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Also remembered how good Beck was.
1st 2 songs there was lots of mud being thrown at him, but from that point on he had everyone grooving and really lifted the mood on the Friday which up to that point had been pretty downbeat.
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Was my 3rd.
My highs / lows / memories (from a diary I used to keep)
The mud. Before we Ieft for the festival the weather forecast suggested a bit of wind and a tiny bit of rain. By the time we were on route it had changed to rain everywhere. It was my first muddy festival. It was bloody hard work putting the tent up due a a bloody gale blowing. I also remember using sun block as hand lotion as our hands got so dry due to the mud and wind.
Turning up to the Other Stage on Friday lunchtime to find it had been shut. 'For safety reasons there will be no music on this stage till further notice' was the announcement - so missed Kenickie, Audioweb, Embrace, My Life Storey and Sneaker Pimps who all got cancelled, so hundreds of pissed off looking people headed off to the dance set to see Monkey Mafia, which at least was warm inside.
Dennis Pennis having to fill for The pRoddigy when their sound cut: "Talk to me, sing to me," he said. "F off" shouted the audience. "Give us an R, give us an O give us a D, give us an I give us a G, give us a Y - what does that spell?" he continued "F off" shouted the audience again. He also did some hebrew chanting (I think it was hebrew anyway) which everyone sang along with.
Radiohead being amazing and totally suiting the atmosphere.
Travis played at lunch time on the Other Stage. A few years later they would headline.
Bentley Rhythm ace being a hell of a lot of fun.
Daft Punk in the dance tent. Seems amazing now that I saw them in such a relatively small space. I remember there was some woman climbing the columns that held up the tent at the end and the more I danced the more the (now drying mud) fell off my shoes
Symposium inviting the audience to throw mud at them.
My trousers actually having steam coming off them at one point.
At the end saying "It can never be as bad as that again." The next year it rained even more and was worse.
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The XX have a relationship with Bestival.
Bon Iver has played Camp Bestival (same site) but not Bestival before.
PJ Harvey is a Dorset lass and played Camp Bestival before.
Rob da Bank mentioned on Twitter that he thought Bestival needed to be a bit more 'indie'.
Any thoughts on Lorde?
OK I'm basically just throwing random names in here. I have no idea. However, one thing is clear - Bestival needs a strong line up this year.
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I went on Sunday. Was decent - Alice Jemima, Kitty Daisy & Lewis and Misty Miller were the best sets I saw.
We heard rumours of big queues getting into Oval Space on Saturday for We Are Scientists and Mystery Jets with quite a few people being turned away, but there were no problems on Sunday. Thought the stage times for Sunday night (Lucy Rose not finishing till gone 12) was a bit late and it showed - a lot of people left after Kitty Daisy & Lewis.
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On 19/12/2016 at 8:11 PM, luckysalt said:
Just been looking at the pricing for next year.
If you had bought your ticket at earliest time for the 3 days it would have been £75.60
If you buy at the latest time your 3 days will be £125.72
If you buy now its £90.72
The newly added Camping is £50
So if you buy your tickets at the last pricing tier [the most expensive] and buy camping its gunna be £175+
Its suddenly not such a cheap festival anymore guys....
Can only see this getting more expensive and more commercial and just becoming another same old festival. I really hope that doesn't happen.
The other thing of note is Victorious has now become a more expensive festival than Y Not and the like that it was always compared with. So I expect bigger things this year.
There's also an additional charge for car parking on the camp site.
Fair play to the organisers for listening to comments and arranging the campsite, but it does push the price up a lot, especially given the issue of not being camping on site. I think the line up (not just the headliners) is going to have to be significantly improved across the bill if they want to appeal to non locals.
It still is excellent value for locals like me (the site is a 15 minute bike ride from my house) though.
In the longer term I think they're going to have to decide if they are a budget festival with a few big names appealing to locals like previous years or are competing with the bigger events.
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26 minutes ago, smogo said:
The hidden disco this year was, somewhat pathetically, the Wishing Tree.
Ah.... Oh for the very earliest Bestival's when the hidden disco was actually properly hidden and you had to search for it!
Then one year it became a tent with a big sign outside saying 'Hidden Disco' That wasn't very subtle!
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For anyone who hasn't seen it, here's Bestival's statement on Facebook about the feedback they have received and their own standards
https://www.facebook.com/bestivalfestival/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf
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10 minutes ago, jackarmy said:
Reading/Leeds a bit, but more likely Boomtown is the one that springs to mind for booking a killer dance lineup.
I remember reading an interview with RDB where he said he was looking to cater for a more "current" crowd (i.e less older acts) - I would imagine that a lot of the older crowd who used to go to Bestival now look to do Camp Bestival, Festival No. 6, or End Of The Road instead...
Boomtown is certainly one that my friends who used to do Bestival are now talking about.
Incidentally, and slightly off topic, in terms of competition does anyone know how Camp Bestival did this year? I still can't think of another festival of its size that caters so heavily for young families.
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1 hour ago, Circus-Freak said:
Felt short changed. I'm sorry for rob having a hard time of it, all I can think of is, the ticket sales were reflected by the line up. Headliners do seem to be important in a festival.
The reason most of my friends chose not to go this year was line up / headliners. If they decide they want to be a big 50k capacity event again they will have to massively up their game with headliners. But then they're competing with the Reading / Glastonbury type shows which are all far bigger, have more money and have more power in terms of exclusivity clauses in contracts. But if they downsize then they're competing with more specialist boutique events that is a very crowded market with many specialist festivals. Finding the right balance of strong headliners but at mid capacity (40-50k) is a tough call.
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25 minutes ago, smogo said:
What would the point have been in keeping that massive Big Top, only for it to be half empty the whole time? By hiring smaller set-ups, it kept the atmosphere lively everywhere.
Agreed. I felt the smaller stages suited the crowd size, with the exception of the Main Stage which did feel too small when it got busy (and was a little too low).
11 hours ago, Circus-Freak said:Its pretty common knowledge that bestival are one of the lowest act payers throughout all the uk major festivals.
'It's pretty common knowledge' isn't actual evidence though is it? I'll keep an open mind on your statement.
11 hours ago, Circus-Freak said:Me and my mates could've knocked up the space port (set, not sound) for less than £500.
Really? Wow would love to have seen your quotation. Just your hourly rate for labour on its own would have been fascinating. And I'm sure you've factored in transport (including the cranes needed to put things in place) materials, health and safety etc etc
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I saw and spoke to Rob da Bank briefly on Saturday morning and at that stage he told me he was trying to meet up with people who were complaining on social media, which is a nice personal touch. I couldn't imagine the organisers of Reading doing that.
I really do hope that next year they make a success of it. But as Rob da Bank said to me "it's a very competitive market out there" and he's correct. Within just a couple of weeks of Bestival in the south-central area you have Boomtown, End of the Road, Together The People and Victorious. And that's not even considering IOW fest etc.
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There's a lot of negativity on Facebook about Bestival this year.
I do get the comments about the downscaling and that people feel they haven't got as good value for money - it's something Bestival are going to have to consider for next year - but it does seem that I had a much better time than most of the people reviewing!
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10 minutes ago, 2853rob said:
The usual "jungle drums" are spreading doom and gloom on the island but I didn't see any more drink or drugs than previous years.
Same here.
When I was in the medical tent by the main stage staff there (who were excellent BTW) told me that they'd been busy on Friday night for Major Lazer with lots of kids getting in trouble with drink / drugs but that Saturday (when I was there before The Cure) it was very quiet.
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12 minutes ago, smogo said:
Was that from some burrito stand that apparently got closed down? Which one/where was it? Sounds like I dodged a bullet.
I don't know. I did have a burrito but that was on Thursday night and I didn't get ill till Saturday afternoon. I'd put it down to the buttermilk chicken burger place in the food hall in the magic meadow but I guess I'll never know
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My Bestival was mixed. The 1st 2 days were brilliant but Saturday afternoon I got food poisoning and ended up in the medical centre after being sick several times. I tried to make it out for The Cure, managed 1 song and then threw up again and had to call it quits. I missed all of Sunday and an still unwell today.
However, the rest of my time on site was great. Yes, the site was downsized but to stay in business that's an inevitability if organisers sold less tickets. You can't run a 50,000 capacity event if you've only sold 30,000 tickets - that's £4 million less in the bank. (I don't know how many they sold but that's my guess).
To me it felt more like some of the older Bestivals and that's something I enjoyed. I just didn't enjoy puking my guts up from some dodgy food I ate on site.
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31 minutes ago, Circus-Freak said:
Someone is making some serious money somewhere, because they're not spending it on acts
Out of interest, how much did they spend on their acts?
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2008 was the really bad mud year - but it rained a months worth of rain in one night on the Thursday. It was horrendous - as bad as a bad Glasto.
However there's no forecast of rain of that proportion so as long as the forecast is correct it shouldn't be an issue.
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1 hour ago, 2853rob said:
Im just trying to remember which year Bestival got really massive, In my mind it is the one when they had Stevie Wonder was that 2012?
2010 - Prodigy, Flaming Lips, Dizzee Rascal was the first year with the newly located big stage and increased capacity to what it became for the next few years I believe.
Before that the main stage had a year at the top of the hill where the Big Top is now (which didn't work - sound and viewing issues - but it was moved due to the horrendous mud of 2008 where the old main stage (where the Spaceport is this year) had to be shut all Friday afternoon.
Stevie Wonder was certainly one of Bestival's biggest years in terms of selling tickets quickly and getting the cashflow in - they struck gold almost by luck with Stevie Wonder being in the country at the time and Bestival being the only big festival he could realistically play.
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Slightly smaller will be fine by me. Bigger doesn't always mean better.
And I'd rather Bestival was a little prudent if they haven't sold out this year, for the financial longevity of the festival
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22 hours ago, jackarmy said:
I'm not sure if it's a conscious decision to try and get the "old vibe" back, or more likely them looking to cut costs because of poor ticket sales, and having to run 5 festivals...
They'd have to go some to get 'the old vibe' back in terms of crowd numbers! The original Bestivals were way smaller - the 1st 2 under 10,000 capacity (when the main stage was where the Spaceport is)
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I was on the Island yesterday and there had been rain all night (not heavy) so the grass was wet but dried out rapidly during the day. With not much / maybe no rain forecast for the next few days it looks like the site should be perfectly green. We just need to keep an eye on the currently predicted showers on Saturday - but I could live with a few showers over heavy rain and mud!
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The app is now available on the iTunes store but there's not a lot on it yet in terms of scheduling.
No times and just the main stage on Friday, I guess more will be uploaded over the next few days.
Anyway here's your main stage acts for Friday: (Not in running order) Alice Jemima, Aurora, Damian Marley, David Rodigan, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Major Lazer, Reggie N Bollie, Skepta, The Cuban Brothers, Years and Years
I believe it opens at 11.30 with Alice Jemima
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19 minutes ago, hoils said:
Women's Institute. Home of many a restorative brew and slice of cake over the years.
And the cheapest tea at the festival. (It made walking up the hill worth it - but no walk up the hill this year!)
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Lots of good recommendations here. For the early risers amongst you I'd recommend Alice Jemima. Main Stage about 11.30am Friday. Soft sweet vocals, subtle beats with pop songs like this (recently signed to Sunday Best)
Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2017
in Chat
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The 2017 competition opens next week. Entry is free. Artists from the UK and Ireland only.
I'm one of the judges. The winner gets a main stage slot and £5,000 from PRS. 2 runners up get £2,500.
Last year all 8 finalists got a slot at the festival.
If you're thinking of entering I have put a few tips down on my blog. http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/glastonbury-emerging-talent-2017.html
The tips might just seem like common sense, but you'd be amazed how many acts don't follow them.