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  1. Have you ever snuck into Glastonbury with no ticket (post 2000)?

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    9 minutes ago, Pipine said:

    But it’s such an obvious route in, been happening for years.. surely they’d have figured out a way to stop it!?

    If they weren’t being strict on vehicles coming in surely that would be a breach of their license? 

    Like the great escape, just poke the contents with a pitchfork, that will encourage folks out of hiding 😉

  2. Glasto is great and I've paid my balance!

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    4 minutes ago, incident said:

    What kind of tortured soul would give up a Glastonbury ticket without a better reason than "I don't like Coldplay"?

     

    I'm sure the statement is truthful - but I doubt that it's by any significant margin, or miles outside the normal variation.

     

    Abso-blooming-lutely.  Sometimes it's easy to confuse the comments with the mithering "it was better in my day" whingeing on FB comments.

     

    Her comment would seem to back up the poll, returns aren't higher than normal, nothing to see here etc. 

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  4. Campervan arrivals Wednesday

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    47 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

    We never once went back to the van during the day, it was just too much of a hike there and back time wise. We'd just pack our entire rucksack for the day. 

     

     

    Same, wouldn't want to waste the time and energy during the day and would rather carry layers for later. 

     

    I know others just leave a bag with their night clothes in an on site lock up, so they get the best of both worlds. 

  6. Glasto is great and I've paid my balance!

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    4 hours ago, irnkrtn said:

    Genuine Q - where are you parking in London for £6 a day don't leave us without the details!!

    Yeah any places I've parked in London recently cost at least 7.50 to a tenner a day and those were pretty far out, but maybe I don't book it that  far in advance. 

     

    I think from what folks have said in the past at least some of that land is rented from neighbours, plus tbh it's not that far above inflation from the price in previous years. 

     

    However to be frank, if you still think parking is too much - get the train, bus, coach or cycle 👍

  9. What telly progs are you bingeing on?

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    42 minutes ago, ian the worm said:

    I’m new to Netflix… and just binged all 62 episodes of Breaking Bad in a few weeks. Not seen it before. Loved every single frame. 

    I've only just started on it, having watched a couple of episodes years ago.  At the time I didn't care if everyone in it died, but finding it more interesting now. 

  11. Food Traders 2024.

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    1 hour ago, Alvoram said:

    Oh yeh, it was never 'bad' always incredible. I just think it was a nicer in 2022... (They used much deeper pots in 2022 too 😉)

    You tease

  12. Food Traders 2024.

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    3 hours ago, Alvoram said:

    2022 Crumble shack was definitely much much nicer than the ones I had in 2023... Still nice though, every single time. 


    I'd never had it before 2023 and went back and had it again as it was delicious...and I've eaten a lot of crumble 🙂 

  15. LAWKS! It's the next announcement thread

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    3 hours ago, gooner1990 said:

     

    MrsG1990(who won't do camping festivals, so won't be at Glastonbury) is a MASSIVE Air fan, so much we had Moon Safari play at our ceremony when we got married last year and I got her tickets for the Royal Albert Hall show at the end of May for her birthday.

     

    I was convinced when I saw the dates that given they would be in the UK when Glastonbury is on that I would be able to see them twice inside a month, and as you say the MS reviews have been top notch so I was very surprised to not see them on the poster.  Could have possible seen a high end Park or Other stage appearance. 

    That would seem to need a heck of a PR job - to go from doing their own carefully put together production in some magnificent venues, to taking their production from Southampton to Somerset, doing the park or other with a very narrow GSH before they pop over the border to Ireland.   Even on their own tour they quite often allow really generous gaps between dates. 

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  16. Change of ownership for SeeTickets

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    17 minutes ago, majormajormajor said:

     

    Very standard practice with who? Five versions each with a different bonus track. 20 bucks to watch her film online. Not sure why you defend it, she's absolutely rinsing her fans. 

    The film that's on Disney+ or another one? 

     

    As @gfasaid the albums were re-released to reclaim ownership.  I couldn't give two hoots about her, but her fans have a choice and she could charge more for stuff if she chose to 🤔

  17. Let's talk Mental Health...and Glastonbury.

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    9 hours ago, Vidsidasta said:

    Apologies for the length of this post! I went on a bit of a ramble, so tl:dr; Glastonbury is a special place and is unlike any other festival. There be magic/dragons here, or something.

    So glad to see this thread still going strong! From my experience, Glastonbury brings a lot of emotions and experiences that I’ve just not encountered at other festivals. It’s not a bad thing - I think it’s just testament to how Glastonbury is truly something special, and connects to people in ways no other festival does. I’ve been to a number of other festivals in the last few years, and although I’ve had some great experiences at those, nothing is as era-defining as my attendance at Glasto every year since 2014.

    And so, this year is the first year since I started my Glasto journey that I WON’T be attending. In a way, it was a difficult decision to make - how could I possibly break my privileged streak of attending the most sought-after festival in Europe? - but in another way, I realised that I have always formed a potentially-unhealthy emotional connection to Glastonbury that I’m sure 99% of people wouldn’t relate to.

    I first started going to the festival with a “f**k it, I’m completely unhappy in my relationship and I need an escape” approach. Then a few years later, I was going to the festival with someone who I saw myself going to the festival with for the rest of my life. And then Covid happened, and we inevitably broke up (mostly amicably), and so when the ticket rolled over for 2022, I was still trying to keep the emotional spirit going. Then in 2023, she had moved on much quicker and easier than me, and brought her new boyfriend into our group, and I probably catasrophised the whole situation and made it more awkward for everyone than I needed to. I had also discovered ketamine (as a self-medicated antidepressant, because all NHS-recognised mediation wasn’t working for me) by that point, which in many ways has changed my life for the better, but at that time, I had no stable footing in reality and I’m kinda ashamed of how I might have come across to my peers.

    Why am I talking about this here? Well, Boomtown was a festival I started attending in 2022, with absolutely no emotional connection to anything. I was entirely unfiltered, made a great bunch of friends who were all as f**ked-up as I was (but in their own special ways). I don’t know which festival is BETTER on paper, but I know that I feel “safer” returning to Boomtown than I do Glasto. And so for this reason, I didn’t go for a ticket at Glasto this year, because I feel like I need a “mental health break”. I’d love to go to Glastonbury and not be carrying all my emotional baggage with me, and just attend the festival as a “normal” person, because there really is nothing like it. I just find that every Glasto, even at my happiest, I spend at least a day trying to hide from everyone - I thought I was doing okay in 2022, until I saw my ex on the screens during one of Kae Tempest’s most emotional songs, and a few days later, Sea Girls defined my life with their opening song, Sick. I don’t even remember 2023, when I was (in retrospect) at my worst. And trying to hide from everyone at a festival like this, camping in a wonderful, intricate group as I do, is quite difficult.

    Of course, I am strongly considering going for a resale ticket this year, because so much has changed in my life in the last year and anyone who knows me will probably say that I’m a completely different, more stable person now. But I’m just incredibly anxious that I’m going to have an “episode” at Glastonbury yet again, and I feel like it’s my own fault for setting this festival up in this way when I first started attending back in 2014, and so the cycle continues…

    This festival is truly unique, in that there is literal magic going on here somewhere and I’m not educated enough to explore it. Or maybe it’s just me. But yeah. Something so amazing and fun shouldn’t be so difficult, and so taking a year out is probably the right decision for me. (I’m also probably taking a year out from Boomtown, because I f**ked my back up last year and I’m still not sure if I’m recovered from that either)

    If you’ve read this far, thank you! I appreciate you! I don’t have any useful information to share, other than that Glastonbury is unexpectedly difficult and stressful for some people and it’s okay if you’re in the same boat - you can enjoy something and be dreading it at the same time. I think that’s the new “normal” now.

    Thanks for sharing, sounds like you were wise to be honest, that Glastonbury situation of seeing someone you still care for, especially under the influence is something few if any of us could take in our stride 😔.    Those I know who've done it were in entirely different parts of the festival.

  18. Let's talk Mental Health...and Glastonbury.

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    On 4/4/2024 at 3:59 PM, 4AssedMonkey said:

    Never stumbled across this thread before, but wish I had.

    I've had depression my whole life and spent many years drowning the negative thoughts with alcohol and playing at being a "normal" citizen.  My first Glasto changed my life as it opened my eyes to so many things, but also showed me that humanity and society could be inclusive, supportive and differences were to be celebrated.  In 2013 I split with my wife of 10 years, with whom I have 2 kids and the event triggered me.  I hated being on my own away from the kids and after 6 weeks attempted suicide.  Luckily, I failed.  I got some therapy and support and have been largely OK every since.

    At G last year, I had an altercation with a coked up selfish w*nker and went to throw a punch.  Luckily, my group stopped me and his stopped him.  That night I went very dark.  By the end of July I was still in a bad place and blaming myself, feeling guilt, shame, self loathing and work pressure was ramping up.  My mind broke.  My wife had to stop me slashing my wrist.  I went back into therapy, on to antidepressants and had 10 weeks off work.  I'm lucky.  My family, friends and employer were nothing but understanding and helpful.  I now feel like myself again.

    I'm a little concerned about this year's festival and for a while considered not going, given what happened last year.  There was so much inconsiderate behaviour, open cocaine use and (to me) tension in crowds that I'd never really felt before.  The flashpoint when I lost it was by no means the only incident of pushy (coked up) selfishness I'd experienced that weekend, which felt a million miles from previous festivals.  Maybe I was already in a downward spiral, but I still have a degree of nervousness about this year.  Luckily, I've had a refresher in coping techniques.

    Per the YouTube clip above, I think most of the attendees will have some demons.  I'm 49 so struggle a little bit with being open about this IRL as my upbringing was very 70's/80's.  All I will say is get help if you need it.

    I've decided this year that if the "vibe" of the festival is more 2023 and less 2019/previous and there are selfish, pushy w*nkers and blatant coke-heads everywhere then this will be my last.  For my own good.

    Thank you for sharing, we rarely have any feel for what's happening with folks we read regular posts from so it's very good of you to share.   

     

    I've got some family members who've had mental health struggles and would love to be able to chat or write to them, but inevitably that's exactly the type of engagement they pull back from, so one can feel quite powerless. 

     

    As for the behaviour of other folks at the festival, most of us who've been a few times have seen or experienced downsides, in my case many years ago before the fence, so likely not caused by the same drug, but there were always a very small number of pricks - maybe if they didn't have to pay or there were no coppers there was less to lose, or inevitably the 'edge' that made things exciting did occasionally come with issues? 

  19. SZA

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    9 hours ago, Madyaker said:

    Attendees under 25 don’t make up that much of the Glastonbury crowd anymore. 

    Is that your observation or you've got a source? 

    As with @4AssedMonkey I've been pleasantly surprised by the quantity of folks quite a bit younger than me, it's really noticeable on some of the seetickets coaches I've been on. 

  20. Acts missing from first poster

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    7 hours ago, incident said:

    The fact that Glastonbury is a week later than Meltdown - so any knock on impact from one to the other will be absolutely minimal.

    I dunno, she's nearly two decades older than me and I would sometimes leave a week between merely attending gigs, what she's doing at Meltdown is clearly massive and tbh, she's earned the right to do what the feck she wants.

  23. Bristol Airport to Glasto

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    3 hours ago, Sid95 said:

    Hi,

    I'll be landing at Bristol Airport at 23:50 on Wednesday the 26th.

    If anyone happens to be driving around that time and could give me a lift, I would be super grateful to join!

    Also I've looked into taxi options, if anyone needs a ride at that time, it would also be great to share!

    Sid

    Well there's one mentioned here, so you could find out who they're using, but I think you're far too late for them to want to share...

     

  25. Food Traders 2024.

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    54 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

    Reluctantly, i will take on the job of Pudding chaser, and will comb the site on monday and tuesday ahead of gate opening to find out what other goodies could potentially be at least a part replacement for the Crumble Shack. They'd best bring their A game though. 

    ...and with that a plucky band was formed, to take on their bold and noble quest.

    All our hopes and prayers are with you 🙏

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