I feel sick

[prestonmike]

7 minutes ago, kemosabe said:

Didnt have an amazing festival last time and felt i was taking it for granted and going because it's part of a routine.

A few of my group were exactly the same, the last festival didn't have the same feeling as previous ones and put a few people off, our Glastonbury WhatsApp group has been very quiet up until a few days ago when people started realising we wont be there and even though the last festival wasnt great for us, its still Glastonbury and a place that has so many good memories

[steviewevie]

5 hours ago, GaryFest said:

Hey, at least you've got access to the internet and can speak to people. You could be 4000m below sea level bolted in a ten tonne titanium prison with no contact to anyone on the outside world like five other people on this planet are at the moment.

allegedly

[steviewevie]

32 minutes ago, JamieKThomas said:

Atleast you folks didn't get tickets - I have a ticket and not sure I can attend. Taken to A&E last night just before we were about to leave for the farm. All night up A&E, now I have severe abdominal pain and can barely walk. Barring a monumental recovery within the next 24 hours, my festival could be over before it even started. 

woah. Hope you feel better soon.

[kemosabe]

8 minutes ago, prestonmike said:

A few of my group were exactly the same, the last festival didn't have the same feeling as previous ones and put a few people off, our Glastonbury WhatsApp group has been very quiet up until a few days ago when people started realising we wont be there and even though the last festival wasnt great for us, its still Glastonbury and a place that has so many good memories

100%. I found it very overcrowded and (for me personally) lost the wonder of previous years. Something was just a little off.

I also didn't like the headliners, and not a whole lot of my mates went so I was a bit lonely at times too. I found myself just doing the same events as the past few Glastonbury's to compensate (PBY and Baggy Mondays on the Thursday, Billy Bragg on Friday, Left field talks, Arcadia then into SE corner every night etc. etc.)  and probably knew the site a bit too well

But if I'm honest it was still probably top three things I did last year. 

I don't regret not going this year and my post probably shows I didn't deserve a ticket again as I'm taking it for granted, but I'm still so sad/ jealous I'm not there. 

Very excited from reading this place today it appears they've tried to address some of the concerns raised last festival. Will be so interesting to see how people find it! 

Edited June 21, 2023 by kemosabe

[al_coholic]

My daughter and her Mum have just arrived. The daughter is 15. First time and she is so excited and amazed. Wish I was there to share that. But I have done 10 and wasn't bothered about missing out this year. Will try and get tix and take the daughter next year and hopefully Miss Swift will turn up

[mikeyb123]

It gets easier the more you miss.

I went in 08 then 13-16. I loved it. But 16 wrote me off for a full week afterwards. Living ‘excessively’ and the absolute battle of the mud that year really did me and my mates in.

I got a ticket in 2017 for myself and someone I knew who wanted to go with her boyfriend. I was the one who always got the tickets. When I look back, I count myself lucky I got them 4 in a row, because I’ve not had a sausage since.

I ended up giving the ticket back in 2017 as none of my other mates for various reasons were up for it.

by 2019, life had changed and I had a partner and a baby. I still try on the off chance but it’s nowhere near the military precision I used to try with.

2017 broke me not being there, I hated that weekend so much. Gradually I watched coverage. Since then it’s been fine and I’ve looked forward to seeing it on tv.

For me, the Wednesday is always the worst not being there, because everyone is so excited and going up the hill doing the things we used to do. Smoking bifters early evening, people watching with my mates without a care in the world at the very top of the hill by the flags is one of my absolute favourite memories of the place and always gives me that knot in my stomach every year the gates open.

I think I’d like to try next year and take my partner and son with me. I’m not sure if she’s up to the slog and he will be 5. But I think it would be amazing to experience it in a totally different way and almost through his eyes rather than my bleary ones.

It might also motivate me to sort out the old caravan we inherited from my mrs’ grandad if I get tickets before I decide to bin it off. 
 

It’s mad to say this but I’m almost put off because every bloody year since I stopped, the weather has NEVER been bad and that has made me quite bitter 😂. It feels inevitable the year I go it’ll absolutely p*ss it down.

[One Tonne Baby]

1 hour ago, kemosabe said:

100%. I found it very overcrowded and (for me personally) lost the wonder of previous years. Something was just a little off.

I feel you. I felt weirdly anxious weds and thurs and managed to relax into it by Friday. I think partly because I’d hyped it so much after it being delayed for 2 years and not going since 2017 that it was never gonna live up to it and I forced it a bit. But did feel overcrowded and a bit off.

which is part of the reason I didn’t bother this year. Hopefully it means next year will be even better.

annoyingly, today wouldn’t be so bad if I knew I had tickets for 2024. But no one does!

[GaryFest]

2 hours ago, JamieKThomas said:

Atleast you folks didn't get tickets - I have a ticket and not sure I can attend. Taken to A&E last night just before we were about to leave for the farm. All night up A&E, now I have severe abdominal pain and can barely walk. Barring a monumental recovery within the next 24 hours, my festival could be over before it even started. 

Sorry to hear that mate. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Always put your health first.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

3 hours ago, JamieKThomas said:

Atleast you folks didn't get tickets - I have a ticket and not sure I can attend. Taken to A&E last night just before we were about to leave for the farm. All night up A&E, now I have severe abdominal pain and can barely walk. Barring a monumental recovery within the next 24 hours, my festival could be over before it even started. 

That's a sh*t hand to be dealt with. I once 'sacrificed'* a ticket in consideration for my mental well being. If it comes down to physical or mental well being, then not going is a no brainer. Go, if you are told it's OK, don't if your not. 

* - I gave the ticket to give to a friend to give to some desperado trying to get in. Twice I've done that now. 

Both times were the correct decision.

Just saying. 

Wishing you the most speediest of recoveries, and that you do get there, because it's alright for you to be there. 

[Suprefan]

I think they hit a tipping point and post covid its just been different. Crowd behaviour is a huge factor now and I think theyre just stuck now with not being able to sell more tickets or even cut down cause prices will be going up one way or another. I mean if there was a way to let there be a lot more new attendees go and see it and then maybe its a little more fresh than the ones who have gone 10 in a row or so and its just the norm.  If it was just easier to get a ticket in general and a potential way to do resale it def would change how the fest is and might be a little better. But who knows, late night ramble on here. Itll be a fun weekend regardless. 

[steviewevie]

I used to go quite a lot in the 90s/00/10s, then stopped for a while because kid got too old to take out of school with exams and stuff, then went back last year and had a bit of a mare. I was ok, but my kid wasn't, and she has since been diagnosed with autism which explains everything, she just kept getting overwhelmed by the whole thing...too much going on. I did make a half arsed attempt to get tickets for this year with friends, but didn't manage it. I have had some great times at Glastonbury, especially when I was young and feral, but it was a bit busy last year, and now that I am a burnt out middle aged old fart it's definitely harder and I do quite like my home comforts now. Still, might try again for next year, with friends though, not the family. 

[LoraMaze]

I’m in the same boat, I actively avoided going this year as last year was far too busy for me (and I’m good in crowds), so have been trying to remind myself why I’m not there. My husband vowed he’d never return, BUT I have just bought a camper van and as soon as I brought it home he said “I’d consider doing Glastonbury again in this”, and has since asked how you get campervan tickets…so we’ll be back. Hopefully next year, and hopefully after hearing all about this year and how much better it was than the first post pandemic festival! 

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, LoraMaze said:

I’m in the same boat, I actively avoided going this year as last year was far too busy for me (and I’m good in crowds), so have been trying to remind myself why I’m not there. My husband vowed he’d never return, BUT I have just bought a camper van and as soon as I brought it home he said “I’d consider doing Glastonbury again in this”, and has since asked how you get campervan tickets…so we’ll be back. Hopefully next year, and hopefully after hearing all about this year and how much better it was than the first post pandemic festival! 

Nice having the van there if you need somewhere to retreat to at times. 

 

[Lakey91]

I'm definitely less bothered about it today, I guess yesterday it was the initial jealousy of everyone's excitement of getting there and getting set up.

Also, like a few here have said, I didn't enjoy myself as much last year so I'm reminding myself of that. Although that probably had something to do with instead of going with my group of 20+ mates, I went with just my missus. It was her first time and she hated the camping, longdrops, carrying her gear from the coach, and amount of walking involved so was moaning a lot of time. Lessons learned!

[al_coholic]

Thursday is my favourite day of the festival. Get wander round and see the whole site. Rest up and have a few beers a lot of different bars. and just relax into it. Once today is over I will feel a bit better. But it was my choice not to go this year. I could have got a ticket. I got tickets for others in the resale. But I will be trying for tickets for next year. 

[Homersexual]

Same, it feels like I’m a kid missing out on Christmas. I’ve a knot in my stomach I can’t shift. When does the BBC coverage start?

[ebarton]

This is the exact feeling! It's once a year and inimitable.

I think this year especially stings for me because I personally got 3 groups of tickets in November sale - the real hero of our group. Then had a SeeTickets f**k up with paying the balance that they refused to rectify. So literally 'snatched from me' as somebody said above. Seeing the rest of the group there right now is pretty much killing me.

[LoraMaze]

4 minutes ago, ebarton said:

This is the exact feeling! It's once a year and inimitable.

I think this year especially stings for me because I personally got 3 groups of tickets in November sale - the real hero of our group. Then had a SeeTickets f**k up with paying the balance that they refused to rectify. So literally 'snatched from me' as somebody said above. Seeing the rest of the group there right now is pretty much killing me.

I’ve had that before but with a “mate” who forgot he had given his reg out to other people. The only time I’ve ever had a booming screen and we got kicked. Thank f**k we got them in the resale that year or he would no longer be my friend and fellow DJ

[roughbloke]

Been every year since 2010 and couldn’t make it to the festival this year as I’ve got a wedding (not mine, I wouldn’t be so daft).

Was feeling ok but seeing everyone arriving yesterday knocked me back. I’ve said it every year but Wednesday is my fave day. It also didn’t help that I had to travel to Bristol yesterday so ending up in Paddington and seeing everyone was brutal. 

[Suprefan]

[FloorFiller]

7 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Didn’t get Glastonbury tickets? How about a flick in the nuts instead?

 

Also, damn that tour must be selling terribly. Seen so much promo for it even this late on. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

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Edited June 22, 2023 by Yoghurt on a Stick

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Just now, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

 

I'm doing OK - apart from the fact that now I can see noises! 

 

 

 

[Calvin Klein]

Thursday evening last year by WH and they started playing The Police in the PA. Such a great memory. So excited and happy. 

I miss it. Hopefully I can come back some day. Right now I can't even afford a ticket, let alone the whole trip. 😅

Edited June 22, 2023 by Calvin Klein

[BlackZeppelin]

My two lovely nieces are there for the first time, so they're sending photos and little videos to keep me amused, God bless them.