CharlotteB Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 2009 was brilliant. Probably the only time I've seen all 3 Pyramid Headliners, and they all delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 2010 1993/1994 2017 1995 2011 2008/2009 2013/2014/2015 2009 2022 2007/2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt on a Stick Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 I would say that the first ever Glastonbury Festival that I attended was the most ranked, but annot. That was a fabulous event, for sure. However, the most glorious, and almost spiritual moment, came in a later year than that initial immersion. I was camped at 'Top Webb's Ash', or some such, and had walked down the hill, to the right of the Pyramid Stage. I can't recall the exact layout, but I bumped into someone I knew who had just turned a corner and seen what was behind me. It was a sea of tents, all in the late evening sunshine. there were open fires. Fires which produced a band of smoke above the tents, but still at low level above the surrounding campsites. It was the look on his face that gave me that, almost spiritual, moment. It was as if he'd died and gone to heaven. And then he saw me and laughed. It was his first Glastonbury.. I could see the marvel within his eyes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt on a Stick Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 I hasten to add - had it not been for meeting him, I may never have looked back at that moment, and seen the sight (could say 'site' too there, I reckon). It was truly mesmerizing. Before he focused on me, he was like a Bisto Kid with happy bewilderment - or, that was my conclusion, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 2009 - my first and best 2016 - the worst all the others blending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yokel Again Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Would like to have given this more thought,.... but without overthinking it, here we go!.... All of these amazing..... 2003 - great weather, REM and Radiohead, great gang of people. Being young(er) 2000 - Bowie and my first, promised myself I'd go every year forever. (Not quite kept that, but pretty close consdering lifes challenges!) 2009 - After missing 08, reminded of how amazing it all is... and Blur! Great music. 2022 - felt like a free hit after covid and only getting ticket in the resale weeks before. Took the kids for the first time and saw it through different eyes, and loved it. 2010 - similar to above, stonking weather, saw some great bands who I now love that I'd not seen before (Phoenix, the National) 2004 - Macca and Oasis 2005 - despite the mega rain and water early doors, Brian Wilson on the sunday in the sun is possibly in my top three Glasto memories. 2013 - apart from the Stones nothing springs to mind, but a great year all the same. 2019 - After 2016 mud fest then missing a couple of years, the G magic was back, boiling hot, don't remember a top top set but loved it all the same. Oh yes, Christine and the Queens on Sunday, amazing! These three still amazing..... but certainly can think of negatives too!.... 2002 - the more I think about it, the more odd this year was, site was lovely and quiet, but too quiet? Not great line up if I recall. We watched Rod Stewart! Had a really small group of us too. 2016 - crap weather, took hours and hours just to get there, Brexit, was just a slog. Enjoyed Coldplay on the sunday but otherwise struggle to think of anything that was great music wise. Might be wrong. 2007 - crap sound, crap weather, mass landfill indie, bigger capacity, felt I needed a break after this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Batch Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 (edited) On 5/28/2024 at 10:59 AM, Chip Batch said: 2010 - yeah it was too hot, but also my first dry one. Definitely take this and it was perfect after 7pm 😄 2009 - mainly dry(?) great line up. Blur. 2022 - dry again! 2008 - mainly dry except that Thursday. Elbow The Other Stage. I'll ignore KoL 2014 - Arcade Fire, had a good group 2004 - muddy, but first visit. Tiny tent with 2 of us in. Not very waterproof 2013 - Rolling Stones and other good stuff 2015 - SFA, can't remember much else without looking 2005 - Great Wednesday and Thursday. Tent got submerged, actually went home Sunday evening 😐 2011 - Radiohead at the park. Weather a bit crap? These last few are fairly interchangable until 2016. All good. 2016 - didn't really feel it. A bit miserable. . . . . 2007 - The Other Stage, Sunday evening and The View being on. Also waking up Monday morning and it STILL hammering down with rain. Terrible. Update: And new in at number 2 - 2024. Great weather, good group, just did nice stuff and probably almost every act I saw I enjoyed. Particularly Lynks and Idles. Also swap 2009 and 2010, and 2022 with 2014 after further reflection. Though as said most are interchangable after the top 5 down to 2011. Only 2016 I didn't enjoy that much and 2007 my only 'bad' one. Edited September 11 by Chip Batch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomf3 Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 2010 will always go down as the best year for me. First totally dry year in what felt like forever, 40th anniversary, an amazing lineup, South East corner was super exciting then, the full moon.... just felt like everything came together perfectly. 2005/07 were low points and aside from the weather it felt like the festival was in need of some sort of revamp (which thankfully arrived shortly after). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstream Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 could have spent hours on this but actually a lot of them start to blur into each other after a while but the ones that stand out are 1995 the year the fence came down and what a line up – pasis, pulp, cure elastica, pj jarvey Massive attack got in in for free 2019 took on having my own team up at the park as well as being supervisor the cure interpol idles FoalsFat white family 2000 Chemical Bros, Bowie the start of the Glade got given a locals ticket so got in for free 2007 started volunteering at the park started I was backstage god it was wet but undertood the night before party and discoved the wonder of crew bars 2017 Radiohead slaves Flaming lips 2010 became steward supervisor up at the park Biffy Clyro’s secret gig muse faithless Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood 2015 Alabama shakes,Motorhead Django Django Wolf Alice GOAT Fat White Family 2016 Muse mercury Rev 2010 became steward supervisor up at the park Biffy Clyro’s secret gig muse faithless Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood 2008, 2009,2011,2013,2014 2023 can't remember anything special really 2024 had all three of my daughters on site working around the festival and loved it just for that really but Heilung, London Grammer, Lankun. Lambrini girls, Fontains DC 2022 hated it working it was awful so many mistakes made went home had a stroke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 26 minutes ago, upstream said: 2022 hated it working it was awful so many mistakes made went home had a stroke Bloody hell, thats a hell of a line to finish with! Would you want to expand upon that? it sounds crap, and i'm glad you've clearly recovered enough to have gone back to Glasto - what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 1985 started going 2007 went home on Sunday due to everything about me being wet and the weather being sh*t 2024 still going and had a great time Everything in between is a bit fuzzy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip997 Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 16 minutes ago, clarkete said: 1985 started going 2007 went home on Sunday due to everything about me being wet and the weather being sh*t 2024 still going and had a great time Everything in between is a bit fuzzy So we started going in the same year and both still going 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEGATRONICMEATWAGON Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 I've thought about this topic for a long time over the years and I'd say that my standouts were as follows: 2009 - went on my own off the back of going to several Reading fests. The introduction to Glasto just flew by mind. 2014 - Huge group if friends went for the first time. Like 25-30 ppl at the festival all over the site. Great time had at every show. 2017 - Introduced my fiancée to Glasto with my best friends in tow. Great lineup, absolutely stacked-stacked. STACKED. Did a trio of WH headliners, Friday Dizzee Rascal to Jacksons on Saturday to Justice on Sunday at West Holts. Absolutely bedlam all the way. 2023 - Special because I made a concerted effort to move away from the main stages during the day and saw a shittonne of great stuff I'd never normally have seen. On my own but met up with some stonkingly lovely ppl from eFests. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 On 9/13/2024 at 6:55 PM, Skip997 said: So we started going in the same year and both still going After all your posts I'd never picked up that key detail. I think you're still often getting right amongst it a good deal more than me, so more power to your elbow 💪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip997 Posted September 14 Report Share Posted September 14 1 hour ago, clarkete said: After all your posts I'd never picked up that key detail. I think you're still often getting right amongst it a good deal more than me, so more power to your elbow 💪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstream Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 On 9/13/2024 at 12:20 PM, balti-pie said: Bloody hell, thats a hell of a line to finish with! Would you want to expand upon that? it sounds crap, and i'm glad you've clearly recovered enough to have gone back to Glasto - what happened? well I am one of the 12 supervisors up at the park and we look after 300 volunteer stewards. I have been working up at the park since it started and we think ew do a pretty good job and have got a great working relationship with the other teams up there like the production and stage and artist liaison etc and things seemed to trip along quite neatly. there were losts of changes around the festival that year. I must stress this is only my opinion, in no way reflective of any other steward supervisor or worker. I just felt that there were some decisions that were not thought through properly, and when we offered opinions as to the outcome of those decisions we were told that it was outside our remit and should just concentrate on the stewards. I believe that those decisions were poor ( they have since been mostly reversed) I was also having a horrible time with my real job and that was almost certinly the real cause of the stroke it was just unfortunate that it happened 2 days after the festival ended - correlation does not equal causation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chew the fat Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 2023 2022 Really hoping to get there again next year. Have a feeling that I'll not be in a position to be there in 2027, so if I can get 3 in the bag during my mid 20s I'll be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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