Will the 2021 festival go ahead?

[dotdash79]

Every festival in the U.K. right now

[incident]

3 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

God bojo is annoying innit.

I feel like once vaccines roll out and things start moving to normality again the public will vote him in again. Cognitive dissonance 

Yeah, the public might be prepared to vote him in again, but I doubt he'll be interested in sticking around that long. He's clearly not enjoying it anymore, and he'll make a killing with a couple of part time adviser / director roles and giving the odd speech.

I think as soon as this is out of the way, and before the worst long term effects of Brexit are hitting us, he'll look to make an exit while he can still proclaim himself a success.

[Mr Boo]

Fast Covid testing and vaccines are on the way. Let’s get this party started

Edited November 23, 2020 by Mr Boo

[rascalpete]

This morning I was certain, after that press conference and the fact they are really pushing Easter normality I'm 100% sure it’s on, brothers bar are gonna need some serious stock! 

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, rascalpete said:

This morning I was certain, after that press conference and the fact they are really pushing Easter normality I'm 100% sure it’s on, brothers bar are gonna need some serious stock! 

Me and my mates decided too start the Wednesday morning off with a Brothers cider at 1030 one year, that was fun.

[rascalpete]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Me and my mates decided too start the Wednesday morning off with a Brothers cider at 1030 one year, that was fun.

Top effort!! Whilst in the queue?! Start it off with two this year and with the added freedom it will be even better 😝 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, rascalpete said:

Top effort!! Whilst in the queue?! Start it off with two this year and with the added freedom it will be even better 😝 

Nah we took camper bans that year so had parked up in the CV field on the Tuesday night, which meant we were on site early doors.

[xxialac]

1 hour ago, incident said:

Yeah, the public might be prepared to vote him in again, but I doubt he'll be interested in sticking around that long. He's clearly not enjoying it anymore, and he'll make a killing with a couple of part time adviser / director roles and giving the odd speech.

I think as soon as this is out of the way, and before the worst long term effects of Brexit are hitting us, he'll look to make an exit while he can still proclaim himself a success.

List of things Johnson can point to as successes of his government since taking office:

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[Avalon_Fields]

1 hour ago, rascalpete said:

This morning I was certain, after that press conference and the fact they are really pushing Easter normality I'm 100% sure it’s on, brothers bar are gonna need some serious stock! 

I even dream about being at Brothers Bar. Traditional Wednesday lunchtime meet ups for us. I know it will make me blissfully happy in 2021. 

[rascalpete]

3 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

I even dream about being at Brothers Bar. Traditional Wednesday lunchtime meet ups for us. I know it will make me blissfully happy in 2021. 

YES - those dreams gonna get me through!

[Punksnotdead]

18 minutes ago, rascalpete said:

YES - those dreams gonna get me through!

I had my first Glasto dream in ages last night, so I'm taking that as a good sign! 🙂

Although in the dream I left my rucksack on the train, so I'm hoping that bit doesn't come true!

[Lycra]

I'm more positive than I've been since this whole covid pandemic began that Glasto has a good chance of going ahead. It now all depends on how vaccines can suppress the case numbers. After reading the negative from Bearded Theory organisers on testing before entry, I'm wondering if the way forward lies with only certifified vaccinated persons being allow to attend. This would be similar to the way in which certain countries only allow accept yellow fever vaccinated travellers to enter their country 🤔

[xxialac]

Just now, Lycra said:

I'm more positive than I've been since this whole covid pandemic began that Glasto has a good chance of going ahead. It now all depends on how vaccines can suppress the case numbers. After reading the negative from Bearded Theory organisers on testing before entry, I'm wondering if the way forward lies with only certifified vaccinated persons being allow to attend. This would be similar to the way in which certain countries only allow accept yellow fever vaccinated travellers to enter their country 🤔

0% chance.

Because the vaccine won't have been sufficiently distributed by June.

[Punksnotdead]

6 minutes ago, xxialac said:

0% chance.

Because the vaccine won't have been sufficiently distributed by June.

Yeah, Glastonbury pride themselves on fairness, so unless everyone has been offered a vaccine they definitely won't do that.

[Ryan1984]

5 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Yeah, Glastonbury pride themselves on fairness, so unless everyone has been offered a vaccine they definitely won't do that.

But they are also a business... Could they afford another year off?

[Guest]

It'll be done via testing, 2 tests in the week or so before the event, the last a day before. If both come back negative then it links to your reg and you can go. If you test positive then you don't travel to the site, you log onto Seetickets and roll your ticket to 2022. It's not fool proof and open to some element of lying but nothing's perfect and is before any vaccine has been taken into account.

[xxialac]

6 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Yeah, Glastonbury pride themselves on fairness, so unless everyone has been offered a vaccine they definitely won't do that.

Safe to assume that at most 10% of young people will have had the full vaccine by June. There's no chance of making it a requirement in any circumstance.

Edited November 23, 2020 by xxialac

[xxialac]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

It'll be done via testing, 2 tests in the week or so before the event, the last a day before. If both come back negative then it links to your reg and you can go. If you test positive then you don't travel to the site, you log onto Seetickets and roll your ticket to 2022. It's not fool proof and open to some element of lying but nothing's perfect and is before any vaccine has been taken into account.

I think this is the most realistic solution by far.

Nothing will be foolproof but this is good enough.

[Guest]

Just now, xxialac said:

I think this is the most realistic solution by far.

Nothing will be foolproof but this is good enough.

Thanks friend, I'll email Michael.

[xxialac]

Just now, Ozanne said:

Thanks friend, I'll email Michael.

Great to have it the whole plan sewn up 7 months ahead of time. Roll on June : )

[Stokesy10]

I'm too scared to get optimistic... 😔

[Leyrulion]

27 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

But they are also a business... Could they afford another year off?

They've got 9 million in the bank plus 135,000 deposits. They'll be fine.

[Crazyfool01]

20 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

I'm too scared to get optimistic... 😔

It’s ok I’m happy to have the positive thinking on your behalf  

[ShakeyCrash]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

It'll be done via testing, 2 tests in the week or so before the event, the last a day before. If both come back negative then it links to your reg and you can go. If you test positive then you don't travel to the site, you log onto Seetickets and roll your ticket to 2022. It's not fool proof and open to some element of lying but nothing's perfect and is before any vaccine has been taken into account.

Excellent idea. As you allude to some may hedge their bets a little and roll over to 2022 for a preferred lineup and as a result it will be a little harder to get tickets but its a small price to pay to alleviate some of the stresses of testing positive and not been able to go.

[kalifire]

I'm looking at the news to understand the optimism in this thread but can't make the connection. What am I missing?