So Who Is Going To Glastonbury?

Wishbone Ash are not playing.

I don't understand a word of Pissboy's post.

Aside from Orbital I mean. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MUSIC, I'm told.

What's the glade stage like? Tayo and Freq Nasty and Stanton Warriors are playing there and Orbital DJ set on Friday. Did I miss Fatboy Slims name, I was sure he was playing,

Anyway we will all be covered in piss at Glasto and any moral high ground will be lost altogether.

Ah well, that's another £100 saved then.

Also the prospect of Rod Stewart is pretty frightening.

When I was 14 in France a few years ago the only tape in the car was Rod's greatest hits. Let me tell you I know them all.

no, any moral high ground will be caked to our faces/hair/clothes, just like all the rest of the ground, har har!

I would love to see Rod Stewart, Isaac Hayes and Belle and Sebastian all on the same day. It is my idea of paradise.

i heard that B&S and isaac hayes are on at the same time. this is bad news.

Big John Shaft vs Theme from Shaft at the same time! Kids explode...

I share your pain. however, for me a large part of the fun of B&S gigs is meeting internet B&S friends. I don't feel quite the same sense of fellowship with Isaac Hayes fans.

Mark S = OTM btw.

is the funnel and bottle combo necessary? are there secluded natural environments where a lady might modestly relieve herself? what is toilet etiquette at festivals?

also, will i be told off for throwing bottle o wee at bands wot displease me?

Never trust a hippy, as a wise young man once told me.

also, don't lock your tent or villains will think it is full of stuff they might want to nick, which will lead them to steal the whole tent. I know because I was that soldier.

does anyone know what Glasto is like for violent crime - you know, people being mugged or assaulted? I've never heard of it happening and have always found the atmosphere non-threatening, but some other festivals seem to get loads of it.

and I thought I liked you jel (apart from the Poison fixation)

apart from that tell them I quite like them

it's at the Brothers Bar in the Jazzworld Stage area, at 7.30pm.

this is a joint Sinister/Bowlie/ILx/internetmentalistsunited meetup, so be prepared for some fighting.

I don't know how we'll recognise each other. That's Carsmile's problem.

can't we just have calling signs like spies? If someone says to me:

"Do you have a light?"

I will reply "I'm sorry, I used up all mine when I finished my gitanes"

and you will say "Ah, gitanes, that reminds me of France. Lyons is lovely at this time of year".

and then we will know we are both from ILx.

BOOKED!

Right, so I've paid a deposit using the registration number I received in 2007 for the 2008 fest - it recognised me (showed me my old address etc) and apparently went through fine.

I'm worried but I can't find anything on any of the Glasto site that says I can't use an old registration number...

Eek!

no, it's cool, the ones from 2008 and 2009 are still valid. i checked mine a couple of weeks ago.

Carsmile, as official Glastonbury Oracle I somehow trust you completely. Ergo, WOOP WOOP!

Jeepers Steve, are we the only ones going?

I want to go! But my 2007 registration number doesn't seem to be valid. So, I'll have to reregister tomorrow.

I'm going. As ever.

Wait I just got back from holiday and the festival appears to be sold out. Already?!

I was just going to say the same thing (not about the holiday). Insane.

Bah! Presumably there are far more people paying the deposit than will actually follow through with buying the ticket. So there'll be another sale in March.

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/_assets/images/holding-page.png

I suppose people are expecting something big for the 40th. Bigger I should say.

My reasoning was that if I didn't buy a ticket, Prince would play a 150-minute greatest hits set (including all of Sign o' The Times in order) on the Saturday night, and if I did buy one, Stereophonics would headline.

So I'm afraid it's my fault the latter will now happen.

I wanted to buy, but was out dancing when they went on sale, and got home when they'd sold out. Other Sydney friends had a friend-of-a-friend in London get theirs :(

^ actually I did come home and get changed four hours after they went on sale, but didn't think to get on t'internet

I think it's just a matter of knowing when the next batch go on sale and getting on the internet asap. Please post any info up here when you know it.

I was able to buy my ticket for this year months after they'd supposedly sold out in May. I wouldn't worry about that stupid alarming site notice.

Bono is going to Glasto

U2 confirmed for Glastonbury 2010.
http://twitter.com/TimesMusic/status/5973471177

Headliners apparently confirmed - U2, Muse, Stevie Wonder

ugh

After firmly deciding that I wouldn't go this year, I caved in at the last minute and bought a ticket. Anyone else going?

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/the-2010-line-up-is-revealed

Snoop. Awesome.

Just made a big-ass Spotify playlist for Friday's line-up: http://open.spotify.com/user/starsandheroes/playlist/2CmHjqr2cVGlNuL9lDQdg0

Sat and Sun to come anon, along with various (less ungainly) mini-lists distilled from the original megalists. WOOP!

Saturday playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/starsandheroes/playlist/3UIZ7SS6T6DtWBwLKGmjwv

Sunday playlist, nearly finished: http://open.spotify.com/user/starsandheroes/playlist/2mToaYbaIgFQm1ZbeNWGWU

So, um, who's going then?

I'll be there, as will CarsmileSteve and Braveclub formerly of this parish.

Google jumps on the Glasto bandwagon

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/22/google-glastonbury-ad

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2017/?stage

um......

That lineup - Isn't that pretty much everyone that's going to the festival? Like, more people on stage / whatever than exists in the known hemisphere?

It's been a long time since I last went, but.

I only just now got to the bottom of the list!

(Basil Brush!)

Last night I felt: It's a pity that poster Marcello Carlin isn't around to write a long, involved, painful parody of BBC Glastonbury coverage.

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2d68ddec090ba497fe76f25b25be2fa78efaa3d2/88_476_2062_2041/master/2062.jpg?width=465&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=feb41647db215f9dbdb82595692ba72e

Peter Blake spent 5 years of his life making this utterly plain and crap Eavis portrait. DALL·E mini could have whipped up something better in a minute.

Why the fuck is Glastonbury a national news event nowadays

Because Sky and BT have all the major sporting events.

time for a compulsory purchase of the whole farm and turn it into a fracking site, that'd show 'em!

Imago, it seems to me like your kind of scene.

Ouch

lmao

D:

a one shot kill from a poster - who can be in his own polite manner - one of ilx's deadliest snipers!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWGmoozUAAESPkB?format=jpg&name=small

I saw this earlier, maybe Macca is not so bad after all.

McCartney should have invited every single act at the festival on stage with him except Noel

a one shot kill from a poster - who can be in his own polite manner - one of ilx's deadliest snipers!

The sight of Old Noel's strained singing face would be enough to give small children nightmares.

Also, 5 string basses? Why?

Very rare that I'll publicly beef a colleague, but I think the programming at Glastonbury means that it's pretty unique as a means of introducing older people to newer music that they wouldn't have come across. That means booking the artists that'll draw them in! https://t.co/qN2BFFfgCh

— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) June 27, 2022

My first one since 2009, or whenever it was that Blur and Prodigy headlined at the same time.

Excited, a bit nervous. I've been to lots of festivals in more recent times but not the big G. Also low key worried I've caught a cold or something, but I'm trying to put it out of mind.

I'm also playing a little DJ set at the Ridge & Furrow stage in Bella's Field on Thursday night at 11pm in case anyone wants to drop by and have a bop.

going! but not there on thursday night. very happy now that the weather is looking ok for it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e35wxj/acts/a6nwbp

Yes! Bang up for Otoboke Beaver