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Watching Sam Fender from last night. He could put it wherever he wantedย ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

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I must live in cave, I have no who Sam Fender is.

As for Billy Eilish wasn't sure if it was male or female

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Currently recovering after watching Liam Gallagher in Belfast last night.

What a front man.ย 

Pissed it down but didn't damped the crowd. Mad as fuck these micks.

It'd take me a few days to recover from watching that pile of crap as well ๐Ÿ˜‰

2 hours ago, Biggish Dave said:

I must live in cave, I have no who Sam Fender is.

As for Billy Eilish wasn't sure if it was male or female

Owd.ย 

Noel is on now. Much prefer Liam these days. Play some oasis you knob.ย 

On the coach back to Manchester from Glastonbury now. 4/5 days were fucking brilliant, yesterday was a write off with THE worst hangover I've ever had. Reckon I might try to do it sober next year. Rather not have a drink than lose most of a full day. Immediate highlights were Kae Tempest, Big Thief, Phoebe Bridgers, Mik Artistik and John Hegley.

Also hearing Keith Allen tell the crowd in the Astrolabe that he fucked Judi Dench up the arse.

6 minutes ago, tshape said:

On the coach back to Manchester from Glastonbury now. 4/5 days were fucking brilliant, yesterday was a write off with THE worst hangover I've ever had. Reckon I might try to do it sober next year. Rather not have a drink than lose most of a full day. Immediate highlights were Kae Tempest, Big Thief, Phoebe Bridgers, Mik Artistik and John Hegley.

How was Diana Ross live? Iโ€™m hoping it was perhaps the technical stuff between there and my house making it sound as though she was singing flat relative to band and backing singers.

1 minute ago, MickyD said:

How was Diana Ross live? Iโ€™m hoping it was perhaps the technical stuff between there and my house making it sound as though she was singing flat relative to band and backing singers.

I didn't see her. Only watched Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney at The Pyramid all weekend.ย 

6 minutes ago, tshape said:

Also hearing Keith Allen tell the crowd in the Astrolabe that he fucked Judi Dench up the arse.

I did some basic maths over the weekend and calculated that the festival has to cope with 1.2million turds. However, thatโ€™s based on each visit being a single log and the chances of that are zero so I suppose youโ€™d have to make assumptions on weight as well.

So I went back to the drawing board and calculated that each visit would produce an average weight of 225 grams.

Therefore we are looking at around 300 tons of human dirt.

If you then consider that one of my 225gram visits can produce a stench that can be detected 2 rooms away, you have to assume that the stench of over a million is exponentially worse.

I also discovered they use a โ€œlong dropโ€ toilet system which isnโ€™t very good at masking an odour.

in conclusion - and without even daring to go down the urine route - I still canโ€™t see me ever setting foot in this festival.

To get an idea of what 300 tons of people dirt would look like, imagine 300 sacks of topsoil at a local builders merchant.

But itโ€™s just poo. A pile of festival poo.

1 minute ago, Spider said:

I did some basic maths over the weekend and calculated that the festival has to cope with 1.2million turds. However, thatโ€™s based on each visit being a single log and the chances of that are zero so I suppose youโ€™d have to make assumptions on weight as well.

So I went back to the drawing board and calculated that each visit would produce an average weight of 225 grams.

Therefore we are looking at around 300 tons of human dirt.

If you then consider that one of my 225gram visits can produce a stench that can be detected 2 rooms away, you have to assume that the stench of over a million is exponentially worse.

I also discovered they use a โ€œlong dropโ€ toilet system which isnโ€™t very good at masking an odour.

in conclusion - and without even daring to go down the urine route - I still canโ€™t see me ever setting foot in this festival.

The compost toilets on the camp sites aren't too bad to be honest.ย 

1 minute ago, tshape said:

The compost toilets on the camp sites aren't too bad to be honest.ย 

I'm hearing you, honestly

But deep down I just don't know if I could sleep and eat in such close proximity to people with bowels like, well, me.

1 minute ago, Spider said:

To get an idea of what 300 tons of people dirt would look like, imagine 300 sacks of topsoil at a local builders merchant.

But itโ€™s just poo. A pile of festival poo.

A fair old pile. I certainly didn't contribute yesterday. I couldn't fucking move nevermind crawl out of the tent to perform movementย 

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A fair old pile. I certainly didn't contribute yesterday. I couldn't fucking move nevermind crawl out of the tent to perform movementย 

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That sounds horrendous ๐Ÿ˜‚

You did well to find your own tent from the sounds of things

6 minutes ago, Spider said:

To get an idea of what 300 tons of people dirt would look like, imagine 300 sacks of topsoil at a local builders merchant.

But itโ€™s just poo. A pile of festival poo.

Shitting is definitely the worst part of any multi-day music festival. The rest of it is fucking ace. I'd shit in my own hands for a week if I could go back in time to 2003 and experience Radiohead at Glastonbury again.

9 minutes ago, tshape said:

A fair old pile. I certainly didn't contribute yesterday. I couldn't fucking move nevermind crawl out of the tent to perform movementย 

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Did you see Warmduscher by the way? Watched their set and it was sparkling

Thinking about it, I went to Glastonbury and Leeds nearly every year in the 2000's, and I think I only ever had 1 shit.

6 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Shitting is definitely the worst part of any multi-day music festival. The rest of it is fucking ace. I'd shit in my own hands for a week if I could go back in time to 2003 and experience Radiohead at Glastonbury again.

Radiohead and glasto no thanks but Leeds 03 was belting.

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11 minutes ago, Spider said:

Did you see Warmduscher by the way? Watched their set and it was sparkling

Unfortunately not. Saw them a few years ago at White Hotel in Salford and wouldn't have minded seeing them again but didn't make itย 

10 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Radiohead and glasto no thanks but Leeds 03 was belting.

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I didn't go anywhere near the main stage on Friday or Saturday that year.

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V-Festival - 2012. For those into the Madchester scene - it had the lot. Imagine everyoneโ€™s delight when Dappy cancelled last minute and got replaced byโ€ฆ. The Charlatans!

Dodgy & The Stranglers clashed so caught a bit of each. The Human League were on another level.

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Compost toliets are fine - wouldn't go near the chemical ones.

Although I'd never do download without going VIP.

I'd say this year's line up was great. I'd have gone to see Big Thief as well, but I wasn't that impressed with their set - its one of the joys of them though, always different.

I thought Self Esteem was the best I saw on TV - the John Peel tent seemed to have the best line up.

1 hour ago, Cheese said:

I didn't go anywhere near the main stage on Friday or Saturday that year.

Friday and Saturday were spent mainly at the main stage Sunday was spent in the lockup tent.

My one and only actual festival where you camp out was v2004ย 

Some good stuff, some shiteย 

Unheard of bands like Kasabian and Killers doing the early slotsย 

Didn't see themย 

Caught a bit of Pink thoughย ย 

Highlights were charlatans, pixies and nerdย 

Enjoyed the thrills as well

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