Glastonbury 2005

[William of Walworth]

Keep this thread bumped you fuckers, or we

get another muddy one!!!

 

[J77]

Where are all the rockers?!

Reading - where rich kids get to misbehave for the weekend.

 

[James Hangar]

This festival sounds marvelous. Especialy since it appears to be safer than in previous years. How does one get a ticket?

 

[Wolfie]

I don't think you'd enjoy it James - an awful lot of the people that attend .....


...take drugs!

a large proportion of them even drink coffee

you'd have to spend the whole weekend running around telling them to desist!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I don't think you'd enjoy it James - an awful lot of the people that attend .....


...take drugs!

Is this true? Blimey.

I thought all those happy smiley people had just been reading the bible.

Not sure if I want to go now......

 

[pennimania]

On page 2 peeps!!!!!

Is this true? Blimey.

I thought all those happy smiley people had just been reading the bible.

Not sure if I want to go now......

I had an absolutely apalling Glasto dream last night and I am blaming this thread

I was at Glasto and I couldn't drink! I know I'm cutting back but this does not include festies right?

So I had a flask of 'special 'mushroom soup. I was sitting in some hippy dome and I offered it to my mates. Suddenly a guy sitting next to me asked to look at it - I passed it to him and then realised he was a copper.

He poured all my precious soup away and gave me a right telling off. Felt about 10 and SO PISSED OFF

Am blaming this thread for bad dream experience.

 

[aqua]

awww penni thats harsh

 

[FunkyUK]

This years Glasto is going to be my first one as a parent

Anyone got any useful tips for managing Glasto with a 1 and a bit year old child?

 

[moose]

Anyone tried to access the website today for ticket news - it can't cope already.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Anyone tried to access the website today for ticket news - it can't cope already.

 

[Sunray]

Thats snippet of news has made the Inquirer

I was hoping to see details of the tickets, purely out of intruigue rather than actually being able to go.

 

[tobyjug]

This years Glasto is going to be my first one as a parent

Anyone got any useful tips for managing Glasto with a 1 and a bit year old child?

Take plenty of wetwipes and medicated liquid soap which means you can keep yourself and sprog clean and hygienic without needing any water.
(A camping tip in general)

 

[moose]

Well, whaddya know? The Glasto website is now accessible, but hasn't been updated since yesterday, and still says they'll post info on 1st March
Piss-up in a brewery, anyone?

 

[Lysistrata]

Wahay! I'm really looking forward to "Ticket Fiasco II - Crash of the Website".

 

[Wolfie]

doesn't bode well does it?

 

[Wolfie]

double post

 

[felixthecat]

Ticket info is available now on the Glasto website- I just checked

 

[moose]

Hoorah! They worked out which elastic band to wrap round which hamster. Same as last year, then, except for this:
"Every ticket holder will be required to present their personalised ticket, along with one of the following forms of ID - a new photo style driving licence, or a government approved photo ID bearing the PASS hologram, such as the Citizen card.* You can apply for a free CitizenCard on-line through this link*www.citizencard.com/glastonbury , by downloading the application form (click here) or by calling 0870 240 1221."



So how do I update my driving licence, as I have no intention of acquiring a Citizen Card?

 

[baldrick]

i don't have a driving licence and there's no fucking way i'm getting one of these "citizen card" things, even if it is free.

i've already got a passport, i don't want any more ID.

still, that's £125 saved, i suppose.

 

[nightowl]

what's the traffic like heading to the festival? how long can u expect to be stuck in jams for if you're driving? also, how bad is it getting out?

 

[Tort]

what's the traffic like heading to the festival? how long can u expect to be stuck in jams for if you're driving? also, how bad is it getting out?

Depends when you arrive & leave. If you get there on the Wednesday there is very little queuing but at peak arrival time on the Thursday afternoon & evening it could be a couple of hours. Getting out on the Monday is a nightmare & can literally take all day if you're unlucky.

 

[newbie]

This years Glasto is going to be my first one as a parent

Anyone got any useful tips for managing Glasto with a 1 and a bit year old child?

Take friends. Specially friends who are likely to be responsible when left to babysit.

Plan in advance. Gather evidence. Blackmail friends so they really do babysit!



Spending the entire festie trailing a small child gets very wearing.

 

[Tort]

So how do I update my driving licence, as I have no intention of acquiring a Citizen Card?

I think you can just ask for a replacement from the DVLA. I'll have to do likewise complete with 6 freshly acquired penalty points from our trip to Whitby!

According to the Citizen Card website I don't fall in the category of suitable referees even though I'm acceptable for passports as a chartered insurer!

 

[moose]

6 points?
19 quid, apparently, for the licence.
The only thing I'd let you referee is a cider-drinking contest.

 

[William of Walworth]

Hoorah! They worked out which elastic band to wrap round which hamster. Same as last year, then, except for this:
"Every ticket holder will be required to present their personalised ticket, along with one of the following forms of ID - a new photo style driving licence, or a government approved photo ID bearing the PASS hologram, such as the Citizen card.* You can apply for a free CitizenCard on-line through this link*www.citizencard.com/glastonbury , by downloading the application form (click here) or by calling 0870 240 1221."



So how do I update my driving licence, as I have no intention of acquiring a Citizen Card?

No specific reference to passport -- the form of ID I had up to now been relying on.

What in fuck is a "government-approved photo-ID bearing a PASS hologram".

Does this include a passport?

I have no driving licence, and I'm VERY reluctant to go for this "Glasto citizens' card" unless I absolutely have to.

<panics>

 

[William of Walworth]

Here is the version on EFestivals of the full ticket information :

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Sunday 3rd April, 2005.

Tickets cost £125.00 plus £4.00 booking fee (per ticket) and £4.00 postage and packing (per order). Day tickets are not available (apart to local residents for the Sunday - see local press for details).


How to buy?

Tickets will be available online ONLY from http://www.aloud.com. It's expected that the majority of tickets will be sold online.

Tickets will be available by telephone ONLY on 0870 165 2005 for UK residents. Be aware that you will be charged at national rate for your call while in the telephone queuing system.

Ticket sales for those permanently living abroad can only be bought online, or by telephoning + 44 1159 934 163, and using a credit card. No UK sales will be accepted using this process. Tickets for overseas won't be posted, but will be available for collection from an office near the Festival site between the morning of Wednesday 22nd June and the morning of Sunday 26th June 2005. Details of the collection arrangements and the checks that will be carried out will be sent to overseas ticket purchasers.

Payment for tickets will be accepted ONLY from the following DEBIT cards: Visa Debit, Visa Electron, Switch/Maestro Domestic and Solo. Credit cards will not be accepted for UK sales. If there are insufficient funds for the sale, it will be voided and the tickets will be reallocated - any transaction that results in a charge back or payment dispute will be cancelled. When purchasing online, you will be sent a confirmation email by See Tickets with a reference number – write it down and keep it, it is confirmation of your purchase.

Postal orders and cheques raised by either a building society or a bank (as a Bankers Draft) will also be accepted as payment on the telephone ticket line. Please note personal cheques cannot be accepted. When you confirm your order you will be given a reference number. Cheques or postal orders, together with that reference number, must be received by the ticket agency within five working days of the sale.

Car Parking and campervan/caravan tickets will be available to purchase in the same transaction as festival tickets. Car Park tickets cost £5, and Campervan tickets cost £45 (both per vehicle), and MUST be purchased in advance of the Festival. You can buy these tickets at a later date (once your festival ticket sales have been confirmed) by telephoning 0870 165 2005. You will be required to give the operator the reference number confirming your festival tickets.

Accompanied children 12 and under are free and do not need a ticket. If the child looks older than 12, please bring ID, otherwise the child may not be admitted.


Buying the tickets...

Tickets sales will be restricted to two per person and per telephone call. Each transaction will be thoroughly checked, and duplicate transactions will be declined - if not at the time of sale, at a later stage.

In addition to the two tickets an adult can purchase, they will also be able to buy upto two "Child tickets". These tickets are for children aged 13, 14 and 15, who must be accompanied at the entry gate by that adult. "Child tickets" are the same price as adult tickets. "Child tickets" can be bought by the responsible adult accompanying the child (who may have a different surname from that adult), so a parent can buy child tickets for one of their offspring and a friend.

The name and full address of each Festival attendee must be given at time of booking. (i.e. the ticket holders’ addresses and not that of the card holder buying the tickets, if they are different.) Attendees names cannot be changed once ticket sales are confirmed, so please be sure all details are accurate when booking tickets. If you change your address between completing the sale and May 13th, please telephone 0870 120 0332. You will not be able to change the name on the ticket.


Ticket delivery?

Tickets will be despatched by the ticket agency over a two week period from 1st June, and they will need signing for on delivery. If you are not at home, a card will be left giving you instructions on how to arrange for re-delivery, either to your home address on another date or an alternative address where you will need to provide ID on delivery.


ID for Festival entrance?

All tickets will be personalised and checks will be made at the gates comparing the information printed on the ticket with approved ID. If the ID does not match the information on the ticket you will be refused access to the Festival. Every ticket holder will be required to present their personalised ticket, along with one of the following forms of ID: a new photo style driving licence, or a government approved photo ID bearing the PASS hologram, such as the Citizen card. You can apply for a free CitizenCard on-line, or by calling 0870 240 1221. Children aged 12 and under, and "Child" ticketholders, will not need entry ID if accompanied by the adult ticket holder.

I have a ticket, but now can't go...?

Ticket orders can be cancelled and ticket price refunded until May 13th. Telephone 0870 120 0332 to cancel your ticket (+44 1159 934 419 if overseas). Tickets may not be transferred to another name. There is no facility to deal with cancelled orders after 13th May, nor to return tickets.

It is not expected to have a further issue of tickets once the tickets have sold out when on sale on 3rd April.

No time to comment on any of the above right now, I need to go and investigate this passport issue ....

 

[William of Walworth]

Posted by a very well informed regular poster on EFestivals, who also (I think) checks and particpates in discussions on The Official Site (TOS)

Mods on TOS are now saying that it is the police who have strongly recommended that you do not bring your passport as ID - however it appears it will be allowed

I am currently trying to get this confirmed to a cast iron and locked on level, and will post back on this thread when I know more ...

Fuck the Police -- I'm bringing my passport (if allowed) rather than collaborate in a dodgy prototype pilot-ID card scheme.

 

[Lisarocket]

Is a government approved photo id a Passport?

Yeah, great, 100,000 nickable passports in a field. That makes sense.

Don't want one of those 'Citizen card' things....

 

[William of Walworth]

Is a government approved photo id a Passport?

Currently trying to get this very issue clarified Lisa -- see my posts above.

Will post more here when I know more.

 

[Giles]

According to the Citizencard web site, these Citizencards are NOT free, as is indicated by the Glastonbury site (quoted above).

According to the Citizencard site:


Q. How much will it cost ?

A. Online CitizenCard applications cost £9 in the UK (£5 for under-18s), €15 in the rest of the EC and US$15 in the rest of the world. The urgent application surcharge is £15 (UK) and €15/US$15 (rest of world). If your card is lost or stolen a replacement card will cost £10 or €15 or US$15. The same costs apply if you post us the form downloadable from this site instead of applying online.


So, for those who don't want to take, or have not got, a passport or drivers license, its going to cost another 9 squid! Nice.

Link to Citizencard site - price is in the FAQ

Giles..