V better than Glastonbury

[thetime]

It all depends on your taste in music. Sadly the Blur vs Oasis thing is dictating a lot of people.

[Phil-itfc]

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this thread has made me LOL!

V is better than Glasto if your idea of a festival is watching overpaid pop trash while quing for beer tokens which allow you to que again to buy watered down beer while some stag do yell stupid overhear slogans!

[Funkyfairy!]

Before last weekend I would have sad V was the better festival, but this year I decided to give Glasto a go. Freinds had been telling me for years that glasto was better, but I dug my heels in and wouldn;t agree

Now I am eating a hge slice of humble pie. Glastonbury is awesome - you cannot describe it . Now I understand the true meaning of a festival.

If you just want to watch the 'big bands' then V is great, If however you want variety, experiences to knock your socks off and open your eyes then Glasto is for you

Things that didn;t annoy me about V, but will now are:

Queueing for beer tokens (loads of bars at Glasto with variety and no queues)

Stupid q's for toilets - again I didn;t q at all at Glastonbury

Lack of variety of 'other' things to do

Not being allowed into the arena until lunchtime - Glasto free to wander wherevere and whenever - brilliant. We wandered over the pyramid stage field after Blur a few hours later and there were loads of people sitting around, chilling and with camp fires lit- fantastic

I will keep going to V as for me it's a chance to 'go home' and catch up with old friends, but I'll certainly be back to Galstonbury and Glasto wins hands down in the festival experience

[VCK]

Never been to V, will probably go one day but I doubt it will be better than Glastonbury.

[Benj]

Queueing for beer tokens (loads of bars at Glasto with variety and no queues)

[Jonny!]

no it isnt

[cabstar]

Still cannot believe people stating V is better than Glasto. How can you judge something until you have been. I have just been catching up with some of the tv coverage from Glasto & once agian BBC have done a poor show of covering the festival, still better than Channel 4's V coverage though lol.

Best thing about Glasto, getting there on Wednesday & not leaving until late on Monday night, you certainly do not get stewards hassling you on Monday to get off site by 12 like V!!!

So much to do after the bands finish, hell even the cider bus is more entertaining than anything V can come up with after hours!!!

[cthulu]

As a veteran of both I say Glastonbury for the sheer size, 24hrs and randomness of it all, plus the facilities are soo much better. Line up for V is good though but there really is no comparison .

[stuie]

I'd say if you don't prefer Glastonbury, you're probably not doing it right!

[Benj]

I believe Redman was comparing the lineup as opposed to anything else in his original post.

[It doesn't get any better]

are u both mad

[sixftbabe]

haven't even bothered reading whole thread but Glastonbury absolutely is the best festival in the world...

if your judging glastonbury by whats on tv then you have it all wrong. V has no answer to Shangra-la,trash city,the stone circle and the highlight of my 2009 festival: laughter thearpy in green fields. It's just an incredible festival with the most diverse, deep lineup ever. What other festival can you choose from headline performances from Blur, Prodigy, Calvin Harris, Black Eyed Peas and more all on one night; yet alone from Bruce Springstein, Neil Young, 2manyDJs, David Guetta, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, High Contrast and loads more over weekend...Glasto wins anyday

[Paul ™]

Yup V is definately better, Glasto is crap so don't bother even trying for tickets for next year

[farewellandgoodnight]

I know watching on the tv can't compare with being there, but from what I have seen, I have decided that I made the right choice choosing V over Glasto.

Anyone else think the same?

[Benj]

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[Taylor.]

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[james915]

Why have you searched back to find a topic that is a year old to write 'ha' over and over again I mean c'mon pointless?

To answer the question, honestly glasto is the better festival. But you have gotta appreciate that V will be the preffered choice for some people.

[Taylor.]

this debate always frustrates me...people like the laughing idiot above come on to a V forum and say how rubbish it is compared to Glastonbury as if they have somehow contributed to its greatness or have some sort of exclusive rights to attend that people who choose V do not.

Everyone is free to go to Glastonbury if they want to and are organised enough but some people dont want to. It is clearly a higher calibre festival all round with more music to choose from, more non-muscial entertainment, more people etc. but to suggest that people who prefer V to Glastonbury aren't aware of that is ignorant.

I personally enjoy a more compact, mainstream musical experience where I can stay in and around 1 or 2 different stages over the course of the weekend without too much bother. You know going in that the top 3 acts on the main stage at V are, pretty much, the best V has to offer so you dont have to trapse around from stage to stage to find what you want.

When I settle in to the crowd on the Sunday night at the V stage to watch Editors / Weller / Stereophonics / Kings of Leon I won't be wishing I was 50 yards further back about to watch Ray Davies, Jack Johnson, Faithless and Stevie Wonder...I just won't.

This doesnt make me an idiot, this doesnt make me naive or "unenlightened", this is my preference

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

71 Stages Vs 3 stages..

Need I say more?

[When Jokers Attack]

Yup V is definately better, Glasto is crap so don't bother even trying for tickets for next year

[bezza18]

71 Stages Vs 3 stages..

Need I say more?

[thetime]

this debate always frustrates me...people like the laughing idiot above come on to a V forum and say how rubbish it is compared to Glastonbury as if they have somehow contributed to its greatness or have some sort of exclusive rights to attend that people who choose V do not.

Everyone is free to go to Glastonbury if they want to and are organised enough but some people dont want to. It is clearly a higher calibre festival all round with more music to choose from, more non-muscial entertainment, more people etc. but to suggest that people who prefer V to Glastonbury aren't aware of that is ignorant.

I personally enjoy a more compact, mainstream musical experience where I can stay in and around 1 or 2 different stages over the course of the weekend without too much bother. You know going in that the top 3 acts on the main stage at V are, pretty much, the best V has to offer so you dont have to trapse around from stage to stage to find what you want.

When I settle in to the crowd on the Sunday night at the V stage to watch Editors / Weller / Stereophonics / Kings of Leon I won't be wishing I was 50 yards further back about to watch Ray Davies, Jack Johnson, Faithless and Stevie Wonder...I just won't.

This doesnt make me an idiot, this doesnt make me naive or "unenlightened", this is my preference

[Benj]

what total garbage of a post.

obviously you havnt been to glastonbury so there fore can not comment in a informed manner.

[thetime]

Im not one for all the mystical bollocks or random happenings, Im not saying they're rubbish, they're just not for me.

[Dunney77]

Glastonbury sets the bar to which all other festivals try and reach and I don't think none of them even come close and never will as long as Glastonbury still runs.

Apparently some of the European ones are really good but I have not been to one of them yet, most of the

There is no bad festival, its what you make of it...unless of course its Reading which is massively overated!

Edited April 30, 2010 by Dunney77