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  1. A few decent additions to the line up for me, but not enough to justify the ticket price compared with other festivals as the stuff I like is mainly lower bill acts that I have seen before.

    The second line up has cemented the fact that I’m not buying a ticket this year. There’s some stuff I like. But not enough. 
     

    Hope others have a good time though. 

     

     

  2. 19 hours ago, Chapple12345 said:

    I've never been to it but does Victorious have a full arts lineup too? I know it says comedy on there but Latitude also covers theatre, dance stages, kids areas, art installations and so on so I don't know if this affects how much budget they have to spend solely on music even though it's the main aspect of the lineup 

    Also can anyone find any stage/day splits anywhere? I'm trying to work out what other slots there would be to fill. At most I'm guessing Keane/London Grammar Friday, Kasabian Saturday and Duran Sunday 

    No Victorious doesn’t have as full arts line up as Latitude but it has a reasonably sized kids area (for small kids) and some comedy (smaller area) and other bits and bobs.

    Victorious is also now way bigger than Latitude in terms of capacity. It also has no on site camping - you have to get a bus to the campsite (this doesn’t affect me as I’m within walking distance)

    Victorious is different to Latitude and not easy to compare, but pound for pound for me personally it’s way above what Latitude is currently offering. Not sure how it stacks up for non locals though.

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  3. If this had been the Victorious Festival announcement (half the price) I’d have thought it was ok it but at the price Latitude is now there’s going to have to be a seriously strong second announcement for me to consider buying a ticket. 
     

  4. Got through after about 30mins using one browser window auto refreshing every 30 seconds. 
     

    Shame the ‘queue’ doesn’t tell you where you are in the queue.

    Had the same problem as a lot of others in that the booking seemed to be going ok but stalled in ‘payment processing’ but then received a confirmation email with ticket numbers.

    Have been a few times before but this will be my first settlers camp as we thought we’d give it a go.

    The whole process feels quite rickety but tickets still available atm so keep trying folks

     

  5. I’ve seen PJ Harvey mentioned a few times on this thread.

    Quite a few years ago (2012 I think) when (arguably) her currency was bigger than now she played a headline slot at Camp Bestival but on the 2nd stage (a big top) which from memory held 6,000 people (May have been 10,000?).

    One of the reasons for her doing it given by the organisers was it was local.

    So, she’s not averse to doing ‘smaller’ festival slots in the Dorset / Hampshire area. Or she wasn’t back then. 

     

     

     

     

     

  6. I think this was the best Victorious yet.

    They had clearly taken note of the previous complaints and improved the site with the alterations.

    Didn’t queue at all for bars or toilets.

    The Sunday was always going to be the busiest day with Mumford headlining - they are still a big pull.

    My highlights: Amyl & The Sniffers, Ellie Goulding, Sigrid, Welly

    Still an odd festival with the substantial day ticket / casual crowd (it feels like a festival for people that don’t do festivals?) but still a good value ticket.

    Also considering it’s on my door step (it took me 13 mins to get home last night after Mumfords) it’s a no brainier.

    Booked for next year already. My guess is that the biggest headliner will be either Florence & The Machine or Liam Gallagher.

     

  7. 7 hours ago, sedra said:

    Yep that was the one with the horizontal monsoon wind and rain. Got there late due to storm- saw half of Gomez who had to play under a gazebo on main stage, had a wet burger and by 4pm was soaked through and gave up and went home. The first time there were more people queuing to get out than come in!! Apparently the rain did stop later for The Progedy but we were tucked up in bed by then! 😄

    That day I was on site the whole day from the start. It was a mess.

    The first band on the main stage played to about 10 people, bins were blowing all over the place, stages were being cancelled but the festival were putting nothing up online to say what was running and what wasn’t. Basically 99% of people stayed at home / in the pub till Gomez.

    Anyway, the sun is out in Southsea at the moment. Some rain later maybe but I think overall today won’t be too bad. 

  8. 4 minutes ago, s30foster said:

    Katy J Pearson removed.

    Confused as Crystal Tides now appearing both Friday and Saturday. Guessing a mistake. 

    Whoever does the social media needs a proof reader before sending out these comms

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    It’s on the app and website. As they are local it’s quite possible they would do both days (although a bit unusual given it’s the same stage) Mind you a lot of locals are day ticket holders. The discussion amongst many of my friends is ‘which day are you going to Victorious?’ So they wouldn’t mind the double slot

  9. A couple more pics from the site build showing a couple of changes on the Common from previous years. 

    The first is the new comedy stage on the Common (main stage area). You can see the main stage in the background. 

    The second is an additional bar on the Common Stage.

    Previously the main bars were down each side of the Common. They are still there but this new bar is immediately opposite the main stage rather than on the side. You can see the comedy tent in the background. This was taken with the main stage behind me. You can also see this bar in the distance in the first pic. 

     

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  10. Thought this was decent despite the weather! Particularly liked the fact the 3 stages weren’t quite the standard dome shaped  festival stage - although the main stage did feel a bit DIY (basically a lot of scaffolding) it worked well. 

    Agree on more food stalls required, and a shame re: the last minute headliner drop outs, but tbh I wasn’t that bothered by either anyway.

    Highlights for me were Kelly Lee Owens and Charlotte Adigery’s sets. 

    Southwark Park is a nice park and the extra artworks added something - I’d like to see this side of it expanded. 

    £20 was an absolute steal. Will be interested to see next year’s early bird prices. 

     

     

     

  11. A couple of pics of the site build I took this morning.

    The main stage is definitely further back. For anyone that knows the site you’ll know there is a tarmac path through the middle of the common that went quite close to the main stage. The first photo is taken from that path at the point where it used to be closest. Now it’s way behind the desk. 

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  12. On 7/28/2023 at 10:49 AM, kelstar said:

     

    Looking forward to seeing if the Find my friends function works, considering for the last 10 years its been a mobile Blackspot.

     

    I’ve never understood why festival app designers put so much energy into

    functions in that rely on your mobile signal / 4G / 5G being available on site when the site is a black spot. 

  13. 4 hours ago, chrisplowman said:

    Last year. Can’t remember the numbers but they had a study that claimed that their impact was no better or worse than recyclable cups. 

    Ah shame. Even if there was no better or worse impact I just liked bringing one from my collection to drink from all weekend - they were sturdier. 

  14. Overall for me a great weekend.

    3 (minor) complaints

    1. when did they ditch the Eco cups? I didn’t come last year but the year before that I’m sure they were still in usd.

    2. General camping seemed busier than ever. I arrived very early Thursday morning, but those who arrived on Friday seemed to be struggling to find anywhere to camp.

    3. My timetable on the app didn’t always update as I had limited signal on some parts of the site. 

    Other than that, everything was spot on and the site was still in excellent condition given the rain (organisers also did a great job with the wood chippings in the arena)

    Here’s what I saw (all full sets)

    Music

    Eaten by Lions • Eddy • Oscar Cash • Wasia Project • Max Fulcrum And The Win • The Last Dinner Party • Connie Constance • Confidence Man • English Teacher • Pulp • The Mysterines • Nell Mescall • Bonnie Kemplay • The Big Moon • Far From Saints • Young Fathers • James • Caity Baser • Sophie Ellis Bextor • The Proclaimers • Mimi Webb • Rainbow Frog Biscuits • Siouxsie 

    Live podcast shows

    BookTalkBookTalk • Garth Marenghi’s Terror Tome • Uncanny with Danny Robins • Gig Pigs with Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy and special guest Shappi Khorsandi 

    Theatre / Dance

    Public : The Musical 

    Joss Arnott Dance : Rush

    Comedy

    David Morgan • Joshua Bethania • Shazia Mirza • Kate Hammer

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