Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
And you have two years to recover from the trauma, because it isn't on next year
BBC and Glastonbury
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Has it swapped to alternate years now for the foreseeable future?
Probably better I would say.
I guess I do like nostalgia to a degree - for me, it's going back to the city where I was born, and I find when I go there it really recharges my batteries. I can spend hours walking around all my old haunts, and there's a ton of memories for me there, despite leaving when I was 10.
Entertainingly (or not) on the fb pages associated with it, there are LOADS of people on there saying it isn't as good as it was in the 60's/70's (Pick your decade) and how it's all gone to sh1t, probably similar people who are only listening to music from those same time periods.
The place has both changed a lot, but also somehow remained the same - street and architecture wise not much has changed, there are probably just as many independent shops as there ever was (These come and go by design let's be honest) and it's a vibrant city centre of arts, music.
My suspicion is that some people as they get older no longer appreciate what they used to when they were younger, and this is why they believe it has gone down hill. These are the same people that ALWAYS go on about the local council messing xy & z up, and also trot out the 'this place is so anti car I can't get in anymore' line at regular intervals.
Places do change/evolve, they have to, and they always will, I don't see it as a bad thing, quite the opposite.
Probably better I would say.
I guess I do like nostalgia to a degree - for me, it's going back to the city where I was born, and I find when I go there it really recharges my batteries. I can spend hours walking around all my old haunts, and there's a ton of memories for me there, despite leaving when I was 10.
Entertainingly (or not) on the fb pages associated with it, there are LOADS of people on there saying it isn't as good as it was in the 60's/70's (Pick your decade) and how it's all gone to sh1t, probably similar people who are only listening to music from those same time periods.
The place has both changed a lot, but also somehow remained the same - street and architecture wise not much has changed, there are probably just as many independent shops as there ever was (These come and go by design let's be honest) and it's a vibrant city centre of arts, music.
My suspicion is that some people as they get older no longer appreciate what they used to when they were younger, and this is why they believe it has gone down hill. These are the same people that ALWAYS go on about the local council messing xy & z up, and also trot out the 'this place is so anti car I can't get in anymore' line at regular intervals.
Places do change/evolve, they have to, and they always will, I don't see it as a bad thing, quite the opposite.
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It’s been alternating years for a long time, it’s to let the land recover
Animo
Senior Member
Don't they miss one year in 5?
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
It's every fifth year +/-
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
For the record, the last fallow years were 2012 (IIRC it was due to be 2011, but slipped a year), 2018, and will be 2026.
No festivals in '20 & '21 because Covid, of course.
No festivals in '20 & '21 because Covid, of course.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
While I didn't take any time to see which acts actually were performing (I might have missed someone I really like)...at 67, I have no interest in current 'popular' music (or for the last 20 years for that matter) , I don't even know the faces, let alone the names.
Like you, I was never a Rod fan, don't particually like his musical style...so Glasto has nothing for me really...(heavy rock, metal, the heavier the better is more my kinda thing)
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
"Pillion passengers are not accepted."
What about a croggy? 🤔
CarbonClem
Well-Known Member
Fallow years aren't set in stone, approx every five years but it depends on other events, such as the Olympics. Its out of sync to be having a fallow year next year so close to the two years off due to the pandemic. Another online forum suggests its anticipating a period in which the founder may not be well ... 
I liked Rods stuff in the Faces era, and I kinda like Ronnie Wood as it goes. However, no way am I watching that nonsense from the weekend.
I liked Rods stuff in the Faces era, and I kinda like Ronnie Wood as it goes. However, no way am I watching that nonsense from the weekend.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
Another online forum suggests its anticipating a period in which the founder may not be well ...
He is now confined to a wheel chair. But he is in his 90s.
So why not spend what ever time he has left with his family.
KingstonGraham
Well-Known Member
Just watched some of blur at Glastonbury in 1998. No flags. Bloody great.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
The stupid thing is there are all sorts of geolocation apps that will allow people to locate their friends. Time for the killer drones with spinny blades to take 'em down by a foot or two.
matticus
Guru
I've never watched a BBC broadcast of an artist at Glasto and found it worsened by flags.
