outside. The news had got out and I overheard lots of comments like "I wouldn't like if if my best mate came out to me" etc. I then listened to my friend stand up for me in the most brilliant fashion, completely unaware I could hear. I spent the next day on my own wandering around the site, I just didn't know how to react to what I'd heard from others in the group, and my first full day at Glasto was spent speaking to strangers, finding new places, and chilling in hammocks. It helped me gather my thoughts and is one of my favourite days in all 11 Glastos I've been to. Just me, my thoughts, a big festival, and no plan. In the evening I met back up with everyone, and decided to just have the discussion before the music started on the Friday. It cleared the air, we all ended up having a great festival, I've been back with that same group every year now and for the last 5 with my boyfriend in tow. I was best man to that best friend when he got married 8 years later and am the godfather to his two boys. He's long since stopped going, but I have promised to take the boys one day. There is magic and healing in that place.

Usually only pre or post headliner and/or the tracks to the late night areas. It doesn't happen between acts mid afternoon.

Also agree that some clearly big crowds have been put on small stages. Pyramid line up is pretty weak this year, it has the biggest field and best access so having acts like Wet Leg, TLC and Sugababes on there would probably have sorted some of the bottleneck issues.

Other to West Holts for TLC was intense. Nobody moving anywhere for ten mins, and people starting to push when there was no room. Don't remember ever queuing for a urinal before, now they're rammed and you can't get in. Feels like there are so many more people this year, takes ages getting anywhere. If it was muddy we would be in serious shit.