Bearded Theory 2018

[BlackHole2006]

2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Latest email update has raised excitement levels. Not long now.

I’ve joined the mailing list but for some reason haven’t had the email come through? Any chance of copying/pasting it on here? 

EDIT: Don’t worry. Found it on the website. I wonder what Alpaca & Magic Teapot are. All sounds really interesting 

Edited April 30, 2018 by BlackHole2006

[Perks]

Yeah buzzing now, 3 weeks Thursday! I was intrigued with Alpaca too - well interesting.

Had me tent out last week for an airing, the beer buying has begun and its May - not too long now.

[Gnomicide]

There is one potential problem. I'd forgotten they'd switched Champions League finals to Saturdays.

Not counting my chickens and all that but BLOODY HELL!

All those times I've scorned at England fans for wanting to watch football at Glastonbury. I might be using a lot of data (if I can get a signal) before Robert Plant comes on. Or finding a camper van with a telly.

Not expecting to win like, but why that Saturday? Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

This is now guaranteed to result in Roma pulling off the come back tomorrow night.

[Perks]

31 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

There is one potential problem. I'd forgotten they'd switched Champions League finals to Saturdays.

Not counting my chickens and all that but BLOODY HELL!

All those times I've scorned at England fans for wanting to watch football at Glastonbury. I might be using a lot of data (if I can get a signal) before Robert Plant comes on. Or finding a camper van with a telly.

Not expecting to win like, but why that Saturday? Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

This is now guaranteed to result in Roma pulling off the come back tomorrow night.

Gnom - I was gonna message you tomorrow on that, decided to not think about it till after tomorrow, then hope it becomes a problem

edit - a wonderful problem

Edited May 1, 2018 by Perks

[Gnomicide]

Is there a BeardedTheoryWatch account we can ask if they're showing the footy?

I wouldn't want them to put it on anywhere though, I don't think the two things should mix but aaaaarrrggghhhh.

 

[Perks]

8 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Is there a BeardedTheoryWatch account we can ask if they're showing the footy?

I wouldn't want them to put it on anywhere though, I don't think the two things should mix but aaaaarrrggghhhh.

 

Ha ha - cause a right stir

nah i wouldn't want it shown, its hopefully a dilemma we'll have Thurs morning...

Thursday - when its only 3 weeks to go :-)

[Gnomicide]

Oh shit. 

[The Red Telephone]

8 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Oh shit. 

Were you planning on seeing anyone on the Saturday night?

[Gnomicide]

39 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

Were you planning on seeing anyone on the Saturday night?

Robert Plant but it might be over by then. 

I'll make a bit of an effort to see if I can watch it but really I'm resigned to missing the final, I'll just have to keep track on my phone. We'll probably lose anyway.

[Gnomicide]

[fluff164]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

Robert Plant but it might be over by then. 

I'll make a bit of an effort to see if I can watch it but really I'm resigned to missing the final, I'll just have to keep track on my phone. We'll probably lose anyway.

Im with you there!  Ill be parked up to watch on BT App!  Its going to clash with Sleaford Mods and Plant, but - im not missing it for anything!!  Apologies to the purists!

[Gnomicide]

 

[Gnomicide]

Sold out.

[shoptildrop]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

Sold out.

Apart from all the folk selling their tickets on the FB Bearded Theory chat page...

[Gnomicide]

 

2 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

Apart from all the folk selling their tickets on the FB Bearded Theory chat page...

Well yeah, but that doesn't count. I don't frequent FB, are there many selling? I suspect a few Liverpool fans may be.

In not entirely unrelated news, I see the festival Cast were due to headline on the night of the final was cancelled the day after Liverpool qualified. I'm sure it's not related but conspiracy theories abound.

[Gnomicide]

Good job they didn't book Echo and The Bunnymen.

[eFestivals]

34 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Good job they didn't book Echo and The Bunnymen.

I'm guessing that part of what had them change the date was the ability to change the date. If they'd been playing a festival and couldn't alter the date, they might perhaps have still played.

[Curlygirl]

43 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Good job they didn't book Echo and The Bunnymen.

 

[Gnomicide]

5 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'm guessing that part of what had them change the date was the ability to change the date. If they'd been playing a festival and couldn't alter the date, they might perhaps have still played.

Was about to post this when I saw @Curlygirl's response:

 

Yeah, I guess so. Some understandably unhappy people responding to that post though. You wouldn't be happy if you had travel and hotels booked etc.

 

Looks like enough unhappy people have changed their minds.

[Curlygirl]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

Was about to post this when I saw @Curlygirl's response:

 

Yeah, I guess so. Some understandably unhappy people responding to that post though. You wouldn't be happy if you had travel and hotels booked etc.

 

Looks like enough unhappy people have changed their minds.

I personally wouldn’t be happy if I’d arranged to go to a gig, but then I’m not a massive football fan! If it was being held in Liverpool I may be able to understand it. Looks like their fans have spoken up tho and thankfully they’ve listened! 

[shoptildrop]

22 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

 

Well yeah, but that doesn't count. I don't frequent FB, are there many selling? I suspect a few Liverpool fans may be.

In not entirely unrelated news, I see the festival Cast were due to headline on the night of the final was cancelled the day after Liverpool qualified. I'm sure it's not related but conspiracy theories abound.

There are a few being sold and yeah a few of them are football related but not many..

Which festival was that then?

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, shoptildrop said:

There are a few being sold and yeah a few of them are football related but not many..

Which festival was that then?

Atmosphere Festival in Mossley. To be fair, it looked dreadful. Probably just lack of ticket sales.

[Beerqueen]

Getting excited now!  Just started listening to the Showcase playlist and all of the bands on there sound excellent!  I have been trying to find out a bit more about the different stages, bars etc but can't find much on the BT website about how they differ, what the layout is, what the genre is on each stage and so on.  Can anyone help?  It's not essential or anything - I just like planning!

[Gnomicide]

15 hours ago, Beerqueen said:

Getting excited now!  Just started listening to the Showcase playlist and all of the bands on there sound excellent!  I have been trying to find out a bit more about the different stages, bars etc but can't find much on the BT website about how they differ, what the layout is, what the genre is on each stage and so on.  Can anyone help?  It's not essential or anything - I just like planning!

Layout is fairly compact if you're used to going to bigger festivals. Everything is just a few minutes walk away, you can nip back to your tent and be back in the arena in 10 to 20 minutes, depending on where you're pitched.

On the map below, Arena 1 is The Pallet, Arena 2 has Maui Waui, Magical Sounds, Something Else Tea Tent and (I think) the new Showcase stage. Arena 3 in Convoy Cabaret, between that and Arena 4 is The Ship and Arena 4 itself is the Woodlands. 

Most stages don't stick to set genres, certainly The Pallet and The Woodland have all sorts on. Convoy Cabaret tends to be younger, more edgy stuff. Maui Waui was originally Electro Swing stuff but they seem to have thankfully branched out and there's a lot of different stuff on there. Magical Sounds is the dance tent but even they have a few different types of act on. The Something Else Tea Tent is pretty small but has some really good stuff on, often bands that are playing the larger stages doing an extra spot. A blackboard is put out in the morning saying who's on, there can be the odd secret(ish) set, Ferocious Dog played as Gentle Kitten a few years back.

The two arena bars are similar to each other and sell a wide selection, all reasonably priced. The Woodland sells a few different types and is advertising a Beer Festival, if you've not looked, scan back a page on here and there are links to Tweets from BT showing what's on offer.

[Gnomicide]

In other news, the dates are starting to appear on the BBC Weather ap.