daveh

Definitely disappointing ... got into Big Thief from they debut Masterpiece and saw them in the Walled Garden Greenman (plus an acoustic solo set by Adrienne) ... great band just about worthy of headlining the Mountain Stage. The rest are very meh. Much better further down the order ... EITS and BCNR should be awesome. Also ... Hurray for The Riff Raff, Devendra Banhart, Nadine Shah, Bar Italia, Wednesday, Mannequin Pussy, Fat White Family, Mount Kimbie ... plenty to look foward to. BUT ... Death Cab for Cutie (playing Cardiff) and The National are touring. Grandaddy are on the road again. Los Campesinos! (an amazing band with huge Welsh connections) are also touring. Not a headliner but should have been a shoe-in. Hopefully some last minute announcements to come ... fingers crossed.

Definitely hold on to the Settlers ticket (Blue Carpark if I remember rightly) - way better than Orange - far less distance to lug your stuff and as you say easy ticketing. Take a hit on the Orange or try to sell it.