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3 days to go before I'd have been onsite and I'm already starting to feel very grumpy as. 

I had a ridiculous amount on this month - I was meant to be at Primavera in Barcelona the first weekend, had a ticket for the Craft Beer festival for the second weekend, this weekend would have been my brother's 40th celebration and next weekend would have obviously been Glastonbury. Shaping up to really good weather too.

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2 hours ago, LondonBristolian said:

3 days to go before I'd have been onsite and I'm already starting to feel very grumpy as. 

I had a ridiculous amount on this month - I was meant to be at Primavera in Barcelona the first weekend, had a ticket for the Craft Beer festival for the second weekend, this weekend would have been my brother's 40th celebration and next weekend would have obviously been Glastonbury. Shaping up to really good weather too.

Role on 2021...

Yep and look at the forecast.  Wednesday would be an absolute ripper - pissed as a fart by the cider bus and glorious evening sunset before the fireworks on the hill.    Got my t-shirt in post couple of days ago which was nice surprise.  Looking forward to the tv coverage of classic sets this week - Bowie in 2000 will be the highlight no doubt 

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23 hours ago, TomF said:

Yep and look at the forecast.  Wednesday would be an absolute ripper - pissed as a fart by the cider bus and glorious evening sunset before the fireworks on the hill.    Got my t-shirt in post couple of days ago which was nice surprise.  Looking forward to the tv coverage of classic sets this week - Bowie in 2000 will be the highlight no doubt 

Under normal circumstances I’d agree but have just seen that on Friday at 10pm BBC4 are showing Arthur Lee and Love performing Forever Changes in 2003.

Now that is a superb album. Saw Arthur at the Bierkeller before he passed. Outstanding gig, only made better by an audience member shouting “Where’s my snot” when he wanted Live and let Live played

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I’ve been frisking the bbc stuff to build myself a Glasto celebration weekend 

Thursday - 6 music doing a full day of old Glasto performances . In the eve julien temple Glasto movie on telly 

friday am - Emily eavis is on Lauren lavernes 6 music show all morning 

Fri & Sat - going to delve into the iplayer for old sets in full. Looking to relive blur, Stones , bloc party , idles  sets amongst others. Also keen to watch oasis , radiohead 97, lcd soundsystem 2016 (foolishly missed this even tho there)

Sunday - 8pm they are showing Nile Rogers and Chic for an hour from 17 pyramid which was one of best live sets I have seen (in glorious sun), then at 9.30 they are showing the 2000 Bowie set 

WHAT A WEEKEND! Not going to be sad, going to celebrate it. 

im hoping they might sprinkle in some special shows that cover things like Shangri-la across the last 10 years , but yet to see anything announced on that 

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Flags can be a bit of a pain on the main stage but not so much on the others. If you like to get near the front then most are behind you, if you hang near the back it’s still normally ok as there is a hill . Occasionally you do get unlucky and end up stuck behind a combination of big ones 

 

prob would have been just shy of £5 a pint for a standard lager/cider this year 

food ranges from about £7-9 to get a proper meal (without a drink)

lots of people will eat at campsite before they head out for the day to save Some money . Then just eat out once more. I used to do this but am willing to spend more on grub these days as quality has massively increased so I treat it like a food festival and eat out 2/3 times a day 

 you can also save a fortune by taking all your own booze in. Warning - you must be able to tolerate warm beers ha 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks iJef for answering my questions. A fiver for a pint is reasonable considering transportation costs and price of the pitch.

If food is getting better, then budgeting for that would make sense. 

 you can also save a fortune by taking all your own booze in. Warning - you must be able to tolerate warm beers ha 

Hiding all your beer in the tent to avoid would be opportunists would be another matter!

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1 hour ago, Norn Iron said:

Thanks iJef for answering my questions. A fiver for a pint is reasonable considering transportation costs and price of the pitch.

If food is getting better, then budgeting for that would make sense. 

 you can also save a fortune by taking all your own booze in. Warning - you must be able to tolerate warm beers ha 

Hiding all your beer in the tent to avoid would be opportunists would be another matter!

Last year I went back to my car weds evening and brought back two crates of haze in. Stored them in the lockup’s, job done for booze. Occasional pint at cider bus but that was it.

Food wise I always made habit of having porridge in morning and that kept me going for good period of day. Then would always grab something to eat early evening, the variety of food stalls is like nothing else, not shitty burger cans but proper good food

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2 minutes ago, TomF said:

Food wise I always made habit of having porridge in morning and that kept me going for good period

Trouble is I have to make mine with milk only. No doubt there are breakfast type bars on site.

Having a lock up available is a great idea.

My festival days are long gone. Having had to broadcast from them plus manage the equipment before, during and after meant I could have the luxury of a caravan on site or B and B it! Sleeping on stage had its uses as the beer could be stored underneath until a Record Exec found out! 

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43 minutes ago, Norn Iron said:

Trouble is I have to make mine with milk only. No doubt there are breakfast type bars on site.

Having a lock up available is a great idea.

My festival days are long gone. Having had to broadcast from them plus manage the equipment before, during and after meant I could have the luxury of a caravan on site or B and B it! Sleeping on stage had its uses as the beer could be stored underneath until a Record Exec found out! 

Fresh milk from the farm is £1 a pint.  Would get one each day, enough for porridge and a cuppa in morning 

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3 hours ago, TomF said:

Fresh milk from the farm is £1 a pint.  Would get one each day, enough for porridge and a cuppa in morning 

Yep love it when the tractor goes by selling milk 

fashioned myself some crude White Russians last year using Kalua and vodka I brought  (without the cream) 

following on from earlier bbc coverage post, there is a 1hr 15 program that will be available specifically covering the south east / late night corner of the festival 

 

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This thread has given me serious blues. @Norn Iron, it's well worth a go at any age. My Dad went last year for the first time - we bought him tickets for his 60th and absolutely loved it. 

Ironically, my favourite days are the Wednesday and Thursday before the music actually starts. It's a couple of days of drinking and wondering around the site with mates before heading to a few bars in the evening. When the music starts, it is a sign that you're nearly halfway through the festival and, before you know it, it's Sunday. As mentioned by others, the food is a feature of the festival and there's a lot of 'food for a fiver' deals which can sort you out for breakfast/lunch. There's a lot more to Glastonbury than what you see on TV! 

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Loving the comments from everyone as it's not about the bands! 

I remember going to the Ashton Court Festival around 1980 and trying Curried Goat for the first time.

To know there's a Co-OP on site plus fresh milk from the very farm is excellent.

What speciality type food outlets and beers are there?

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5 hours ago, Coppello said:

This thread has given me serious blues. @Norn Iron, it's well worth a go at any age. My Dad went last year for the first time - we bought him tickets for his 60th and absolutely loved it. 

Ironically, my favourite days are the Wednesday and Thursday before the music actually starts. It's a couple of days of drinking and wondering around the site with mates before heading to a few bars in the evening. When the music starts, it is a sign that you're nearly halfway through the festival and, before you know it, it's Sunday. As mentioned by others, the food is a feature of the festival and there's a lot of 'food for a fiver' deals which can sort you out for breakfast/lunch. There's a lot more to Glastonbury than what you see on TV! 

I live for Wednesday and Thursday. No rushing around to get to x stage for x band. Just chilling, drinking, socialising with friends and soaking it all up.  Sitting on the hill on Wednesday evening watching sunset and waiting for the fireworks is my fav point of the entire festival most years.

Wah serious withdrawal.. 

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1 hour ago, TomF said:

I live for Wednesday and Thursday. No rushing around to get to x stage for x band. Just chilling, drinking, socialising with friends and soaking it all up.  Sitting on the hill hall Wednesday evening watching sunset and waiting for the fireworks is my fav point of the entire festival most years.

Wah serious withdrawal.. 

Completely agree, Weds usually have a bit of a bar crawl during the afternoon early evening before heading to the top of The Park, love the view from up there. 
Thursday, a chilled day taking in sights and sounds before usually heading to the Stonebridge for the Baggy Monday’s set before partying into the early hours at where ever the journey takes us! 
 

Tomorrow would’ve been my last day at work ? 

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On 22/06/2020 at 15:54, Norn Iron said:

Loving the comments from everyone as it's not about the bands! 

I remember going to the Ashton Court Festival around 1980 and trying Curried Goat for the first time.

To know there's a Co-OP on site plus fresh milk from the very farm is excellent.

What speciality type food outlets and beers are there?

In terms of the food options it’s difficult to give an accurate idea of how many different outlets there are. Because the site is so massive with a huge array of stages and areas. I would hazard a guess at about 500 all in. In fact I imagine if you just took all the food traders in isolation it may well be one of the biggest food festivals in Europe :laugh:.

around 10-20% of these outlets can be quite uninspiring stuff that you would expect at most music festivals, you know the really big mass market food catering trucks that so burgers / fish and chips etc. These are often front and centre around the big stages. The rest are the kind of traders who specialise in one thing that you see at genuine food markets. 

you can get pretty much anything you want (savoury and sweet, veggie/vegan or meat), it’s just a case of knowing where to find it on the massive site. When I started going ten years ago I didn’t always have too much of an appetite (cough), but as my party habits started to mellow a bit , the food is now one of the things I look forward to the most. 

in terms of booze I would say it isn’t quite as developed. There are big bars next to all the stages that serve standard lager, cider, maybe wine etc 

there a couple of pop up pubs around the site that have a bit of a better range, then you find there are a few cocktail bars or more specialist places but they can be difficult to find. Over in the Avalon field I think they have a place dedicated to ales etc 

I tend to take a lot of my own booze to save money and so I don’t have to leave acts then fight way back through crowds to get back to friends. Perhaps that’s why I don’t know all the booze options on site quite as well 

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On 22/06/2020 at 15:54, Norn Iron said:

Loving the comments from everyone as it's not about the bands! 

I remember going to the Ashton Court Festival around 1980 and trying Curried Goat for the first time.

To know there's a Co-OP on site plus fresh milk from the very farm is excellent.

What speciality type food outlets and beers are there?

Mate, you name it, they sell it. You've got outlets selling Thai, French, Italian, varied Latin food stuff, Caribbean, African...

I once found myself wandering into a Japanese restaurant near the Park stage.

You fancy tea and scones? No problem. 

The food is a big part of it for me. As much variety as possible.  

Plus there's a cider bus!

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8 minutes ago, mozo said:

Mate, you name it, they sell it. You've got outlets selling Thai, French, Italian, varied Latin food stuff, Caribbean, African...

I once found myself wandering into a Japanese restaurant near the Park stage.

You fancy tea and scones? No problem. 

The food is a big part of it for me. As much variety as possible.  

Plus there's a cider bus!

Just wandering if your name is after a Peter Gabriel character?

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52 minutes ago, Norn Iron said:

Just wandering if your name is after a Peter Gabriel character?

It's not, but so that makes it a bit more nuanced. I'm not sure why I decided Mozo was a good idea!

It's proper Cider Bus weather today!

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6 hours ago, mozo said:

It's not, but so that makes it a bit more nuanced. I'm not sure why I decided Mozo was a good idea!

It's proper Cider Bus weather today!

Borderline too hot for me today & tomorrow. Friday onwards looks potentially rather flood and muddy 

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On 21/06/2020 at 11:09, Silvio Dante said:

Under normal circumstances I’d agree but have just seen that on Friday at 10pm BBC4 are showing Arthur Lee and Love performing Forever Changes in 2003.

Now that is a superb album. Saw Arthur at the Bierkeller before he passed. Outstanding gig, only made better by an audience member shouting “Where’s my snot” when he wanted Live and let Live played

I hate quoting myself, but if you’re not watching BBC4 now you’re missing out. This is, genuinely, the best forgotten album ever. Get it on.

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22 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I hate quoting myself, but if you’re not watching BBC4 now you’re missing out. This is, genuinely, the best forgotten album ever. Get it on.

Just watched the first half , then the Mrs has clocked that Beyoncé Is on so had to change it ha. Both very impressive in different ways 

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On 22/06/2020 at 13:32, Coppello said:

This thread has given me serious blues. @Norn Iron, it's well worth a go at any age. My Dad went last year for the first time - we bought him tickets for his 60th and absolutely loved it. 

Ironically, my favourite days are the Wednesday and Thursday before the music actually starts. It's a couple of days of drinking and wondering around the site with mates before heading to a few bars in the evening. When the music starts, it is a sign that you're nearly halfway through the festival and, before you know it, it's Sunday. As mentioned by others, the food is a feature of the festival and there's a lot of 'food for a fiver' deals which can sort you out for breakfast/lunch. There's a lot more to Glastonbury than what you see on TV! 

I've arrived on the Tuesday a couple of times before when I've been working at the festival. I absolutely love the Wednesday and Thursday but there's something utterly magic about wandering around the site on the Tuesday, before people have turned up, seeing all the final touches being in place and thinking about what is about to unfold. The Friday, Saturday and Sunday are great but totally agree that what you see on TV isn't even the half of it. 

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On 21/06/2020 at 11:09, Silvio Dante said:

Under normal circumstances I’d agree but have just seen that on Friday at 10pm BBC4 are showing Arthur Lee and Love performing Forever Changes in 2003.

Now that is a superb album. Saw Arthur at the Bierkeller before he passed. Outstanding gig, only made better by an audience member shouting “Where’s my snot” when he wanted Live and let Live played

Just watched it, absolutely brilliant, don't know how I missed this back in 2003. Arthur died 3 years later.  They were backed by the Stockholm Strings and Brass, who also backed Brian Wilson's Band during the mid to late 2000s, notably when they toured the long awaited Smile album with him in 2004, and carried on touring with him for a few years after.  One of them was unfortunately killed in the Tsunami.

Getting back to Love, Forever Changes is a fantastic album, to see it performed live (albeit on TV) makes you realise just how sophisticated a piece of music it is, with the orchestrated performances on every track.  Way ahead of its time! Could not get over the young faces in the crowd (many knowing every word of the songs), considering it would have been released 36 years prior to that performance, and was never a "commercial" success!

 

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