Anyone there this weekend?

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    1 year ago

    I don’t think I could afford it!

    Glasto is a weird one nowadays. It’s gone from a fun earthy festival to the biggest “brand”, complete with helicopter transfers and £25k luxury tent compounds.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMA
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, it does feel pretty corporate these days, with a degree of “stunt booking” with the headline acts.

      That said, I have a friend who goes religiously and a few who have been quite a bit, plus some who have never been who are eager to go, so I may go again.

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        1 year ago

        A friend of mine is gradually doing his camper conversion, and I think glasto-in-van will be the celebration of completion.

        The feeling for me is, to have a good time at Glasto, and even see most of the acts you like, you either need to spend a lot of money, or spend a lot of time between things. It’s a lot of effort, unless you really enjoy the grungy festival vibe.

        In honesty, I’ve shifted to spending my “festival budget” on seeing groups at regular gigs. You can fit a trip to the o2 arena at the end of a day out in London.

        • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMA
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          1 year ago

          A friend of mine is gradually doing his camper conversion, and I think glasto-in-van will be the celebration of completion.

          Yeah, taking your own bog is a good idea - festival bogs are a young person’s game.