Glastocam!

[jefwefwef]

21 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

The previous/current screens are pretty small, they could fit much bigger ones even in the same size towers, so maybe they’re the same size but need to be beefed up/reconfigured to hold bigger ones?

 

Those line arrays (the speaker stacks) probably have operational requirements in terms of space around/behind them for both airflow and cabling. They are also monstrously powerful and there's likely to be vibration management issues and interaction issues between them and the screens (they'll each probably have a pair of bloody great big magnets in), so it's not totally clear you could just inflate the screens to take up the free space, but there is definitely is space there and there's probably space to increase the footprint, too.

[shuttlep]

1 minute ago, blutarsky said:

Will be clearly visible when it starts - as it happens there's actually a lorry in that area dropping off kit at this exact moment: 

Thought they needed to start soon, massive job and it wasn't finished in time last time.

[broken monkey]

The bigger issue is that I believe the towers are connected to existing concrete foundations. This is a pic I took in November 2017 which shows the footings. Unless these have been replaced/updated in recent years, I think the frames will at least be the same width.

[blutarsky]

Activity at the treeline / fence at the top of the Park / above the sign:

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I don’t think it’s beyond the wit of man to put bigger screens on the Pyramid stage if that’s ultimately want they want to do. I think the world has seen bigger engineering feats.

[Ayrshire Chris]

34 minutes ago, Quark said:

Optimistic. You've got at least a month of post-festival dissection to take you through to August.

And come September the nerves and build up to the ticket sale! 

[stuie]

16 minutes ago, broken monkey said:

The bigger issue is that I believe the towers are connected to existing concrete foundations. This is a pic I took in November 2017 which shows the footings. Unless these have been replaced/updated in recent years, I think the frames will at least be the same width.

They are blocks of concrete sitting on the ground, not footings per se.  Can easily be moved with plant.

[Junglist1981]

11 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I don’t think it’s beyond the wit of man to put bigger screens on the Pyramid stage if that’s ultimately want they want to do. I think the world has seen bigger engineering feats.

The fun is in speculating if that’s what they are in fact actually doing 🙂

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Just now, Junglist1981 said:

The fun is in speculating if that’s what they are in fact actually doing 🙂

Oh yeah, I 100% agree on that!

[tumbles]

21 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

Activity at the treeline / fence at the top of the Park / above the sign:

Was some activity up there yesterday too, thats roughly where the fence line is - so it could be remedial works prior to it all starting fence wise on Tuesday.

[stuartbert two hats]

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Edited April 28, 2022 by stuartbert two hats
Duh, wrong thread

[MEGABOWL]

Re.the screens. I wonder if it’s something to do with Macca. The tour rehearsal video of him posted on YouTube shows a La impressive screen set up.

U2 had an extra pair didn’t they?

 

Macca vid

[tumbles]

7 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:

Re.the screens. I wonder if it’s something to do with Macca. The tour rehearsal video of him posted on YouTube shows a La impressive screen set up.

U2 had an extra pair didn’t they?

 

Macca vid

Yep U2 had smaller screens below. I can't recall if the bigger ones were hiked up higher than normal but it was quite windy so they were only pulled up for the performance. 

[andymk]

11 minutes ago, tumbles said:

Yep U2 had smaller screens below. I can't recall if the bigger ones were hiked up higher than normal but it was quite windy so they were only pulled up for the performance. 

They were there for the Stones too in 2013

[dotdash79]

Looks like heavy vehicles where the shooting club is, potentially staging being dropped off. 

[stuartbert two hats]

That fucking shooting club certainly got their revenge on me at Worthy Pastures for years of interrupting the peace at the festival.  I was trying to enjoy the tranquil countryside in the morning, but oh no "bang bang bang bang bang bang bang..." for hours. It was like listening to Baldrick's WWI poetry. 

[MEGABOWL]

1 hour ago, tumbles said:

Yep U2 had smaller screens below. I can't recall if the bigger ones were hiked up higher than normal but it was quite windy so they were only pulled up for the performance. 

Thanks for that. One of the few things I remember through the booze, wind and rain.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

So both the left and right ‘goal posts’ are laid out in front of the Pyramid now, with the right hand side laid at 90 degrees. They definitely appear to be a different configuration. 

[Crazyfool01]

whats that arriving on the back of that green truck at pyramid ? a generator ? or fencing ? edit or more platform for the stage 

Edited April 28, 2022 by crazyfool1

[jefwefwef]

7 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

whats that arriving on the back of that green truck at pyramid ? a generator ? or fencing ? 

Dont think it's gennys. They're usually big white boxes from AGREKKO.

 

These bigboys: https://www.aggreko.com/en-gb/products/power-generation-rental/generator-rentals

Edited April 28, 2022 by jefwefwef

[blutarsky]

7 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

whats that arriving on the back of that green truck at pyramid ? a generator ? or fencing ? 

Trackway or fencing I reckon. More likely trackway because why would the super fence be dropped off at the Pyramid?

Looks like the same livery on the truck as the one which was delivering trackway/fencing the other day, as described by @pilton digger. 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, blutarsky said:

Trackway or fencing I reckon. More likely trackway because why would the super fence be dropped off at the Pyramid?

Looks like the same livery on the truck as the one which was delivering trackway/fencing the other day, as described by @pilton digger. 

was thinking more heras than perimeter .... with the site still open they might need to close off a bigger area 

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

[kalifire]

Looks like visible track now where Other will be built, probably laying the ground for arrival of the stage.

[Quark]

2 hours ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I don’t think it’s beyond the wit of man to put bigger screens on the Pyramid stage if that’s ultimately want they want to do. I think the world has seen bigger engineering feats.

Upvote purely for the use of "beyond the wit of man". A lovely and underused phrase.