Deciding on the dreaded clashes ...

[st dan]

.. It happens at every Glastonbury and this year looks no different. Two acts you want to see are on at the same time .. How do you decide who to watch?

Amount of times you've seen x vs y?

Go for which you think will be better regardless of who you want to see more?

Does the stage / time each act is on help the decision?

Go with what your friends are doing?

[jed123]

A combination of what I can see at other festivals, the likelihood of seeing them again in the future (for headliner clashes) and then finally ask my mates!!

[Bisque]

Go with what your friends are doing?

Usually this as I enjoy watching bands more when I am with friends & Glastonbury can occasionally be a right ball ache to meet up with people, especially if you know they are unreliable or you have no phone signal.

[Memory Man]

.. It happens at every Glastonbury and this year looks no different. Two acts you want to see are on at the same time .. How do you decide who to watch?

Amount of times you've seen x vs y?

Go for which you think will be better regardless of who you want to see more?

Does the stage / time each act is on help the decision?

Go with what your friends are doing?

the middle two, which will be better is the main one and obviously what time and what stage they're on feeds into that.

plus if i have seen the act recently before or will do after then thats a secondary thing.

BUT when this is not a concern (i.e there's nothing i desperately want to see on) the next item on the agenda is seeing something new or different that i've not seen before, mixing it up a bit!

Edited May 13, 2015 by Memory Man

[TomViolence]

It's very very rare that I'll opt for an act based on what my friends go for as I'd regret that decision most of the time (maybe I need new friends? )

I usually weigh up future tour dates and/or how often I'd seen the acts in question. E.g. last year I was stuck between London Grammar & Massive Attack but quickly realised I'd have plenty of opportunities to see London Grammar so I opted for MA

[LondonTom]

Usually have a vauguish plan to go with the one I haven't seen/less likely to see again but in all honesty ...usually its an on the day decision based on what I am feeling like seeing/how far the stage is away from the point I am and if I can be fudged to trek half way across the site

I see clashes as options to suit your mood now.

[Homer]

Which I think will be the best.

[Hugh Jass]

I can make a decision weeks in advance based on any number of the factors listed above. But ultimately it just comes down to what I fancy on the day.

[Wanderlei]

For me, a lot of the time it's proximity. If I'm in the Avalon Field and there's an act I want to see at the Acoustic Stage and the Other Stage, I'll most likely go to the Acoustic Stage because it's a shorter walk. Less achey feet!

[Hogshead]

Like some others I weigh up whether I'm likely to see them again or not and factor in the weather. If I'm on Pyramid and the two bands are on say John Peel and the Park, do I really wanna trudge all the way to The Park in the mud that badly!!

Mind you, that walk to John Peel from Pyramid can be as bad!

[psward]

Usually have a vauguish plan to go with the one I haven't seen/less likely to see again but in all honesty ...usually its an on the day decision based on what I am feeling like seeing/how far the stage is away from the point I am and if I can be fudged to trek half way across the site

I see clashes as options to suit your mood now.

Similar thing here. I generally highlight a bunch of shit I want to see but apart from some must sees I tend to go with the flow and see how I feel at the time. As the day starts out I tend to stick with my initial plan but then as I get more intoxicated throughout the day / weekend my plans go to pot and I just do whatever feels right at the time.

My only one regret was not going to see LCD Soundsystem in 2010. That wasn't even because of any clash, just sheer laziness...

[SimplyFred]

The absolutely brilliant thing about Glastonbury is that it's the one place you can confidently be away from your friends at a different stage & know absolutely that you'll make a new one. I was quite nervous about doing this last year but that rang true every single time which was lovely.

[andyhh]

I have a dreaded feeling that there's going to be a Van Morrison/Frank Turner clash!

[Rosscoe]

Mind you, that walk to John Peel from Pyramid can be as bad!

One of the best places for people watching when the ground is wet. Even though it's just a small slop, it's so smooth. So many ppl slip and slide!

[Mardy]

If there's a clash, I end up paralysed by indecision and staying at the bar with my mates. Works for us.

[FuzzyDunlop]

I always pick one and stick to it. Even if I come to that decision at the time. Catching part of one set and part of another would dilute my enjoyment.

[Quark]

I can make a decision weeks in advance based on any number of the factors listed above. But ultimately it just comes down to what I fancy on the day.

This. Very definitely this. Still getting abuse from a couple of mates from 2010 when I decided I really wasn't in the mood for Stevie Wonder and buggered off to watch Levellers close out The Glade. When it came to it I couldn't think of any band I'd rather see to finish Glastonbury, despite the fact that I will never again get a chance to see SW.

[davefrompompey]

Last year I was trying in vain to decide between Young Fathers and Nitin Sawhney. My girlfriend told me to flip a coin,and when it came up in favour of Young Fathers I was disappointed... so I went to Sawhney. No regrets.

[neil_d]

I can make a decision weeks in advance based on any number of the factors listed above. But ultimately it just comes down to what I fancy on the day.

Definitely this. Live in the Glastonbury moment.

[frostypaw]

Gotta go with the moment, but it's worth thinking which you might regret most - I've ballsed up a few times in retrospect there are some can't miss acts

But most of all this wisdom from Ron

Edited May 13, 2015 by frostypaw

[salvador wali]

[The Placid Casual]

[frostypaw]

Was that sheer fluke or being helpful after I screwed the img link up?

[jed123]

I have a dreaded feeling that there's going to be a Van Morrison/Frank Turner clash!

Having seen both, give Van a miss. With age, his voice and ability to actively perform has declined somewhat..