Conference marvin::uk_music

    first details of this years lentil fest in todays press.
    
    Confirmed so far:  Elvis Costello, Boo Radleys, Senser, Nick Cave, Spin
    Doctors, Buffalo Tom, Trans Global Underground, Blur, Ultramarine, and
    some others.
    
    To be confirmed: Neil Young, Peter Grabriel, Bjork, Manic Street
    Preachers.
    
    Mikef

    
    Tickets go on sale April 1st for 59 quid, postal details not yet
    published. Maps of the site should be available early April.
    
    G 

    
    It's been a looooong time since I've been to Glastonbury, due to not
    living in England mainly. However, this may all change very soon.
    
    So tell me, what's it like nowadays. I imagine that nowadays there is a
    police presence on site? How many people now attend it. (I'm working to
    10 years ago when around 40,000 was considered humongous!)
    
    Does it still have all the theatre tents, second stage, film tents etc?
    
    Interested,
    
    Mark. 

    
    Mark, there is a Police presence yes, but last year it was quite
    low-key - no road blocks on the way in or out, and very good 'Community
    Style' policing inside, with some plain clothes as well.
    
    last years event had an official limit of 70,000 - people I know who
    work at the festival put the count at around 100,000 - 110,000 bearing
    in mind the traders, performers, volunteer staff etc that were also on
    site that's still a lot more than were supposed to have tickets !
    
     There are now several 'main' stages (pyramid, NME, Jazz, Acoustic, etc),
     theatre tents, Comedy tents, Cinema's inside and out and smaller
    'venues' such as large Marquees which serve as Cafe/bars with live
    bands, jugglers, theatre etc.
    
    graham
     

    Peter Gabriel, Bjork, and World Party confirmed for this years fest.
    
    Don't World Party play at every festival anywhere?  Their albums don't
    seem to sell, turn up in bargain bins frequenntly, yet still turn up at
    festivals, on TV, Radio 1 concerts and lord knows what else.  I think
    there is a conspiracy here.  The Wallinger Conspiracy.  He has
    kidnapped Mike Scott, replaced him with a look-a-like who can't write
    songs, then tries to take over the world.
    
    Don't worry - I'm just drinking too much coffee.  Even the walls are
    talking about me...
    
    Mikef

    Paul Weller is reported to be playing according to MTV. Still I think
    I'll stick to the Krishna tent this year.
    
    AP

    I was at the Welsh Convention on Saturday. What's that got to do with
    music I hear you say....but this was Man and all their spin-off groups
    doing an all day concert. They announced that they would be at
    Glastonbury on the 25th June this year. If you are there go to see them
    as they are on form. Don't miss Deke Leonard and his Gibson doing 
    "A Ride and a View".
    
    Barry.

Does anybody have any experience of taking a small child to Glastonbury
(aged 1.5).  I know they have a kids field for entertaining them, but are
there any other facilities to make things easier?

Carol

Tickets:

Glastonbury '94 24-26th June

�59, in advance only, for the three days. Includes camping (and all the mud/dust
you can eat).

credit cards: 0272 767868
post: Glastonbury Festivals PO Box 352, Bristol BS99 7FQ (add �2/ticket)

Tickets available from the usual suspects, including "Most HMV Stores"

I don't know if all of these bands have already been mentioned:

Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello and the attractions, The Levellers, Rage Against
The Machine, Van Morrison, Paul Weller, The pin Doctors, James, Blind Melon,
Bjork, M-People, Blur, Manic Street Preachers.

Other things I scribbled down:

Pyramid Stage, NME Stage, Theatre, Cabaret & Circus, Acoustic Stage, Jazz,
World, Cinema

Neal.

    
    ....all tickets attract at least a 2 quid booking fee whether you get
    them by mail order, credit card or whateva. A couple of the crowd I'll
    be going with went down to Glastonbury two weeks ago to buy all the
    tickets as they usually do, only to find that the record shop in
    Glastonbury is also charging the booking fee this year.
    
    For anyone who's interested we'll be there from Wednesday lunchtime,
    probably in the camping area opposite where the Jazz stage was last
    year as it's the most central. The field we used to camp in is now
    performers/Tipi people only - come to think of it perhaps it always was
    but last year you had to prove it. Our camp will have the usual
    Yin/Yang flag with a couple of aircraft lights attached (so we can find
    our way back in the dark!), a GD SYF flag, an upturned trailer and a
    big fire in the middle - come along and say hello, but don't expect to
    get too much sense out of us....
    
    Graham
    
    

>>    ....all tickets attract at least a 2 quid booking fee whether you get
>>    them by mail order, credit card or whateva. A couple of the crowd I'll
>>    be going with went down to Glastonbury two weeks ago to buy all the
>>    tickets as they usually do, only to find that the record shop in
>>    Glastonbury is also charging the booking fee this year.
  
<sigh> what a rip-off. It's like advertising prices exclusive of VAT, and it
ought to be illegal.
  
>>    Our camp will have the usual
>>    Yin/Yang flag with a couple of aircraft lights attached (so we can find
>>    our way back in the dark!), a GD SYF flag, an upturned trailer and a
>>    big fire in the middle - come along and say hello, but don't expect to
>>    get too much sense out of us....

hey! You guys are *organised* I've obviously been thinking too small. Do you
know if there's enough room to land my helicopter?

    
    
>> hey! You guys are *organised* I've obviously been thinking too small. Do you
>> know if there's enough room to land my helicopter?
    
    
    ... let me know how you'd like the heli-pad marked out and I'll see
    what I can do. %^)
    
    we have been toying with the idea of taking a laser with us for the
    last couple of years, it may even happen this year - so we could guide
    you in with that !
    
    And, just in case there's the same cock-up with the car parks this year
    - ie, nobody directing traffic on the way out - I'm going down in the
    Frontera this year, and I'll be away across the fields &^;
    
    G

    Could anyone tell me how easy it is to get from Bristol airport to 
    the festival site. We are flying down to Bristol and should arrive
    around 8pm on the Thursday night. 
    
    Also are there any off-licences in or about the airport for the weekend
    carryout or will we have to get one before we fly. 
    
    Any info appreciated.
    
    
    Cheers
    Peeds
    

    
    Peeds, don't know about the transport situation, although they do
    usually run buses from train stations etc. 
    
    As far as the carry-out goes, there are various off-licences in
    Glastonbury itself, and one in Pilton (the nearest village to the
    festival). Once you're inside, the Beer/Cider/Lager prices aren't too
    bad - although if you can take severalcases of Duty free in with you,
    then you will save a lot of money.
    
    I got news last night that the gates open at 9am (on Wednesday) this year
    (not 12.00 lunchtime as previously) so our plans have been brought forward
    about 8 hours - we're now travelling overnight to arrive before 9am !!  
    
    	The site now has a double perimeter fence 8-10ft high steel sheets,
    with enough space between the two fences to turn a Landrover according to
    our contact. 
    
    Pass out information has not been given out yet, there will be passouts
    but how they will work will not be disclosed until the event.
    
    we've also been told that if there are any problems with the security
    staff on the gates (who are employed to do security, nothing more
    nothing less) DO NOT make an issue of it - stay nice and calm, go away
    from the gate and wait until you spot one of the Site officials (who
    are volunteers, there to try and make everything run smoothly) - these
    people can be reasoned with and in most cases will come to some
    'arrangement' if there is a problem.
    
    Graham.
    
    BTW, Peeds, have you got tickets ?? If not you are going to have *big*
    problems with the aforementioned security (if you get that close),
    officially, there are no tickets on sale at the gate and there
    shouldn't be any still on sale in shops now - but there are -
    they supposedly won't let anyone near the place without a ticket.
                    
     

    I've seen a lot of tix still for sale.
    
    Ch 4 are reshowing the 'Showdown at Glastonbury' series.  4 progs about
    Michael Eavis, The Festival, the village, and the locals.  Its very
    interesting.  Part 3 is on this friday, at around 2pm.  
    
    Ch4 are also going to be broadcasting live from the fest over the
    weekend, which means live sets n interviews n stuff, so you can have a
    mini festival in your own living room (Virtual Festival?).  All you
    have to do is drink lots of horrible lager, get a headache, roll around
    in the mud, dig a hole in the back yard for a toilet, have sex with any
    complete stranger passing by, and you're there!
    
    I suppose you could also pin up a photo of Graham for extra atmosphere.
    
    Mikef

    oh, you could also get your neighbour to come round and sell you a
    packet of talcum powder for a great deal of money, so that you can
    sniff it and lie back and say 'Hmm, doesn't do much for me...'.  Or
    maybe they could sell you some cow dung rolled up with tobacco, so that
    you could smoke it and lie back and say 'Hey man, smell those
    colours...'
    
    Mikef (just in one of those moods today)

    
    Mike, as you're not going I'll scan you a few selected pictures from
    recent years, then while we're in 'a field of our own' you can have your
    own mini festival on 'a Workstation of your own' with a few good vibes
    playing on your CD at the same time....
    
    Graham
    
    BTW, we're having a trial run of the Laser this w/e ! but I have doubts
    whether the Battery will run it for long enough for it to be worth
    taking %^/
          

    Just heard that the Pyramid stage has burnt down this morning.  Eavis
    hopes to get a temporary 'normal' stage erected for the Fest.
    
    Mikef

    
    ....There won't be anywhere for the Cows to sleep now %^/
    
    It shouldn't be too difficult to get something else in it's place, but
    it really needs to be a pyramid for things to be 'proper'. The original
    wasn't too high tech, so I would think it'd be pretty straight forward
    to replace. The lighting and sound rigs probably wouldn't have been up
    yet - they normally go up at the biginning of next week - unless of
    course any of it had already been delivered and stored inside...
    
    Graham