What do you regret about Glastonbury 2014?

[eoJ]

Only looking, not participating, in the Green Crafts/Healing fields.

Seeing Kasabian & Black Keys instead of heading to the other stage (although Ed Sheeran was awesome)

Missing Aphex Twin & Beans on Toast

Not taking a higher dose of LSD (tbf, friends only took a quarter tab, I took half, would've been way too spacey for them if I'd taken a whole one)

Camping in Oxlyers instead of Park Home

Minor one, not seeing ME's Q&A, but that can always be done next year.

Overall though, no huge regrets. I do wish they'd make the underground piano bar a bit harder to find, from the way it's always been described, I thought I'd have to walk through woods, crawl through undergrowth, then find a secret door hidden in a tree, when in reality I found it in 2 minutes. The queue outside probably didn't help with making it difficult.

Edited July 3, 2014 by eoJ

[Gnomicide]

No regrets for me this year. I think perhaps that after now doing 4, I've finally got it right.

Do what you want to do, when you want to do it.

Can't be arsed going somewhere? Well that's fine, especially if it's an area, chances are it'll be back again and if I get a ticket, I may go there next year.

Spend more time in Avalon? Definitely my favourite area, so yup.

See a band in Acoustic tent? Done

See a band on the Park? Done

Wander, chat, sit down, chat, drink, make the meets, have a poo in the rain.....

It was bloody ace.

[Mardy]

yeah, nothing much, one or two bands I'd maybe i'd like to have seen, but no, I had a fucking blast, was tremendous fun.

[wetwipes]

*Falling backwards off my little stool at the Glade on Friday, pint in hand, right in front of supercool DJ Don Letts who was sitting behind me - he was not impressed by my inane utterance to him of the word "Oooops"

*Entering the rammed Pyramid Stage area late for Dolly at the top left of the field by the oak tree and discovering could barely hear her from there, EVEN when they turned the music up a fraction after 3 songs.

*Delicious banana fritters selling out by Sunday from Ghandi's Flip Flop.

*Missing Viv Albertine in the Crows Nest on Friday (clash with Rodrigo y Gabriella)

* Friday stage shutdown wrecking my half Hazel O Connor / half Tune-Yards plan. Hazel was half an hour late, while Tune-Yards finished on time, so I only heard two songs.

*Missing Smoke Fairies in Williams Green on Saturday (clash with Robert Plant).

*Utterly forgetting I meant to see Prof. Alice Roberts up in the Crows Nest on Sunday, only remembering during Toumani Diabate's clashing set.

*People in the pit yakking all the way through the beautiful gentle Diabate set - I moved several times to no avail.

*Not bothering to check out Sasha in the Glade on Thursday night.

*Seeing what looked like a newborn baby asleep without any ear defenders on, up near the front of the Wailers set - that's just not right.

Mostly good though - enjoyed it much more than I expected as I wasn't mad about this year's line-up....

[ICGenie]

Only real regret was choosing Black Keys instead of St Vincent and then missing half of their set in the queue for a pie anyway. Not clever.

[Messy]

couldn't be arsed leaving dairy ground for any of Metallica/Mogwai/Jon Hopkins on Saturday night. it troubled me even at the time but I was knackered and couldn't be arsed tackling the mud again. oh well.

[BA4 4BY]

*Utterly forgetting I meant to see Prof. Alice Roberts up in the Crows Nest on Sunday, only remembering during Toumani Diabate's clashing set.

[Pinhead]

Every year I always regret not seeing more and hearing about some of the performances that I missed, but I think this is perfectly normal and you just can't see everything. Happy that I managed my yearly average of about 23 bands / performances.

[Mardy]

I saw about 8 bands this year, probably double what I normally manage to catch

Billy Bragg

Skrillex

Courtney Barnett (twice)

Dan le Sac

Wolf Alice

Fat White Family

Beth Orton

Dolly Parton

and about 5-10 mins of some other bands (Blondie, Alabama 3, Mogwai etc)

[stuartbert two hats]

Courtney was good wasn't she? How was the JP performance/crowd?

Edited July 8, 2014 by stuartbert two hats

[Mardy]

Courtney was good wasn't she? How was the JP performance/crowd.

[stuartbert two hats]

she was great. Think I preferred the Park set, just cos it all fitted together, the sun came out, she played for slightly longer, it was a bit more fun, but hte JP one was good too

I'm delighted that the BBC clip of her from the Park has several shots of the back of my head bobbing up and down. Fame and fortune!

[Mardy]

My face even made it onto the coverage! I was on the barrier, where were you?

[CaledonianGonzo]

For all that I had a blast this year, it wasn't patch on last year. We managed to fill up our days with music and were never bored but a lot of it was best endeavours. Some stuff that was funny for the sake of it - a Palestinean rapper performing in the Glade to about a dozen people, some was unexpectedly good (Bajofondo, Midlake, Deltron 3030, Railing Stains, Peatbog Faeires), a fair bit was average (Dreadzone, J5, Rev Peyton, Disclosure) and some was unexpectedly moving (Yoko Ono).

Most out of it moment was definitely DJ Sneak in Bez's Acid House in the post-sunrise hours of Sunday morning followed by a wired to the moon solo mission into The Temple, The Cave and the Rocket Lounge.

Of the acts that I could feasibly have seen and didn't I'm annoyed to have missed Seun Kuti, Bomba Estereo and the English National Ballet.

[The Nal]

Did you catch Toumani and Sidiki CD?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Did you catch Toumani and Sidiki CD?

[pentura]

That's mighty impressive Stu. we were way back, not far from the mixing desk, but as the camera pans across doing the wide shot, we're just in front of it.

[A Guy Called Matt]

My face even made it onto the coverage! I was on the barrier, where were you?

[Mardy]

Must have been right beside you!! Haven't seen the footage but maybe me and my old man are in it too!

Edited July 8, 2014 by Mardy

[The Nal]

Nah - having seem them a few weeks beforehand we opted for Melt Yourself Down. No regrets, really, as MYD were off the chain and we really needed something to get us up and moving. As beautiful as the kora is, might have proved a bit too relaxing at that stage of the day when what we really needed a boot up the 'arris.

Saw a kora player on the Hell Stage on the Thursday night playing with a band called Afriquoi. Was OK, but my friends weren't really feeling it, so we didn't tarry.

[Midnight Man]

Had a great one - one of the best for me, at least in part because I went with low expectations of the line up and was pleasantly surprised.

Looking forward to 2015 even more.

[whateverman]

I regret - not visiting Despacio, as I had planned.

I had Anti-Flag marked up as a potential storming gig, couldn't persuade anyone to come with me, and made the bad desicion not to go. By all accounts it was superb.

I got a bit too wasted on the Saturday night. I certainly regretted that on Sunday.

I walked through the worst of the storm to get ice for making cocktails (they were delicious), then slept naked in some gorgeous girl's bell tent (we kept each other warm!). I don't regret either per se, but I reckon they have contributed to the monster flu I've been fighting for the last week!

[stuartbert two hats]

Was that at the Park? Ali and I were at the barrier in JP

[ghandi]

I'd say getting fucked up at the efests meet and bashing my face in by tripping up on a guide rope totally bladdered is a regret and that the only thing I'd change was NOT to bother with the SE corner or Arcadia anymore, been there done that and try something somewhere else next year should I get lucky in October. I choose wisely this year with regard to acts seen and wouldn't change a thing that way. I regret the clashes but what can you do.

[Tremor2005]

My regret is one I'm not sure I'll ever be able to do much about - I've got no staying power! Always have the intention of going so see Shangri La or Arcadia in the early hours but found myself after the headliners completely shattered. Any advice for next year on staying up? And no, I don't want to take any damn drugs to achieve it...

Also regret trying so hard to avoid needing the toilet. I knew festival loos can be bad so I avoided food that would give me the runs (curries, spicy mexican food etc). As such the food I had was bland and the toilets I DID use were actually fine!