MindTheLongdrop

From looking around last two years I'd assumed the median age is somewhere around 30. Even with social media I feel it's not until their mid 20s that people have enough disposible income, organisation and luck to grab a ticket. Did it use to skew older? I can't image all the people attending (and sneaking in) the 90s were pushing 40 I wonder if they have kept stats over the years, I'm sure they'd make an interesting read.

Big ones for me: Make Silver Hayes 4am Build up/better advertisement of other late night areas. Sort out SEC/Shangri-la bottlenecks Electronic stuff is popular among the 25-35 crowd no doubt. But how many are willing to commit to DJs at headliner time (unless they're Bicep/Charlie sized) and stay out till 6 vs go with the flow, see a headliner, stop at the tent then back out for a dance. I think if the fest handles the latter you can reduce the crowds. SEC is so out the way that you don't want to risk going somewhere else at 1am, potentially find it blocked off, then trek to SEC anyway.. This is especially true for the Pennards/Paines lot, Silver Hayes and SEC are essentially opposite directions. 4am is the sweet spot where everyone not on copious amounds of MDMA is probably happy to call it a night. Throw in some variety, maybe some basic or cheesy music stage to complement the DJs at Levels and boom, a viable alternative. Instead of everyone flocking SEC every night, most just choose one night. I couldn't convince my group to go to Silver Hayes because it was just DJs so wasn't considered a 'must see' night time area, and they only time people wanted to go it was already full for Charli. Meanwhile, every day except Weds someone said "I really want to see Shangri-la at night (because they had gone to bed early or had only seen Block-9 so far). The app is potentially a great tool, not just for advertising but maybe one day get to a place where they can say X is at % capacity. I had no idea Park had stuff running past 3 until reading this thread. This year the SEC felt so chaotic. I liked Genosys, Mez Yard and Rocket Lounge, everything else worth seeing needed a lot of queuing. You end up with so many crowds walking through and bottlenecks. Iicon toilets were always super busy since they're pretty much in the way of the SEC entrance, plus the narrow entrance to Block-9, bit around Unfairground toilets was consistently uncomfortable. They need to find some way to funnel people through better On another note, stuff like Glastobury by Sea and Healing fields are what makes the festival uniqle and I don't think the festival should pander to the sesh gremlins too much.

I ddin't mind the set but I will say Shania was lucky that Cyndi sounded even worse.

Stonebridge for Shy Fx on Thursday was grim. Stuck outside the tent with people pushing through and downhill only to realise the entrance was elsewhere, then pushing across. Was keen for Idris but knew there was no point even trying. In fact I was quite sick of the Park by Friday, didn't set foot there again after Barry Can't Swim (which we arrived v early for)

Adding my thoughts: I like SZA and was at the set with a few friends. It was a good performance on the whole but as someone said just felt like a tour stop, barely any interaction. And the super distorted mic didn't help. By the end all her songs had blended together into droney mess. Crowd was v thin, empty behind the first sound deck, with people spread out sat or lying down. In the end we left 10 minutes early to say bye to our friends before their coach. Left just to me I probably go for Justice for a more upbeat vibe but my gf was keen to watch. Others in my group (mid-20s, female) did London Grammar and The Feeling instead. I think the chill RnB vibe is just not what people are after on Sun. Especially if you've ticked your Pyramid box on Fri and/or Sat. Then you have the glasto demographic issue, I think age is more of a factor than race, around me the crowd did skew quite young, lots of people with braces A shame because this is a good risk to take. I feel bad for SZA as she's headline worthy and makes good music but to an extent she was set up to fail. Maybe there's behind the scenes politics but for me the festival need to be more on top of this if they want to or are seen to be 'giving a chance' to artists in the headline slot (esp women or POC). That being said it isn't a disaster or end of the world. I doubt SZA's career is harmed by headlining a huge festival and for glastonbury life moves on, albeit with lessons to be learned for the future.