Glastonbury....anyone going?

[badvlad]

Anyone going mind if I pitch up nearby? looks like I am doing the solo visit this year! Don't particularly fancy the line up much, except for Hugh obviously. Might take in some of 'The Boss' as I have never seen him live. Neil Young? Nah!

[fourth horseman]

does anyone know what time Hugh's on, this is purely for the other half who loves Neil Young and other artist playing almost as much as Hugh, and was hoping she would not be missing anyone 'too big' oh shudder,gutted I can't be going

[saminblack]

I am going and I am now really looking forward to it. I am a Glasto 'virgin' (a virgin at 45 I dunno....) but I am pretty keyed up now. The main draw for me was Springsteen who I looooooove but I am also looking forward to seeing Hugh (obviously), Glasvegas, The Gaslight Anthem (anoyne heard them yet - brilliant!) The Specials, Echo and The Bunnymen and......Spinal Tap.

Really looking forward to the event and the music.

NOT looking forward to the toilets.

[PaulinLondon]

NOT looking forward to the toilets.

Sam,

The toilet on the Wonky Bus was blocked.

This, by comparison, will be a stroll in the park.

Enjoy.

Paul

[Blackbeered]

NOT looking forward to the toilets.

Sam,

The toilet on the Wonky Bus was blocked.

This, by comparison, will be a stroll in the park.

Enjoy.

Paul

Wonky bus - Glastonbury.......very similar when you think about it -

1. Blocked toilets - obviously
2. Much drinking and singing - although you don't need to hide the bottles from Owen at Glasto
3. You too will be leaning to the side after all the beer
4. You might get to see a couple of bands

One thing Glasto doesn't have..............PiL as compere on the mic

[Freddie Laker]

Sam - don't forget to check out The Futureheads at 5:15 on Saturday (the "Blazing Saddles" tent, whatever that is ), unless of course you're in a queue for the toilet.

["Fading Dutch Moon]

From our (Dutch) television-magazine: Nr 3 of top 11to watch;
Glastonbury 2009 (old is allright)
BBC 2 Fri 23.00-23.30 and 00.00-03.05
Sat 17.20-18.30 and 00.10-03.00
Sun 18.00-20.00 and23.00-03.00

Bruce Springsteen! Madness! Spinal Tap! Neil Young! As you say, the line-up of Glastonbury isn't excactly young and in fashion this year. And that is excactly what the critics had to say about it. "We had the chance to get both Springsteen ánd Young, and that opportunity one won't let go" acc to the organisation. Nothing you can say against that. Young on Tele on Fri; Sat Springsteen. Glastonbury-followers be sure to get BBC3, there almost non-stop Glastonbury.

Pity there's nothing about Hugh in it.

[BazinBlack]

NOT looking forward to the toilets.

Sam,

The toilet on the Wonky Bus was blocked.

This, by comparison, will be a stroll in the park.

Enjoy.

Paul

Wonky bus - Glastonbury.......very similar when you think about it -

1. Blocked toilets - obviously
2. Much drinking and singing - although you don't need to hide the bottles from Owen at Glasto
3. You too will be leaning to the side after all the beer
4. You might get to see a couple of bands

One thing Glasto doesn't have..............PiL as compere on the mic

Will it have a mass dozy doh?
Plus as well the thought of PiL doing the raffle at Glasto is making me as I am reminded of the strains of his voice from the wonky coach. (I bet if he did, even in the 100,000 crowd his mate would still have won )

Bazza

[ravenlunatic]

The weather forecasting johnies are predicting "torrential storms, leading to muddy conditions" for the weekend.
So best to pack a pair of galoshes and a stout mackintosh in the old campaign chest.

I shall be spending my weekend watching AC/DC at Wembley and even more exciting will be Tankfest at Bovingdon. I know its not everyones cup of tea but I am quite excited at the prospect of a rare oportunity to see those lumbering beasts in action, like some great primeval monsters lurching into life..............and hopefully the tanks might be quite good too.

[paul b]

[ravenlunatic]

The old sleeping sickness back again is it?

[saminblack]

My thoughts about my first Glasto from my newspaper column/blog. It is headed....'My first Glastonbury - my fears of the loos, the mud and the hippies'

This weekend I am about to end my Glastonbury virginity at the tender age of just a tad over 40 (a tad obviously meaning roughly five years).

The fact I have waited so long to partake in the Glasto mud is not because I’m averse to music or indeed festivals - far from it.

As some people know I’m a complete music nut (and many think the word ‘nut’ is appropriate in that I’ve seen my favourite band The Stranglers more than 80 times) and in my younger days I actually organised rock festivals of my own for a number of years. And yet, for some reason, the charms of Glastonbury and the like have never particularly tempted me – until now.

I have been pondering a visit to Somerset’s most famous farm for a couple of years but it was only when I started hearing the mere hint of a two-word rumour – “Bruce Springsteen” – that I thought I simply could avoid the Glastonbury temptress no more.

I adore Springsteen and the thought of not seeing him practically in the backyard was unbearable. So, Glastonbury here I come.

The problem with going to the festival for the first time at a not-quite-as-youthful-as-I-was-before age is that so many other people have been and have told me all the potential problems.

I have been told of mud rising up to thigh level, six-hour car park queues, tents floating away down a hill and even more scarily, that the place is full of hippies. Frightening.

And then of course there are the toilets.

Maybe it’s because I am that little bit older now but the thought of sharing what have been described to me as the ‘toilets from hell’ with 170,000 other people brings on a mild form of paruresis (that is shy bladder syndrome) and parcopresis (which is bashful bowel syndrome). I wouldn’t even be keen on using public toilets at somewhere like the Ritz so this . . .

And then, of course, there is this camping lark. I love the countryside but I’ve always believed it is better outside of the home rather than as part of it. It doesn’t help that I am, without any shadow of a doubt, the worst person in the world at DIY and the words “putting up a tent” give me the same fears as other people have about swimming with sharks.

I will be accompanied at my first Glasto by my 15-year-old son, Ollie, who’s far more practical than me, and when I foolishly told him of my tent fears, he looked at me, shook his head and uttered the wounding phrase: “When God invented man, I don’t think you were quite what he had in mind.” Cutting.

Thankfully, however, God has invented pop-up tents and that is how we will now be spending our forthcoming weekend. (If only he would also invent pop-up flushing toilets, we would all be laughing).

But despite the reservations about the mud, the loos, the queues and the total abandonment of personal hygiene, I am still very excited about opening my Glastonbury account. The musical line-up looks incredible (I'm especially looking forward to Broooooce, Glasvegas, The Gaslight Anhem, The Specials, Echo and The Bunnymen, Hugh Cornwell, Spinal Tap and more) and I’m looking forward to catching up with some great new bands, some great old bands and many others who have yet to reach my radar.

Hopefully, I might even see some of you at the event – I’ll be the one in a dodgy pop-up tent, wearing a faded Stranglers T-shirt and with a toilet roll in one hand and a ‘how to survive your first Glastonbury’ guide in the other.

Bring it on Glastonbury – do your worst!