Matt42 Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 So me and my friend have had a few drinks and got us thinking. What conspiracies about glastonbury do you consider ridiculous or semi true? mine the flare people in crowds are hired / part of the festival - since security are so strict on flares being brought in. you can't have a headline set without a flare - also who comes with to the festival with the sole intention to light a flare specifically for "all my life" by the foo fighters so the coverage on the BBC looks awesome? sounds like a plant to me. list your other mad theories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugworth Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 43 minutes ago, Matt42 said: So me and my friend have had a few drinks and got us thinking. What conspiracies about glastonbury do you consider ridiculous or semi true? mine the flare people in crowds are hired / part of the festival - since security are so strict on flares being brought in. you can't have a headline set without a flare - also who comes with to the festival with the sole intention to light a flare specifically for "all my life" by the foo fighters so the coverage on the BBC looks awesome? sounds like a plant to me. list your other mad theories Hahahahaha what you been drinking? The flare people are having 'a moment', bless em' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubber Soldier Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Matt42 said: So me and my friend have had a few drinks and got us thinking. What conspiracies about glastonbury do you consider ridiculous or semi true? mine the flare people in crowds are hired / part of the festival - since security are so strict on flares being brought in. you can't have a headline set without a flare - also who comes with to the festival with the sole intention to light a flare specifically for "all my life" by the foo fighters so the coverage on the BBC looks awesome? sounds like a plant to me. list your other mad theories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Interesting Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 I have a theory, Matt42 works for Efestivals to create silly threads to get comments and keep the advertising revenue up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UEF Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 "Pack light" was partially an experiment in getting punters to bring less booze - and thus, buying the festival's own. It's been tried before - a few years ago an announcement was made about only bringing 'what you can carry' which was speedily withdrawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drinky Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 I'm convinced there were some flare plants when Kasabian headlined - about a dozen being pulled at exactly the same time in Fire? Hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nduja Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Drinky said: I'm convinced there were some flare plants when Kasabian headlined - about a dozen being pulled at exactly the same time in Fire? Hmmm Nahh anyone could have told you Kasabian would have millions of flares as they are casual baiting lad rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ejestivals Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Isn't it mandatory to light a flare during Kasabian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesuri Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 6 hours ago, Matt42 said: So me and my friend have had a few drinks and got us thinking. What conspiracies about glastonbury do you consider ridiculous or semi true? mine the flare people in crowds are hired / part of the festival - since security are so strict on flares being brought in. you can't have a headline set without a flare - also who comes with to the festival with the sole intention to light a flare specifically for "all my life" by the foo fighters so the coverage on the BBC looks awesome? sounds like a plant to me. list your other mad theories Weird you should mention that because I had had this thought a couple of years running with seeing when people were setting them off. However I felt the conspiracy a bit farfetched when I saw people letting off flares in the JP for The Killers and realised how many health and safety codes were probably being broken haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Nobby Burton Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 They serve 3.8% weasel piss Carlsberg to keep us all sober and well behaved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UEF Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 There's a conscious effort to make part of the festival's attraction the food - and that the Growler losing its pitch wasn't a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Nobby Burton Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, UEF said: There's a conscious effort to make part of the festival's attraction the food - and that the Growler losing its pitch wasn't a coincidence. Absolutely. They could've relocated the Growler if they really wanted, I know a lot of people are fond of it but it's the sort of stall that wouldn't look out of place in a B&Q car park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 Matt42 almost certainly checked my ticket and nearly refused me entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 The "payments to charity" are just a wheeze to get cheaper stewarding and to provide an excuse to pay their acts peanuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 None of the smaller bands get paid for appearing, and so are forced to reiterate all through their performance that there are CD's, T-Shirts etc. available after the show..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 The festival is actually better than it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 The monorail actually exists .... it's just no one has found it yet ... it must be near the unfound secret piano bar , rabbit hole and the dragon that's real and actually moves about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 The monorail is actually underground... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verrymerry Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said: They serve 3.8% weasel piss Carlsberg to keep us all sober and well behaved. The Brothers Bar cider cancels out this theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Brothers was shit this year imho - very treacley and sweet for Festival Pear anyway - couldn't take to it this year. Edited July 7, 2017 by Pinhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Nobby Burton Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 14 minutes ago, verrymerry said: The Brothers Bar cider cancels out this theory 11 minutes ago, Pinhead said: Brothers was shit this year imho - very treacley and sweet for Festival Pear anyway - couldn't take to it this year. Conspiracy theory back on - trying to force people onto the piss weak Lager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verrymerry Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said: Conspiracy theory back on - trying to force people onto the piss weak Lager. You're on. I can't comment as I couldn't have any! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeble Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 The pyramid stage is in fact the sister ship to the Black Fortress from krull, it is home to the Eavis, a slightly befuddled old man with a funny accent and short trousers, and only appears for 5 days a year bringing joy to the chair and blanket brigade, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellboy Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 The chair and blanket brigade are actually employed by the festival as a type of crowd control. They are all in fact highly trained undercover security officers ready to jump into action if a major incident should occur by the crowd tripping over their chairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UEF Posted July 7, 2017 Report Share Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) The 'deposit and balance' scheme is an accountancy wheeze to avoid (not evade!) tax by splitting the income across different years. Edited July 7, 2017 by UEF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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