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Yeah, I saw neither Wizkid nor Arctic Monkeys that night, better entertainment elsewhere yet I cannot for the life of me remember what that was now.   Statistically I see more headliners at Other than Pyramid, and those 2 stages have made up about 50% of my headliners over 25 years.  When I was first going almost everything I saw was across those 2, but these days I'd be as likely to end up at Avalon, West Holts or Woodsies.   Last year was famously some of the most egregious examples of bad planning of the bookings for the stages, 2022 had similar issues.  Glastonbury evolves though, and with great efficiency, so I'm confident that the occasional botched booking will remain just that.

I think the main worry is lack of headroom for Reeves to remain in within her fiscal rules, so unless she's going to break them it could mean spending cuts to tax rises...something like that. Reading a few people saying that BoE should maybe ease up on the 2% inflation target with all the global stuff going on, maybe have to live with inflation a bit higher and start cutting rates to help the economy a bit...something like that again.

This is true but in fairness to the bookers it does seem to be pretty unpredictable at times. Megan thee Stallion had a decent sized crowd up against Paul McCartney, whereas the following year Wizkid was completely dead up against Arctic Monkeys. I guess it's not just about Pyramid vs Other, but everything else that's going on that might pull people away (that would be out of the main stage bookers control).

Hoping Wunderhorse and Jack White

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