Areas that would benefit from a "revamp"

[Sawdusty surfer]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

I could handle a bit of that

We need a bit of proper old school twistedness

Exactly that! 

[Neil]

this old codger's body can do with a revamp it might work ok if it got one.

[Suprefan]

Everywhere?

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Suprefan said:

Everywhere?

You really hate this festival don’t you ? 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

We need a bit of proper old school twistedness

Absolutely this. Weird experiences that stay with you for ages. You think about it weeks later with a straight head and say to yourself "did I actually fucking witness that?!". The SEC has become a little 'sterile' in the past few years. I used to love wandering through, interacting with the characters in the different areas. Was mind-bending in a good way, if you were in a certain state of mind. Peaked in 2011 for me with the "infected" theme

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

3 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

You really hate this festival don’t you ? 

Glastobaiting alert. Disregard. 

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Absolutely this. Weird experiences that stay with you for ages. You think about it weeks later with a straight head and say to yourself "did I actually fucking witness that?!". The SEC has become a little 'sterile' in the past few years. I used to love wandering through, interacting with the characters in the different areas. Was mind-bending in a good way, if you were in a certain state of mind. Peaked in 2011 for me with the "infected" theme

Glad you and Sawdusty surfer are backing me up on this.

It's years since I've seen a properly weird occurance at Glastonbury, as for characters...

Where's all the spontaneous creativity gone?

[kaytee...]

Stonebridge. If Williams Green is going then the crowds will be unimaginable up there this year. They were horrendous last year, it makes no sense to me they can put massive names on in such a small space given the size of the festival.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Pyramid hasn't changed for years and it's boring now.  They should change it into a dodecahedron or a hexagonal prism.

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The Pyramid hasn't changed for years and it's boring now.  They should change it into a dodecahedron or a hexagonal prism.

With the Orb b2b The KLF 12 hour set

And stay away from the kool-aid

Edited February 2, 2023 by Skip997

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Just now, Skip997 said:

Glad you and Sawdusty surfer are backing me up on this.

It's years since I've seen a properly weird occurance at Glastonbury, as for characters...

Where's all the spontaneous creativity gone?

I agree. And that's coming from someone who stupidly spurned numerous opportunities to attend in the 90s, only to see the light a decade later. Just managed to catch the last days of Trash City. The first versions of Shangri-la captured that edgier spirit a lot more than they do now. Things evolve of course, that's also important, but not at the cost of staying true to your roots. Fuck it, bring back dogs on string, I say!

[Memory Man]

The growth in numbers on site and the popularity of the SE corner has gone hand in hand with its reduction in quality, sadly. 
too many people now to do micro venues. At least you dont queue to enter any more but i was more than happy to end my saturday at the wow stage in SH - nowhere near as busy and full on as SE corner and brilliant music.

side note i just think the festival has expanded ever so slightly too much in terms of numbers now. Its harder and harder to find something great thats not rammed. You have to really zig when others zag.

the whole late night scene all across site has gone hand in hand with electronic music being the big / popular genre amongst under 30s. People are buying tickets just for late night stuff! Victim of its own success. Theres not much late night stuff thats not DJs these days. I like it but can see why others dont & want a bit more variety.

Edited February 2, 2023 by Memory Man

[stuie]

2 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

You really hate this festival don’t you ? 

It’s just not Coachella… y’all know that. 

[Spindles]

2 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Absolutely this. Weird experiences that stay with you for ages. You think about it weeks later with a straight head and say to yourself "did I actually fucking witness that?!". The SEC has become a little 'sterile' in the past few years. 

I remember the folk I was with in 2010 on Saturday trying to get their heads round the things they'd seen the night before down there.  I personally think that 2009's Trash City and the first year of Shangri La in 2010 were the peak and we've been on a bit of a slow slide since.

I want the teams behind Shangri La and the Unfairground to take over Silver Hayes, bring it kicking and screaming into the century of the fruitbat.

Sadly I'm too old, boring and crowd averse for it to be my thing anymore, but I want it for everyone else, for their Glastonbury to contain that insanity and that sense of seeing something you would never see anywhere else and as you say, you are left wondering if it was real or some crazed drug dream of a frazzled brain whose neurons were firing randomly. Glastonbury 22 was a bit of a let down for me, one I forgave because of the circumstances but for the future of the festival it feels like they need a bit of shock and awe.

[Leyrulion]

4 hours ago, Skip997 said:

I could handle a bit of that

We need a bit of proper old school twistedness

 

2 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Absolutely this. Weird experiences that stay with you for ages. You think about it weeks later with a straight head and say to yourself "did I actually fucking witness that?!". The SEC has become a little 'sterile' in the past few years. I used to love wandering through, interacting with the characters in the different areas. Was mind-bending in a good way, if you were in a certain state of mind. Peaked in 2011 for me with the "infected" theme

I dunno, I think some of that weirdness is still there elsewhere. Specifically thinking about the Alien mermaid singing about D.I.V.O.R.C.E in the park stage last year.

[Leyrulion]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The Pyramid hasn't changed for years and it's boring now.  They should change it into a dodecahedron or a hexagonal prism.

I know you're joking but they could really do with fixing the sound bleed from the food trucks over by the band stand way.

[clarkete]

This is cloud cuckoo land innit? 

It's nice that there's excitable chat about something, but in a year where they've needed to increase prices to cover the massive increase of infrastructure prices and the pandemic hit to their reserves, do you seriously think they can afford big budget revamps? 

[Leyrulion]

17 minutes ago, clarkete said:

This is cloud cuckoo land innit? 

It's nice that there's excitable chat about something, but in a year where they've needed to increase prices to cover the massive increase of infrastructure prices and the pandemic hit to their reserves, do you seriously think they can afford big budget revamps? 

Changes don't necessarily automatically mean big budget. 

I imagine the silver Hayes revamp this year came out at about cost neutral. 

I'm a broken record when it comes to it but making better use of fewer stages with better production if done correctly would revitalise some areas.

 

[moogster]

9 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Absolutely this. Weird experiences that stay with you for ages. You think about it weeks later with a straight head and say to yourself "did I actually fucking witness that?!". The SEC has become a little 'sterile' in the past few years. I used to love wandering through, interacting with the characters in the different areas. Was mind-bending in a good way, if you were in a certain state of mind. Peaked in 2011 for me with the "infected" theme

Oh 2011 SEC was sooooooooo good. I think I tried a couple more times after that, but not being a big EDM fan it lost its appeal. 

Isn't it interesting that the conversation is quite SEC/SH focused? Would anyone dare to ask for a revamp of the Green Fields ? Acoustic, come on guys I know lots of you wouldn't set foot there (which probably means you don't care).

For me the Park needs to decide what it is in terms of identity. It's not Emily's pet project anymore. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

7 hours ago, clarkete said:

This is cloud cuckoo land innit? 

It's nice that there's excitable chat about something, but in a year where they've needed to increase prices to cover the massive increase of infrastructure prices and the pandemic hit to their reserves, do you seriously think they can afford big budget revamps? 

It also ignores many of the changes that happened last year - when there was new venues in the Common and Shangri-la.

[Jose Pose]

7 hours ago, clarkete said:

This is cloud cuckoo land innit? 

It's nice that there's excitable chat about something, but in a year where they've needed to increase prices to cover the massive increase of infrastructure prices and the pandemic hit to their reserves, do you seriously think they can afford big budget revamps? 

It’s a forum.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

25 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It also ignores many of the changes that happened last year - when there was new venues in the Common and Shangri-la.

Obviously not that memorable, considering no one's mentioned them. 

The festival does tweak areas each year, often due to budget pressures, which particularly in 2022 was widely accepted.

There's probably not one person who thinks they have the time, resources or budget to revamp all of the areas that might need it. It's just a chat thread. All theoretical, aspirational. Nothing serious.

[gfa]

To some extent lost edge has been replaced with just sticking acts on stages they are far too big for to create hype instead

[stuie]

31 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It also ignores many of the changes that happened last year - when there was new venues in the Common and Shangri-la.

And SH changed massively last year. And B9 the year before with Icon. I think UFG is the most desperate for changes. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

35 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Obviously not that memorable, considering no one's mentioned them. 

 

I spent a good chunk of the Wednesday night in Platform 23, which was new last year - a two story venue with an old tube carriage embedded in it (I presume recycled from the Earache Stage)