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Kraftwerk aint' cheap, sadly. One always on the agenda, never quite nailed.

As much as I'd love that it does seem too big. I would guess Thursday Reytons Friday VW LDP Sat Bloc Party FF Sun Snow Patrol Travis   Reytons would be the band with the Tramlines crossover on Monday. Snow Patrol seems obvious having played the other events last year and having announced their own outdoor gigs the other week before this.   Feel like we've all been getting hopes up with Biffy and some things really are too good to be true...   I would love to see Dizzee Rascal headline the market stage up against a VW or Snow Patrol to offer something different for those who like more of a party.   Also hoping for Jake Bugg, Razorlight as third down or tent options but wouldn't be surprised to see K's back, with Lathums who have new albums coming out next year   Not asking for too much right?!😂

I’m praying for Bloc Party as a lot of their shows line up with the dates for Truck. I’d be disappointed with Courteeners, not really my kind of band. Vampire Weekend is very exciting though. Still optimistic for a Foals/Wolf Alice pull 😔

Here's my take on a fair ticket sale.  I can't think of any loopholes, will wait for the replies.   Registration database is reset after each festival.  You will have to re-register for the next festival.  The idea is you should only register once.   If you change address, you must edit your registration and pay GFL an admin fee (£35?) for them to approve your change of address.  This would involve uploading proof that you lived at your previous address and also proof that you now live at your current address.  This is to stop multiple registrations.   On ticket day, you must log in using your registration number and postcode before you get a queue ID.  The queue ID is stored against your registration number and will stays the same if you log on to multiple browser sessions.  If you intend to purchase tickets for others (total 4 for coach, 6 for main), you must also enter their registrations before you get a queue ID.  This allows small groups to purchase tickets whilst stopping big syndicates having an unfair advantage.   To make it worthwhile waiting in the queue, I would stop the queue IDs being assigned their place in the queue at the start of the sale.  Instead I would have the servers randomly choose a registration number from those that haven't already got a ticket - all browser sessions with the associated queue ID would display a prompt "click here to purchase tickets" that can only be clicked once which allows the chosen browser to proceed to a ticket purchase screen where payment is taken, and the queue ID expires.   I would also have a tickets sold/remaining counter on all browsers just to keep it interesting.  

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