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I completely agree, it was amazing, and i know this is going to sound stupid but i'm thinking of swerving him this year in case it isnt up to the same stellar perfect evening it was in 2010 - i kind of want that preserved perfectly in my memory. But its very dumb, why wouldnt i want to see more Stevie Wonder!

Hover around for a while and keep trying, any double deposits/immediate cancellations may yet appear. 14 days time is also likely to be a good time to try again as that'll be the first deadline for cancelling without losing any ££. Good luck

I love it when first time volunteers get aboard, it reminds me of my own thrilled excitement at getting in 😄 its notably less exciting when you have priority and just slide straight in with no stress (but i'll not moan about that for a single second!)

Jeez, you cant go dropping rumours like Bodycount Truth stage at 3am without me starting to get significantly excited

Goth confessions (or goth adjacent confessions, i suppose) i had a lovely chat with Gary Numan outside a Rammstein gig in 2005, i think. We both enthused about our favourite teutonic industrial bands and i think everyone in a half-mile radius was wearing black. Good times were had!

Yeah, im not watching Phil Anselmo. Didnt know anything specific about Slaughter To Prevail, but i've read a couple of pieces now about him rowing back on his right wing/nazi past - Russia has a weird underbelly of racism and nazism, a pal of mine lived over there for a couple of years and had some terrifying tales to tell of the football scene and attendant massive pricks.

The deposit for old timey Oxfam types is half the usual amount - you have to have volunteered at five festivals to qualify for it, but £180 on the credit card is a lot easier than £360. They must think im at least sort of alright . . .

Hmmmph, i want Tom Waits now

If you cancel it within 14 days, you'll get it all back - and if you cancel before early may i think you'll get everything but £15 back. That might be adjusted to £20 or £25 this year perhaps, but think of it as a charitable donation to Oxfam for being insurance 👍

Nightshifts arent so bad, its quite cool seeing the site gently vibrating in the darkness, and then the first strands of light and hour or two of peace before people start being up and about again. I kind of love getting into my tent for a bit of kip while everyone else is getting up. (nb - a blackout tent makes this about a billion times easier) Expect it to be colder than you think it will - wear a layer more than you reckon you should. And snacks, pile them in, you need em

He’s Rob Halford, he can do what he bloody well wants at any age. 72 is nowt really

The Kreator gig was announced quite late doors for Brighton, cos of a london cancellation - maybe Brixton Academy related? Lamb of God i dont mind, but they're not an exciting booking tbf. Obituary were great when i saw them, a lot more groovy than on record i thought - and they were bang into it, seemed to be having a great old time up there on stage

TIL NOW I ALWAYS GOT BY ON MAH OWWWN I NEVER CARED UNTIL I METCHOOO

Ha, weird, they're on the radio right now, going Crazy On You. Tune tbf, and i'd head along to an afternoon on the pyramid for a bit of Heart for sure 👍 sunday before the legend thingo perhaps?

I saw Obituary last year in Brighton, it was about £28 and it was bloody good. They're always touring and playing so i'd reckon you can find them fairly soon at their own shows - smaller venues too, so better fun. Its very strongly rumoured that this Sepultura tour with the current lineup is a Goodbye to the current iteration, ahead of a Max/Igor era reunion and subsequent tour as New/Old Sepultura, so if you're not fussed by this one then i reckon the next one will be more to your taste! Its only rumours, but we'll see i guess. I'd love to see Kreator too, and despite a great lineup with Testament i'm not willing to shell out all that dollar with Anthrax up the top of the bill. They played Brighton last year with Municipal Waste and i think it was £35 - much more like it

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there were about six different flavours. Chili was at least two in varying hotnesses, there was a balsamic vinegar, a peppercorn, a marmite, and i'm forgetting the other - i want to say beetroot. They were magnificent with an ale!

I was looking at doing that this coming saturday in Brighton - again, just over twenty quid, it seems like a good ol laugh

They'll probs announce the specific time via email and social media the night before, or maybe on the morning of - i'd expect it to be 10am or 11am though

Piglets are from Worthing - they're a great pie arent they? the herby pastry really makes it. I occasionally get free tickets for Brighton home games and what gets me to commit is the pie. I'm a spurs fan, im not too fussed by the footy, but i am of course a real sucker for a good pie. As we all should be!

Its a bit of a trip, im in Eastbourne, but there's some decent boozers in Southsea as well- ive been over to Victorious a couple of times and back when hotels werent ridiculously expensive for the weekend, it was a good budget fest even ignoring half the lineup's indie landfill 😄 i remember a really good ale pub with a variety of different flavoured pickled eggs #snackchat

I’ll store this in my head for future use. I’m in Sussex but will travel many miles if it’s for great pie.

A breakfast pie is exactly as it sounds - sausage, bacon, egg and beans, inside a pastry case. It was from just round the corner by the bus, and I’m 90% sure it was a Pieminister pie. Exemplary pie makers! And I remember the pie a lot more warmly than the little indie fella to be honest 😁 this was pre-quiff/ridiculous accent/up his own arseness, but they’ve never really been my kettle of fish to be honest anyways. At least he did budge a bit, he’s in my good books for that 👍

imagine 😄 that would be hilarious

I was at West Holts watching the Bedouin jerrycan band with a breakfast pie back in 2008, when this little bloke stood in front of me. Its a big field, and at the time there was about 200 people in it, there was tons of room and almost impossible to stand in someone's way - and yet there he was! tried to cough politely, but i was leaning against one of the poles so couldnt readily just move a bit. So i said, slightly louder than i meant to, 'scuse me mate,could you just shift a bit? i'm watching this' and Alex Turner from the arctic monkeys promptly turned, apologised, and got out of the bloody way. there ends my West Holts experience with a middling indie bloke