A reasonable newspaper article

[Sawdusty surfer]

Most media items are generally a bit rubbish. I rather like this one

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/10-things-irish-festivals-could-learn-from-glastonbury-31148322.html

[sloseph]

jesus christ, the adverts on that website are something else

i've had malware that were less in your face

[ErnestWorthing]

"With over one million different IP addresses attempting to access an ailing website"

Er, no. There are over a million people registered, that's a totally different thing to a million people trying to get tickets.

[LondonTom]

Nobody would tolerate being thoroughly searched, corralled, having non-dangerous possessions such as sandwiches confiscated etc. at a normal gig, or most other events. Why should we accept it at festivals?

Not been to many gigs/events then have they? Almost routine!

[mike86]

Nobody would tolerate being thoroughly searched, corralled, having non-dangerous possessions such as sandwiches confiscated etc. at a normal gig, or most other events. Why should we accept it at festivals?

Not been to many gigs/events then have they? Almost routine!

Dont know what youre talking about, I always take some ham sandwiches to gigs.

[russycarps]

"Yes, I’d definitely pay another tenner on the ticket price"

It must be nice to have a disposable income where trifling tenners can be thrown around like confetti.

[MrZigster]

Good article. Thanks for posting.

[JBarbour]

"With over one million different IP addresses attempting to access an ailing website"

Er, no. There are over a million people registered, that's a totally different thing to a million people trying to get tickets.

Isn't that 3 million registered? So could well be 1 Mill trying for tickets

[ErnestWorthing]

Isn't that 3 million registered? So could well be 1 Mill trying for tickets

One million according to this: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/glastonbury-2014-numbers-facts-figures-3741860

[bennyboi]

"Yes, Id definitely pay another tenner on the ticket price"

It must be nice to have a disposable income where trifling tenners can be thrown around like confetti.

I think his point is that a tenner off the ticket price because it's subsidized by a big beer sponsor would be a false economy as taking your own drink would save a lot more that a tenner.

[grumpyhack]

Most media items are generally a bit rubbish. I rather like this one

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/10-things-irish-festivals-could-learn-from-glastonbury-31148322.html

I don't want to pick an argument with you Sawdusty but I do get a bit hacked off by people making trite remarks like 'most media items are generally a bit rubbish'.

As someone who had a 30 year plus career in journalism, I'd say most media articles are pretty good. The main difference between newspapers is not so much the actual content of stories as the ones they choose to publish.

We are incredibly lucky in Britain to have a choice of around a dozen national newspapers to choose from. In most countries papers are largely regional and at best you'll have a choice of one or two.

Journalists don't set out to mis-report and mislead the public. They do their best against constraints of time, ever more demanding deadlines - particularly since the advent of 'rolling news' - to give as honest and accurate an account of what has happened based on the available information.

I could make similarly sweeping generalisations about other occupations - most carpenters/builders/accountants/nurses/doctors etc are rubbish. But I'm charitable enough to think that most people attempt to do a decent job.

Sorry - end of rant.

And, yes, it was an interesting article and thanks for drawing our attention to it.

Like so much of life, to make sense of things you follow the money. A lot of festivals are in hoc to their sponsors, who are often brewery groups. If I was running a brewery and contributing a lot to a festival financially, I'd want the best return and would expect to see my booze mainly being on sale.

Glastonbury is very lucky that it has reached the critical mass where I doesn't have to go cap in hand to the beer makers.

Maybe festivals need to look to other ways of meeting costs or other sponsors to cut the reliance on the booze boys.

Edited April 16, 2015 by grumpyhack

[Sawdusty surfer]

Sorry Mr Hack for, you are absolutely right. Should have mentioned that I refering to rubbish newspaper reports about glastonbury which are clearly written by reporters who have never been. Am typing this on my phone on a bumpy road

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[Sawdusty surfer]

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers

[Sawdusty surfer]

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers

[Sawdusty surfer]

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers

[salvador wali]

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers

[grumpyhack]

I am an avid consumer of quality newspapers