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Glastonbury 2024

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  • #332
    TheIrishGrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,712 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    Ignore the troll. Like the sad increasingly unfunny class "clown" they live and die on their "Look at me" antics so I will not refer to them again.

    As for Sunday, give it a go. I have gotten tickets there twice and it group overall 4 times. Admittedly, that was years ago but still. Many people ignore it, assuming it is pointless.



  • #333
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭rubick


    We got x2 in the resale for 2022. It's definitely possible!



  • #334
    Man Vs ManUre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,808 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    Just imagine now if they had been able to book the 1975 for the Friday night and Taylor Swift for Sunday, it would have been the most talked about beforehand festival of all time. All u idiots and the Eavis Buffon should have listened to me, I am never wrong about these tings.



  • #335
    Whipping Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭Whipping Boy


    Not long to go now!

    For those who've been before - any recommendations for hidden areas/things off the beaten track?

    It's our first year so keen to make sure we take as much in as possible, as well as the music



  • #336
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,737 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122048748#Comment_122048748

    Try get into the SE Corner earlier in the day for a mooch about. Its chaos at night.

    Explore the food. Loads of good options about the place.

    Pace yourself and be prepared to miss stuff. Site is bigger than you think.

    Don't feel guilty about sitting in a bar somewhere for a few hours. You'll meet some great people that way.

    Get a massage in the green fields when you get "Glasto back".

    Have a rest in a hammock up in the Park overlooking the festival.

    Spend a bit of time in the Theatre and Circus fields exploring the weirdos.

    But also, dont plan too much. The festival is better if you let it just take you along.



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  • #337
    TheIrishGrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,712 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    ^^^^^^ This ^^^^^

    Yeah, If you have clashes, you will NOT get to see "the first 20 mins of this and last 20 mins of that" just resign yourself to missing stuff and making the hard choices.

    This year I have no interest in the Pyramid headliners but will still be around some of the bigger areas like Acoustic, Woodsies (Formerly known as John Peel if you are asking around there), Other, Glade, West Holts and they can have some CLASS acts (Anyone catch Brass Against in West Holts a couple of years ago?). The Killers played a "Secret" gig at Woodsies, Although I think they got into trouble about the crowding for that.

    And chill. I LOVE Thursday evening at Glasto as it is so chill. Most people already in place, smaller acts around the place (Bring back William's Green)

    Eat the food, drink the cider and beer. Talk to the people.

    Unless you REALLY want to see the Pyramid headliners, don't spend too much time there. Get to the stone circle/Glasto sign early while yer legs are not killing you as it's a hell of a slope.

    It's ALL about pacing yourself. Everyone tries to do everything first time and, by Friday night/Saturday morning they are in bits and just wanna go home (Especially if the weather is REALLY bad). But hang in there. You WILL be glad to be home in your bed (After 4 showers) once done. You WILL be knackered and think "Well, that's off my list"… and you WILL try for tickets again the next year. It does get a lot easier :)

    You WILL have a great time if you pace yourself.



  • #338
    Wooderson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭Wooderson


    To me its about prep in advance. The conditions can be so extreme and every year you see rookies having a miserable time due to lack of planning. My advice for rookies is imagine youre going to be standing in 3 inches of muddy water for 5 days. Work backwards from there.



  • #339
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭rubick


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122049000#Comment_122049000

    Was there for Brass Against, it was excellent! West Holts by far my favourite stage, always something on and a great central location. If it's too hot you can quite happily spend the afternoon there (as we did basically the whole of Sunday last year).



  • #340
    robinph
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122048748#Comment_122048748

    Wander around, don't get too fixated on getting to see anything in particular, just see what you stumble across.

    Been going since forever and still keep finding new to me things which have been there for years.



  • #341
    crl84
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    Glade



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  • #342
    The Nal
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    Solid!



  • #343
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    There's enough there to keep me busy for nearly the whole festival. I was hoping they'd book Marshall Jefferson again but no luck. I will definitely be at LTJ Bukem since I missed him last year.



  • #344
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭rubick


    The Orb in the Glade is just perfect.

    Good to see Kettama and Tommy Holohan getting the nod too.

    Post edited by rubick on


  • #345
    crl84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭crl84


    High-res overhead photo with areas/campsites labelled:

    https://www.glastopedia.com/festivals/2023/satellite



  • #346
    Beagslife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 373 ✭✭Beagslife


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122053933#Comment_122053933

    Jesus 😎



  • #347
    TheIrishGrover
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    I can see my tent 😁 (Well, I can actually see the area)



  • #348
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,294 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122053933#Comment_122053933

    It's a thing of beauty. I must stop looking in this thread, I'm getting so jealous of you all going

    That map reminds me of this website, where you can overlay the Glastonbury outline on any town to get a sense of the scale...

    https://gsp8181.co.uk/glasto/index.php

    Galway, for example...

    Galway-Glastonbury.png


  • #349
    MadYaker
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    West Holts out now, pretty good!

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  • #350
    crl84
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    Silver Hayes lineup:

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  • #351
    MadYaker
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    That's a festival all on it's own. As usual there is loads there for me. The only bad thing about Silver Hayes being so good these days is that it ends at 3am so if you want music until 6am you have to walk to the south east corner which is an absolute trek.



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  • #352
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122078879#Comment_122078879

    As an inhabitant of the EP thread, my heart bleeds for you, MadYaker. First world problems, eh? 😉



  • #353
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭rubick


    Silver Hayes definitely Most Improved Area of the festival in recent years.

    Thursday night Decius into Ivan Smagge B2B Manfredas will be chug-tastic acid house, the way your granda used to dance.



  • #354
    MadYaker
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    Looks interesting! I'm linking the addition of ambient DJ sets.



  • #355
    rubick
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    Two sets from The Orb. Proper!



  • #356
    MadYaker
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122048748#Comment_122048748

    When the clashfinder is populated use that to organise your days instead of sifting the the whole lineup.

    I’d pick 2 or 3 things you want to see each day and outside of that just wander and explore.

    Go to the greenfields permaculture area and spend some time there. It’s not something you’ll see at other festivals and is a lovely break from the madness.



  • #357
    bodhrandude
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122083523#Comment_122083523

    Steve Hillage doing Rainbow Dome Musick is worth seeing and hearing, an ambient space opus of an album.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mnAG7AeRUc

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #358
    MadYaker
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    Thanks BD, I'll add him to my list.

    I'm also excited for some squelchy techno from this guy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFuSdO_-Esg&t=1463s


  • #359
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭rubick


    Arcadia with a new installation and daily show as per the old Spider 'landing parties'. Not much on there for me but a few goodies as always - will as usual depend on crowds/scheduling.

    "‘The transformation of the first dragonfly marks the dawn of a new season’

    Arcadia kicks off a whole new chapter at Glastonbury with their boldest installation yet. The Dragonfly, a giant biomechanical creature, will awaken at the heart of an evolved geometric space, exploring ideas around renewal, our relationship with technology and how we adapt to a changing climate."

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  • #360
    rubick
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    Had a gleek at the webcam this morning, Park Stage seems to be more-or-less built, Other Stage going up. What I can see of the trackways look a bit damp. Not sure about the state of the ground, hopefully enough sunshine between now and gates opening to dry it all out.



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  • #361
    Wooderson
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    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk-set-for-50-days-of-rain-in-one-of-the-wettest-summers-in-over-a-hundred-years/

    Having survived 05, 07, 11, 16 and having bailed after 24 hours from 97 i can't say im looking forward to this time next month.



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