Favourite Glastonbury Moment/s

[Littlechef87]

Making it through the mud marathon that was 2016 and finding myself watching Charlotte Church at 1am Sunday night/Monday morning playing Nine Inch Nails. The kind of randomness that feels like you'd only find at Glasto. 

Going mental to the massive wig out towards the end of Paranoid Android at Radiohead 2017, slightly high with a massive bunch of mates, all equally hypnotized, then having to take ourselves off to the woods for some quiet time to let what we'd just experienced integrate. 

Being on the barrier for my absolute favourite band of all time, QOTSA, in a crowd of people that love them as much as I do since every other mug was at Elton. 

[westholtschic]

  On 1/31/2025 at 11:57 AM, stuie said:

 

Ah that's brilliant!  I'd love to see the video but sadly gold members still can't see posted videos.  I've raised this a few times in the past, but sadly it's still not fixed. @eFestivals @Crazyfool01

 

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Sorry 😢

[Crazyfool01]

  On 1/31/2025 at 11:57 AM, stuie said:

 

Ah that's brilliant!  I'd love to see the video but sadly gold members still can't see posted videos.  I've raised this a few times in the past, but sadly it's still not fixed. @eFestivals @Crazyfool01

 

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Can I just check it’s all gold users . Can any gold users view the video in question ? Apologies @stuie hopefully iggy can sort . It’s beyond my capabilities as a mod 

[stuie]

  On 1/31/2025 at 12:25 PM, Crazyfool01 said:

Can I just check it’s all gold users . Can any gold users view the video in question ? Apologies @stuie hopefully iggy can sort . It’s beyond my capabilities as a mod 

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Thanks mate. Last time it was mentioned, it seemed to be gold members if i recall.  Some permissions setting?

 

I'll just use one of my alt accounts (joking😂)

[Quark]

  On 1/31/2025 at 12:36 PM, stuie said:

 

I'll just use one of my alt accounts (joking😂)

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I knew you were Skip...

[PDAD]

One moment that always makes me laugh... 

 

My friend a few years back was a long way in to a night on the disco biscuits and found himself in that classic predicament of needing to relieve himself but finding it quite a struggle...

 

He had gone to the longdrops for a bit of focus time but after a while he was starting to get mildly frustrated and uttered something to the effect of 'FFS just let me go' to his bladder. Always a humbling moment. 

 

Anyway, next thing he heard from the longdrop along was "go on mate, you can do it" from a stranger. Gradually word spread. 5 minutes later, when he emerged from the longdrop victorious, there were around 20 random proud people celebrating with him and giving him a hero's welcome. 

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[Yoghurt on a Stick]

  On 1/31/2025 at 12:25 PM, Crazyfool01 said:

Can I just check it’s all gold users . Can any gold users view the video in question ? Apologies @stuie hopefully iggy can sort . It’s beyond my capabilities as a mod 

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I can't see it either. I can confirm that I'd like to see it, if possible.

[Crazyfool01]

  On 1/31/2025 at 6:32 PM, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

 

I can't see it either. I can confirm that I'd like to see it, if possible.

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thanks yog @eFestivals

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

  On 1/31/2025 at 9:45 AM, westholtschic said:

So so many over the years at my favourite place on earth but number 1 now would be getting the chance that I had to do an hour DJ set in the Arcadia crew bar has to be the best.

i was a dream come true for this 57 year old to play my old soul, funk, Motown, disco and Northern soul to about 100 people. Some of them even danced 😂

Hope to repeat it again this year.

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It'd have been 101 people if I'd been there. What year was it?

[SwedgeAntilles]

First ones come to mind are All My Friends in 2016 at the Other. Somehow still finding the energy to party on the Sunday night despite the exhaustion and mud. 

 

Then there was the primal screaming at the end of I Know The End, Phoebe Bridgers in Woodies in 2022. Post-pandemic catharsis. 

 

Moments. 

[westholtschic]

  On 1/31/2025 at 6:34 PM, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

 

It'd have been 101 people if I'd been there. What year was it?

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Last year and thank you 

[Spindles]

Too many to mention, but I remembering struggling through the mud and rain of the first few days of 2011 on crutches and then this sense of contentment on the Saturday night when the sun had come out and the ground had firmed up, watching Coldplay with my kids.  It had been a sh*t year overall up til then, and getting onsite and set up damn near killed us but that moment, stood on a hill with thousands of strangers and the 2 people I love most in the world, the sun setting in that glorious way that the sky saves up for us to enjoy a few nights of the year.  

 

Coldplay have saved my ass at Glastonbury a few times now, in 2000 we got set upon and one friend badly f**ked up by a bunch of miscreants on the Saturday night, which saw us leaving early Sunday as said friend was the designated driver.  I persuaded them to stay at least until I could catch Coldplay that afternoon and after the previous night's violence it was nice to at least leave on a high note, with a few drinks and smokes in the sun enjoyed before 7 of us and kit tried to squeeze into the back of a fiesta van for the sweaty and uncomfortable journey home.

[Ayrshire Chris]

Loads of incredible memories but I remember late one morning seeing Billy Bragg do a few songs in a tent in green futures. Think it was2019. He introduced another young singer then sat on the ground behind the tent. I summoned up some courage and just said to him I was a Fan, expecting just a wave but He told me and Mrs c to sit down and we had a great chat for around 20 mins about getting old, the festival and a lot of politics. 
I said my thanks, and  so there was three oldies  sitting on the grass and just about able to summon the strength to stand up, bones creaking😊😉

[TheBoz]

A few off the top of my head...

 

That hour or so before the Stones came on in 2013, right down the front in the pit Absolutley electric atmosphere. And then the Stones smashed it.

 

Coldplay covering Viola Beach in their 2016 set. Tears streaming.

 

Seventeen Going Under in 2022 as the sun was going down on an incredible first day of music back after 3 years

 

 

[nikkic]

  On 1/31/2025 at 12:25 PM, Crazyfool01 said:

Can I just check it’s all gold users . Can any gold users view the video in question ? Apologies @stuie hopefully iggy can sort . It’s beyond my capabilities as a mod 

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I’m a gold member and can see the video, mate. 
 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

  On 1/31/2025 at 7:45 PM, westholtschic said:

Last year and thank you 

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You know how to do cool and chilled. I tip my hat to you. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

  On 1/31/2025 at 8:00 PM, Spindles said:

Too many to mention, but I remembering struggling through the mud and rain of the first few days of 2011 on crutches and then this sense of contentment on the Saturday night when the sun had come out and the ground had firmed up, watching Coldplay with my kids.  It had been a sh*t year overall up til then, and getting onsite and set up damn near killed us but that moment, stood on a hill with thousands of strangers and the 2 people I love most in the world, the sun setting in that glorious way that the sky saves up for us to enjoy a few nights of the year.  

 

Coldplay have saved my ass at Glastonbury a few times now, in 2000 we got set upon and one friend badly f**ked up by a bunch of miscreants on the Saturday night, which saw us leaving early Sunday as said friend was the designated driver.  I persuaded them to stay at least until I could catch Coldplay that afternoon and after the previous night's violence it was nice to at least leave on a high note, with a few drinks and smokes in the sun enjoyed before 7 of us and kit tried to squeeze into the back of a fiesta van for the sweaty and uncomfortable journey home.

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Hello Spindles,

 

It is, to my reckoning, a tribute to your good nature that you were able to choose to follow the 'light' - as opposed to the shite! Happy to hear that you still have fond memories of that festival.

 

Illegitimi non carborundum - don't worry if you have to look it up - I just did. Quite by accident, mind.

 

Have a fab weekend

[westholtschic]

  On 1/31/2025 at 10:52 PM, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

 

You know how to do cool and chilled. I tip my hat to you. 

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Thank you, you’ve made my year so far 

[GhostOfMaurice]

One year, god knows which, I remember hanging with some hare krishnas for ages. Those guys know how to party 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

  On 2/1/2025 at 8:27 AM, westholtschic said:

Thank you, you’ve made my year so far 

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Will you be DJ'ing at the festival this year?

 

I once spent 4 years doing up a house. I had just finished it before Christmas one year. Then I got a call from a mate in London - 'would I mind holding a New Year's Eve party in my new house. He's a DJ also (and a doctor) and had nowhere to party. So loads of people came up from London, i got the Birmingham mob involved and it was a full house (it was a big house too). well, the mayhem that took place while the walls almost shook with the sound of the music. One female acquaintance went straight through the bay window. through the glass, the whole works, and ended up outside, but amazingly uncut. Meanwhile the DJ played on - like most DJ's would, I suspect?

[westholtschic]

  On 2/1/2025 at 9:32 AM, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

 

Will you be DJ'ing at the festival this year?

 

I once spent 4 years doing up a house. I had just finished it before Christmas one year. Then I got a call from a mate in London - 'would I mind holding a New Year's Eve party in my new house. He's a DJ also (and a doctor) and had nowhere to party. So loads of people came up from London, i got the Birmingham mob involved and it was a full house (it was a big house too). well, the mayhem that took place while the walls almost shook with the sound of the music. One female acquaintance went straight through the bay window. through the glass, the whole works, and ended up outside, but amazingly uncut. Meanwhile the DJ played on - like most DJ's would, I suspect?

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Hopefully. I’ve offered my services to them again and hope to make the cut. Last time I was up against Cindy Lauper and Keane so hopefully have a few more come to watch next time. Was just so grateful for the opportunity and to have made people dance.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

  On 2/1/2025 at 10:16 AM, westholtschic said:

and to have made people dance.

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At Glastonbury, don't forget. FFS!  lol

 

And remember - from small acorns, great oak trees will grow. 

[Spindles]

  On 2/1/2025 at 9:02 AM, GhostOfMaurice said:

One year, god knows which, I remember hanging with some hare krishnas for ages. Those guys know how to party 

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My first ever "glastonbury moment" was this incredible transcendent hour or so in 99 on the Thursday night, the Hare Krishna tent was more than full, and there was a crowd of at least hundreds, possibly a couple of thousand filling the area around the tent as we danced and chanted like an impromptu acoustic acid house party.  They passed out hand drums, finger bells and other assorted instruments into the crowd and we all just lost ourselves in it, it was absolutely joyous.

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

It's a cliche, but getting the tent set up and having the first cider, taking it all in.

[GhostOfMaurice]

  On 2/1/2025 at 12:11 PM, Spindles said:

My first ever "glastonbury moment" was this incredible transcendent hour or so in 99 on the Thursday night, the Hare Krishna tent was more than full, and there was a crowd of at least hundreds, possibly a couple of thousand filling the area around the tent as we danced and chanted like an impromptu acoustic acid house party.  They passed out hand drums, finger bells and other assorted instruments into the crowd and we all just lost ourselves in it, it was absolutely joyous.

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That's why those in the know aren't too bothered about headliner announcements. The moments come from elsewhere 👍