DTichborne
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I put this also in the "controversial opinions" thread but why is this even a controversial opinion? If you went to see Paul McCartney then this is what you saw... and even the big screens didn't help that much for any of the shots not taken from the stage.
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GET RID OF THE BLOODY FLAGS
(This is what you saw if you went to see Paul McCartney. That's just selfish)
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Home now (I live in Bristol so we packed up this morning, then left tonight after Pet Shop Boys). Well, that went better than expected on the weather front. Pretty much all of the rain happened while we were in bed.
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8 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:
In gate d queues snakes round to orange west 38 and beyond. But is moving. Probably 300 metres in last 10 mins.
You're in the bit they just let jump the queue, then. They've sealed that off and we're at the back of the bit just by that sign. Going to be here for a lot of hours.
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I missed the nice two years because of not being able to get tickets and my last one was the 2016 ordeal, it was bound to happen wasn't it?
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5 minutes ago, 1986 said:
I can't imagine the resulting fatigue in queuing with all my shit in the middle of the night to get in at 9am the following morning. Fair play to those mad enough to brave it.
I don't get it. The first thing those people will probably want to do once set up is to have some sleep... at the time I'll be setting up. So it's not really time saved unless you need very little sleep!
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It is absolutely WANGING DOWN in the south west right now.
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So, I last went to Glastonbury in 2016 and it was still very much the case of working out how much cash you needed for the entire weekend.
For people that went to the more recent two that I missed, was contactless payment very prevalent? To be clear, I know that the smaller outlying stalls are very unlikely to have such facilities and I want to support them as well. I guess my question is, did it work at the last Glastonbury to take a small amount of cash but mostly pay with card?
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1) Turning up on Wednesday morning, getting onsite in a few minutes and having a nice quiet day and a bit before the crowds really started to arrive
2) Garlic Kitchen
3) "BOLLOOOOOOCKS!"
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1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:
Inability to sit is the real pisser. Even if you're fit as a fiddle standing all day can cause back pain / leg pain.
This. I'm 49 years old, fit and it's still an absolute bloody nightmare when you get a really rainy one. I went to every Glastonbury from 1994 to 2016 before finally having a couple of failures to get tickets. Which means that the last two I went to were hard work whereas the two I missed were great.
One thing that missing out on two years did to me (which actually means it's six years since I've been) is to break the link where I feel like I *need* to go yearly. This is my last one for a while (going to try some others) and my last one in a tent. I miss the days when turning up on Wednesday morning meant you got onsite in a flash, and no amount of years attending (I've been 20 times) will ever make me really enjoy a mudbath year. Out in the real world I love a trudge through fields in wellies in the rain, but it's hard to communicate to people that haven't been to the festival how hard going it is there on those years. I know some people say they still love it, but I hate the endless trudging, and the dialling back of all the plans. Want to go halfway across the site for a band I love in these conditions? Nah.
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On 5/25/2022 at 4:38 PM, jow95 said:
I mean come on, I’ve stood in a wide variety of positions in that field and whilst you might not see what sort of shoes macca has on this is an overreaction no?
Genuinely not. In recent years, once you get to the latter end of the day when the field is busy, if you're not near the front then you see pretty much nothing. In extreme instances such as The Rolling Stones, I couldn't see a single inch of the stage for the entire set, from a decent vantage point.
I'm aware that by carrying on about it I sound like a grouse which I promise I'm not, but most large festivals banned them in front of stages and there was a reason for that. Obviously I'm not expecting to see everything unless I'm right at the front... this is an outlier instance and Glastonbury is the only large event I go to where this happens.
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On 6/4/2022 at 3:31 PM, The Nal said:
People who wear wellies shouldn't be allowed to buy tickets.
At the very worst Glastonbury can get, I struggle to see how much of the site can be navigated without them. Even though they're bloody uncomfortable to wear for entire days.
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Booked for the KLF film. A small time commitment and before most of the music stages start. Plus a brief respite from the rain that will inevitably result from me getting tickets for the first time since 2016. 🙂
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On 3/7/2022 at 1:23 PM, stuie said:
Depends if you want Glastonbury to become the same as 'most festivals'.
Most festivals have an arena and a campsite. Most festivals have stage sponsorship. Most festivals don't let you walk around drinking your own booze for 5 days.
Most festivals aren't as good.
Went to every Glastonbury from 1994 to 2016 and back this year after failing in the last two ballots, and agree completely. The excessive flags ruin the Pyramid stage for me. Apart from that there's very little I'd change and we're very lucky to have the festival. But the flags at the Pyramid mean most of the thousands of people in attendance can't see the stage.
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Most festivals have done this, so it's not just a whinge. Bring them to your campsite but not the stages. Stopping people from being able to see anything is just selfish... isn't it?
I'm not usually in the "moan brigade" but I stand 100% behind this one.
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Great lineup. The usual blokey moaning is going on. I *am* a middle aged bloke and the only thing I really don't like on there is Noel Gallagher. Two botched headline sets with Oasis (even Emily said the second set was bad) and his pronouncement that hip hop doesn't belong at Glastonbury. So he can get in the bin but otherwise, bring it on.
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I feel the same about Coldplay as I do about U2. Which is to say, I'm not really a fan of either band (except U2 up until 1992), but both get more stick for trying to go in the right direction with a lot of things than bands who just, well, tour without any mention of that.
(I'm not justifying the U2 tax thing when I say that, obviously, although I bet a lot of bands have done similar)
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Perfect Glastonbury Festival weather for the opening weekend. 🙂
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Looking around the Internet today, it's good to see that the "YOU HAVE RUINED MY LIFE" mob seem to have quietened down. I hope everyone enjoyed it when they finally got to see it and that the refund takeup is low.
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Just now, andyhh said:
This is no longer a low now that there is This Is A Low
Is it OK if he does slow ones, provided they're well-known slow ones?
I've really enjoyed his set.
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There you go, a Blur song. Everyone stop bloody moaning.
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I had two choices for what stream to watch tonight and am now very glad I went with the one that isn't this...
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34 minutes ago, DeanoL said:
I think part of it is that, if it's not actually happening at that specific time, why isn't just available on demand for people to watch at their own convenience? There's no reason for it not to be, other than creating this sort of artificial event around it.
Also it's literally called "Live at Worthy Farm" and it's not...
I do think it's a weird product, and I think they're struggling to sell it. There's neither a massive variety of acts to appeal to a huge cross-section of people (like the Glasto highlights packages the BBC runs around Christmas/Bank Holidays), nor is there enough from any specific act to make it worth £20 if you're a fan to just see 20 minutes of that act. But 20 minutes is also a lot to put up with if you actively dislike one of the acts.
And the excitement of it actually being a live event on the farm for Glasto fans is reduced by it not actually being live.
In terms of how it looks at home, there's no difference between whether it was all live or not (other than it's likely to run a lot smoother). Agree about your on demand point though.
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Enjoying all the "It's not live!" moaning, which has happened with a few livestreams recently. What were people expecting, a big event on the night and for them to expect nobody to try and sneak in? Plus all the risk of adverse weather and tech issues. It'll be far better this way (says he who hasn't got a ticket as he'll be watching something else). What difference does it make to the viewer?
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They're banned from the Arcadia field for safety reasons, it can totally be requested.
As I said, I don't want loads of rules but if one rule of the festival is "don't be selfish to others" then surely this is not a big ask.