Glastonbury 2017....who's going?

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At 9:04, I managed to buy my Glastonbury tickets. Woooohooo!

Forth year on the trot that I've got them. I had thought that my lucky streak can't go on forever, but it's not run out yet.

Now let's hope that they put on some decent bands....

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RUNAMOK said:

I'm still doing the F5 tango I'm afraid!

I'm on the page again..could possibly help?

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RUNAMOK said:

It's fine thanks, the effort paid off and managed to get them. Just before they sold out as well, phew!

Nice one!

It was the easiest that I've ever managed this year. 4 mins in, and only had to refresh maybe 10-15 times before I got through.

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HTP99 said:

Bloody hell you lot.

2011 is the last and only time that I have been and its not for a want of trying thereafter, this morning myself and the wife were sat in the lounge with two laptops and 2 tablets and not a sniff.

A mate of mine lives around the corner from me and never manages to get tickets. I seem to manage each year, generally without much of a problem. I don't think that I should ever move, otherwise it might all change.

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Adam B said:

will be there again, 13th or 14th year I think, but thankfully I don't have to run the online gauntlet

much as I love Stone Roses I am not sure I want to sit through Brown's live singing again

Many years ago, I went to a gig in Manchester just around the time that he decided to start play Stone Roses songs. He came on after midnight, after a day of drinking that started at 8am....(It was Carling Live 24 Hours, and I had tickets to all events).

He played 4 Roses songs off the bat and it's in my all time favourite gigs. I didn't notivce his voice. Years later I saw him at Glastonbury and it wasn't great. A shame, as he's a lovely guy. I've met him a few times.

I'll make sure I'm well oiled before I hear him sing again.

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Type R Tom said:

Shangri La was crazy busy last year, not sure why. We got in once on Friday (which was a complete mission and bordering on dangerous) for Roger Sanchez in NYC Downlow which was awesome but Sat and Sun it was closed to new people. You really need to be leaving the main stages before the end of the sets.

You can get in later...so I didcovered after seeing Richard Hawley at the Park Stage, and wandering about for a bit, decided to head to Shangri La. I walked in the general direction, going though the teepee area, and some other very quiet and non lit parts. Following my nose I ended up coning into the area quite near where the exit is.

A mate said that he'd tried from the road area with no luck. It's a bit more of a trek but fairly easy to do.

It was worth the walk to see the Shibusashirazu Orchestra. Truly bonkers.

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PurpleTurtle said:

Each to their own, but I find the Shangri La area just waaaay too busy, I get a bit claustrophobic, too many people gurning and mashed off their tits, barging through the crowd etc, it's just not 'very Glastonbury' to me.

Then again I'm 44 with a 1yo kid, so I was back off to my tent for 8hrs uninterrupted kip after the headliners this year, you take your kip when you can!

I went to Glastonbury 3 years ago after not having been for about 5 or 6 years. I felt exacly the same...it didn't feel very Glastonbury. Over the last 3 years I've grown to realise it is part of the experience for many, and I can see why they've done it.

The music they play there is not my thing at all, but they do have bands on in tiny little corners, and they can be good.

Most of the people that I saw gurning this year tended to be 30, 40 something, maybe reliving their youth.

I can relate to wanting a good nights' kip, but then I am the same aae as you! Ha ha

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Baz Tench said:

No luck getting tickets again! I'm starting to wonder if it's my internet connection.

I get the same thing thing every year these days! Blank screen after refreshed blank screen. Occasionally I get onto the 'holding page' which auto refreshes every twenty seconds, but I seem to get booted off after a while - either that or the site crashes, I don't know.

I just don't know how people get through when I get the same disappointment every year.

Disheartening.

I feel a bit bad as I've managed to get tickets over the last 3 years. There was a problem last year when I only got through at 9:30 after 20 mins of getting a blank screen, and then 10 mins on the holding page. I later found out that seetickets had crashed hence the first 20 mins being a problem..

I do manually refresh the page each time, both on my laptop and phone, which I have on 4G. Besides that, I'm doing anything special.

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Finally all packed, I'll be heading off in about 6 hours.

I've gone on the Thursday over the last 3 years and always miss the big queues that Wednesday brings.

Can't wait.