Collide Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 One of my fave bands and I didnt get to see them because someone thought it was a good idea not to announce the fact they were playing... on the bloody Pyramid stage! Love glasto, had another amazing year (as always!) love the secret sets, they add even more magic to the festival and completely understand why they need to be secret sets at the Park with the capacity up there... but on the Pyramid?! Even the stewards on our family camp site didn't have a clue who it was going to be on Friday morning, ended up hearing them play 'Don't look Back into the Sun' moving towards the pyramid stage and seeing them leave the stage, unbelievable gutted!!! Felt quite cheated. Don't own a smart phone and was in the Kidz Field all day with the little one, my mates missed it too. Why did they do that? Bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Did you follow @SecretGlasto and use the SMS Notifications? Not saying you should have, just curious if you did and it didn't get you the info in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Did you follow @SecretGlasto and use the SMS Notifications? Not saying you should have, just curious if you did and it didn't get you the info in time. I was on sms and it worked a treat for me. Cheers fella!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nu-marc88 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I loved the suspense of it all right up to an hour before it then everyone seemed to know. I was hearing rumours of pulp as well as the libs but then I bumped into a mate who is friends with the drummer Gary who confirmed they were all on site. It was blooming amazing! Made my weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretlow Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 To be honest you knew there was a gap to be filled, I couldn't get on my internet on my phone but a quick sms to my dad at home in the middle of the day resulted in him finding it on a few places on the net taking about it. There was a lot of confidence in the rumour so I changed my plans. The result of not announcing it was the crowed going nuts when the banner was unfurled and the band walked on. A real moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdm22 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) I can understand the frustration but it had been known for the best part of a week there was another band TBA so you could have gone down there just to see who it was just in case (plus it was known from lunchtime onwards it was the Libertines) Edited June 29, 2015 by cdm22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st dan Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Wasn't it to do with contractual issues as they're already headlining R&L? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Come on that's not a real gripe. Everybody knew somebody was lined up. I couldn't get on 3 g to check but a text to my mate at home an hour and a half before the set all but confirmed the libs had arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 The unknown factor made it even better. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprigpod Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 first world problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 The unknown factor made it even better. Sorry. Yep definitely. I know who was coming on but seeing some peoples faces in the crowd light up when that banner dropped was a great sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohnB Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I didn't know it was the Libertines until the banner dropped....I just took a chance. Come on.... It's not that far from the Kids Field to nip out it it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffieldlady Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I also knew it was the Libs. Lots of people around me had no idea, the banner lifted and a grown man squealed next to me. I would love this to happen annually! Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 One of my fave bands and I didnt get to see them because someone thought it was a good idea not to announce the fact they were playing... on the bloody Pyramid stage! Love glasto, had another amazing year (as always!) love the secret sets, they add even more magic to the festival and completely understand why they need to be secret sets at the Park with the capacity up there... but on the Pyramid?! Even the stewards on our family camp site didn't have a clue who it was going to be on Friday morning, ended up hearing them play 'Don't look Back into the Sun' moving towards the pyramid stage and seeing them leave the stage, unbelievable gutted!!! Felt quite cheated. Don't own a smart phone and was in the Kidz Field all day with the little one, my mates missed it too. Why did they do that? Bizarre. Well, i'm obviously different to others, as I knew, BUT, having said that, i heard several people talking about it, and all the people at the info tent at the Pyramid, were distributing the news like wildfire, Also the fact that they are an 'exclusive' to Reading and Leeds festival, in England, may suggest they weren't allowed to name them for contractual reasons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I didn't know it was the Libertines until the banner dropped....I just took a chance. Come on.... It's not that far from the Kids Field to nip out it it? Children are not known for leaving places quickly at short notice. Nor are they particularly fast to walk/carry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 It was great, I knew ages before and took the tweet as probably to mean it would be as we already had a so many rumors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Guy Called Matt Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I am glad they did not announce it before - in this day with all the technology I thought it was great that they kept it secret for so long. I found out mid morning............. so was able to be there stood at the barrier. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osama Jim Laden Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Glastonbury have done ever so well in keeping secrets secret this year.. Had no interest in te libs so watched the slings instead but you shouldn't feel cheated.. Gutted maybe for yourself but no cheated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohnB Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Children are not known for leaving places quickly at short notice. Nor are they particularly fast to walk/carry. You knew the start time though right? I accept what you say to an extent. I've been taking my daughter to festivals since she was 4....you need to decide whether it's worth a chance and plan around it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 You knew the start time though right? I accept what you say to an extent. I've been taking my daughter to festivals since she was 4....you need to decide whether it's worth a chance and plan around it I wasn't there. I was responding on behalf of Collide, who was presumably not going to trawl his kid around the site on the off-chance that he might like the band. I do take your point though, but if Collide had no idea it was the Libs, then I can imagine how it would be annoying. I can see why he wouldn't have considered it - I was running the @SecretGlasto account and I didn't know until a few hours before. I'd heard a LOT of different rumours, about a lot of bands, but it was very late on that the Libertines became the front runner (and eventually confirmed). I certainly didn't think it was them when I woke up on Friday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatyeti24 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 i didn't find out they played until saturday. and i got spun a wonderful yarn about who it was, by a girl who, with hindsight, had believed what she had been told too. turns out it wasn't an unknown punk band (explosive badge?), championed by Marc Riley, who had been given a friendly leg up. despite what their alleged singer had told her the day before. anyway, i don't care for the Libs, so i feel, if nowt else, i have come out of it all with a half decent anecdote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackmypie Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I agree they really should have announced it. The atmosphere was pretty flat at the front, it seemed like most people just turned up to see who it would be or were just waiting for Florence to come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_jim Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I knew quite early, a friend of ours was receiving txts that a band going under "The Albion" were playing (a name the liberties have used before). But as everyone else has said, we all knew the slot was left as TBA some of us used our heads went round at the time and found out. Well done to Glastonbury to keeping it quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohnB Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I wasn't there. I was responding on behalf of Collide, who was presumably not going to trawl his kid around the site on the off-chance that he might like the band. I do take your point though, but if Collide had no idea it was the Libs, then I can imagine how it would be annoying. I can see why he wouldn't have considered it - I was running the @SecretGlasto account and I didn't know until a few hours before. I'd heard a LOT of different rumours, about a lot of bands, but it was very late on that the Libertines became the front runner (and eventually confirmed). I certainly didn't think it was them when I woke up on Friday morning. I didn't know until they came on....just took a chance....and yes....dragged my daughter along too who didn't like them at all haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossTC Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Moment of the weekend by an absolute mile, i couldn't of been more pleased to see them. They smashed it and it being secret made it so much more exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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