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Anyone else trying to avoid the reality of Britain today and now counting down to the special place? I can't turn on news or listen to anything political, just watching and listening to music. I need it. Am I the only one?

Been like that since the Friday morning of the festival in 2016.

Everything just went that bit shitter. EVERYTHING

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Just now, Mich1268 said:

Anyone else trying to avoid the reality of Britain today and now counting down to the special place? I can't turn on news or listen to anything political, just watching and listening to music. I need it. Am I the only one?

Tried that but first song in my Glastonbury playlist was Running the world by Jarvis Cocker to remind me of the shitshow! 😂

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Same here, this country is a fucking mess, and the rest of the world isn't much better.  There's a lot of people going to need some serious release in a couple of weeks.  Have a good festival x

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2 hours ago, Mich1268 said:

Anyone else trying to avoid the reality of Britain today and now counting down to the special place? I can't turn on news or listen to anything political, just watching and listening to music. I need it. Am I the only one?

Only for the last 3-6 years or so.

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While I get what you mean and it will of course be a release, the outside world will still be represented and ever present within the Glastonbury city wall. 

Ukraine, Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace, Covid, Politics, cost of living, Black Lives Matter, climate change.

No escape! The world is fucked.

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3 minutes ago, stuie said:

While I get what you mean and it will of course be a release, the outside world will still be represented and ever present within the Glastonbury city wall. 

Ukraine, Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace, Covid, Politics, cost of living, Black Lives Matter, climate change.

No escape! The world is fucked.

Couldn't agree with this more, and it goes beyond the politics - everything that's crap about modern life is still present, to some extent, at Glastonbury.  There's a cycle with Glastonbury excitement.  After Christmas, throughout the grimness of January and February, those with tickets fantasise about being there and those waiting for the re-sale are having nervous breakdowns which turn to ecstasy if they succeed.  Then, after the resale, the excitement levels gradually ramp up until these two weeks when lots of workplaces are seeing very little work done and the talk on here is of Glastonbury being this magical place where everyone's lovely and we all ride round on unicorns.

And then the festival happens, and a lot of people find out that Glastonbury isn't really a magic place, e.g. you can still be unlucky enough to be camped next to arseholes and all the usual everyday niggles are still there, only now they're pissing you off mightily because it's not the Narnia you'd promised yourself it would be.  So afterwards, you get the post-mortem discussions on here, with people saying they're throwing in the towel as it's not the place it used to be etc. 

The best way to deal with Glastonbury is to expect the same as of a night out in a provincial pub.  That way, you're better prepared for the inevitable glitches and you'll almost certainly have a better time than you would if you'd over-hyped it.

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27 minutes ago, stuie said:

While I get what you mean and it will of course be a release, the outside world will still be represented and ever present within the Glastonbury city wall. 

Ukraine, Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace, Covid, Politics, cost of living, Black Lives Matter, climate change.

No escape! The world is fucked.

True true

 

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3 hours ago, Jay Pee said:

Been like that since the Friday morning of the festival in 2016.

Everything just went that bit shitter. EVERYTHING

How I was woken up on Friday in 2016...  "Happy Birthday, the ****s voted us out" or words to that effect.

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I’ve slowly avoided the news as much as possible since the Ukraine invasion. It gets me down and I have so many other things to do it’s a drain on my time and energy. I do still have the horrible dread feeling that the cost of living issues alongside everything else in this country aren’t at their worst yet. But I am counting the days down to escape and feel those good vibes.

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1 minute ago, gigpusher said:

Did make me think I should go and see Jarvis for the catharsis of screaming it out live. I mean has it ever been more true! 

I know! Can you imagine feeling the energy shouting that song out loud ! It would  feel really really good

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46 minutes ago, matichin said:

Was looking back on my pics the 2016 festival (in no way connected to weather-related concerns) and found a pic from Shangri-la I took that seems a bit prescient...

 

Escape soon.

 

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"We've got one who can see..."

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