How has the nation reacted to this weekend's (April 6) Glastonbury ticket selling kick-off?
Mon 07 Apr, 2008
Jay-Z is only an additional factor to the main reason why Glastonbury wasn't a sell out on tickets day.Last year, the festival was overcrowded and we were treated like cattle, normally in mud years, straw is put down to make it easier to move around but they didn't take any measures like that until the last day when market traders demanded it as no-one could get to their stalls.People were stuck in the car parks for 10 hours, normally the neighbouring farms would have been paid to bring their tractors and pull people out - and where were the stewards? Not the oxfam volunteer stewards, the paid transport ones - there were very few as Michael Eavis acted last year like the festival was all about making money.And whilst that could be dealt with, it's quite understandable as he probably won't be running it for very much longer (and after the disasters this year he should probably retire).The main problem is that when people were stuck in their cars, he announced on the radio that he no longer wanted his loyal fans, those that have been going to Glasto since the beginning (or certainly for longer than it's been fashionable) by saying the festival was too middle-aged and middle-class.So the hoardes of people for whom Glastonbury is a part of their lives, not just a weekend away with some good music, have turned around and said fine, we won't come.
Thu 10 Apr, 2008
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Glastonbury ticket-selling weekend: Fans' reactions
How has the nation reacted to this weekend's (April 6) Glastonbury ticket selling kick-off?
Mon 07 Apr, 2008
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