Electronica/Dance

[Mezhyp1]

IT LIVES 

Despite Crank Magazines artorciously misleading article 

[bennyhana22]

Just got tweeted back from Arcadia - can't link on work PC but...

"Hey mate - where did you hear that?? We're all systems go for Glasto!!"

Ben

[bennyhana22]

Stand down everyone. I repeat, STAND DOWN.

We are BACK ON and Mez's expected vintage Spideryear^TM is GO!

Ben 

[Matt42]

thank fuck

say no to the crack

VILLALOBOS IS ON!!

[big__phil]

I thought it sounded a bit odd. Maybe it's an Afterburner exclusive, which is different to the spider I believe? Either way, happy to see it back at Glasto, even though I don't spend much time there these days.

I would be nice if this year they could figure out the best way to make the most of it. Maybe something around the edge of that field? It's such a massive space but everyone has to get inside the ring of speakers, so there's always a load of 'dead' space outside that. Obviously they don't want overcrowding, but something to add a bit of 'soul' into that field would be nice.

[Mezhyp1]

Fuck Crack Magazine 

They've removed their article

Efests will never be denied of its spider 

[stuartbert two hats]

 

11 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Fuck Crack Magazine 

They've removed their article

Efests will never be denied of its spider 

There's still an article, it just includes the line "The spider will appear at Glastonbury"  Presumably this is new? 

[Sasperella]

15 minutes ago, big__phil said:

I would be nice if this year they could figure out the best way to make the most of it. Maybe something around the edge of that field? It's such a massive space but everyone has to get inside the ring of speakers, so there's always a load of 'dead' space outside that. Obviously they don't want overcrowding, but something to add a bit of 'soul' into that field would be nice.

Yeh, I finally dragged my techno-head mate along last year to some drum and bass at the spider, but we were so far back it sounded a bit shit...Obviously I was still loving it, but he was definitely not. Ended up having to take him to Strummersville for some time out instead. Although, maybe he's just a bit lame and it had nowt to do with sound quality.

On another note, what are the chances of Claptone getting rebooked after his dismal failing to show up last time. Ihalf believe the stories that he was off his face somewhere - because the security just told me he was "lost". 

[Tuna]

Good work @Mezhyp1 et al. The amount of poor journalism re: festivals is fucking woeful these days. 

[Mezhyp1]

59 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

 

There's still an article, it just includes the line "The spider will appear at Glastonbury"  Presumably this is new? 

Yeah that's a revision, there was no mention of the afterburner at all in the first one, just referred to it as Arcadia 

[incident]

I've missed the mad panic by now anyway, but it's worth remembering that a few years ago another event claimed they had an exclusive on whatever show Arcadia were doing at the time.

Arcadia ran Glastonbury as normal, and just gave the show a different name.

[Memory Man]

that was silly from crack.

I won't insult them too much as they put on an excellent event in Simple Things Festival in Bristol every year.

[Mezhyp1]

It may seem a more obvious one but straight from the horses mouth, Ben Ufo is playing this year. He wouldn't divulge where though 

[Memory Man]

fabulous news mezhy boy, good work

[Tuna]

Excellent, nice one Mez! 

[bennyhana22]

So team...

...that Creamfields line-up...

...thoughts?

Ben

[Woffy]

On 22/02/2017 at 1:26 PM, bennyhana22 said:

Whilst I am the eternal optimist and minded to agree with you, Mez, that linked article from Tuna is pretty unequivocal in its message. Just a case of whether or not the message is bollocks.

But what is it with this ever expanding festival exclusive w*nk?

Bands...hmmm...OK, yeah, commercial strategies blah blah blah. DJs? File under same.

But stages? Whole bloody installations? Sorry, but that's total anathema to me in terms of the spirit of festivals, and Glastonbury in particular. I'm genuinely cross about this. Not just my own selfish disappointment, but the whole tone of the thing. My festival time is not based on who can bid best for my patronage. It's about me having the nearest damn thing that I can to a spiritual experience, just for a few days in an otherwise stressful, challenging year.

Bollocks.

Ben

Christ, I bet there was a run of brisk, angry, uncalled for prostate examinations at Dr. Ben's surgery for a while there!

[bennyhana22]

3 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Christ, I bet there was a run of brisk, angry, uncalled for prostate examinations at Dr. Ben's surgery for a while there!

If only to dispel the mental image, I'm a frickin' children's emergency doc, Wofster, and whilst that particular examination is not unheard of in my department,  it is done...ahem...sparingly...

I was a bit cross though, wasn't I?

Ben

[Tuna]

1 hour ago, bennyhana22 said:

So team...

...that Creamfields line-up...

...thoughts?

Ben

About a 2% conversion rate for myself, but you know, it'll probably do fairly well

[shuttlep]

After last year and the Stanton Warriors playing three times over the weekend, what are the chance s of them playing again this year. or has anyone heard that they are playing.

 

their set in the Temple was very good,  it was the first time I had been in the Temple after all these years, it's a great venue I will be there more this year

 

[Woffy]

1 hour ago, bennyhana22 said:

If only to dispel the mental image, I'm a frickin' children's emergency doc, Wofster, and whilst that particular examination is not unheard of in my department,  it is done...ahem...sparingly...

I was a bit cross though, wasn't I?

Ben

Hehe. I know, Ben, I know!

My doctor suggested he check mine when I went in for another completely unrelated ailment. 

Its - necessarily - not the most...gentle invasive procedure is it?

Anyhoo. Enough of my bot bot. 

Do carry on. The Temple...

[bennyhana22]

32 minutes ago, shuttlep said:

After last year and the Stanton Warriors playing three times over the weekend, what are the chance s of them playing again this year. or has anyone heard that they are playing.

 

their set in the Temple was very good,  it was the first time I had been in the Temple after all these years, it's a great venue I will be there more this year

 

I'm yet to get into the Temple after two visits to the Farm - really only because I didn't want to queue as I was nicely spangled and having so much fun elsewhere that didn't require queuing. But, especially with the increased capacity/size, I am determined to get in there this year, assuming that there are sets to entice me. And there's a practically zero chance that there won't be.

Ben

[bennyhana22]

1 minute ago, Woffy said:

Hehe. I know, Ben, I know!

My doctor suggested he check mine when I went in for another completely unrelated ailment. 

Its - necessarily - not the most...gentle invasive procedure is it?

Anyhoo. Enough of my bot bot. 

Do carry on. The Temple...

That rather depends on whether or not they use the whole fist, Wofster.

Did you ask to see any formal certification of medical qualification...?

Ben

[shuttlep]

8 minutes ago, bennyhana22 said:

I'm yet to get into the Temple after two visits to the Farm - really only because I didn't want to queue as I was nicely spangled and having so much fun elsewhere that didn't require queuing. But, especially with the increased capacity/size, I am determined to get in there this year, assuming that there are sets to entice me. And there's a practically zero chance that there won't be.

Ben

we went last year as it opened, the fist people on were the Stanton warriors (same night and time as Adele) so that helped, there was small queue but it moves fast . well worth the wait 

[bennyhana22]

Just now, shuttlep said:

we went last year as it opened, the fist people on were the Stanton warriors (same night and time as Adele) so that helped, there was small queue but it moves fast . well worth the wait 

Yes, I'll be happy to queue a bit this year, but will just be even more military with my planning. I waited for about half an hour to get into Love Bullets last year and couldn't be happier that I did as the three and a half hours after that were magnificent. I've already decided to max out the night-times even more this year, at the expense of one or two 1130-1230h slot bands that I would always have in my schedule, so unless there's a bloody good reason, the Temple will not be left out in 2017.

Ben