Glastonbury 2016

When are folks heading down? If there is to be a drink/hello planned, I’d suggest Thursday. I may still be vaguely human at that point, and there’s not as much going on - so less chance of missing things.

Who are people expecting/hoping to play?

I suspect the headliners will be Foos, and Adele. Not sure on the other one, Radiohead maybe (please!!!)?

Legends slot could be interesting. How do you follow Dolly and Lionel? The front runner on the rumour front seems to be Barry Manilow, though a left-field choice could be Slade. They are celebrating their 50th anniversary next year.

There’s normally one more exam after Glastonbury. I know from experience as it’s the one I teach for. In the past I’ve had no shows as kids haven’t come back from Glastonbury in time or have spent the weekend getting spannered and not revising. That’s not the kind of detail they’re interested in during appraisal meetings.

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Didn’t would have loved to have gone though, very busy next year (which is code for my wife told me to get to fuck is I was going without her).

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£228 and you have no idea who you are going to see? You guys! I would have been gutted if I had paid that kind of money and ended up with Kanye West, Flo and a geriactric Who. I know there are a lot more acts but the headliners last year were hardly big draws. Whatever happened to the free festivals and the hippy dream? :cry:

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Was hoping to this year, but have got a stag do and so cannot attend. Bit of an arse really.

Honestly, £228 is a bargain. 100 stages of acts of all sorts. Yeah, the hippy ideal is lovely - but sadly these things cost money.

The sheer scale of the place, and what you get for your money is staggering. If you only stay at the main stages/headliners you miss out so much, and to be honest might as well go to another festival with more money to throw at headliners.

The Glasto admission price is pretty much the going rate for a festival. Which really just highlights how poor the value of any other festival is.

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That’s part of the wonder of Glastonbury, and recently at least, the festival hasn’t disappointed.

The late 90s were a slightly different story.

I’d have gone to see Kanye, but probably wouldn’t have rolled up for Flo. If the Foos had performed, I’d have seen two out of the three. Besides, I didn’t watch Kasabian last time I went. We went to watch some comedy shows instead, and had an ace time.

Again, the scale really helps. I struggle to think of any point of the festival in recent years where there is _ nothing _ I’d enjoy. There’s always something to be doing.

Cost sounds ok to me. Beautiful Days cost near on 400 quid for me, mrs g and kid. Not that bothered about watching headliners as the sound is usually shit and it’s too much of a crush.

Festivals are about finding unexpected gems on the smaller stages for me. That and watching the nutters.

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Well last Glasto was the concert that I finally decided that I no longer gave a fuck about seeing the artist live that much. Our spot is just by the path that cuts through the middle of the Pyramid. We set the deckchairs up and chill. The kids can find us anytime they need to, and getting in and out for food and whatever is a piece of piss.

I was hesitant to post this, as I am aware that I have painted myself as something of a hipster of late. But I actually hope for headliners I don’t want to see.

Like you say, i like finding those hidden gems. There’s something so exciting about hearing a new act live for the first time.

The pyramid is amazing, and the sound is surprisingly good considering. But yeah, for me at least, the excitiement is in all the smaller stages. And then, you can talk about how you saw all the acts on the mainstage before anyone else heard of them, and before they got all mainstream, and changed, and stopped being cool. :cool:

*KRG rides off on his unicycle, twiddling his 'tache and eating a bowl of £7 cereal*

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Green Man for me again next year. Going to do the full week this time. Kids still go free (or as good as dammit)

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Will probably do another festival, as well next year.

Green Man is high on the list. Problem is, there are so many now. Secret Garden Party is meant to be fun too, perhaps a slightly less emphasis on live bands? Which is fine, but perhaps not great for me.

That said, I’ve got a group of mates that always do Bestival. Going this year reminded me how much fun that place is.

I paid for a Reading ticket for my daughters 18th birthday present this year and that wasnt much less than a Glasto ticket.

Decent present, tbf. I’d have been chuffed with that.

I was probably harsh before. Reading is not without it’s merits. Especailly when you are 18, i.e. it is full of other 18 year olds drunk, horny and away from their folks for the first time (sorry SoG - not a comment on your daughter specifically, I mean the festival generally**). Christ, did I feel old when I was the for the day this year.

I still think if you consider how much it would cost to see all the acts you see at their own shows, it’s a bargain. But, you just get so much more at Glastonbury.

**Yes, I am referring to me when I went aged 17.

We’ve got an odd number of people going (five), and we’re glamping again, but doing the popup motel thing instead of getting a campervan. We’ve booked two big pitches, and this raises a couple of questions with the site. They think we’ve overpaid.

I explain that there are five of us, and that two are sixteen, and that I just booked them in as adults to avoid any bother. The lady was very helpful, trying to get me a cheaper deal. She’s like “do your daughters look like children?”.

“Put it this way”, I said. “When they go out, I worry”.

Giggles were had. Original tariff was maintained. Looks a decent setup. Hot showers, optional power hookup, decent security and best of all, a flat walk into the festival, excellent for unwieldy penguins like myself that fall on their arses three times as they go to see Metallica.

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Good lord. First time i went to glastonbury i never even had a tent.

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In the sorta words of Sgt Murtaugh, I’m getting too old for that shit.

I’d like to go to a festival, know that I can have a civilised shit, wash all the crap off each night, and not worry about valuables, etc.

Charlie Brooker once wrote “You’ll regret going fucking camping the moment you arrive”. That’s normal camping, btw, without the horrors of the long drops. I am simply trying to mitigate that regret :slight_smile:

Overnight 8 hour flight, straight on to a Stag day Saturday. Totally forgot the sale.

So luckily my mate got through. Glampervan Saints made it this year!

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Didn’t get tickets this time :cry:

We’ve had good luck in the resale a couple of times before, but my run of consecutive Glastos since 2007 may be coming to an end…

PS: £228 is a fucking bargain for Glasto. I implore you to go, SoG, it’s worth every penny!