Glastonbury 2019

[William of Walworth]

Arcadia announce 'Pangea', the replacement for the Spider, sounds impressive

'Unleash your imagination' - Epic new Glastonbury stage is built

Interesting! I'm well up for something new
Our crew camping is very near the Arcadia area, so spending time there will be a doddle

 

[wiskey]

I have really strong memories of watching blade runner on the outdoor cinema when it was at the bottom of Muddy Lane

 

[pesh]

i have a really strong memory of walking past the outdoor cinema, through a wooded area, just after The Blair Witch Project had finished one night. It was carnage, I nearly died laughing

 

[SpackleFrog]

Would just like to pop up and boast about how easily I scored two tickets in the coach resale.

See you all at Glasto! (Yeah. I typed Glasto. I even say Glasto. But never G-Fest. Ugh. UGH.)

 

[alsoknownas]

Oy oy! My position confirmed today! I'm going to the show .

 

[Riff]

In 1995 I went to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the outdoor cinema (Muddy Lane/behind Cider Bus) in full costume.

 

[William of Walworth]

Riff , wiskey chainsawjob and myself/festivaldeb, among others, will be getting into festival practice this coming weekend -- Bearded Theory

 

[alsoknownas]

Carlsberg Tuborg not being served at this years festy!!! That's the best news I've heard so far!

 

[alsoknownas]

Babylon Uprising is actually in... well, Babylon. I've stumbled across it a few times, but it's only now I'm realising it's an actual programmed venue.
Anyway, here's their line-up, in video form:

 

[alsoknownas]

The Wormhole (new venue in Park) looks like it could have some cracking sessions. Lots of Bristol spinners, plus - Ezra Collective VS Sons of Kemet , and a proper Old School Jungle Rinseout to wrap things up .

 

[alsoknownas]

Block 9's post-Glasto plans look bloody interesting. They are gonna tour the venue (like Arcadia did I suppose) and do some storytelling:

The debut at Glastonbury this summer is only the first part of Block9’s plan. The second element is a peripatetic arts space where Block9 will – with live music and specially commissioned pieces – tell “musical stories”, such as the evolution of Iranian music after the 1979 revolution, the Ethiopian royal families’ embrace of an Armenian brass band, and how Viktor Ullmann wrote his opera The Emperor of Atlantis while in the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt.

“All of these things are massively empowering,” said Berger. “You’re not going to leave depressed. You’ll leave inspired. We’re saying: yes, things are pretty messed up now, but look at what we as a species have come through.

Gallagher said: “It’ll be part-gig, part-club. It’s a music venue, which is like being inside an artwork. Nothing is what it seems.”

 

[alsoknownas]

I'll be interested in this if it's well programmed. I like (more than stereo) setups and immersive stuff:

Be the first to witness the birth of IICON – a brand new, immersive 3D surround sound arena in Block9 East. Taking the form of a colossal, anonymised head, IICON is a pseudo-religious monument to the terrifying new realities emerging in our digital, post-truth age. This immense sculptural artwork and stage boasts a 6-point ambisonic sound system and is animated by state-of-the-art video mapping.

 

[William of Walworth]

Unfairground have just been announcing stuff :

 

[William of Walworth]

As have The Park :

 

[William of Walworth]

I've also been told this w/e that the full line-up, as in all areas, and most day and time breakdowns, will be announced soon -- as in early June (earlier than usual??). Not sure how completely true this is -- I'm sceptical .....

But if you think you'll be bored on site, it could soon become so that you won't!

 

[newbie]

wow, I've looked through lists of millions of bands I've never heard of and finally someone I'm excited about.

 

[alsoknownas]

I'm excited to see The Comet Is Coming, which is Shabaka Hutchings' (Sons of Kemet) other band. They do atmospheric and lush futuristic jazz, and he's the most hearty sax player I've heard since the late great Saxa!

 

[alsoknownas]

wow, I've looked through lists of millions of bands I've never heard of and finally someone I'm excited about.

She came to my attention (like a surprisingly high number of things), via We Transfer. I think it's quite clever how they have utilised that file-transfer downtime for a quick bit of infotainment:

Reggae's next superstar is here to play

 

[newbie]

She came to my attention (like a surprisingly high number of things), via We Transfer. I think it's quite clever how they have utilised that file-transfer downtime for a quick bit of infotainment:

Reggae's next superstar is here to play

I thought the more recent Rapture was a bite trite when I first heard it, but it's a grower and now firmly in playlists.

 

[Athos]

I'm excited to see The Comet Is Coming, which is Shabaka Hutchings' (Sons of Kemet) other band. They do atmospheric and lush futuristic jazz, and he's the most hearty sax player I've heard since the late great Saxa!

Defo on my list. Though, no doubt, they'll clash with loads of other stuff!

 

[Athos]

I've also been told this w/e that the full line-up, as in all areas, and most day and time breakdowns, will be announced soon -- as in early June (earlier than usual??). Not sure how completely true this is -- I'm sceptical .....

But if you think you'll be bored on site, it could soon become so that you won't!

Then I can spend hours carefully poring over Clashfinder, incorporating my 'travel times between stages at varying times if the day' matrix. Only for it to all go to ratshit when I get hammered and start meeting mates. Just like every year.

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." Helmuth van Moltke,1880

 

[alsoknownas]

I thought the more recent Rapture was a bite trite when I first heard it, but it's a grower and now firmly in playlists.

A lot of her stuff is more conscious-vibes oriented, but I think every reggae act can put out a straight-up boast track every now and then . I've been digging it.

 

[William of Walworth]

Two Arcadia pages now on Glastonbury's main site : This one, then this one (the latter with a little Michael Eavis video-chat)

And obviously the obligatory poster too

 

[William of Walworth]

Shedloads about Block 9 here -- various information and posters about Block 9 itself, NYC Downlow, etc. etc.

It looks very much like thay have a different and larger field in the SE Corner -- they certainly have more areas and acts

ETA : Not a "different" field -- see next post below. An extra one alongside the field they had before ...

 

[William of Walworth]

And I've just rechecked the 2019 map that alsoknownas posted on page 6 of this thread -- and yes, Block 9 have definitely expanded in the SE ... I'm just now remembering that Glasto Latino are also moving (to near West Holts -- see earlier links), so that accounts for how B;lock 9 can now take over a much bigger chuck of the SE Cormer world .....

 

[ruffneck23]

Shedloads about Block 9 here -- various information and posters about Block 9 itself, NYC Downlow, etc. etc.

It looks very much like thay have a different and larger field in the SE Corner -- they certainly have more areas and acts

its going to be phat, my mate is the site manager overseeing the build NYC downlow

 

[William of Walworth]

its going to be phat, my mate is the site manager overseeing the build NYC downlow

Aces -- they have loads of room now (see my edit in post 234)

 

[wiskey]

I've not pored over the lineup because I never do but from what I've seen there are actually a good number of acts I'd cross a field to check out

 

[wiskey]

Aces -- they have loads of room now (see my edit in post 234)

And still the Iona Community are in the middle making tea.

 

[William of Walworth]

And still the Iona Community are in the middle making tea.

They'll never move surely!