The bad:
The fricking campbed I bought. Worst sleep I've ever had at a festival, and I've been going since before we got all fancy with things like sleeping mats and inflatable beds.
The woodchip at West holts didn't need to cover the entire field. I guess they saw some variable weather possibilities in the run up and were being proactive but the lack of grass to sit on made it less of a place to spend time chilling.
The good:
Basically everything else. The crowds, the organisation, the performances, additions like the tree stage. Food was quality (especially the coconut chicken curry from Good Thai Dins, massive portion that was more than I could finish that tasted great). People were nice wherever I went, barely encountered a single mardy bum. This year was, beyond all doubt, the best organised glastonbury I've ever attended. Some obvious booking decisions aside, of course, and if they'd stuck Avril on the pyramid the biggest crowd issue of the weekend would have gone away.
Simon & Garfunkel - not a duet at the moment. And likely never to be. Honestly, Simon was knackered in 2011, so I daren't guess the state of him 2025.
Billy Joel - Still a legit headliner in my mind. Certainly has the material for it.
Take That and/or RW - there's an inevitably to it, that I would like to get them out the way.
Spice Girls - I'm all for it tbh. The idea that we have to wait until artists are so ancient they cannot sing anymore is old hat now.
Stevie Nicks - Legit legend
Cher - Ditto
If either if these two are active, give it to them.
Duran Duran - I know there's ego involved, but they're not headlining. Personally I'd think they'd make a much better sub than a legend.
They'll continue to tweak and adjust, but the wholesale / significant changes that some people seem to be looking for just aren't going to happen. On the whole, for an event of it's size, it's still a remarkable logistics success.