Which acts will "shut down" an area?

[AcidCasual]

54 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Crowd sizes are a really big thing on the boards of Efestivals isn't it? 

 

It is really weird, judging from this forum I'm getting slightly worried that there won't be anywhere at Glastonbury open during the weekend.

[KJ3]

Shrangrila's line-up looks great! I've read that they're doing a full redesign of that area and potentially opening up a new field for the main stage so hopefully those big acts will work there ! exciting!

[Quark]

1 minute ago, AcidCasual said:

 

It is really weird, judging from this forum I'm getting slightly worried that there won't be anywhere at Glastonbury open during the weekend.

 

Pretty much every set is going to be dangerously overcrowded. Updating my will before I go, lest I be trampled underfoot.

[Quark]

30 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

It's odd isn't it.  Only really in the past couple of years its become an obsession.

 I miss the halcyon days of whether Foals were bigger than 1975, and whose mums had heard of Stormzy.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Quark said:

 I miss the halcyon days of whether Foals were bigger than 1975, and whose mums had heard of Stormzy.

We’ve moved on . 😀think it’s time you did . 

[balti-pie]

- Foals, obvs, they have the benefit of not having a knobhead for a singer

 

- No, absolutely not, but i dont hold it against her. or Stormzy, for that matter 

[CaledonianGonzo]

16 minutes ago, KJ3 said:

Shrangrila's line-up looks great! I've read that they're doing a full redesign of that area and potentially opening up a new field for the main stage so hopefully those big acts will work there ! exciting!

 

It's still in an oddly shaped field.  Unless the fields around it are also being re-modelled a bit I dunno if there's too much they can do to reconfigure it.

[Skip997]

23 minutes ago, AcidCasual said:

Go on then let’s see you do it.

 

I’d love the opportunity 

[KJ3]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

It's still in an oddly shaped field.  Unless the fields around it are also being re-modelled a bit I dunno if there's too much they can do to reconfigure it.

 

Yeah I was thinking the same, I hope they really open it up so its not so rammed - like the way Block9 is an area rather than a passageway type thing - let's see! 

[Ayrshire Chris]

25 minutes ago, AcidCasual said:

 

It is really weird, judging from this forum I'm getting slightly worried that there won't be anywhere at Glastonbury open during the weekend.

Except Mumfords according to the comments on here!!😀

[Skip997]

23 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

It's still in an oddly shaped field.  Unless the fields around it are also being re-modelled a bit I dunno if there's too much they can do to reconfigure it.

Get rid of the food stalls and bars at the back of main stage arena for a start 

[stuie]

 

2 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Maybe people are getting wise. Any one of us could do what he does live 

 

I never knew it was that simple!  If I did i'd have gone and made myself rich and had a 30 year DJ and producer career! 

Why didn't you do that? 

[AdrianH]

The Truth stage position has been a problem for years - there's just too many people trying to make their way through at the back and it's an unpleasant bottle neck. The fact we've not had a muddy one for nearly a decade has masked alot of issues.

[siblin]

1 hour ago, AcidCasual said:

 

It is really weird, judging from this forum I'm getting slightly worried that there won't be anywhere at Glastonbury open during the weekend.

 

<Goes to a forum topic entitled "Which acts will shut down an area">
<Shocked that people are discussing how busy areas will be> 

 

😉

[bennyhana22]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Except Mumfords according to the comments on here!!😀

 

Except, Chris, that you and I remember that we on 'ere are not entirely representative of the whole festival puntership, and Mumfords will be ramalamadingdong.

 

Ben

[gfa]

3 hours ago, matrainertje said:

Crowd sizes are a really big thing on the boards of Efestivals isn't it? 

Becoming a bigger issue in recent years and always cause fierce debates, which keeps people engaged i guess!

 

3 hours ago, fraybentos1 said:

In what world are the Prodigy going to cause a shutdown of the Other stage (can this even happen? you can approach it from numerous angles) when they're also up against O Rod. Literally 0 chance. The field must be able to hold like 70k people surely at least?

Forget O Rod - Overmono will eat a huge chunk of the dance crowd

 

1 hour ago, AdrianH said:

The Truth stage position has been a problem for years - there's just too many people trying to make their way through at the back and it's an unpleasant bottle neck. The fact we've not had a muddy one for nearly a decade has masked alot of issues.

Compared to some of the other stages that get busy its not even that high on the list!

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 hour ago, bennyhana22 said:

 

Except, Chris, that you and I remember that we on 'ere are not entirely representative of the whole festival puntership, and Mumfords will be ramalamadingdong.

 

Ben

Shhhhsh, me and mrs c will be there, but don’t tell anyone and destroy my credibility 👍😀
and a lot better value than shelling out 250 quid for two tickets for their Glasgow gig in December!😉😊

Edited April 16, 2025 by Ayrshire Chris

[Madyaker]

7 hours ago, Littlechef87 said:

Jehnny Beth just dropped that they're on the Saturday - though looks like it's after main stage headliners so probably still megacarnage

Still better than Thursday imo but yeah

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

52 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Shhhhsh, me and mrs c will be there, but don’t tell anyone and destroy my credibility 👍😀
and a lot better value than shelling out 250 quid for two tickets for their Glasgow gig in December!😉😊

Yep we will be there too, banjos at the ready. Mr C is also a fan. Think it’ll be busy - may need to get there earlier than we did for Kasabian last year when they closed Woodsies just before we got there 

[philipsteak]

4 hours ago, Quark said:

 

Pretty much every set is going to be dangerously overcrowded. Updating my will before I go, lest I be trampled underfoot.

 

Except for the ones that will be completely deserted  

[Madyaker]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Shhhhsh, me and mrs c will be there, but don’t tell anyone and destroy my credibility 👍😀
and a lot better value than shelling out 250 quid for two tickets for their Glasgow gig in December!😉😊

Are they the secret set in Woodsies? I can see that being packed out alright

[Ayrshire Chris]

9 minutes ago, Madyaker said:

Are they the secret set in Woodsies? I can see that being packed out alright

Don’t exactlyknow, but that’s the rumour.
Unless this is a hint that it’s banjos on the pyramid😉

[matrainertje]

18 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

It's odd isn't it.  Only really in the past couple of years its become an obsession.

But why? I never see a lot of chat about festival crowd sizes elsewhere, why is this such a big thing in here? 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, matrainertje said:

But why? I never see a lot of chat about festival crowd sizes elsewhere, why is this such a big thing in here? 

I think once there have been perceived issues it self perpetuates it’s also one of the largest and has the most interest so inevitably that discussion happens amongst others . It’s fairly recent so one event has probably triggered the rest . It’s also fair to say that the festival take feedback and act on threads on here along with app data to help ensure we are all safe and obviously that’s no bad thing 

[Johndenis]

17 hours ago, stuie said:

 

 

I never knew it was that simple!  If I did i'd have gone and made myself rich and had a 30 year DJ and producer career! 

Why didn't you do that? 

hahaha!  Bravo.  It's delusion to claim what Fatboy Slim does is easy or say "I can mix songs together at 125bpm in my bedroom, so I could do what he is doing".  He's had an amazing career.  Last time I saw him, I heard a few folk whingeing that...they didn't hear enough Fatboy Slim songs.  Some folk just like moaning.