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By ourkid1984 · Posted
Dua Lipa 115 Coldplay 85 (+10) LCD Soundsystem 151 Little Simz 96 IDLES 115 The National 175 The Streets 130 Jungle 105 Jessie Ware 110 Justice 245 Heilung 140 Masego 110 Nia Archives 120 Jamie xx 95 James Blake 60 Sampha 105 Sleaford Mods 63 Romy 130 Fontaines D.C. 200 London Grammar 90 King Krule 85 Orbital 175 Ghetts 50 -
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I am in the ‘more hazardous, vans dotted about’ lower Trent field… got here mid afternoon wednesday. the field had a dip that runs top right to bottom left and yesterday was ankle deep in water… they had towed a number of vans through said dip to the far end of the field where the ground is not too bad tbf… we towed the caravan in under our own steam (just) and they stopped trying to bring vans in about an hour after we arrived.. and no more have come onto the field today.. the challenge will be getting people out.. the main arena is sloppy mud and will improve as long as the rain stays away.. as people have said, Woodlands has remained closed for 2 days… beer is good, food is good and there is plenty of good music… make the most of it folks.! -
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By Mark E. Spliff · Posted
No - I can't, off the top of my head, give you any other examples of solely political threads on the Glastonbury chat forum. What I can give you are many, many examples of threads going back over 20 years for which my most diplomatic description would be 'drivel.' Threads about 'weather gods,' 'virtual campfires' where people used to act out a baffling role-play of offering 'virtual' joints to each other whilst sitting around a non-existent campfire and, of course, the many, many threads where handbag battles are fought over whether a particular musical artist is good or bad. I have absolutely zero interest in any of these things, but rather than flee the forum in tears, I choose to rarely, if ever, view these threads. I don't see this as any kind of burden and I don't understand why you're stamping your feet about the existence of a thread you're not interested in. It's interesting that you're placing significance in the fact that Glastonbury could still sell out, even if it were to abandon it's social/political/environmental/cultural crusades. I'm sure you're right about this, and I'm sure you're right about the majority of attendees having zero interest in any of these issues. I tend to draw the diametric opposite conclusion from this though - I see whatever's left of Glastonbury's radical spirit as something unique in a mega-festival and therefore to be cherished and protected - not swept away and replaced with middle of the road, lowest common denominator pop drivel. -
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