KingstonGraham
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Anyone who will miss having Glastonbury to moan about, from tomorrow you can moan about them having lots of Wimbledon coverage just because it's Wimbledon.
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Good point. I'd say vast majority of public will listen to music in some form whereas in comparison very few are interested in tennis yet that will dominate BBC tv coverage and on the news for next 2 weeks.
Mad Doug Biker
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Oh FFS, thanks for reminding me... NOT!!
I utterly detest tennis because of W*mbledon.
Thanks @KingstonGraham 🙄🤦♂️🤣
I'm somewhat ambivalent about tennis, don''t mind it but wouldn't say I'm a fan. The fact though it will dominate BBC tv for 2 weeks is a bit of a mild annoyance I'd say. Certainly puts 3 days of Glastonbury into context.
wiggydiggy
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Better Glasto than the constant flipping footie obsession... or tennis or whatever other activity involving punting a ball about a field with painted lines on it. I quite like the vibe. If it was my money it'd probably be Download but it's ok. Currently quite enjoying Neil Young with a single malt. Never really caught his stuff before.
DLs just been in. For once very few people I know went and then only for a day. I'm pretty sure they went just for Meshuggah. I'd liked to have gone for Alien And Farm and Me, First and The Gimme Gimmes but I was on hols.
Tennis starts tomorrow, so for a day it'll be only Tennis, Glastonbury and The One Show on BBC lol.
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cisamcgu
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Wimbledon - another BBC Flagship, covered really well too 
BTW, when many threads (coffee anyone?) are referencing rampant inflation and alleged profiteering, I saw yesterday that Wimbledon had put its strawberries & cream up. For the first time in 15 years, from...
£2.50 to £2.70
I thought credit was due.
BTW, when many threads (coffee anyone?) are referencing rampant inflation and alleged profiteering, I saw yesterday that Wimbledon had put its strawberries & cream up. For the first time in 15 years, from...
£2.50 to £2.70
I thought credit was due.
Mad Doug Biker
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My parents watched it religiously every year. As a kid, it was ok at first, but then I started to get annoyed at it hijacking the TV for what seemed like forever, then all the grunts and silly noises and then... 'HENMANIA!', FFS, the BBC really did disappear up their own arses at that point, never to be seen again, never mind the feeble bleating cries of "Come on Tim!" when, oh dear, he failed again... Oh and don't get me started on Cliff Bloody Richard!
No, even the sound of racket on ball is enough for me to change the channel these days.
It didn't help that I have fcuk all hand - eye coordination, so it was all a bit alien to me anyway.
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Mad Doug Biker
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Now, don't get me wrong, I have even been to Wimbledon, twice, the first time purely out of curiosity (I was in the area at the time and besides, there were also Routemasters providing transport to/from the station, so I was there for the buses! 🤣), the second time with my parents, who somehow persuaded me to go with them on the tour and see the museum (thankfully there was no actual tennis) and it is an interesting place to see, yes, I will concede, but no, I'll never watch it or any other tennis, ever.
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Dogtrousers
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Thank goodness the BBC don't have any other stupid minority sports. Imagine how awful it would be if they had that boring French cycling thing.
Mad Doug Biker
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Thank goodness the BBC don't have any other stupid minority sports. Imagine how awful it would be if they had that boring French cycling thing.
At least you can look at the scenery* in that though! 🤣
* - Yes yes, there are some nice looking Tennis players too, but that is a different kind of 'scenery'.
Thank goodness the BBC don't have any other stupid minority sports. Imagine how awful it would be if they had that boring French cycling thing.
Looking at tv guide, BBC has Wimbledon coverage between BBC1 and BBC2 straight through from 10:30 to 22:00.
TdF coverage rarely shows full stage so maybe 4-5hours at most(?).
Whereas more people probably cycle than play tennis(I'm guessing, no idea) there's no chance BBC would dedicate that much time to cycling even if they had the rights.
Anyway, at least these days there are ample channels available even on free to air so if BBC is blanket showing something anyone doesn't like there are plenty of alternatives.
I know, didn't really gel with the lineup this year either, quite meh. Not much of a festival goer, I've only been twice. Once in 2018 for GnR and Ozzy, but really enjoyed Shinedown, Black Stone Cherry and Temperance Movement. Last time in 2022 but just the Saturday for Maiden.
KingstonGraham
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The coverage of all the acts would be improved 1000% if they got rid of those cocking flags. I can't imagine what it's like being there with them in the way.
I love The 1975 but their set was very polite and professional which wasn't quite the thing. Good but not going to grab anyone. The lyrics that were on the screens for Chocolate were quite superb though.
I love The 1975 but their set was very polite and professional which wasn't quite the thing. Good but not going to grab anyone. The lyrics that were on the screens for Chocolate were quite superb though.
KingstonGraham
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£120,000 for Rod Stewart, but he needs to pay for whatever staging out of that. He won't be making money from the fee.
The 1975 reportedly spent 4 times as much as their fee on their set. Not sure about that but they also won't have made any money.
