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'Michael Eavis said on Monday that slow ticket sales were due to terrible weather in previous years, not the choice of main headliner Jay-Z.'

No, Michael its because of 2 things:
1) Its almost impossible for touts to buy out all the tickets now.
2) Jay-Z
 
Wahey! Hopefully means the roads won't be clogged with old buses spilling diesel everywhere and tramps as far as the eye can see :)

Always been a right pain in the a$$ for some of us locals :|
 
There is no way it's because of the weather, if so nobody would have gone in 1998.

97 really was the year of mud.

I would think

1) No tout tickets
2) Jay - Z
3) Lots and lots and lots of other festival available nowadays
 
not me.

I haven't been since emilly eavis took over the running of the festival and broke it.

The last good year was the last year they broke the fence down and about 150k people got in for free (92?)

Proper anarchy. Estimates at 250-350k people on site.

Ok, it was MASSIVELY dangerous but the vibe was amazing.

In 16 short years it's gone from being a huge celebration of alternative culture, music and freedom into a sanitized guardian reading circus. FFS!!! JAY ************* Z!!!!!!!!!!


What's happened to edgy bands, people dancing at dodgy soundsytems til 9am, rolf harris, evan dando getting boo'd off stage, hippies setting fire to the portacabins, being sold bits of charcoal instead of drugs by dodgy blokes hanging round in the shady lanes etc etc etc?


Ok, so the toilets were minging, you had a good chance of being stabbed or shot if you complained about your "black 'ash" and food poisoning was pretty much guaranteed but I've never had so much fun in all my life and I don't think I'll ever see a policeman toking on a bong again.

So no,

I wont be going to the current corporate ****-fest that is glastonbury.
 
there are so many other festivals with argueably much better bands on throughout the festival, not just the tallentless ********* that is JayZ that glasto has lost its uniqueness now, and better value can be sort elsewhere.
 
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Glastonbury is just living on its name now, and pretty soon it wont even have that. #hear theyre selling tickets in HMV now, that just about sums the whole thing up.
Dean:)
 
You'll love it. It's brilliant really. I'm just in a hate everything mood! It probably is as good and I'm just looking at it through rose-tinted spectacles!

Top 10 Tips for glastonbury.......

1) take your own drugs if you're that way inclined

2) Only buy your food from the vendors in the greenfields. They're the only ones who give you a good amount of food for your money I found and as most of them are vegan you're unlikely to get poisoned!

3) Don't bother on planning anything. It'll never happen (well not in my experience)

4) Bin Bags make brilliant Gaiters

5) putting bin bags on your feet to stop you getting mud up your legs turns any slope into a treacherous mudslide of death

6) you can survive on chai for 5 days if you're skint and the Hari Krishna's give out free food too!

7) Don't drink Burrow Hill Warm and Spicy cider for breakfast unless you want to become one of the lunatic class you see wandering around ;) It seems like a good idea when you wake up cold and damp but it will break all but the most hardened.

8) Toilets......follow the poo-pumping truck around at your peril, large jolts have been known to set off the 'blow' function. The long drop toilets are generally the cleanest and if you must use a portaloo make sure it's in the 10 minutes after they've been cleaned

9) Don't camp at the bottom of the site whatever you do! or near hedges! Even if it doesn't rain you don't want your tent to become a latrine!

10) Make sure you check out my mates band Babyhead. Brilliant energetic ska band!
 
Shang-ri-la stage

dunno what time lass.

I'm actually quite jealous and thinking about popping over to bristol to get a ticket on monday now. Your excitement has got me all excited and misty eyed!


b****r. Now I look like the worlds worse hypocrite lol.



Oh well, it'll only be for nostalgia's sake.
 
1 - bring spare loo roll

2 - orange tent gives out free plastic poncho, keep it in your pocket and when it gets cold at night, put it on, will keep you warm as well as dry

3 - carry bin bags if its muddy, you can then sit anywhere by laying it down

4 - leave early on monday if you can, when it hits 12, everyone leaves and it take hours just to leave the site

5 - Park as close to the entrance and don't camp at the other side of site, the walk back to the car is a killer.

6 - go to lost vagueness - a must

7 - there are showers but its always packed, instead, get one of those shower bag things and hang it up, even a cold shower feels great after getting all sweaty

8 - bring a hat, sunglasses and sunblock

9 - don't leave valuables in the tent, it is a lot safer now since the super fence but dont risk it. i had my bag stolen once

10 - Best breakfast i find is the bacon bap and go with it a big cup of OJ. You can also get fresh milk thats just produce from the farm there.

Personally i am not going this year, none of my friends are going and i dont like Jay-Z.....Glasto is more than just music but Jay-zzzzzz??? Please.
 
Only been once - took 3 months for my Liver and Brain to recover ;)

Oh and as I vaguely recall Shakespeares Sister (remember them?) headlined :lol::lol::lol:

Have sooo much fun - you will see so many weird sights - and probably remember very few of them :D

Enjoy!!!
 
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