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Post by kidpresentable on Feb 15, 2011 12:10:10 GMT
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Post by mojopearl on Feb 16, 2011 18:29:57 GMT
Live in vehicle and teenage ticket are already apparently running low.
Just over six months to go till GM !
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Post by peridot on Feb 18, 2011 18:25:47 GMT
It's really unusual for the live-in tickets to go quickly. I'm glad they sent out a warning as I was going to wait 'till next month to buy mine. I wonder if there are fewer places this year or more people using live-in vehicles  |
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Post by mojopearl on Feb 18, 2011 20:35:43 GMT
Got to agree live in tickets went super fast. Maybe, a few people who did tents in the last few years decided never again!
Perhap, also the holiday tickets in the last two years has made a differance. Even the early saver tickets went super-fast this year.
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Post by peridot on Feb 18, 2011 23:29:01 GMT
I hadn't realised how lucky I was until I saw the posts in the 'other place'. Bought mine very late on Wednesday night and by Thursday morning they were all gone  Can't say I'd have welcomed having to go back to lugging all the camping equipment from the car park again, although for GM I'd have done it if necessary. |
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Post by mojopearl on Feb 20, 2011 0:42:20 GMT
Cor..peridot looks like you got in just in time. I hope all the regulars on this board managed to get their live in vehical tickets. I'm doing the holiday ticket once again. Best way of relaxing I can think of.
Last year, I spent an afternoon just sitting in the sun by the river watching butterflies. After four days of chilling - i was super ready for the festival by friday. Someone somewhere mentioned there's a bit of a buzz already about GM - I got to agree.
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Post by cyfarthfa on Feb 20, 2011 9:58:34 GMT
There's a bit of a buzz locally too. Lots of students are applying for stewarding etc, and the festival seems to have got on the radar of the welsh cultural 'establishment'. Lots more people are talking about going, whereas in previous years i've been considered a bit eccentric for going. I think it's partly the 'folk-pop' thing with the Mumfords- banjos now seem strangely popular, at least the six string tuned like a guitar and electrified ones are..(ooops, prejudice showing there). Be interesting to see how this impacts on things like the cinema and literature tents, and the science bits, which Mrs cyfarthfa rates highly, and which makes the whole festival far more interesting.
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Post by Chris on Feb 21, 2011 11:44:44 GMT
I'm having to hold out to see whether I can go to GM this year for a number of reasons, so I'm hoping that tickets won't sell out in double-quick time just in case I can make it.
I missed last year so I'd love to get there this year, although it looks a bit unlikely for me again!
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Post by krasnyi on Feb 21, 2011 18:52:28 GMT
Good to see the old familiar names on here! Agree with cyfarthfa - could be part of the Mumford phenomenon, they did draw the largest crowd last year as far as I could see. We were sitting right at the top of the hill and you couldn't see a single patch of green (or mud) between there and the stage. At least there won't be any 'disappointed with the line-up' type threads on here! I tried to generate some interest in this site on the official forum last year with little success. no-one listens to me, I just go banging on about Jonathan Richman . . . and this year Darren Hayman for Green Man! Love and peace all!
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Post by rayrad on Feb 25, 2011 10:12:01 GMT
of course, the tallest man on earth was on at the same time at the mumfords
so i was in a tent!
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Post by cyfarthfa on Feb 25, 2011 12:52:04 GMT
yeah, I thought TMOE was outstanding- the one he did with Megafaun was one of my highlights of last year. What's the opposite of a 'mosh pit'? Down the front at TMOE was a mass of mid 20s women bouncing and squeeling. anti-mosh? a 'tip-shom' maybe? On the other hand, my daughter thought the mumfords were fantastic. I caught their last tune, and wasn't that impressed. Are they a London band? I know little about them, but thought I could detect a fairly deeply reworked London - Irish feel. But no fiddle.I do like a fiddle. It lifts the whole sound I think.
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Post by rayrad on Feb 25, 2011 14:05:36 GMT
we saw them play a few years ago at GM in the old folkey dokey tent
and they were great
hard to raise that same kind of atmosphere on the main stage though
they're just too big now - and less interesting for it
through no fault of their own really!
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Post by peridot on Feb 26, 2011 18:44:02 GMT
I'm having to hold out to see whether I can go to GM this year for a number of reasons, so I'm hoping that tickets won't sell out in double-quick time just in case I can make it. I missed last year so I'd love to get there this year, although it looks a bit unlikely for me again! That's a shame Chris. If there is any chance you can get there, it might be an idea to grab tickets now and sell them on if you need to. It seems the festival is more in demand every year. |
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Post by peridot on Feb 26, 2011 18:57:02 GMT
Down the front at TMOE was a mass of mid 20s women bouncing and squeeling. anti-mosh? a 'tip-shom' maybe? On the other hand, my daughter thought the mumfords were fantastic. I foolishly went right to the front for Mumford thinking it would be fairly quiet. It was rather disconcerting finding myself quickly surrounded by hoards of screaming pubescent girls All I can say is that if the Mumfords are considered 'fit' then there's hope for all of us. They're fairly inoffensive but I have to say they're really milking that first album. Be interesting to see if they come up with anything better for the next one. |
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