Glastonbury don't have enough money to put on the "exact same show"

[ProperTea]

Just having a read through this morning's Guardian article and this struck me..

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In October, Glastonbury made headlines when it announced that ticket prices would rise by £55 to £340 (including booking fee). “We put it up [by] the minimum we could,” said Eavis. “In order to do the exact same show as last time, we would have had to put £100 on the ticket. That’s the amount that costs have gone up.”

So they're not going to be able to do the same stuff this year... what will be cut?

Edited March 3, 2023 by ProperTea

[Alcatraz]

I think people are mis-reading this.

She's suggesting that to pull off the exact same line up as last year, would cost 100 quid more a ticket. Shes using last years lineup, an absolutely slammed one coming out of the pandemic which is near impossible to repeat, as a base comparison

[CaledonianGonzo]

That's my take too......but I dunno who cost them so much last time around.

[moogster]

I'm hoping the smaller areas don't take a hit, T&C and all...

[Padjeq]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

That's my take too......but I dunno who cost them so much last time around.

Kendrick wouldn't've been cheap, surely. Diana Ross too. Macca. Although £100 on each ticket is about 20 million.

[kalifire]

I'm not too bothered. Like @Padjeq said, they had some presumably pretty expensive headliners last year. Elton won't have been cheap but the others, plus an extra fifty quid a ticket, shouldn't see any major changes, I wouldn't think.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Poster still talks about the 100 plus stages.

[gfa]

1 hour ago, Alcatraz said:

I think people are mis-reading this.

She's suggesting that to pull off the exact same line up as last year, would cost 100 quid more a ticket. Shes using last years lineup, an absolutely slammed one coming out of the pandemic which is near impossible to repeat, as a base comparison

Surely they shouldn't have acted irresponsibly last year then?

[clarkete]

11 minutes ago, gfa said:

Surely they shouldn't have acted irresponsibly last year then?

Hey - if you can't be irresponsible at Glastonbury then where can you? 

[Hugh Jass II]

1 hour ago, Padjeq said:

Kendrick wouldn't've been cheap, surely. Diana Ross too. Macca. Although £100 on each ticket is about 20 million.

Wasn't Kendrick one of R/L highest ever paid performers? He certainly wouldn't have been cheap for what was for all intents and purposes a European exclusive show (yes, yes, he did a warm up in Italy).

[gfa]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

Wasn't Kendrick one of R/L highest ever paid performers? He certainly wouldn't have been cheap for what was for all intents and purposes a European exclusive show (yes, yes, he did a warm up in Italy).

not one of, the highest paid

[Avalon_Fields]

Unless Williams Green isn’t replaced by anything equivalent, saving some money?

[Andy0808 v5]

Just now, Avalon_Fields said:

Unless Williams Green isn’t replaced by anything equivalent, saving some money?

Missed this. They confirmed that’s not returning? Seen some decent acts there over the years.

[Avalon_Fields]

5 minutes ago, Andy0808 v5 said:

Missed this. They confirmed that’s not returning? Seen some decent acts there over the years.

Yes, see the Williams Green thread, I don’t think there was an official announcement but rumours were from various sources.

[Guest]

I bet a lot of acts on the smaller stages just play for a ticket don't they?

[gfa]

1 hour ago, Lucy F said:

I bet a lot of acts on the smaller stages just play for a ticket don't they?

yup, especially djs

[faymondo]

4 minutes ago, gfa said:

yup, especially djs

I was under the impression a lot of them only get paid and its an in and out job for them ? 

Not worth doing it for many of them. 

[gfa]

4 minutes ago, faymondo said:

I was under the impression a lot of them only get paid and its an in and out job for them ? 

Not worth doing it for many of them. 

the ticket is worth more than the pay most of them would get really. unless you a big act on arcadia, iicon or temple, sonic etc your playing to a couple hundred people tops

[Mark Greensmith]

I had a look at their accounts out of interest. They pay themselves very little and reinvest the majority. Pretty confident the extra revenue generated from ticket increase as well as any proceeds last year will be enough to keep the party going at a similar level.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, faymondo said:

I was under the impression a lot of them only get paid and its an in and out job for them ? 

Not worth doing it for many of them. 

Wouldn't it be more costly to escort all these acts out of such a big place? I'd do a runner if I was them lol

[DeanoL]

2 hours ago, Lucy F said:

I bet a lot of acts on the smaller stages just play for a ticket don't they?

Not even that a lot of the time. I remember Beans on Toast explaining it the one year - at his level (around five years ago) there were two types of gigs at the festival: those that come with a ticket, and those that don't. You need the first one to get in, before you can book in any others. If you take a look at wherever the likes of Beans or Mik play each year, it's much certain that only the biggest of those venues offers a ticket.

[faymondo]

I read a post from a well known DJ a few years back who's name I cant remember and he basically said its not worth doing Glastonbury unless you want to tick a box on your played list. 

[Ryan1984]

3 hours ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Unless Williams Green isn’t replaced by anything equivalent, saving some money?

I can’t imagine many of the Williams Green acts were paid obscene amounts?

[incident]

10 minutes ago, faymondo said:

I read a post from a well known DJ a few years back who's name I cant remember and he basically said its not worth doing Glastonbury unless you want to tick a box on your played list. 

If they're looking at it from a purely financial perspective, then that's absolutely true.

Even with name value DJs though there's plenty who still do play for a reduced or even no fee simply because they enjoy going to the Festival - so if they put aside the "this is my job" aspect, fundamentally they get an elevated level of access to the best party on earth in return for pressing play on their laptop and waving their hands around for an hour or two.

[4AssedMonkey]

52 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

I can’t imagine many of the Williams Green acts were paid obscene amounts?

Not just the acts though, it’s the tent itself, sound infrastructure and staffing. Hiring and paying for that alone would be a lot more than making spaces for traders, which by all accounts make a shedload for the festival.