Twitter hate toward Emily

[The Placid Casual]

Less intelligent than that brick shithouse, blimey.

It's the one who called me a lesbian.

[McCor]

I think they have made the right decision given the time frame they had. If it had said TBC for the next few days, people would be telling them to pull their fingers out and sort this out. And then bitched about the replacement anyway.

 

Those (on Twitter) saying this has been done with no thought or consideration - you're talking about people who organise the biggest festival in the world. I'm pretty sure a lot of thinking goes on!!!

 

And, I'm pleased to see a female headlining.

 

PS; I do not burn my bra

[justanothername]

 

Twitter and Facebook are most peoples only way to get their point across, and as the Festival have embraced both then they have to accept the consequences of such. 

 

As a general point, these are easily the worst 3 headliners on the same year since I have been going, and frankly I am very disappointed. 

 

People have paid good money to go to the festival and are entitled to their opinions, we have been let down this year, and there is no recourse. People cannot cancel their tickets if they wanted to, and cannot sell them on. We deserve better.

People are entitled to their opinions and I'd have been annoyed that Foos pulled out if I was going but I understand they did the best they could. Also I don't mind people voicing their opions on the official Glasto social media sites but there is no need to go and attack Emily though

[Rose-Colored Boy]

It's the one who called me a lesbian.

Thought they were the same bloke.

[HurrahBrother]

40+ other stages. 

 

I WILL find something else to my taste, or at least strike another off my "need to check out" list. 

This change means possibly less/fewer clashes for me to juggle (knock on effect might mean no mad dash from Motorhead to catch some of Wilko Johnson set!). Frustrated but, hey-ho!

Edited June 17, 2015 by HurrahBrother

[eFestivals]

Who was that Neil?

Nah, not going there. I can't say my own manner was perfection which I regret with hindsight.

But, it was only after that and me getting a 'suggestion' back at me that I saw he'd already done the same in full view in one of the threaqds here.

 

Final point, do people think Twitter and Facebook is the reason for the relentless negativity regarding the festival (and everything else) in recent years? Im not really on either myself.

Someone recently said something to me that Emily had said, about 'negativity' on here (tho that is from a few years back now) ... tho I'll also say that about a year ago she was very complimentary with things she said to my face about some of the posts on here (and she volunteered that, it wasn't said following any prompting from me).

 

[The Placid Casual]

Just noticed that the same person issued a threat towards a respected user on here. Glad to see a banning order issued

[ruscal]

You'd think there were only three acts playing Glastonbury...

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Twitter and Facebook are most peoples only way to get their point across, and as the Festival have embraced both then they have to accept the consequences of such. 

 

As a general point, these are easily the worst 3 headliners on the same year since I have been going, and frankly I am very disappointed. 

 

People have paid good money to go to the festival and are entitled to their opinions, we have been let down this year, and there is no recourse. People cannot cancel their tickets if they wanted to, and cannot sell them on. We deserve better.

Worse headliners than last year? Or the year before? Maybe the year before that?

 

Of course people are entitled to their opinions, that goes without saying, but if people air strong feelings then they should also expect to be challenged on those, that's the way things go. I don't think anyone has been let down this year have they? An unfortunate accident occurred with 2 weeks before the festival opened its gates and the final solution isn't yet known - if people were upset prior to that then they had all of the information on the headliners before the final date for cancellation - so that has no bearing to be honest. Nobody deserves any better than has already happened.

[the wonderwhy]

Win: 

 

Go Florence!!!! @flo_tweet

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters)

June 17, 2015

[The Placid Casual]

Go Florence!!!! @flo_tweet

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters)

June 17, 2015

 

Edit: Goddammit Matt!

Edited June 17, 2015 by The Placid Casual

[Rose-Colored Boy]

How cute.

[Hotchilidog]

People who think Glastonbury is just about the headliners on the pyramid stage have no idea what the festival is about. It is very disappointing but entirely predictable that the cream of social media choose to display their ignorance and lack of class. I'd like to think the annual controversies regarding the line up have given Emily a thick enough skin to ignore these idiots. Sometimes I think this festival is wasted on some people. I still cannot wait, and despite my initial underwhelmed reaction am looking forward to Flo killing it on Friday night.

[Gnomicide]

You'd think there were only three acts playing Glastonbury...

 

 

ONLY THREE GOOD ONES!!!!!11!!! AM I RIGHT111!!!!!!!*

 

 

*No I'm not, but you can't have everything.

[eFestivals]

Nice class from the Foos.

[mrpman]

Social media is great, but there's no way to get the idiots off it, there's too many of them.

 

But a ticket holder giving Emily Eavis abuse over booking a certain act for a festival when they bought a ticket without knowing who was on anyway speaks of a certain level of, well, absolute stupidity.

 

Not to say that people shouldn't be able to moan about it, of course they should.

Also the negativity that appears on here is mostly (mostly I said) about how people would like the festival to be better and comes from people who have actually been numerous times.

[zahidf]

Nice class from the Foos.

 

What's that?

[The Nal]

Someone recently said something to me that Emily had said, about 'negativity' on here (tho that is from a few years back now) ... tho I'll also say that about a year ago she was very complimentary with things she said to my face about some of the posts on here (and she volunteered that, it wasn't said following any prompting from me).

 

Theres negativity in a piss taking way and then there real nonsense negativity like people on here today going on about being let down and that they can't refund their ticket.

 

Twitter though, more so than facebook, is a horrible place generally.

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

Russy will be dead upset as Grohl continues to pretend to be the nicest man in rock music.

[1waveydavey]

If Emily reads these boards from time to time to take the temperature of what is being said I would like to think it reflects fairly well of the people I bump in to around the site and have done for 25 years now.

Its an important positive force.

I like the Tony Benn view, it tops me up and gives me fuel for the coming year.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Her actual music aside, it is genuinely good to get another female headliner.

[Sack truck]

It's the first festival I have been to where I won;t go to see one of the "headliners" and I am really not fussed about it -

 

Had it been my first Glastonbury I could understand frustration but having been before, there are a million and one other things to do. Even with frustration though folk shouldn't be getting abusive, don't really want that attitude at the festival anyways. I stopped going to T as the atmosphere got progressively angrier, don't let Glastonbury go the same way. 

[Bobs]

Still think Dave Grohl's letter is belittling as fuck

[sheffieldlady]

Wonderful from the Foos.

 

And you know what, I think Emily, Michael and all those involved with the festival do a wonderful job. It cannot be easy putting on such a big festival and it can't be easy trying to please so many people. I have never come away disappointed, not once. This year is the first year where there isn't a headliner out of the 3 that I really want to see. You know what? I'm excited to find out what the hell I end up doing with my planless Glastonbury so far.

They all get a big thumbs up from me. Couldn't have been easy trying to rearrange and have that conversation with Florence - who must be nervous about the performance. Good on Florence and well done to the organisers for getting it sorted.

 

Emily is a much better person than me, I would be using my power to cancel tickets... this is why I am not in charge of a festival!

[The Nal]

Nice Neil

 

"banned for being unapologeticly homphobic"