Glastonbury 2004

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

The license for Glastonbury 2004 has been granted for 25th, 26th and 27th June (gates probably open Wed. 23rd 09:00), the tickets are expected to be about £110 and go on sale in the April.

Get down there!

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2004/

[Kevin T]

I think next year could be time to break my Glasto duck.

[Igor Iconic]

I will definitely be going, last year was class, and Prince has been lined up to headline the main stage one night this year and I want to see him.

[2can]

Apparently the headliners are Oasis, Paul McCartney and Prince. Not as good as last year, but I'm still gonna get a ticket. :)

[RichieG]

Hopefully I'll actually manage to pull my finger out and say hi this year H!

Can't wait!

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by 2can
Apparently the headliners are Oasis, Paul McCartney and Prince. Not as good as last year, but I'm still gonna get a ticket. :)
That's what was rumoured on the closing morning of this year's one, yeah.

Getting tickets is going to be a nightmare every year from now on, irrespective of line-up, no-one will dare to leave it longer than a day fater what happened this year.

[Adam_Eagle]

Do the bbs-ers that go ever met up there?

[Chris K]

I played at Glastonbury this year :D

[EagleSE24]

Only went once 5 years ago but I got my bag stolen after an hour. Not sure I'm going back any time soon.

[Desmondo]

Originally posted by Chris K
I played at Glastonbury this year :D


Really?

[RDSdaEAGLE]

I really want to go...

will have to budget my student loan accordingly! :D

[Trilby]

Ill be in America

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by EagleSE24
Only went once 5 years ago but I got my bag stolen after an hour. Not sure I'm going back any time soon. It certainly is a bummer if you are unlucky and get your tent turned over or bag pinched or whatever... but the strict ticket enforcement policy has kept 99% of the scally tent robbers out and crime was massively down in 2003. Also they have loads of extra security on lookouts towers and campsite patrols etc. etc.

The police are also getting far more 'hands on' in the festival... which is good for crime prevention but not so good for people doing erm... 'naughty stuff', watch out for those black labradors sitting down next to you ;)

[stevejfh]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
The license for Glastonbury 2004 has been granted for 25th, 26th and 27th June (gates probably open Wed. 23rd 09:00), the tickets are expected to be about £110 and go on sale in the April.

Get down there!

Count me in again, H.
Looking forward to catching up with an old friend.

[Chris K]

Originally posted by Desmondo
Really?

Technically yes. On the thursday night I was djing on www.cableradio.co.uk. During the show we received various e-mails from people saying they were sat in an internet cafe in Glastonbury and they had a sound system in there blasting out our show. So yes i did play although admittidly its a bit of a blag! :D :D :D

You could also say I was there in spirit ;)

[sydney eagle]

Originally posted by 2can
Apparently the headliners are Oasis, Paul McCartney and Prince. Not as good as last year, but I'm still gonna get a ticket. :) 3 acts I'd rather gouge my own eyes out than see.

[magician]

would love to go again but have to wait for my 4 month old son to grow up a bit 1st .the wife and i went in 02 .bloody fantastic,:D

[Twyford Bee]

ARSE!

The provisional dates for my 2nd year finals are the Thursday and Friday of that week. I thought having them on the Monday and Tuesday of that same week this year was cutting it fine. Looks like I'll be either skipping Glastonbury, or finding a new university to study at :bash:

Not sure I'm that bothered about those headliners though, I saw Oasis at Shepherd's Bush 2 years ago, not really sure that I would want to see them somewhere 30 times the size (Finsbury Park, Wembley Stadium, Glastonbury). Would like to see Paul McCartney, I suppose, but his set will be all over the telly anyway.

The 2003 line-up was so good that I doubt next year's could be any better, in my eyes.

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by magician
would love to go again but have to wait for my 4 month old son to grow up a bit 1st .the wife and i went in 02 .bloody fantastic,:D
I wouldn't wait too long, that Kid's Field looks really good for the young uns. I had a wander around there in my 4 hour tour of the site on the Sunday.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by stevejfh
Count me in again, H.
Looking forward to catching up with an old friend. Perhaps you and Kev can share a tent?

[Lion]

I may go this year, never been before.

[RichieG]

You should Lion, everyone should try Glasto once, personally I'll be trying it for as many years as I live, you really can't beat getting wasted in a field with your mates for 5 days solid!

[Kevin T]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Perhaps you and Kev can share a tent?

I don't do tents. Just 4 star hotels.

[selhurstparkflyer]

Only 4 star?

Pikey

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I've got your watch innit

[Kevin T]

Yes, we need to meet up.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

But will you be on time?

[Psychokiller]

Count me in as well, H! Still recovering from this years!

[Kevin T]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
But will you be on time?

Mobile phone innit.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Let's do watch, beer and curry this week then... how about Wednesday and we can 'watch' the Palace goal updates on whatever match they are showing?

ps: this isn't about Glastonbury is it?

[EdMan]

I'm in for Glastonbury!!

Felafel and a cup of tea please.....

[Twyford Bee]

It'll clash with England in the Euro 2004 quarter finals, either the Thursday or Friday night will involve England, it'll be Friday if we win the group I believe.

[Psychokiller]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Let's do watch, beer and curry this week then... how about Wednesday and we can 'watch' the Palace goal updates on whatever match they are showing?


Can I come?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by EdMan
I'm in for Glastonbury!!

Felafel and a cup of tea please..... Cup of chai... indeed indeed... Walter might have his food bus down there, Ed :)

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by Twyford Bee
It'll clash with England in the Euro 2004 quarter finals, either the Thursday or Friday night will involve England, it'll be Friday if we win the group I believe. Great venue for watching the footy :)

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Great venue for watching the footy :)
Not if they don't show it, they only showed the World Cup Final during act breaks in 2002, they originally said they wouldn't promise to show anything, even if England had been there. I would not expect a 90 minute football break on the Pyramid Stage in the middle of Friday evening, if that's when we play.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

England vs. Columbia in World Cup 1998 was watched by the single largest audience anywhere in the world... in Glastonbury.

Mind you it was f ucking really really wet and I would have given anything to have been in a nice warm pub with dry clothes on :)

They admitted they would have shown the Cup Final 2002 if England had been in it, there are lots of Cinema indoor and outdoor screens to show it on plus various cafes and bars and stuff that would wheel out tellys.

[Kevin T]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
Can I come?

Course - haven't seen you for a while. Where does everyone fancy?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Rendezvous could be a shout... nice Thai grub, big screen etc.

[Kevin T]

'Nice Thai grub" is a bit of a misnoma to me. I thought it was a curry night? How about The Banana Leaf?

[Psychokiller]

Banana Leaf's cool, and if it's full the Sheesh Mahal is only opposite

[The Doctor.]

Originally posted by sydney eagle
3 acts I'd rather gouge my own eyes out than see.
Agreed!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Well I don't think I would bother seeing any of those three (although I have seen Prince once before)...

But that is the thing about Glasto... NOT just standing by the main stage ticking off the list of big acts and this years 'must sees' that you have done, but getting into any of the hundreds of little tents and happenings with mad bands on all through the day and night, all over the festival.

I had a great time in 2003 watching The Damned in some little Avalon tent with a few hundred others while a hundred thousand watched Radiohead on the Pyramid.

Don't let the headliners put you off!

[Psychokiller]

And the Hare Krishna tent is wicked!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Don't let the Hare Krisnas put you off!

(Govinda, Neil :))

[Psychokiller]

Govinda Jaya Jaya! :veryangry

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
They admitted they would have shown the Cup Final 2002 if England had been in it, there are lots of Cinema indoor and outdoor screens to show it on plus various cafes and bars and stuff that would wheel out tellys.
That's not what Michael Eavis said at the time, there was a petition online with thousands of signatures from people who wanted them to show the final, and a lot said things like "I wasn't born in 1966, this might be my only chance", had England got there, but he had said that the cinema area was too small to show the final, and they didn't want to show it on the Pyramid stage screens because the acrs would already have started by then.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yeah what I meant was that Eavis admitted after the event that they would have shown it if it was England in it.

I suppose I can see the argument that it is a music festival and tens of thousands of people were not able to get tickets so why should they cancel music to show football - but that would ignore the whole football / popular culture mix which wouldn't be right.

Well I'll have to stick the old 12 volt portable in the motor and pop up to the car and watch it - besides it won't be the final this year, and I'm sure they will squeeze in a quarter final on the cinema screen on the Friday when a lot of people are still turning up etc.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Anyway... enought about the football and curry...

I am told that the Rdio 1 website has details of Glastonbury 2004 tickets now... they are due on sale April 1st and will cost £112.

I assume the website is http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 but I can't get on at the moment...?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/altnews/040123_glasto.shtml

Glastonbury ticket details announced
Last updated 23 January 2004


Tickets for Glastonbury will go on sale on April 1 with special arrangements to try and avoid tickets being sold on at huge prices.


Listen to Kevin Geoghegan's report
Requires Realplayer G2

This year, they will only be sold through a phoneline and on one website with each transaction being closely monitored.

Last year, Glastonbury sold out within 24 hours and many tickets ended up on Ebay, the auction website, for up to four times their face value. Many other websites were also selling them at an extra profit.

This year, tickets are being restricted to two per person and tickets will be personalised to prevent them being sold on - there will be checks at the gates.

They will cost £112 (plus booking fee) and will go on sale at 8pm on April 1.

On the website, festival organiser Michael Eavis says he hopes the sytem will work:

"The measures we are taking this year will result in a much fairer way to access the Festival, which promises to be as always, an incredibly joyful way to spend your mid-summer!"

Basemant Jaxx have already confirmed to Radio 1 that they will be performing at the festival which takes place over the last weekend in June.

Phoneline: 0870 830 2004
Website: www.aloud.com

[Judge 400 Years]

and here (http://www.glastonbury-festivals.co.uk/news/+glastonburyfesti-3/)

[Twyford Bee]

Hope my exam times are confirmed by then, I was planning to buy a ticket and then sell it if I couldn't make it, looks like that won't be an option now, unless they're prepared to allow refunds to point of sale.

Plenty of people moaning on the Radio 1 website about the 2 per person limit: makes perfect sense to me. I wonder if you have to give the name of your guest when you buy them, as well.

[Del Gland]

Glastonbury's too big for me. It would give me too much of a problem deciding which stage I should be at and who to watch.

However, I will be rocking at Download and Reading

[Poosence]

I'm definitely there this year. I've got a big bunch of mates going and I think its gonna be fun, not even too concerned about whose playing. Having a pre-glastonbury party at my house in bristol the night before it all kicks off - so if anyone fancies a piss up before we bus in the next morning then feel free. Of course, its all so far off that it'll probably end up selling out in an hour and I won't get a ticket.

[2can]

Prince has said on his website that he is NOT playing at Glasto this year.

First major confirmations:

James Brown
Basement Jaxx
Daniel Bedingfield
The Cure

[oz_da II]

Originally posted by 2can
Prince has said on his website that he is NOT playing at Glasto this year.

Sounds good to me :p

Originally posted by 2can

First major confirmations:

The Cure

Sounds good to me :p

[TopKnot]

For F**ks sake!!! Paul McCartney? Prince? Daniel f**king Bedingfield? At Glastonbury?

Jebus H Christ, why don't they just book Sting, Robert Plant and George Michael and be done with it? They could call it 'Glastonbury: the middle-of-the-road adult-orientated-rock years'

:grrr:

[toms rockin]

i remember last year Eavis saying he wanted to attract more young people there.....and then he gets a bunch of old twats doing it....lovely.

Give it a miss this year n go reading i think.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

You are joking aren't you?

So out of hundreds and hundreds of acts (thousands if you include all the little tents and theatre and stuff) over 3 or 4 days on about 10 different stages... you are going to miss it because of 3 headline acts on the main stage?

Last year I think I saw one band on the main stage, the year before that none, I don't think you understand what Glastonbury is all about - but then you can have your 100% grunge weekender at Reading, you wouldn't want the danger of strumbling across something different eh?

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by 2can
First major confirmations:

James Brown



I feel good

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by Del Gland
Glastonbury's too big for me. It would give me too much of a problem deciding which stage I should be at and who to watch....


thats OK they got drugs for that condition..:lux:

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Just spotted this (with less than one moth to go until G day...)

Bugger! I need to make sure I have enough dosh in my current account on 1st April (bad pay time of the month for me) to be able to use my current account debit card as it would appear that they are not accepting bloody credit cards now!

from http://www.glastonbury-festivals.co.uk/news/+glastonbury2004t/
Glastonbury 2004 Ticketing Update
16 Feb 2004

UPDATE: 16th February 2004
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 16.
A parent or guardian will be able to buy a maximum of two “Child tickets” for children, between the age of 13 and 16, who must be accompanied at the entry gate by an adult sharing the same home address.


• Tickets will only be sold by the telephone ticket line 0870 830 2004 and through the web-site address – www.aloud.com

• Tickets will go on sale at 8 pm on 1st April 2004

• Tickets will be restricted to two per person and each transaction will be thoroughly checked

• All tickets will be personalised and checks will be made at the gates

• Postal orders and cheques will be accepted as payment on the telephone ticket line

• Tickets will cost £112 plus booking fee of £3 with an additional cost for postage

Since I made the original announcement, I have decided as a further measure to address the problem of touts, that the Festival will not accept Credit Cards – only Debit Cards. By announcing this change now, people have plenty of time to arrange to pay from a debit account.

I am sorry if this change to a debit card only policy causes any problems, but there are benefits for everyone. This measure has allowed the Festival to cut the booking fee charged from £5 to £3 per ticket and should there be any further savings I will pass that money on to the charities and good causes the Festival supports.

Information about how personalised tickets will be checked will be included when the tickets are sent out to ticket buyers – and not before for security reasons.

Further guidance will be announced on this site as arrangements are confirmed.

Thank you for your forbearance but all of these changes are made to make real improvements to the ticket sales for this year.

Michael Eavis
12/2/2004

[Twyford Bee]

I saw Michael Eavis speak at the Oxford Union a couple of weeks ago and he confirmed James Brown and Paul McCartney.

Is James Brown likely to be a headliner? I imagined him as one of those daytime acts that lots of people would enjoy who aren't necessarily fans, like Jools Holland or Isaac Hayes were.

[markholmes1991]

people still on for this??

[Horsham Eagle]

Go for free - check out this thread

Festival stewards required (http://forums.cpfc.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48404)

[Shoreditch CPFC]

My brother has offered to lend me his camper van this year. Problem is I think the camper van park is outside the festival gates, in other words you are stuck in pikieville with all the ticketless scum bags. Just for the record they are not scum bags because they couldn't get tickets, they just happen to be scum bags intent on robbing those at the festival.

Anyone stayed in this area before or have any idea what the security is like there ?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Last year there was no trouble in the camper area... year before there were packs of nutters mugging people, fighting security, throwing rocks etc. etc.

Personally I would feel a bit detached from the festival and all the goings on up there in the camper field, it can be quite a trek back - and it costs extra dough to bring a camper in, plus it will probably take ages to drive there in it :)

[RichieG]

Tent city is the only way forward if you ask me, I'll be half way up Pennards Hill as always, hopefully with the full quota of 30 mates, and enough mind altering substances to kill a small army. ;)

[Psychokiller]

Originally posted by RichieG
Tent city is the only way forward if you ask me, I'll be half way up Pennards Hill as always, hopefully with the full quota of 30 mates, and enough mind altering substances to kill a small army. ;)
Which was probably why you couldn't locate Wooden Fish, the Judge and I?

[Shoreditch CPFC]

I guess I just had a bad experience last year of camping next to dickheads who felt that if you weren't yelling at each other and playing techno until 6am you weren't having a good time. I know you might think I need to chill out, but I just can't function without any sleep.....

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

There are lots of sounds in the camper field due to the electricity and car radios and stuff available... (oooh porto have just scored! Get in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I would recommednd getting there early and camping up by the green areas where it tends to be a bit more crowded but less noisy.

[pete eagle]

T in the Park in Edinburgh has a good line-up.

Snow Patrol,Franz Ferdinand,Muse are confirmed already.

I want to see what Glasto has lined up for the smaller stages and the smaller groups who are going to play there before I decide. £112 is a lot of money for what is a rather average group of headline acts so far.

[RichieG]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
Which was probably why you couldn't locate Wooden Fish, the Judge and I?

I promise to try harder this year, lets aim for Bread and Roses late afternoon on Wednesday before it gets too messy!! :p

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Bread and Roses is the one on the big crossroads in the big market? Usually has a little accoustic stage outside and some sort of rave going on opposite?

I can't wait to get going on the Pear Cider next to the World stage again :) - shame they cocked up that bar in the World field though (turned it into a rave bar), that was my favourite place to hang out.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Ticket's on sale this Thursday... make sure you are all prepared with phone numbers and debit cards and web addresses and stuff for the 8pm kick off.

More information about buying tickets from http://www.aloud.com/Glastonbury

Welcome to Aloud.com's official booking service for Glastonbury 2004 where you can access all your essential info for this year's festival.

Aloud.com will be selling Glastonbury 2004 tickets from 8pm on Thursday April 1. Each ticket will cost £112, and a booking fee will be charged at £3 per ticket. There will be an additional charge per order (not per ticket) for registered postage.
If you're booking Glastonbury 2004 tickets on somebody else's behalf you will need to enter the address of the ticket holder(s) on the booking screen. Please do not enter your own address. Tickets will be sent direct to the first named ticket holder, i.e.. the person(s) attending the festival. Please make sure you have the full address of any ticket holder available to you before making your booking.

Aloud.com has received the following communication direct from the festival organizer Michael Eavis, which stipulates the terms and conditions of booking Glastonbury 2004 tickets

Firstly, I confirm the key points announced previously:

Tickets will go on sale at 8 pm on April 1, 2004.

Tickets will cost £112.00 plus £3.00 booking fee and £4.00 postage and packing.

Tickets will only be sold on the telephone ticket line 0870 830 2004 and through the website address - www.aloud.com.

No credit cards can be used, only debit cards. Electron cards will not be accepted.

Postal orders and cheques will be accepted as payment on the telephone ticket line, provided they are received by the ticket agency within five working days of the sale.

Car Parking and campervan/caravan tickets will be available to purchase in the same transaction as the tickets. Car Parking tickets will cost £5 per vehicle and campervan/caravan tickets will cost £40 per vehicle. Only campervans or caravans with fitted sleeping, washing and cooking facilities will be allowed into the campervan field this year. Please check the website for details of which types of vehicles can use these fields.

Tickets sales will be restricted to two per person and per telephone call. Each transaction will be thoroughly checked, and duplicate transactions will be declined - if not at the time of sale, at a later stage.

In addition to the two tickets a parent or guardian can purchase in their own right, they will also be able to buy a maximum of two 'Child tickets'. These tickets are for children between the ages of 13 and16, who must be accompanied at the entry gate by that adult. 'Child tickets' will be the same price as adult tickets. Accompanied children 12 and under are free and do not need a ticket.

All tickets will be personalised and checks will be made at the gates. Details of these checks will be sent out with tickets.

You will need to give a name and address for each person coming to the festival. As there will be no refund or option to change details once tickets are sent out, please be sure all details are accurate when booking tickets. Ticket orders can be cancelled and ticket price refunded until May 20th.

Overseas ticket sales will be handled differently from UK ticket sales. If you are living abroad, you can only buy tickets online using a credit card. Tickets for overseas sales will not be sent out by post, but can be collected from an office in Shepton Mallet. Details of the collection arrangements and the checks that will be carried out will be sent to successful ticket purchasers.
Since I made the original announcement, I have decided as a further measure to address the problem of touts, that the Festival will not accept Credit Cards _ only Debit Cards. By announcing this change now, people have plenty of time to arrange to pay from a debit account.

I am sorry if this change to a debit card only policy causes any problems, but there are benefits for everyone. This measure has allowed the Festival to cut the booking fee charged from £5 to £3 per ticket and should there be any further savings I will pass that money on to the charities and good causes the Festival supports.

Information about how personalised tickets will be checked will be included when the tickets are sent out to ticket buyers and not before for security reasons.

Further guidance will be announced on this site as arrangements are confirmed.

Thank you for your forbearance but all of these changes are made to make real improvements to the ticket sales for this year.

Michael Eavis

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Ticket's on sale this Friday... make sure you are all prepared with phone numbers and debit cards and web addresses and stuff for the 8pm kick off.

More information about buying tickets from http://www.aloud.com/Glastonbury


Thursday innit

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Shit yeah that was the whole point of the post. Edited now ;)

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Final Bump - tickets on sale at 8pm, no excuses!

[sexyrazor]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Final Bump - tickets on sale at 8pm, no excuses!

There is if you're skint :sob:

[Dave]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Final Bump - tickets on sale at 8pm, no excuses!

Paul McCartney , corp hospitality tents and actually paying to get in.

They are my excuses

[Lion]

May order some and see if I can fetch a price for them on ebay..

[2can]

Site has appeared to crash, and don't bother Lion, all tickets are personalised....

[SIR]

Anyone had any joy getting through yet? the webbie is barry white and the phone line is constantly engaged :grrr:

[RDSdaEAGLE]

Around 12,000 being sold per hour.

Should be all gone within 4 hours.

Software issues with the website mean it's running slow...and phone lines are being held up because people are still ringing trying to purchase tickets on their credit cards. DEBIT CARDS ONLY

Keep sticking at it...you'll get through in the end!

[2can]

Originally posted by SIR
Anyone had any joy getting through yet? the webbie is barry white and the phone line is constantly engaged :grrr:

no and its driving me crazy!!!!

If I dont get one I'll be mad, ive been online since 7.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Bollocks. Doing my head in.

Here is the link for the debit card bookings if you can get any joy...

https://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

[SIR]

makes you wonder who the fvck is getting thro doesnt it? 3 of my mates have been hitting redial constantly from 8pm. no bbsers have got thro and on the actual glasto message board people are saying they can get thro for sh1t. closest i got was puttin all my details in then when i submitted i got the error page. that was aboutten past 8. since then nowhere near. closest i got on the phone was i recorded message saying the line was busy. that was about 15 mins ago. all the other times its been that annoying beep. seriously losing patience and aint gonna bust my boll0x much longer. after all this isnt a ticket line for a palace game is it.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I am speaking to people in Brighton, Manchester, etc. etc. and no-one has got through.

I did the same thing as you, SIR, I got the actual booking form up at about 20:05, filled in all the details and stuff, but I had clicked on the family booking option by mistake and it rejected it :eek:

Have faith and patience... it's all part of it. From now until you have pitched the tent on day 1 it is a struggle ;)

[nickmurphy30]

Sod it.

Just bought tickets to Reading instead.

Rock.

[SIR]

Originally posted by nickmurphy30
Sod it.

Just bought tickets to Reading instead.

Rock.

:lux:

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

oooh I've got the booking form up again and am retrying the send of all my details...

[2can]

its saying theyve sold out
••••
im trying again, hoping its an error

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by SIR
closest i got was puttin all my details in then when i submitted i got the error page
Have you checked your e-mail to make sure it didn't go through anyway? That happened to me when I was buying tickets once and the transaction did go through despite the error message, if it had gone through again I would have ended up spending £310 on 10 tickets for the same gig! Luckily I noticed in time.

[Raf]

Originally posted by 2can
its saying theyve sold out
••••
im trying again, hoping its an error

My mate got to that screen at 8.30. Think the site is just fcuked. Can't believe it will sell out tonight - no-one's getting through. Keep clicking...

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yep... I've just got the sold out message.

Amsterdam here I come ;)

[Twyford Bee]

Someone on another board was sharing this link around and advised to refresh this one, I have no idea if it's any good or not, but I hope it helps, maybe alternate refreshes of this one with your current one?

https://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Same as what I posted earlier.

Hmmm.

[2can]

Originally posted by Raf
My mate got to that screen at 8.30. Think the site is just fcuked. Can't believe it will sell out tonight - no-one's getting through. Keep clicking...

Did he get a ticket?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I don't know anyone that has got a ticket. ••••••.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Wanky ••••y shit piss.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

***** ***** *****

[Palace Kebab]

This is shite

Do you think my potential plan of going to sleep and setting my alarm for three or four o clock would work? Surely it can not sell out in that time. Others are bound to give up and wait until the morning, aren't they?

[Raf]

Originally posted by 2can
Did he get a ticket?

No, I think everyone's who's getting to that page is just getting the sold out message. There's no way it's already sold out - but it's getting very irritating not getting thru.
Think I'm going to do the same as Palace Kebab and get up in the middle of the night when everyone's asleep...

[SIR]

Originally posted by Palace Kebab
This is shite

Do you think my potential plan of going to sleep and setting my alarm for three or four o clock would work? Surely it can not sell out in that time. Others are bound to give up and wait until the morning, aren't they?

that is mos def an idea. i just got a message when i tried to enter my details - "there are not enough tickets left to cover your order. please request a lower amount or try again later when more have been allocated" the thing is i only want 2!!!! :eek:

[2can]

This is a ••••••• disgrace, they can't have sold out, right?

[SIR]

Originally posted by 2can
This is a ••••••• disgrace, they can't have sold out, right?

i dont believe theyre gonna sell out for a while. they dont usually sell out after only a few hours and this year itll take even longer cos people not realising the new rules and also being allowed 2 at a time

[RichieG]

We'll be alright lads.....

Who else is with me on the all nighter?

R

[RichieG]

For the techies amongst you I am getting 100% packet loss on wayahead.com

For the non techies, that means the site is down....

R

[2can]

Me.

I'm going to get a beer.

[2can]

A few interesting things on this thread:

http://195.224.251.64/thread.cfm?b=1&t=15388

[2can]

And the server has gone down again
••••••• brilliant

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by Twyford Bee
Have you checked your e-mail to make sure it didn't go through anyway? That happened to me when I was buying tickets once and the transaction did go through despite the error message, if it had gone through again I would have ended up spending £310 on 10 tickets for the same gig! Luckily I noticed in time.
This exact same thing has just happened to someone on another board I've read. So keep an eye on your e-mails, if you got as far as tpying in your details.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I don't seem to be tracert'ing past... diamante.core.legend.net.uk [212.41.187.1]

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Anyone listening to London Live? Wish OF luck. Stupid cow.

[2can]

Radio 1 have just said (23:40) that they're expected to sell out around 3AM. If you haven't succeeded yet, keep trying - you know it's worth it!

[2can]

that was a quote by the way, i havent succeeded

[Raf]

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh :grrr:

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Still no joy... the wayahead.com site has been down for almost an hour now.

[RDSdaEAGLE]

Keep going guys! Good luck!

One good thing about the wayahead site being down...at least no-one else can buy tickets on there!

[RichieG]

Fuc* the fuc*ing fuc*ers' fuc*ed!

[SIR]

about an hour ago i phoned my mates to see how they were doing. they said that in the last 15 mins 2 people they knew had got through. as we were speakin one of them got somewhere on the phone and i could hear them all panicking in the background. they said they had to go cos they had got thro and then cut off. i assumed that there was sommink finally budging and i would get thro imminently. now, an hour on and not a ditty. just texted me mate and he said that they had had a false alarm. d1ckheads. bet they just got that recorded message. so this incident and also the 0% success rate of the bbs so far is leading me to wonder if in fact in the past 4 hours i have been anywhere close at all to getting these tickets. i am starting to think not.

[Raf]

Is there even a queuing system on the phone lines? It's easier to get on who wants to be a sodding millionaire... :grrr:

[2can]

well the servers back up but sweet •••• all is happening

[LLCOOLSTEVE]

I got 2 tickets.

[2can]

Originally posted by LLCOOLSTEVE
I got 2 tickets.
how, phone/internet?

[RDSdaEAGLE]

http://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

it DOES work...my friend has been able to use it 3 times already...booking tickets for friends etc. Keep refreshing it.

[LLCOOLSTEVE]

Originally posted by 2can
how, phone/internet?

Ooops April fools was yesterday, wasn't it?? Sorry. Good luck.

[RDSdaEAGLE]

Originally posted by LLCOOLSTEVE
Ooops April fools was yesterday, wasn't it?? Sorry. Good luck.

You can be such a twat sometimes Steve.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

4 1/2 hours and still going :)

[LLCOOLSTEVE]

Originally posted by RDSdaEAGLE
You can be such a twat sometimes Steve.

thankoooooooo :D

[LLCOOLSTEVE]

http://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

that works....

[Raf]

SOLD! Just got through and got me two tickets plus a car parking pass. Got through on the international sales number - 01159 934170. Just stick it in the phone and keep hitting redial. Have been doing that for about 30 minutes solid and then got the ringing tone - phone rung for about 5 minutes and then got answered.
Beware though, if you're trying to get tickets for mates - you can only get two tickets per phone call, not just per debit card. So even if you've got mates sitting next to you with their card ready, they'll have to ring up again themselves!

Ah, time for bed. :p

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Still trying. What a way to spend 5 hours. Still... stella is helping a little.

[RDSdaEAGLE]

Check PM's AWFOW

[RichieG]

If that's a PM about Glasto tix, I could be persuaded to buy a few beers for anyone that could help RDS :p

[2can]

still nothing

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I'm starting to get 'there are not enough tickets left' type messages more regularly than I have been up until now... perhaps it is starting to ease off a bit?

[Raf]

Have been ringing that Notts number to get tix for mates as well - just got thru again and got two tickets for them. Get on that one instead of the web site or the 0870 number - definitely the best way in.
The number - 01159 934170.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I actually got a 'there was a problem with your card' message - tried to log on to smile.co.uk and it is down for overnight maint. I really hope I didn't get *that* close. I am now using a mates Barclays debit card instead. Credit cards would have been easier... they are OK if you are calling from abroad :rolleyes:

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

You make it sound so easy ;)

[Raf]

Hehe - get mashing that redial button some more fella!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I'm getting two different engaged tones... one higher pitched than the other, I suspect the lower tone means I am getting 'further'. But I am dialed into the internet so I'm redialling on my mobby which is slower.

[Raf]

I'd recommend ditching the Internet altogether - have been on there since 8 and got no further than the 'there are not enough tickets' message. The site is lame and totally incapable of coping with demand. I'd say get on a phone with a fast redial and ring that 0115 number. As I type, my missus has just got thru for a third (and final!) time to get some more for mates. Good luck guys!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

The number was ringing... but Orange cut it off 'no answer' after a couple of minutes!!!! Bah!

[2can]

I'm going to give up i think

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I got the 01159 number ringing on my home (bt) phone and my heart went all of a flutter... but after about 6.5 minutes I got a 'sorry there was no reply' recorded message.

Still, it does seem the best bet.... the net is still shite... I'm gonna drop off and have another go in a minute.

You got work tomorrow 2can?

[RichieG]

Still at it :(

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yep.

[2can]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
I got the 01159 number ringing on my home (bt) phone and my heart went all of a flutter... but after about 6.5 minutes I got a 'sorry there was no reply' recorded message.

Still, it does seem the best bet.... the net is still shite... I'm gonna drop off and have another go in a minute.

You got work tomorrow 2can?

No thank ••••, I'm a student and I'm on holiday at the moment.

Just had a snooze and im at it again, with a new debit card...

[2can]

Another 10 minutes or so, and I'm giving up for good. Already got tickets for Reading and V, not as good I know, but perhaps this will be a blessing in disguise moneywise.

Apparently there's enough to last til 8 am, but I reckon there will be loads through the day as lots of people have duplicate orders - my mate got 2 lots of 2.

[Twyford Bee]

This link works prety well: https://freya.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

[Palace Kebab]

Originally posted by Twyford Bee
This link works prety well: https://freya.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

Works pretty well?

On only the second attempt i booked two tickets and my car park pass. My mate is now doing the same. Twyfor Bee, you are an absolute diamond, that link let me achieve what i had failed to do in around nine or ten hours of constant redialing on the phone and refreshing on the computer; punctuated only by too little sleep.

I can't thank you enough. I hope 2can and Wooden Fish etc see this....

[2can]

Yep, still getting the same bollocks though. I want to go to bed....

thanks anyway

[Lion]

Originally posted by Palace Kebab
Works pretty well?

On only the second attempt i booked two tickets and my car park pass. My mate is now doing the same. Twyfor Bee, you are an absolute diamond, that link let me achieve what i had failed to do in around nine or ten hours of constant redialing on the phone and refreshing on the computer; punctuated only by too little sleep.

I can't thank you enough. I hope 2can and Wooden Fish etc see this....

Me too, although I didn't book, as I don't want to go!

[RichieG]

Good, if you had considered touting Glasto tix Lion, I would have had to consider finding you and ripping out your spleen ;) :p

Anyway, I finally got through at 7.30am and am now at work suffering the effects of 2 hours sleep between 2 & 4 this morning!

[calne eagle]

Originally posted by RichieG
Anyway, I finally got through at 7.30am and am now at work suffering the effects of 2 hours sleep between 2 & 4 this morning!

Exactly the same as our practice manager!
(He actually got through at 07:10).

[Raf]

Lame excuse of the year award
____________________________


"We couldn't have predicted this demand," an Aloud spokeswoman told BBC News Online.

Couldn't you?? Well you should be sacked then. Hmm, let's see - we're the sole online agents for the Glastonbury festival, I wonder if the site will get busy? Christ, I'm just a punter in a tent and I could have told them their site wouldn't be able to cope. What muppets. :grrr:

[Pidster]

Sometimes I wish I had been at Glastonbury, but I suspect that the event has now eclipsed music on offer ( debatable whether Paul McCartney headlining has proved or disproved my argument). Akin to people going to the latest "must see" film and talking all the way through it.

However, if you do go, have fun.

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by Palace Kebab
.....Wooden Fish ...............

and myself will be attending


:lux: :lux: :lux: :lux:

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Ooooh my head hurts.

I thought I could get them booked by half 8 last night and settle down to eat some curry. 10 hours, many many stellas and half a bottle of JD later at half 6 this morning I gave up.

But now the Judge has come good :)

I'm left feeling a little bitter though... it shouldn't take the best part of 20 hours constant effort to get a bloody ticket.

[Palace Palare]

Those with tickets are in for a treat :)

On a groundsheet, Under canvas, With your tent-flap, open wide (http://www.morrissey-solo.com/article.pl?sid=04/03/31/1818201&mode=thread)

Wish I was going to be there :(

[2can]

I didnt get a ticket. Very angry letter to M Eavis will follow.

[nickmurphy30]

Yeah - the bald hippy must pay.

[2can]

Got a very patronising letter back, trying to defend the incompetance of Aloud.

Why does the greatest festival on earth have to be run by such twats???

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I was wishing rain and mud on everyone - but then I got a ticket so now I have to undo it all.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I'm suprise that Eavis is now rubbing our noses in it... But he told BBC Radio Five Live that it was not necessarily desirable to sell the tickets as fast as possible.

"We can improve the software, definitely - but is it a good thing to sell them all out in one hour?

"We could have sold them out last night in five minutes, but is that a good thing? I don't think it is you know, I'd rather string it out a bit." Try telling that to the people like me who sat up from 8pm until 6am - I wasted a days work the next day (no doubt pissing my boss off in the process who was expecting me in), then my mate spent all day trying and wasted another days work. I think Eavis has completely failed to appreciate the stress, frustration, tiredness, anger and other physical and mental suffering caused by this completely unnecessary farce.

Instead of gloating about how he 'strung it out a bit' he should be apologising unreservably and promising to sort it out for future years.

[nickmurphy30]

I don't think Eavis realises how much he has frustrated people - and his remarks above are crass to the point of stupidity.

However for next year...

What about a lottery - like for some internationals - where anyone who wants to go can apply in advance. You can build in exactly the same security safeguards as this year but without the mania to but tickets. It would be much fairer as well. ( Eg for the poor souls without computers.)

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I think the only real way forward is to reduce the demand. I would go to the festival regardless of who is playing as long as there are 3 or 4 small bands I want to see over the whole weekend. I think they should tone it down by not booking 'headliners'.

[SIR]

Has everyone who paid by debit card beeen billed yet? Nothing has shown in my account and I booked it on the net on Friday. I even went into the bank to ask if there were any debits that were there but not showing yet. They said no :(

So I've been trying to phone the glastonbury customer support line all day and guess what? It's engaged!!


The only problem I can forsee now is that I gave the wrong issue number for my card (1 when it should have been 2) just hope that they don't stop the tickets coming my way.//

[Raf]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
I think the only real way forward is to reduce the demand. I would go to the festival regardless of who is playing as long as there are 3 or 4 small bands I want to see over the whole weekend. I think they should tone it down by not booking 'headliners'.

Dunno if that would work though - people are already buying their tickets blind without having any real idea what bands are going to be playing. The fact is, most people go for the festival first, and the music second.
Personally, I think they should just appoint four or five ticket agencies next year, thus reducing the pressure on a single agent. There's no sensible reason to have just one ticket agent, and about a million reasons why it's a crap idea.

As for the debit card question - my online account shows a pending payment for the right amount, but I can't yet see that it's definitely for Glasto. Mind you, I booked over the phone. I would guess they might be checking all the web bookings for duplicates before charging loads of cards and then having to do a bunch of charge-backs.

It had better not bloody rain. :veryangry

[2can]

TICKETS BACK ON SALE


GOT MINE

BACK OF THE NET!

http://www.wayahead.com/glastonbury2004

[SIKO]

Anyone get too many tickets or cant go let me know

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I know someone who got two yesterday! And it was fair play because they had tried for the best part of 24 hours solid and not got one on 'black Thursday'.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by 2can
GOT MINE

BACK OF THE NET! Well played :lux: :lux: Looks like we will have to have a BBS meet up down there.

[2can]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
I know someone who got two yesterday! And it was fair play because they had tried for the best part of 24 hours solid and not got one on 'black Thursday'.

Yes, myself and all my london based friends didn't manage to get a ticket originally, despite staying up for most of the night! However, we all have tickets now. There must have been loads on sale!


Anyone get too many tickets or cant go let me know


Unfortunately you can't transfer tickets, they are personalised and have to be accompanied by ID to get entrance to the festival. Lots of people are paying £300+ for useless tickets from tout-scum on ebay. I doubt they are protected legally as the reselling of tickets is illegal anyway.

To get a ticket I'd just set that link above as your homepage, and hope another batch is put on sale! Good luck!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by 2can
Unfortunately you can't transfer tickets, they are personalised and have to be accompanied by ID to get entrance to the festival. Lots of people are paying £300+ for useless tickets from tout-scum on ebay. Nice ethic but in reality it has to be bollocks. Although they have not announced the security arrangements yet, neither did they stipulate them as a condition of sale and therefore you could probably sue them if they didn't let you in.

There are plenty of people without passports or driving licences etc. - and any idiot can scan in a gas bill and reprint it with a new name and address. Besides, 115,000 people plus another 50,000 or so traders and staff etc. are all going to be entering the site in a space of 48 hours or so... are they really going to check everyone? If you get through all the car park checks and park up and walk the mile and a half to the entrance, are they really going to turn you away because you can't prove that you are who is (supposedly) going to be printed on the ticket?

Nah, it's all crap, a fair attempt at trying to put the shits up people to stop them from trading tickets on ebay but not enforceable in real life.

[Judge 400 Years]

If you managed to order tickets check your email address used at submission - it seems the ticket fiasco is continuing. They asked me to resubmit the name of my guest - nice idea having names on them but it does open the way for errors/complications.

[ReadingPalace]

FIFA tried a similar 'names on tickets' security approach to the France '98 World Cup, but I don't know in practice whether they genuinely did demand ID on admission, and turn people away if they couldn't produce it.

Anyone have any more info on this?

Agree though that unless it was a condition of sale that correct ID must be produced on entry, then it would never stand up in court, as Leslie Grantham might say.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I have just heard a rumour that there aer a few more on sale today... ring 0870 060 1030.

[Twyford Bee]

There were some returns on sale on the website last night, it now says they're all gone though.

[Judge 400 Years]

The line up (http://www.glastonbury-festivals.co.uk/+glastonbury_2003/feature/+whatson2004-9/)

I was hoping for The Specials but I guess I will just have to settle for Toots and the Maytals :lux:

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yeah Specials would have made it, I don't think it is the greatest line up for me as not many of my 'favourites' have found their way onto the list - but at the end of the day it is Glastonbury and that's what's important :lux:

[Judge 400 Years]

Ticket Checking Policy Link (http://www.glastonbury-festivals.co.uk/feature/+newticketcheckin/)

People who have travelled miles for one festival are not just going to walk away on the say so of a student with an Oxfam coat on.

But if they are going to be strict would they not just be creating another community of angry people who can’t get in – something which happened a couple of years back and puts future festivals in jeopardy.

It’s a nice idea to beat the touts and the money grabbers but I just can’t see this working.

[Eddie McGoldrick's tash]

Went every year from 93 to 99 but the line-ups are just getting a bit pants to be honest.
Much better festivals on where exciting new bands play not some nostalgic trip for people who were good, exciting and relevant many moons ago.

[Raf]

Disagree really, guess it just depends what your type of thing is. The New tent looks awesome this year;

Friday 25th

Spiritualised
The Bees
Mark Gardener
Electrelane
Minuteman
Chikinki
Concretes
Grand Transmitter
The Walkmen
South
Experimental Pop
Halima
Once Under


Saturday 26th
Zero 7
Tim Booth
Hope of the States
The Killers
The Stills
Longview
Carina Round
Marjorie Fayre
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Gisli
Black Bud
Milk Teeth
The Others


Sunday 27th

Television
Stellastar
Delays
Raveonettes
Ian Macnabb
Buck 65
The Open
Ella Guru
Gonga
Golden Virgins
Fiction Plane
Broken Dolls
James Blunt

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by Judge 400 Years
It’s a nice idea to beat the touts and the money grabbers but I just can’t see this working. Yeah, and it isn't exactly rocket science to scan in a bank statement, change the name at the top to match the one on the ticket, and re-print it.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Here's the 'we're not really going to do it' bit...

Please be aware that ID will be checked on entering the wristband exchange, which is inside the super fortress fence, and NOT before. We ask that you do not get your ID out before reaching this point; but make sure you know where it is and have easy access to it.

It is intended all ticket holders will be checked, however we can guarantee in excess of 50% of festival goers will be subject to identification checks.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Has anyone actually got their tickets yet? It's only a week away and I haven't seen anything ??!!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Ah I just checked hotmail and have a ticket despatch confirmation from seetickets.com. Happy days.

[Putney Eagle]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Has anyone actually got their tickets yet? It's only a week away and I haven't seen anything ??!!

Mine arrived today - cannot wait!!!!!!

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

What's everyone's plans?

I'm heading down sometime on Wednesday, anyone fancy meeting up for a beer?

[Putney Eagle]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
What's everyone's plans?

I'm heading down sometime on Wednesday, anyone fancy meeting up for a beer?

will be leaving on thursday...

Will any palace tops be making the trip????

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
What's everyone's plans?

I'm heading down sometime on Wednesday, anyone fancy meeting up for a beer?

...or pear cider.

Tickets arrived Saturday - with parking thang - this year a diamond shape.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Mmmmm pear cider... I need to scrape off last years parking thang to make room for this years.

[Stellavista]

Originally posted by Raf
Disagree really, guess it just depends what your type of thing is. The New tent looks awesome this year;



Spiritualised
Minuteman
Zero 7
Tim Booth
Television
Ian Macnabb



'New' tent is stretching it a bit, isn't it?
Or are they referring to the canvas itself?

Haven't been to Glasters since 1990, when it started to get 'discovered' by the ungroovy masses.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yeah they called it 'the new bands tent' for the last two or three years - it was most confusing, apparently it meant 'the new tent for bands'. Now renamed The New Tent it means just that.

[Richard]

Originally posted by Stellavista
Haven't been to Glasters since 1990, when it started to get 'discovered' by the ungroovy masses.

It's gone so far down that route that I was even pondering whether there was any way to get in watch Paul McCartney this year. However, I understand that just picking up a ticket on the day is not really the done thing ...

Even I would acknowledge that people like me should be banned from the place.

Isn't it about time Quo were invited to play ?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Bollocks.

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by Stellavista
Haven't been to Glasters since 1990, when it started to get 'discovered' by the ungroovy masses.

:S:

[Igor Iconic]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Yeah they called it 'the new bands tent' for the last two or three years - it was most confusing, apparently it meant 'the new tent for bands'. Now renamed The New Tent it means just that.

That's weird, last year the only band I saw in the New Tent that I had heard of were I Am Kloot, all the others were up and coming acts hence the reduced crowding there. This year they have wheeled out a bunch has-beens with some almost made-its. Odd.

[Twyford Bee]

The New Bands Tent was far from exclusively for new bands- I saw the Buffseeds in there who weren't new, and Death In Vegas were one of the headliners, who also weren't new.

[Raf]

Yeah, as Stellavista said - it's never been a tent just for new bands.

It's the New Bands-Tent, rather than the New-Bands Tent, if you see what I mean. It's just the most recent addition to the music tents and stages.

I saw Tricky close last year's festival in that tent, and he's certainly not new!

[Stellavista]

Originally posted by Judge 400 Years
:S:

You may yawn, geezer, but there are many veterans who think the same way.
It's the same old story, the things about the festival that made it great are slowly being eroded, or sidelined.
The line-ups have become more and more mainstream, and the site is full of knobends who appear to look upon the more left-field events that go on there as just 'good for a laugh' or fun to take the p*ss out of.

The BBC coverage is p*ss poor, Wiley should be f*cking shot, and the suburban masses should stick to high street pub chains and holidays on the Costas.

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by Stellavista
...and the site is full of knobends who appear to look upon the more left-field events that go on there as just 'good for a laugh' or fun to take the p*ss out of.....

The BBC coverage is p*ss poor, Wiley should be f*cking shot, and the suburban masses should stick to high street pub chains and holidays on the Costas.

So you have been since 1990 - or do you just assume. I personally haven't seen people take the piss out of the left-field/alternative events.

And if you don't like the BBC coverage - come along and see for yourself how much fun the 'ungroovy' masses are having.

Yeah it has got more mainstream but there are 100's of acts which are not - stick to them.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by Stellavista
It's the same old story, the things about the festival that made it great are slowly being eroded, or sidelined. Hmmm the argument goes both ways.

The festival has lost some of the atmosphere created by the more anarchic elements - the crusties have moved back to Mummy and Daddy's mansion, Saturday night is no longer 'trippers night', the hotknife (50p a blim) tents are all gone along with aggressive begging, masses of tent theft, bikes roaring round the site, dogs shitting everywhere, enormous bonfires of plastic plates, too few bogs, too many people, food that made you ill, axe throwing competitions, mad dog biker hill, hash for cash, cash for hash, cokehashspeed, the Mutoid Waste Company, burning the wicker man and mud slides.

Ah those were the days :D

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Well it's been hammering it down at Glasto for the last 3 days and I've heard that it has been a quagmire. But there is blue sky now - I got held back at work so I'm going to watch the England game tonight and dash down in the morning.

Wish me luck :p

[newbureagle]

Got back late last night. Didn't get wet at all, until walking back to the car then got absolutely soaked. Wore a pair of pyjamas home. Talking of pears, also consumed rather a lot of them too in cider format. Top music (Levellers - oustanding! Ben Harper, Damien Rice all stunning), proper laughs and great mates, and loads of looking at random stuff that you just don't see anywhere else. And heck, mud is actually quite good fun when you're wearing wellies...! Can't wait for next year!
:D

[Twyford Bee]

Hope you all enjoyed it.

I watched a lot of the Sunday coverage on TV, after having got home from university, and got most of the Supergrass and Muse sets on tape. Muse looked as impressive as they were at Wembley last year, I'd be interested to know what anyone unfamilar with their stuff thought.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

It was muddy.

In true fashion I missed most of the big acts, I thought that Chumbawamba in the Lost Vagueness Ballroom (sometime in the early hours of Sunday morning) were bloody brilliant, Morrissey was fantastic (20 years since I had seen him :)) and Billy Bragg on the Leftfield stage was wicked and ting (who I first saw 20 years ago).

[EdMan]

Billy Bragg at Glastonbury? Did you get a feeling of deja deja deja deja deja deja deja etc vu, by any chance H?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yes, Ed, it was like popping down to see an old friend but instead of a cup of tea and a slice of cake I had a cup of chai and a falaffel.

[Kevin T]

What is it with you and falaffels

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I give in

[Putney Eagle]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
I give in

hello wooden fish!

were you there on your own or loads of other palace fans?

i was wearing my palace top on friday and loads of palace fans stopped me.

one lot started quizzing me, about who we were playing in the most month, boxing day, etc, and I reeled them off and they were well impressed.

I bumped into another lot carrying flags

it was brilliant - i definitely recommend wearing colours!!



:)

[Igor Iconic]

I got back yesterday and am still a bit worse for wear. Great time though. The mud didn't spoil it at all, as long as there's beer and drugs and more beer, and a few bands, and hippies, and Krishnas, and lots of fun people, then you can't go wrong. Can't wait for next year.

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

I was there with some other Palace fans (and a bloke who decided to support Chelsea). I didn't wear colours down there - festival culture and football has never been as easy mix for me, but the Palace baseball cap was being worn in our party all weekend and was used to full effect on some Seaweed in the Billy Bragg crowd on Sunday. We were trying to get the hat on stage to make Bragg feel better about West Ham losing the final but in the end we donated it to a Notts. County fan who let us sit round his fire all weekend :)

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by Putney Eagle

one lot started quizzing me, about who we were playing in the most month, boxing day, etc, and I reeled them off and they were well impressed.


:)

yeah I guess that was us - was it you with the girlfriend who rolled her eyes every time you got our questions right?

[Putney Eagle]

Originally posted by Judge 400 Years
yeah I guess that was us - was it you with the girlfriend who rolled her eyes every time you got our questions right?

Yes!!!!!


She thinks that I am the saddest man on the planet

You boys made me look so good!

thank you!

:p

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Originally posted by Judge 400 Years
yeah I guess that was us Was I there?

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Was I there?

No - it was Friday morning - you had yet to arrive.

Did you see the select Glasto review - on the photo you can clearly see our tents?

[Poosence]

I had an amazing time! Hello to Putney Eagle who was camped right next to us! I think I enjoyed every band I saw which was quite a lot. Oh, no, I didn't enjoy James Brown, I thought it was incredibly boring. Paul McCartney was the surprise of the weekend, I was really glad to see Morrissey at last and Elbow were fantastic.

Who was the person waving the palace flag during Franz Ferdinand?

[GOD]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
Morrissey was fantastic (20 years since I had seen him :)) and Billy Bragg on the Leftfield stage was wicked and ting (who I first saw 20 years ago).

You lucky bar-steward. I saw Moz on Friday night at the Royal Festival Hall and I am still in a haze trying to get over it - I'm in love :love:

and Billy B is a top bloke (for a WHU fan) I haven't seen him since N.Y.E about 1990 when some •••• broke in my car, trashed it and nicked my coat out side the Hackney Empire - great days :D

[stevejfh]

Judge 400 years - I just put 'Eeyore' into an English to Russian translation site!

Just for you...

Áåç ïåðåâîäà

Attila The Stockbroker = :clown:

[EagleinOz]

Originally posted by Poosence
I had an amazing time! Hello to Putney Eagle who was camped right next to us! I think I enjoyed every band I saw which was quite a lot. Oh, no, I didn't enjoy James Brown, I thought it was incredibly boring. Paul McCartney was the surprise of the weekend, I was really glad to see Morrissey at last and Elbow were fantastic.

Who was the person waving the palace flag during Franz Ferdinand?

Yeah my mate saw the palace flag during Franz Ferdinand! Dunno who it was tho. I didn't see any palace fans but was on the look out. I did see a hammer fan while walking back from James Brown tho, and gave it a sly little 'Eagles!' behind his back before disappearing into the mud

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by stevejfh
Judge 400 years - I just put 'Eeyore' into an English to Russian translation site!

Just for you...

Áåç ïåðåâîäà

Attila The Stockbroker = :clown:

lol - thanks - just writing to Abranovich now

[magician]

Originally posted by GOD
You lucky bar-steward. I saw Moz on Friday night at the Royal Festival Hall and I am still in a haze trying to get over it - I'm in love :love:

and Billy B is a top bloke (for a WHU fan) I haven't seen him since N.Y.E about 1990 when some •••• broke in my car, trashed it and nicked my coat out side the Hackney Empire - great days :D

i hate you both !!!!!!!!!!!!!! havent seen the moz since 2002 , couldnt get a sensible priced ticket for rfh , saw him having a great time as a fan at the new york dolls gig though , (in a box on his own , air drumming and singing along )
billy bragg is great live , seen him twice ,forum and clapham common

[2can]

Great festival, as expected!

Highlights for me were Bright Eyes, Chemical Brothers, Ocean Colour Scene and Muse! Really sad to hear Muse's drummer's dad died shortly after the gig.

Saw the palace flag during Franz Ferdinand! Forgot mine :(

[mikebow]

Fantastic on TV, I would love to go one year.......

Oasis, muse, franz ferdinand, and chemical brothers looked the best......

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

The hardest part is getting a ticket, Mike - then you just stick a change of clothes in a bag with a cheap tent and a sleeping bag, a few quid for some grub and drink then jump on a coach or whatever. You can drive from Croydon in not much more than 2 hours.

It is a strange Glastonbury phenomena where people somehow think they can't go - they will tell you it is their life times ambition, then spend the next six months making excuses and convincing themselves it is unattainable.

[magician]

you have to experience glasto at least once in a lifetime, hate to sound like some old hippy dude but the vibe is soooooooo much better than any other festival i've ever been to .
wife and i are gonna try to get tickets for next year , and let our boy have a weekend at his aunties ! will take him when he's a bit older(he's not even 1 yet !)
you always take a little bit of glasto home with you (spirit wise not grass or mud !)
i urge anyone with the notion to go but thinks they won't enjoy it to go (just not next year as it may hinder my chances of getting a couple of tickets..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[mikebow]

I'll have to get on track later in the year if I'm looking for tickets next year....

You will have to tell me where to get them, I'm completely new to the game!:(........

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yeah no worries, once they get the license granted for 2005 I'll start a Glastonbury 2005 thread :)

I am seriously thinking about running a stall down there next year.

As I see the benefits are:
a) Guaranteed stress free purchase of tickets for people working on the stall
b) The ability to drive on site with a van full of luxury items (booze, cooking stuff, duvets, spare clothes, posh tents, food etc. etc.)
c) Not having to carry anything
d) The possibility to make Glastonbury fund itself or possibly even make a few quid out of it
e) Could still shut the stall and go and see bands / get smashed when we want to
f) Having a laugh and meeting lots of interesting people
g) Posh Toilets for traders (no, not 'toilet traders' - that's something different ask Trolley)

The argument against:
a) might lose a load of money
b) lots of organising to get everything together
c) would have to take more time off work (could be seen as an argument for ;))

The catch is... I haven't thought of what we would sell :D

It would have to be:
a) something non-perishable (as I can't be arsed with hiring fridges and stuff)
b) Something small - I only want to take a couple of vans down and I only want the smallest pitch available as they cost a fortune
c) Something that will be popular and sell quickly for a profit

What do you think out there?

[Fountainhead]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels


The catch is... I haven't thought of what we would sell :D

It would have to be:
a) something non-perishable (as I can't be arsed with hiring fridges and stuff)
b) Something small - I only want to take a couple of vans down and I only want the smallest pitch available as they cost a fortune
c) Something that will be popular and sell quickly for a profit

What do you think out there?

Drugs?

[stevejfh]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels


It would have to be:
a) something non-perishable (as I can't be arsed with hiring fridges and stuff)
b) Something small - I only want to take a couple of vans down and I only want the smallest pitch available as they cost a fortune
c) Something that will be popular and sell quickly for a profit

What do you think out there?

Magic Mushrooms?

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

d) something legal

hehe :)

[mikebow]

Magic, I'll look out for it, do a stall that would be good...

Sell Crisps; buy multi-packs and sell them for more than they are worth; people will buy in the day as it's a good snack and in evening you can still rock!......

[Twyford Bee]

The best deal I saw when I was there was £1 (I think) for a pint of squash, with few dozen flavours available: it felt quite cheap compared with other stuff (e.g. a bottle of water), but they probably still made plenty of money out of it. So I'd do that, if I ran a stall there.

[Judge 400 Years]

Originally posted by A Wooden Fish On Wheels
The catch is... I haven't thought of what we would sell :D

It would have to be:
a) something non-perishable (as I can't be arsed with hiring fridges and stuff)
b) Something small - I only want to take a couple of vans down and I only want the smallest pitch available as they cost a fortune
c) Something that will be popular and sell quickly for a profit

What do you think out there?

How about a service of some sort

Shaving
Boot cleaning
Hair cut/styling
Laundry
storing people's digital photos

[cooper83]

Did anyone catch Ben Harper's set on the Pyramid stage on the Saturday? I wasn't at glasto this year, but was annoyed to miss out on this man, in my opinion one of THE best live performers around at the moment!

[Psychokiller]

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[Psychokiller]

One service that I reckon would be successful, which doesn't involve opening a stall as such, would be to hire out "ready pitched" tents. Charge say £50 for a £30 tent, readily pitched on the site. The beauty there is that you only have one initial outlay because you can use the same tents year after year. One of the big chores at Glasto is lugging everything from car to site then having to put the buggers up. I reckon it would be a right good moneyspinner!

[Scifo]

One service that I reckon would be successful, which doesn't involve opening a stall as such, would be to hire out "ready pitched" tents. Charge say £50 for a £30 tent, readily pitched on the site. The beauty there is that you only have one initial outlay because you can use the same tents year after year. One of the big chores at Glasto is lugging everything from car to site then having to put the buggers up. I reckon it would be a right good moneyspinner!

[Twyford Bee]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
One service that I reckon would be successful, which doesn't involve opening a stall as such, would be to hire out "ready pitched" tents. Charge say £50 for a £30 tent, readily pitched on the site. The beauty there is that you only have one initial outlay because you can use the same tents year after year. One of the big chores at Glasto is lugging everything from car to site then having to put the buggers up. I reckon it would be a right good moneyspinner!
True, but you'd have to really well publicise it, otherwise people wouldn't know to turn up without a tent. And could you really charge £50 for a few days use of a £30 tent? I could understand that price if they could take the tent home with them.

[Stellavista]

Originally posted by Psychokiller


One of the big chores at Glasto is lugging everything from car to site then having to put the buggers up.



You f*cking big girl's blouse!

Walking on site with yer gear, choosing a spot, and preparing your hovel is all part of the experience.
And people wonder why I get p*ssed off at what Glastonbury has become?
:o

[Raf]

Originally posted by Stellavista
You f*cking big girl's blouse!

Walking on site with yer gear, choosing a spot, and preparing your hovel is all part of the experience.
And people wonder why I get p*ssed off at what Glastonbury has become?
:o

There was a sign at this year's Glasto for people who wanted to complain, Stella. :D

[SIR]

Originally posted by cooper83
Did anyone catch Ben Harper's set on the Pyramid stage on the Saturday? I wasn't at glasto this year, but was annoyed to miss out on this man, in my opinion one of THE best live performers around at the moment!

Saw it. Or at least or saw most of it. The big disappointment for me was the fact that he didnt play 'blessed to be a witness'. But I'm pleased he did 'burn one down'. Perfik

[SE5eagle]

Originally posted by magician
you have to experience glasto at least once in a lifetime, hate to sound like some old hippy dude but the vibe is soooooooo much better than any other festival i've ever been to .
wife and i are gonna try to get tickets for next year , and let our boy have a weekend at his aunties ! will take him when he's a bit older(he's not even 1 yet !)
you always take a little bit of glasto home with you (spirit wise not grass or mud !)
i urge anyone with the notion to go but thinks they won't enjoy it to go (just not next year as it may hinder my chances of getting a couple of tickets..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Totally agree with this :p

[A Wooden Fish On Wheels]

Yeah get up to the stone circle and watch the sun rise :)