Madbadteacher Posted July 6, 2011 Report Posted July 6, 2011 Oh you youngsters! Never heard of Woodstock, Isle of Wight, Hyde Park.............. You think you invent it all! Quote
dave_min Posted July 6, 2011 Report Posted July 6, 2011 Were you at Woodstock? I invented Woodstock. Quote
Nellie The Don Posted July 6, 2011 Report Posted July 6, 2011 I PLAYED Woodstock! Couldn't they find you a speaking part? Quote
Harcus Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 this is all a bit cringeworthy, no? Heard it on radio last night. Quote
mizer Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 this is all a bit cringeworthy, no? Heard it on radio last night. Aye its a bit weird. Quote
Kowalski Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Aye its a bit weird. How did you get on at Rockness? Quote
Kowalski Posted August 8, 2011 Report Posted August 8, 2011 I've got tickets for Bestival on the Isle of Wight. Cracking eclectic line up: http://www.bestival.net/artists/2011-lineup Quote
topcorner Posted August 8, 2011 Report Posted August 8, 2011 I've got tickets for Bestival on the Isle of Wight. Cracking eclectic line up: http://www.bestival.net/artists/2011-lineup That is an impressive lineup Quote
mizer Posted August 8, 2011 Report Posted August 8, 2011 How did you get on at Rockness? Aye it was good and we were quite lucky with the weather considering the rest of the country got plenty rain that weekend. Kasabian were amazing live once again on the Friday and saw a few other bands who were all good. Saturday turned a wee bit messy and ended up with the Chemical brothers who played a great set. Sunday was also decent, lots of time spent in the Bacardi bar getting free pina colada slush puppies from my mate who knew the bar staff. Ended up going with everyone else to watch Paulo Nutini - was better than I thought it would be. Quote
dave_min Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 Seem that earlier. 4 dead. Nae good. Quote
tlg1903 Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 Not even country and western fans deserve that Quote
dave_min Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 Not even country and western fans deserve that Its borderline though Quote
manc_don Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 I've got tickets for Bestival on the Isle of Wight. Cracking eclectic line up: http://www.bestival.net/artists/2011-lineup you got yourself a costume for it? I've always wanted to go to bestival, quite a unique festival. Quote
dave_min Posted August 14, 2011 Report Posted August 14, 2011 Was at Fyvie castle last night to see Beverley Knight GAY. Quote
dave_min Posted August 18, 2011 Report Posted August 18, 2011 Holy shit!!!! Its happened again. This time in Belgium: http://www.billboard.com/news/storm-hits-pukkelpop-festival-in-belgium-1005321482.story#/news/storm-hits-pukkelpop-festival-in-belgium-1005321482.story Quote
mizer Posted August 19, 2011 Report Posted August 19, 2011 Its happened again. This time in Belgium: http://www.billboard.com/news/storm-hits-pukkelpop-festival-in-belgium-1005321482.story#/news/storm-hits-pukkelpop-festival-in-belgium-1005321482.story Death toll up to 5 now Quote
manc_don Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 Went to SW4 (South West Four) in Clapham Common yesterday. Decent day for it and a good line up. Only gripe with it was that the soundsystems seemed to be pretty quiet. Probably due to the location of the festival, but I don't see the point in having a quiet festival. Slam, Adam Beyer and Ben Sims were awesome. Richie Hawtin was gash Quote
dave_min Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 Was watching Reading on TV. MUSE somehow seem to be getting better everytime I see them! Quote
Kowalski Posted September 12, 2011 Report Posted September 12, 2011 you got yourself a costume for it? I've always wanted to go to bestival, quite a unique festival. I didn't bother but probably about half the crowd were in fancy dress on the Saturday and there were some excellent efforts which added a lot to the atmosphere. Here's a review I posted on another website... That was my first Bestival and thought it was brilliant, probably the best festival I've been to. I found it a lot more manageable compared to Glastonbury - there was heaps of stuff to do in the small hours but without the queues and massive crowds flocking to everything at Glastonbury. Only downside for me was the price of drink, it's really expensive. I didn't drink any cans from the bars (I was mainly on the Bestivale) but I can't see how they can justify £4 for a can, that's outrageous. I think that's the most money I've ever spent at a festival which is disappointing. Musical highlights: Primal Scream (amazing light show!), Crystal Castles, Public Enemy, Hercules & Love Affair were the top of the pile for me. The Cure were also good but I felt the 2.5 hours was a tad long for a festival headliner as it was clearly a set for the purists. Kelis surprised me as I only went along to see her cleavage! GLC were a good laugh. Musical disappointments: Bjork (ridiculously self indulgent nonsense for a festival headliner - and I like quite a few of her songs), Cut Copy (I expected more perhaps because I had very high expectations), Sneaky Sound System (a poor shadow of what they were at Rockness a couple of years ago - I was kicking myself for not going to see ADF instead!). Other highlights: Some great food, lovely atmosphere, so many nice people, the blue campsite, Sailor Jerrys (how strong were their Mojitos!), the fancy dress outfits (some brilliant efforts which added so much to Saturday), Swamp Shack, the area near the bandstand (just wonderful), cocktails, Bestivale, Comedy tent, Wall of Death (lunatics). Bestival is probably the benchmark that other festivals should be following in the UK. The sheer amount of stuff to do is very impressive. I'll definitely be back! Quote
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