morph100 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Have we had any news or clues about changes to the site this year? Presuming Arcadia will have some more added to it. Expecting a big 50 sign or something somewhere? Remember when we had that spirit of 71 stage, maybe something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyRaver Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Beat Hotel is being replaced with something new from the same people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cieran Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said: Beat Hotel is being replaced with something new from the same people. Very much looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Well they need to do something about Arcadia. The moon/crane combo didn't work because of the wind - I think the moon was only on it once? So can only assume they'll take the crane in a direction that's less weather dependent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big__phil Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'm seeing Emily do a talk promoting her book on Sunday, so if she reveals anything new for this year I'll report back! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'd expect more tweaks to the pier as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewUnion Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'd really like something done with the Silver Hayes area, it just feels soulless in the daytime. More of a walking route to other parts of the site than a part of the site itself, not sure if it could be reconfigured to make it less of a thoroughfare and more of an "area". Probably just me, but I don't feel like it has an identity like, say, theater and circus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph100 Posted October 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Quark said: I'd expect more tweaks to the pier as well. Oh yes, someone mentioned a bandstand like the one in the market but I think that was just a hope rather than a rumour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said: I'd really like something done with the Silver Hayes area, it just feels soulless in the daytime. More of a walking route to other parts of the site than a part of the site itself, not sure if it could be reconfigured to make it less of a thoroughfare and more of an "area". Probably just me, but I don't feel like it has an identity like, say, theater and circus. Nope not just you. Something that's come up on a lot of wishlists pretty much every year I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matichin Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 minute ago, morph100 said: Oh yes, someone mentioned a bandstand like the one in the market but I think that was just a hope rather than a rumour. Only had a quick look around in on the Sunday this year, but there was a bandstand in the middle, just made of robots as opposed to live acts. Can't see them doing proper booked acts up there, the risk of someone climbing up the side to see something better and falling off would freak me out. Would like it to be open more than last year, seemed to only be open for short periods during the day, I wanted to but up there at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon_Fields Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Both major new additions, Arcadia and Glastonbury on Sea need much improvement I feel, I’d prefer if they got those right, as they’re here to stay for the foreseeable, rather than any big new ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunk pumpkin Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'm sure Michael said that there wouldn't be major changes in 2020 because they made so many large changes during the fallow year, I would expect tweaks to Glastonbury on Sea and we know the Beats hotel will change and that bloody big crane will evolve but i don't expect much else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gherkin8r Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 33 minutes ago, TheNewUnion said: I'd really like something done with the Silver Hayes area, it just feels soulless in the daytime. More of a walking route to other parts of the site than a part of the site itself, not sure if it could be reconfigured to make it less of a thoroughfare and more of an "area". Probably just me, but I don't feel like it has an identity like, say, theater and circus. Silver Hayes is nothing more than a walking route for me at any time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmb1992 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Am I right in thinking they combined The Gully and The Blues stages in SH in 2019? I quite like those stages, along with the silent disco for a bit of fun. There's also the Shisha place in SH, which can be nice to chill out in later on. As an area though it's not one of my favourites and also I don't think the positioning of it helps as it feels quite far away from the other areas. The Park and South East Corner in Glasto terms are kind of close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewj4659 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) This year was my first and we absolutely loved The Beat Hotel. I was exhausted on the Saturday and they had some gorgeous downtempo music on that sorted me right out. Went back later on in the evening and it was going off... hopefully something with a similar vibe will be there. Was quite disappointed with Arcadia after seeing some of the videos of the spider from previous years, hoping that is expanded on. Edited October 11, 2019 by matthewj4659 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jow95 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Usually expect SE corner to have a fair few changes even if it’s just the theming in shangri la or whatever it’s usually extensive enough to be noteworthy. I’d heard somewhere they made an effort to move away from small venues for larger ones to ease crowds and as much as I miss the small venues, I felt like this worked a treat so can’t see many huge changes down there. Big venues full of people and far better crowd levels than before. Maybe also helped by the fact everyone was shattered from the hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyRaver Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 3 hours ago, morph100 said: Oh yes, someone mentioned a bandstand like the one in the market but I think that was just a hope rather than a rumour. There also the prepotchers blue tents thing they’re doing below it to look like the sea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyRaver Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, matthewj4659 said: This year was my first and we absolutely loved The Beat Hotel. I was exhausted on the Saturday and they had some gorgeous downtempo music on that sorted me right out. Went back later on in the evening and it was going off... hopefully something with a similar vibe will be there. Was quite disappointed with Arcadia after seeing some of the videos of the spider from previous years, hoping that is expanded on. To be fair, the first year of the spider wasn’t great, and they just added to it every year until it was totally epic. Expect a similar thing to happen with the crane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon_Fields Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, gmb1992 said: Am I right in thinking they combined The Gully and The Blues stages in SH in 2019? Yes they did, with a fair amount of music from around the world, only stage I check out in SH if I’m passing, I’d prefer more reggae as there was before but it’s still worth going to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoL Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, gherkin8r said: Silver Hayes is nothing more than a walking route for me at any time. Same here but I think we'd all appreciate a better walking route to the west camping fields that didn't go through Silver Hayes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jow95 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 17 minutes ago, DeanoL said: Same here but I think we'd all appreciate a better walking route to the west camping fields that didn't go through Silver Hayes. Bet the eavis’ feel very sorry for giving punters several stages and food option to walk past on their way back to the tent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike86 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I thought the Wow tent was awful last year. They changed it from bad tent to a bad tent with the sound and lighting deck right in the middle of it. Hopefully some changes there as they usually have some decent people on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuttlep Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 4 hours ago, GrumpyRaver said: Beat Hotel is being replaced with something new from the same people. one regret is never getting to the beat hotel very rarely even walked past it , just don;t end up at that end very often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscore Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Whenever I've been to the Beat Hotel when something I'm interested is on, it just looks horrendously crowded and uninviting. I hope a new design improves this somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I would expect a Gold Pyramid stage .... it only a couple of sheets they chuck over it after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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