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you surely didn't need to be told! all the bands on the PP bill will play the festival next year - its the deal for playing PP. -
By Crazyfool01 · Posted
Wasn’t too bad some big puddles and pretty muddy in places sawdust down but no woodchip … cmat superb and will be playing next year I’m told . But not sure that’s a massive surprise . It rained lightly a few times mate didn’t even bother putting coat on -
Good: The music, as everyone has said really. Special shout-outs to English Teacher, Jeffrey Martin, Slowdive, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nation of Language, Palehound, Colossal Squid, Yo la Tengo, Sprints and Lankum. But it was nearly all brilliant, and the sound quality as ever was fantastic. Great bands aren't guaranteed to sound great at a festival, but at End of the Road they nearly always do. Bad: I've been wracking my brains but I really can't think of anything I'd go as far as saying was bad. There weren't very many marbles in the marble run. Does that count? And I should give up on the burritos because they're always disappointing. Ugly: I did notice a few more people who looked like they'd had a few, and I say that as someone who isn't impartial to the odd pint from the real ale tent myself. I didn't experience rudeness but a few too many loud conversations during bands, certainly. -
Well in fairness there is room for all sorts of tastes at End of the Road. You don't have to like Bonnie Prince Billy, although personally I thought he was wonderful. Just on a point of fact though, Spotify listeners are a particularly unreliable guide to Bonnie Prince Billy's popularity, given that the vast majority of his discography is not available there.
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By Yoghurt on a Stick · Posted
I went to Shambala once and had cause to rapidly make a birthday card. We (me and my wife) went to a stall that was allowing you to make such a thing, with beads glitter etc. We went up to the counter and asked if we could make a card. The bloke indicated that it was OK to do so - but seemed a little odd in manner to us both. So, we made our glitter card up for someone in the party's number. When we went back to the counter to the bloke running it we asked 'How much is that, please'. The bloke responded with something along the lines of 'We don't want your money, we don't want your money'. We now knew that he was tripping. We asked if he were the owner of the stall. he responded with 'No, he's over there on the grass laughing his arise off. We've both had mushrooms (or it could have been acid - can't recall properly). To have such a large pitch (for it were large) at Shambala must have cost a few pence. That they spectacularly 'blew it' kind of sums up Shambala. I even went on the piss with the baker bloke that was there (and still may be). That was the year of the disco spacecraft thing - I think.
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