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London warm-up date for The Hotelier please i'm BEGGIN I just want to scream sing along to Your Deep Rest and I don't want to have to get a train to Manchester to do it.

Not a huge fan, but do we think there's any chance Nicki Minaj could be a big late addition to the line-up? Not outside of Prima's genre comfort zone and she's just announced a European run with a gap on 29/05, 30/05 and 01/06 and no Spanish dates at all - https://www.nickiminajofficial.com/tour/ Possibility? Maybe if I say she's going to collab with Massive Attack, The Smile and Slowdive? Maybe Win Butler will be there?

Jesus Christ. My brain still connects Latitude to being that cool alt indie festival of the late 2000s. Seeing this announcement compared to any of those is truly grim stuff. Pound-for-pound (literally), that's the worst line-up of 2024 so far by a fair way.

People might have missed this as they just randomly dropped it on the Primavera insta, but ATARASHII GAKKO! have been added to the Saturday. Hadn't heard of them before this but looks like they're very big in Japan but don't have much international audience so probably won't be too high up. Not the kind of thing I'd sit and listen to but should be a fun live show and will probably check them out. They've got a fun sort-of cover of Beastie Boys' Intergalactic here:

My main lesson from going to Glasto my first year is that the Pyramid Stage crowds give me panic attacks and I can see literally nothing because of the flags so now I'm in the weird situation of really wanting the headliners to be sh*t so I don't feel bad about chilling out at the Park stage every night. Come on Coldplay, Foo Fighters and Sam Fender, gimme that white boy guitar triple combo!

1. Caroline Polachek 2. Viagra Boys 3. Sparks

At The Park for Alt-J. Loving my decision tbh, no crowd anxiety, chill vibes, lovely sunset and I'm eating a veggie enchilada that's a solid 6.5/10.

There were dozens of us. Dozens!

Crowd must be intense. At the front for Caroline Polachek and there's about two rows of people here. Granted about 20 mins before start but still for a subheader at woodsies who comfortably sold out the Apollo earlier this year, that's shocking.

There is literally not one corner of this festival where you're not subjected to hearing shitey dance music 24/7 wether you want to or not. Had a panic attack earlier and had to go to a sensory relaxation tent with massive headphones. Even with them on, I could hear two stages blasting identical sh*t. Its driving me insane.

Officially telling the NFRNFC crew to get f**ked.

On the coach from London now, ETA 5-ish, constantly checking this thread for updates. Cheers everyone!

Could I possibly be cheeky and ask for a report for next Monday from @briddj? I'm worried that big clump of rain will miss us for Elton but then bucket it down overnight and make getting off the site a nightmare.

It does seem like a no-brainer to finally get round to introducing an Avalon-sized tent for heavier music. Heavy bands have proved they can attract a decent crowd at the festival and they're evidently very keen to try and broaden the appeal of the festival in other genre directions, so why not this one? Any idea that those crowds are somehow more rowdy or difficult to deal with is a few decades out-of-date at this point.

I'm not planning on seeing Elton even though there's no-one else I particularly want to see. I just refuse to believe watching a show in a crowd that big could be fun. We had a similar experience trying to see Dua Lipa with the entirety of Primavera last year. Saw the whole show but we were so far away that at the end we all agreed it felt like we didn't even actually watch her, just a colourful dot a few miles away. Going to have a wander around the site instead and see if anything takes our fancy. Will make sure to catch a couple of Elton songs just so we have something to say to stop people being weirdly judge-y, but not planning to stick around for long.