seymourfluid Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 So who’s playing Glastonbury this year then? Should we get a list of days and times of gigs? Nice opportunity for people to meet up? Seymour (John Otway Big Band ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Good idea on a thread. I'll certainly keep and eye out for any BC'ers. I'm not playing it myself but I'll be attending... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Ive only been once and it was amazing. I will definitely go again in the near future. I can only wish to play such a good festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Sadly I will never be asked to play there....... But I will turn up anyway! Blademan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Played the Acoustic Tent in 2000. Awesome experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) I was there at some point. I remember a naked silver guy dancing about, flying through some hills when the sky and my little bi-plane was crimson and then some exploding bins before waking up with a big banner over my head that said "The Jesus Centre" near the silent disco. The naked silver guy was actually real..as was the Jesus Centre. Edited April 21, 2011 by ThomBassmonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Played Dance Stage East in '08. I cant wait to hopefully get there again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I played there in 2007. I never want to go again. I was so dismayed I wrote a blog about it Mudstonbury So, Glastonbury. A friend said "I'd rather go to the dentist". How we laughed. He was right. Played a couple of gigs there with Gruff on Saturday and Sunday night. The gigs went very well indeed. No complaints about those. Sound was good, crew were good. It ends there. The conditions were just appalling. 180,000 people in 900 acres of 6" mud. Constant rain. It took us 2 hours of plodding/slipping/(just about) not falling to get off site and a taxi to the hotel (Camping? What do you think?) after the Saturday night gig. OK we did plunge through the thick bit of the crowd in front of the main stage, which on reflection we should not have done (sorry Nath) but really it was just a miserable experience. Someone else suggested that beer goggles would have made it better. I think a helicopter or Landrover with a blue light on top would have been the only thing that would have made it better. We played to about 2500 on Sunday night at midnight. We were under cover but it was tipping it down and still they came. Madness. The food? Had a really nice steak in a pub in Wells for Sunday lunch, slightly rare, but with a double helping of pepper sauce so that was OK. Had a Danish pastry thing in Starbucks that was nice but would have been nicer without cinnamon. Had a Burger King on the way down. I am ashamed and feel dirty, but we had to eat. I was actually secretly looking forward to it as we queued, but it was deeply underwhelming. Nice tinned grapefruit for breakfast at the hotel. I always enjoy scooping all the juice from the bowl into a glass (when no one is looking obviously) and then drinking it. Famous people? We spent some time with Corrine Bailey-Rae...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in a traffic jam waiting to get on site. Difficult to know what to say to famous people that would not be really tedious for them and ultimately not deep and meaningful for you. So I said nothing. On reflection I should have said "I really like the rhythm section work on your album". Maybe next time huh? If it had been sunny it would have been just fabulous. It wasn't and it wasn't. The playing was good. Mustn't grumble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I'm playing at vanfest if we have any VW fans? Could be my biggest crowd by about 100'000'000% never been or fancied Glasto I'm not a fan of big crowds which with my last few bands hasn't been a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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