[Closed] Glastonbury 2013. Who's going?

Would love to. Experiences - All amazing and all different. Been to about 5 or 6. Be prepared to have an altered vision on life afterwards. And of course take plenty of D*$£s.
Its what its for.

Are the beatles on loddrik?

who's on? and will it be raining?

2000 was my last visit. it was great but for me there are far better festivals to go to now

I've been for the last 3, it is great fun irrespective of the weather. I can't say that it changed my view on life though!

So come on darrell please let us know the better festivals than Glasto. Very interested and may be persuaded.

Thinking about it.
Got the lottery of tickets first.

Be prepared to have an altered vision on life afterwards.

Mmmmmm, been a few times, and love it.

But.

Seriously ??

i would recommend going to WOMAD if you live in the UK

I now live in Norway and go to Øyafestivalen in Oslo most years - which is good for a ageing old fart like me

🙂

who's on? and will it be raining?

Nobody knows, nobody knows, and furthermore nobody's even taken a punt at the ticket lottery yet so asking "who's going?" is just a wee bit premature.

exactly.

I'll only be going if Chasing Glass are playing* and I won't give a hoot about the weather

*my band

I'll only be going if Chasing Glass are playing* and I won't give a hoot about the weather

*my band

If you play you'll at least have some cover over the stage and a slightly less squalid place to camp so I see your point.

its lost a lot since the wall went up

its cleaner, safer and more civilised, but definately lost its edge

still an awesome experience

you really ought to get as high as possible though and theres so much more than just the main stages, you have to see the sunrise at least once!

its another corporate fessie these days, one of the better ones, but not my cup of cha

its lost a lot since the wall went up

its cleaner, safer and more civilised, but definately lost its edge

Had quite enough 'edginess' in my life, clean and safe is good for me.

its another corporate fessie these days, one of the better ones,

I agree. I have great memories of Glastonbury from the hazy early 90s, but it's just another big gig in a field now.

If you have kids, look at Bearded Theory or Beautiful Days...or any of the hundreds of smaller festivals that are popping up.

Bingley Music Live - its a short bus ride away and I get in my own bed, at 41 that's perfect 🙂

Razor light last night, Charlatans Friday and Nero tonight.

I've got to that age where the smell of skunk is much better than the effects, I'll stick to the real ale tent!

Beat herder sounds good too.

You mean it isn't crawling with thieving scallies down for the weekend just to rifle through lots of tents to feed their crack habits.
Sure, that makes it so much more edgy and exciting, wondering if all your possesions would still be in your tent when you got back.
If you even still had a tent.

went twice b4 the wall was up and neither myself nor any of my mates had anything nicked

there was also a marked change in the type of drugs being taken, cant imagine any people are doing acid these days but the last time i went was really surprised by the number of people with those little plastic inhalers full of coke at late night sound sytems

the end of the rave scene is probably to blame, to paraphrase 'Es are no longer good'

the toilets are far less horrific though

Glasto is also very elitist now, a safe place for the middle class to take drugs and imagine that its 'enjoyment'

Dont get festivals.. But then i am a misserable git who hates crowds and expensive beer.

I've got to that age where the smell of skunk is much better than the effects, I'll stick to the real ale tent!

although after a good while spent sticking to your second point I often tend to forget your first..

I’m going to give it a nudge this year along with about ten mates (+ wives & kids), using it as an occasion to celebrate our 40th birthdays.

A few of us are going to club together for an old ramshackle caravan that will get us through the few days that we’re there, which is good for me as I need my own space to retreat to now and then.

I must resist the temptation though of getting on decent Somerset rough, and then thinking it wise to bang out some moves in the Dance Tent. As a ever so slightly over-nourished middle aged baldy, I can’t imagine it would be as 'sexy' as it was in the mid 90’s 😛

last time I went was in '94 and it was turning into a right old bunch of bland commercial knackers then. God knows how horrific it is now!

tazzymtb - Member

last time I went was in '94 and it was turning into a right old bunch of bland commercial knackers then. God knows how horrific it is now!

You’re like one of those proper hardcore, old skool radicals aren’t you!

I doubt it's horrific mate - people probably still enjoying themselves and having fun.

Edit - although Chumbawamba played in 94 and what a bag of old **** they were. That couldn’t have been fun or enjoyable.

Edit - although Chumbawamba played in 94 and what a bag of old **** they were. That couldn’t have been fun or enjoyable.

chumbwumba were cack at any time! 😀

not saying that the identikit glasto kiddies don't have fun listening to bland commercial pap, just that the decline (for me personally) from what it was in the 80's and 90's through to what it has become is really quite significant. I'm sure festival goers from earlier eras said much the same thing.

who want's "safe" it was much more fun knowing that if you found the smelliest crusty with the rattiest dog on a string you could get the best acid. If your tent got trashed, you just made friends with a stranger and passed out with them. 😀

We need to go back. Possibly taking the (three) kids. Last time we were there was '94 ...
Radiohead, Weller, Oasis (on stage mid afternoon), Blur, Manics all stick in the memory

... and The Pretenders. They were ace too!

As a ever so slightly over-nourished middle aged baldy, I can’t imagine it would be as 'sexy' as it was in the mid 90’s

LOL.. it was never 'sexy' in the 90s you poor deluded fool.. what it was was nourishment for the soul.. get some cyder in you, and a few cups of mushroom tea and get amongst it..
the worst that can happen is that the teenyboppers will think that you're some kind of weird performance artist.. 8)

LOL.. it was never 'sexy'

yunki - you've never seen me dancing - that's what I was referring to 😀

some simple dancing science:

if the dancer thinks their dance is 'sexy', it's %100 guaranteed that the dance is anything but 'sexy'

harsh but fair - I am only joking of course 8)

Glasto is also very elitist now, a safe place for the middle class to take drugs and imagine that its 'enjoyment'

Poor drones, eh? They probably can't even comprehend what it is to be a free spirit.

Glasto is also very elitist now, a safe place for the middle class to take drugs and imagine that its 'enjoyment'

Poor drones, eh? They probably can't even comprehend what it is to be a free spirit.

Glasto is also very elitist now, a safe place for the middle class to take drugs and imagine that its 'enjoyment'

It might be more commercial now, which might not appeal to the wierdy druggy types, but it can still be good fun.
We have applied for tickets and will be taking our 8 year old son. Camper van is booked for the weekend, no tents for us this year, we intend to have some chilled out family time enjoying the music and the atmosphere . . . nothing wrong with that.

To be fair, Dubstep wasnt around in the 80's and 90's so I doubt it used to be as good as it is now.

I'm getting old, so might give it a pop. Always seemed to be a music festival for people who're not that bothered about music- it's an experience maaaaan, etc etc. But then I figured, last year at Reading the bill wasn't that great and I still had a good time in the bits where there was nothing much I wanted to see, and it's not like there's much else to do at Reading now that you can't blow **** up. So, maybe it's time to give it a sniff.

Always seemed to be a music festival for people who're not that bothered about music

oh definitely not.. it's an extraordinary feast of musical delights, from your favourite superstar acts, to the drum and bass live jazz fusion act in a giant skunky teepee in a corner of the green field, right down to the late night paralytic skiffle band, drunkenly peddling their wares around the campsite at 4am like medieval minstrels.. there is other stuff to do if you want to though..

I guess that perhaps in days of yore you had to be a bit more streetwise to fully enjoy your experience, as it was traditionally a lawless, self policing city.. and a place for very real modern outlaws to gather and celebrate life..

maybe some of that has been bred out of it over the years to make it more accessible to all...?

Ynot festival for us next year, taking the kids too. Load of us going for the wife's 40th. It's a great festival and having just done v again this year which seemed to have an influx of a certain type of **** from a certain area, I don't think we'll be going back. 😐

You can tell who's never been....

Lost it's edge? Never been to the late night gigs at the circus tents then? and the barrier just keeps the ****ers out THB, it's always always been commercial and the bands that are on the main stage are always pretty popular or commercial acts. There are plenty of other places to hear and see non mainstream acts.

OP you will have a great time, get your tickets sorted.

It really isn't an identikit/teenage/commercial fesitval as people here seem to be saying- you can easily spend the whole weekend seeing a plethora of bands and performance artists and never even go anywhere the Pyramid Stage where the more commercial acts are anyway. I think a lot of people must just watch the televised stuff and assume that's what the festival is like.

They don't publish the line-up in advance so you have to buy tickets in good faith but it goes without saying there will be stuff on you like as it is so diverse.

yunki - Member

oh definitely not.. it's an extraordinary feast of musical delights, from your favourite superstar acts, to the drum and bass live jazz fusion act in a giant skunky teepee in a corner of the green field, right down to the late night paralytic skiffle band, drunkenly peddling their wares around the campsite at 4am like medieval minstrels..

Yeah, see- that sounds tailor made for people who're not that bothered about music. To be fair though that became true of most of the festivals once it became hard to get tickets after the bill's announced.

so long as you pay to get in and the bands get paid, its commercial innit?

For what its worth I've never paid, get a private bar, porcelain flushing toilets, warm showers, transport around the site and can pretty much go anywhere I fancy (was backstage for muse in 2010, and I don't like muse!).

that sounds tailor made for people who're not that bothered about music.

aaah..
now you're being obtuse surely..?
I gave a very brief description, top middle and bottom..

AFAIK there are thousands of acts, offering something for everyone whether your tastes be indie, folk, pop, rock, dance, jazz, blah blah blah blah.. with much of the performances being among some of the best musical performances that you will ever see in your life.. just the atmosphere and energy of the band alone is likely to eclipse anything you've seen before.. it's entirely up to you as to whether you pull apart the details or get into it..

but maybe that's what separates a genuine music lover from a discerning connoisseur..

sorry that I didn't list an entire line-up and a small report on the sound quality and vibe of each set.. 🙄

I'm finding it hard to imagine what you as a 'real' music lover expect from a performance..

In the 80s they said it wasn't as good as the 70s
In the 90s they said it wasn't as good as the 80s
blah blah blah

I did plenty of edgy festivals back-in-the-day but at my age safe middle class is where I'm at seem as that's exactly what I am.

There is still a vibe about Glastonbury that you don't get everywhere else.

Northwind I half agree with you - It is the 'festival of contemporary performing arts' - and there is just about every art you can think of - but really music is the core.

yunki - Member

just the atmosphere and energy of the band alone is likely to eclipse anything you've seen before

Why would you think that?

Also- I don't think you're quite understanding the point. Glastonbury is a huge pot luck of music, you just don't know what you'll get each year. Maybe you'll luck out and there'll be stuff you want to see, maybe you won't. Last year would have been good for me and really made me look at it again, but the one before was horrible. With most festivals there's at least a general indication of where it'll go, with Glastonbury you end up with BB King on the main stage...

When I go to a gig, I want there to be bands I like. Would you buy a gig ticket to see unannounced bands of random genre? Then you turn up and it's a skiffle band, Yoko Ono, and a thrash metal band, and dubstep in welsh, and Dweezil Zappa playing Mozart on a kazoo, oh and Peter Gabriel.

Not that there's anything wrong with enjoying that, but when I say I love music, I mean I love music that I like 😉

When I go to a gig, I want there to be bands I like playing.

Then go to the V festival, it'll be right up your street. I think the diversity of music and other acts that Glasto (still) offers is what sets it apart from the other big festivals. Not been for a few years, mind.

I'd pay for that gig! (@northwind)

Grew up very nearby and been 12 times since '92.

It [i]has[/i] changed, even in that time - but there's still always a moment when you look around (usually at night) and think "bludy hell, amazing".

ransos - Member

Then go to the V festival, it'll be right up your street

Oh hell no! Though, Inspirals and Mull Historical Society last year...

Yes well that's the thing isn't it - if the headline acts don't float your boat, there is plenty of other stuff to do, and you might surprise yourself and find something new you like.

I mean I love music that I like

aaaah..

fairy nuff my old china