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yeah, there's stuff on till like 3am? I'm a hound for the sesh and I've never thought "damn, I can't get a drink"

Taxi from Salisbury station was about £60 from memory and that's 21 miles. Soton airport is 38 so I'd expect it to be chunky. I'd find one in Southampton and pre book it. Click and collect a good idea above, but also surely those cans are gonna be wretched hot, no? Why not exploit the UK leaving the EU and get some duty free hard liquour and get some cold beers on site? I appreciate that's not taking into account cost

I will say, whilst not on the scale of Glastonbury, over the time I've been going (since 2018) the late night offering has improved immeasurably. Wondering around the woods is a delight, there's late night cinema screenings, the disco ship, the tipi, later DJs in the Big Top, the cider bus - they even have the odd person playing dance music later at night now too. It's not a full on rave, but you can keep yourself well amused until around 3am I find

Yeah that would be a real treat

The Saturday in 2021 was a highlight for this - absolutely danced my feet into dust at the Romare/Auntie Flo double header in the Big Top. But last year was good too with Battles/Ross from Friends with Djs I forget on afterwards. Really like that as a vibe

Never been to any of the Literature stuff, but I always find it very reassuring that it's there

This is a concerning reaction to a post on an internet forum like 5 years ago. This is not a court of law, but a sharing of people's opinions, no one tried to cancel you brother, they gave their opinion on yours - I feel this is a really disproportionate reaction. I'm sorry that you feel there is some malevolent intent to destroy you - I gave my honest POV on what you said. I am allowed to elaborate and expand and interpret. I don't think there would be much discussion if everyone just had to repeat what others have literally posted. You said the line up was weak because they were enforcing women headliners. I gave my opinion back that there was internalised misogyny in that statement, because whilst not what you literally said, you heavily insinuated that the line up was inherently weaker because women were at the top and this was a gender quota being enforced by the festival ie not on merit. And you lack of reflection on that being pointed out rather entrenched my view. And I was not the only one to feel the same, though I voiced it most vociferously - though I at least wrote full sentences, I think someone else just told you to "fuck off". I feel you've tried to retcon this argument personally. But I am open to critique of myself so to have inspired such fury and ad hominem insults across nearly half a decade, perhaps I go too hard and I'll adjust my posting style Likewise with noisenosie, I just gave my POV. I feel slightly saddened that they've decided to shape their posts here around that, but if I've put them off posting I apologise. I did actually agree with their recent post that it's a bit mean to mock bands for not selling out venues fwiw. Personally I don't recognise that characterisation of me - because I'm not a good guy, nowhere near perfect and always capable of improvement. But I would say that I guess. I don't really know what you want from me because I'm not going to change my position on what you said, so feel free to keep calling me names I suppose. But it's not good for you to harbour a grudge against someone you've never met for so long. It's just a forum to post about a festival we like brother. I might even learn more about you if you posted about anything other than that argument. Hell, I'll even buy you a beer or tea (deep cut for the secret set group there) at the festival if you want.

Savage clash but reckon Ezra wins out

You need therapy bruv. 18 posts, all of them about an argument on an internet forum five year ago. And you said what you said, own it.

yeah weirdly nervy about paying up cos if I can't go I reckon I'll be lucky to get a ton back for it

Parents love to put their kids in those giant trolleys, take them inside the big top which is pitch black, and stop directly in front of the entrances. Genuinely every year I'm tripped up by one of them, it's a miracle I haven't crushed a child yet. Joking aside, think it depends on the kid? There's stuff to do but you can't just plant your kid in front of it. I think 12 is quite a nice age for it though and I'll think they'll really vibe on it. The crowd is nice almost to a fault

Wow, you got criticised for saying there were too many women playing like 5 years ago and are still going on about it. Could we get a prescription of copium over here, stat

I would counter that of all the critiques you could choose of said band, you choosing "they're music for posers who don't care about music" is a fairly childish one, and indicative of a reductive and infantile elitism that permeates this board. Just my humble opinion.

Honest to god, always enjoy this forum and getting hyped about the festival, but some of the fart sniffing that goes on about how incredible one's subjective experience of music is makes it a hard read at times

Kinda mad that as much as I like MUNA and Ethel CaIN, the US are getting Queen of our Hearts CRJ and Broken Social Scene to support

Loved the PB/Sb album so happy with that

And were in the second announcement last year too, so ti would be 3 in a row, which isn't really EOTR's MO

it's literally some n00b with like 18 posts, you could always just let it slide and it would probably evaporate

As I've said previously, people have got to let go of other people not being happy with the line up. If you think you'll enjoy it, good for you, but telling other people they're wrong cos they're not as interesting as you is a road to a lot of boring circular discussions

Mainly gutted cos impagine Les Savy Fav in the Big Top, or god forbid, late night tipi? Aubergine emoji stuff

Felt better at first look on the Green Man line up...but it just keeps going. It's so deep. Stellar stuff, attendees will have a huge time

imho I don't think the additional announcements will add too much if you look at what has come in previous years. I feel there's a danger of people getting their hopes up. Just my belief, but if you're disappointed in it, I suspect that's not going to alter much And just my take, but people have to get over people complaining. If you like it, great, but people are just as entitled to say it's underwhelming. Now, I can afford to go to a festival line up that's left me a bit cold just to vibe because I have no common sense. I'll have a lovely time cos it's a lovely place and my number one favourite activity these days is sitting down. But I think people are allowed to feel unexcited in a time they're making cost/benefit judgements. I expect that it won't sell out myself

Yeah and the bar is usually chilled and organised - some festivals I've been to you couldn't pay me a million pounds to work behind. At EOTR your biggest risk is some cask beer head getting mad about the head on their pint of Bumfluff Ecstasy

I guess - the "draw they couldn't name" is conjecture right? AFAIK there isn't any proof of that being the case and I worry people are building themselves up for disappointment

Imo if the Walkmen are playing, they'd have been announced now. Personal opinion is we won't be seeing them here and think people should maybe start getting used to that!