Times article - Emily Eavis

[gherkin8r]

Loved that

[philipsteak]

44 minutes ago, tumbles said:

I just want to see the Lego model..

Not just me then

[Wherethewildthingsare]

Great article thanks for posting!

[Glastoboy]

It might be this one?

 

[Nutella Versace]

Love the detail of the blue portaloo

[Spindles]

Many thanks for pasting the article here, murdoch paywall can bite my wedge.

 

Fantastic read though, CM can do a cracking job of pen on paper when she pulls the stops out.  So much fondness for the festival in the words and really does a good job of capturing the spirit of the family members.

[Tommy Dickfingers]

Fantastic article. I’d like to add that you can register and not pay a penny to access a limited amount of free pieces ?

[stuartbert two hats]

4 hours ago, fatyeti24 said:

I've often thought they should make a documentary about the build up, from ideas over the kitchen table in the autumn until the point the gates open.  It'd be ace!

I'd be all over that. A proper 12 month job, from cleanup to headliner booking/infrastructure to site build to festival itself and back to cleanup again.

[Crazyfool01]

I wonder if the festival has been putting away a bit of extra money to build a bit of a bank for the 50th headliners ... or would this just break the festival charity plans too much ?... and set a precident for future years ?

[gizmoman]

4 hours ago, parsonjack said:

 'if you have attended Glastonbury, chances are at least one thing that has happened here will be in the Best Bits montage that flashes before your eyes as you die.'

As someone who has done 14 in a row and has no ticket for this year this single line has me in f*cking bits...full on tears at the kitchen table stuff.  Suddenly I feel like I'm never going to go to those fields again.

Damn you Caitlin Moran.

Great great article though ?

 

Are you going to try to get in by other means? With a trader or somehow? If you're local I would have thought there's a way if there's a will.

[fatyeti24]

Before we all get carried away praising Ms Moran, let us not forget that she killed Kurt Cobain.

[Ohinever]

Nice. Haven't heard the Glastonbury roar for at least five years though.

[paulo999]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'd be all over that. A proper 12 month job, from cleanup to headliner booking/infrastructure to site build to festival itself and back to cleanup again.

Yeah. “Big Project” documentaries seem to have a broad appeal to, e.g. Crossrail.

Prep for the 50th would be nice timing to pin it on.

[august1]

I'd be amazed if they haven't been offered the chance of a documentary a dozen times before

[fatyeti24]

3 minutes ago, august1 said:

I'd be amazed if they haven't been offered the chance of a documentary a dozen times before

Hey!  I don't shoot down your ideas! ?

[august1]

1 minute ago, fatyeti24 said:

Hey!  I don't shoot down your ideas! ?

I'd love it to see it as well!

[gigpusher]

1 hour ago, fatyeti24 said:

Before we all get carried away praising Ms Moran, let us not forget that she killed Kurt Cobain.

Tell me more? 

[Ommadawn]

2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

I wonder if the festival has been putting away a bit of extra money to build a bit of a bank for the 50th headliners ... or would this just break the festival charity plans too much ?... and set a precident for future years ?

I think they've done that in the past as insurance against another Jay Z year. Michael was well stressed that year and won't want a repeat. I would have thought (but don't know), they will just get the best headliners they can next year as they do every year.

[fatyeti24]

17 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

Tell me more? 

It's in her book, but here's the gist of it.

[marcoolio]

18 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

Tell me more? 

[gooner1990]

2 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'd be all over that. A proper 12 month job, from cleanup to headliner booking/infrastructure to site build to festival itself and back to cleanup again.

BBC2 did one in the lead up to the 2000 festival following ME around, Jamie Theakston narrated it.

called ‘Glastonbury Man’

[gooner1990]

7 hours ago, eFestivals said:

she was dancing in front of me at West Holts one year (can't remember which band now) - and her and her mates all had Camp Kerala wristbands.

Wonder what the price is! 

[Pipine]

Great article.. loads of stuff I didn't know.  I love that it's written by someone who appreciates the festival in the same way we do.

As for Madonna headlining next year, I've seen her live twice and she can sing live perfectly well but she's always had some songs with a backing track so I've ways wondered how that would translate into Glastonbury, she seems like the obvious choice for the 50th though.

[Madyaker]

Sounds like they got the killers in after McCartney dropped out

[bombfrog]

Madonna live is an experience I never want to be part of again in this lifetime.

She's absolutely shockingly. A total embarrassment.