LAWKS! It's the next announcement thread

[Neil]

Just now, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Maybe not but I'd imagine most other festivals would time theirs around Glastonbury? I'm sure they'd hate to have their own announcement lost within the noise of Glastonbury's? 

so the opposite of what was said, latitude is announcing so that means Glastonbury won't be. i reckon there's a bit more to picking announcement dates than having it decided by something you might not hear about in advance!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

6 minutes ago, Neil said:

so the opposite of what was said, latitude is announcing so that means Glastonbury won't be. i reckon there's a bit more to picking announcement dates than having it decided by something you might not hear about in advance!

Yeah, definitely. Melvin Benn is the common denominator here too, right? He'll surely have a handle on the Glastonbury announcement situation 

[Gnomicide]

Now Melvin is back involved he'd, if not having a say on when Glastonbury announces, I'm sure he'd at least make sure Latitude doesn't come out on the same day.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, Gnomicide said:

Now Melvin is back involved he'd, if not having a say on when Glastonbury announces, I'm sure he'd at least make sure Latitude doesn't come out on the same day.

Yeah, that's what I meant. Should've expanded on my point a bit more clearly 😂

[fred quimby]

3 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Yeah, that's what I meant. Should've expanded on my point a bit more clearly 😂

I understood you 

[Gnomicide]

3 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Yeah, that's what I meant. Should've expanded on my point a bit more clearly 😂

I knew what you meant 😁

When did he rejoin? Done a quick check and Latitude released a load of names on the same day Lana Del Rey was announced by Glastonbury.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I knew what you meant 😁

When did he rejoin? Done a quick check and Latitude released a load of names on the same day Lana Del Rey was announced by Glastonbury.

Tell me, where did you get access to such historical information so readily...? 

[Gnomicide]

3 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Tell me, where did you get access to such historical information so readily...? 

Funny you should ask. It was a combination of Twitter and this...

 

 

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Yeah, definitely. Melvin Benn is the common denominator here too, right? He'll surely have a handle on the Glastonbury announcement situation 

I doubt they're running the announcement plans passed melvin, cos he has no need to know them for his job role. 

[Ryan1984]

I’m sure it’s somewhere in here but I can’t be bothered to look - when are we expecting the resale to take place? 6th or 13th April?

[Simsy]

45 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

I’m sure it’s somewhere in here but I can’t be bothered to look - when are we expecting the resale to take place? 6th or 13th April?

Balance window is 1st to 7th so resale won't be until after then. Expecting either 13th & 16th or 20th & 23rd.

[gfa]

27 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Balance window is 1st to 7th so resale won't be until after then. Expecting either 13th & 16th or 20th & 23rd.

surely the latter, 13th is a very very short gap? not sure on whats happened in the past but that just seems so short!

[sisco]

If balance deadline is 7th I’d be surprised if it’s not  20th + 23rd myself 

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, Ryan1984 said:

I’m sure it’s somewhere in here but I can’t be bothered to look - when are we expecting the resale to take place? 6th or 13th April?

Balance deadline day is one of the few things that has been almost on a set date since 2011. Last year was different for tax reasons, it's back to 7th April this year.
2009 1 February (Sun)
2010 28 February (Sun)
2011 7 April (Thu)
2013 8 April (Mon)
2014 7 April (Mon)
2015 1 April (Wed)
2016 7 April (Thu)
2017 7 April (Fri)

2019 7 April (Sun)

2022 7 March (Mon)

Resales (and the date they were announced) have then been:

2011

25 March (Fri): Resale date announced

17 April (Sun): Resale

2013

18 March (Mon): Resale date announced

21 April (Sun): Resale

2014

31 March (Mon): Resale dates announced

24 April (Thu): Coach Resale

27 April (Sun): General Resale

2015

8 April (Wed): Resale dates announced

16 April (Thu): Coach Resale

19 April (Sun): General Resale

2016

8 April (Fri): Resale Dates announced

14 April (Thu): Coach Resale

17 April (Sun): General Resale

2017

10 April (Mon): Resale Date announced

20 April (Thu): Coach Resale

23 April (Sun): General Resale

2019

07 March (Thu): Resale dates announced

25 April (Thu): Coach Resale

28 April (Sun): General Resale

2020

26 September 2019 (Thu): Resale dates announced

16 April (Thu): Coach Resale

19 April (Sun): General Resale

2022

24 March (Thu): Coach Resale

27 March (Sun): General Resale

[Leyrulion]

On 2/20/2023 at 11:45 PM, Neil said:

I doubt they're running the announcement plans passed melvin, cos he has no need to know them for his job role. 

Probably not running past him but you'd assume he'll easily be able to drop into the marketing one drive folder and look up the excel file called "release schedule" or something similar.

Edited February 23, 2023 by Leyrulion

[NorthernSoul52]

Another week, another gamble...

I'm going for Friday afternoon.

[JoeyT]

40 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Another week, another gamble...

I'm going for Friday afternoon.

Happy to be shouted down but I *think* they tend to come of a morning nowadays.

The last I remember coming later on in the day was when the Stones headlined and the poster came out in line with their announcement.

[NorthernSoul52]

8 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Happy to be shouted down but I *think* they tend to come of a morning nowadays.

The last I remember coming later on in the day was when the Stones headlined and the poster came out in line with their announcement.

Fair enough!

[Neil]

7 hours ago, Leyrulion said:

Probably not running past him but you'd assume he'll easily be able to drop into the marketing one drive folder and look up the excel file called "release schedule" or something similar.

that suggests a level of organisation that glastonbury doesn't have.

[stuie]

8 minutes ago, Neil said:

that suggests a level of organisation that glastonbury doesn't have.

Eh?

[Neil]

Just now, stuie said:

Eh?

glastonbury doesn't run a perfectly organised office.

[Alvoram]

Just ask a few musicians to play, print a couple of hundred thousand tickets, and open the gates to some fields... There's nothing to it really... 🤷‍♂️

[Neil]

Just now, Alvoram said:

Just ask a few musicians to play, print a couple of hundred thousand tickets, and open the gates to some fields... There's nothing to it really... 🤷‍♂️

you missed the part when punters invent all the bits in between because they cannot imagine anything lesser.

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, Neil said:

glastonbury doesn't run a perfectly organised office.

I refuse to believe that after 50 years they just wing it and produce their multi million pound event on the fly.

[Neil]

Just now, stuie said:

I refuse to believe that after 50 years they just wing it and produce their multi million pound event on the fly.

they don't wing it, but they don't have the suggested (above) level of organisation for announcements.