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April fools!

here's a handy link for your booking pleasures.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

you wag.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.q4music.com/nav?age=q4music.now.feature&fixture_news=832393

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Serious qn - does anyone know if I'm allowed to buy a second ticket in the name/address of someone who lives overseas?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Overseas ticket sales will be handled differently from UK ticket sales. If you are living abroad, you can only buy tickets online using a credit card."

Doesn't look like it, but if you can get through on the phone before this evening it's probably worth asking.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the best way of selling tickets is via alternative book shops. i.e how it used to be. Credit card online sales = straight to scalpers.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

hippy.

but tom is living here and he is buying the tickets, it's just the other one is for (i believe) YMOF.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:08 (twenty-one years ago)

No credit cards allowed. Only two tickets per person. Names and addresses need to be supplied for every ticket. Security is way tight this year.

Tom - from aloud.com. I *think* you can get both tickets sent to your address. Think.

Overseas ticket sales will be handled differently from UK ticket sales. If you are living abroad, you can only buy tickets online using a credit card. Tickets for overseas sales will not be sent out by post, but can be collected from an office in Shepton Mallet. Details of the collection arrangements and the checks that will be carried out will be sent to successful ticket purchasers.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom, I think you'll be OK, but I'd ring up and check now (and be super extra clear that the person on the other end of the phone understands what you mean) if I were you.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I concur nervously.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm thinking about going to Oxegen instead.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr F can you sent me your address details - to freakytrigger at hotmail dot com?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:10 (twenty-one years ago)

There's only a recorded message currently - no human contact!

So my options are:

1) order ticket for YMOF under his address, hope it's OK.
2) order ticket for YMOF under my address, arrange 'proof of address' before June.
3) leave YMOF to dangle / trek to Shepton Mallett

I do not want to do 3 as YMOF is a top geezer.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)

The online form may may it clear whether or not the person is UK or not.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah.

Oi! Farrell! Give me yer mobile no. too in case I find at 8.15 PM that I can't do it and you need to do it yourself.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Not only will our subscribers have an exclusive opportunity to enter the biggest Glastonbury 2004 ticket give-away on planet earth

They'll also be emailed a direct link to the booking pages ahead of the on sale. From 8pm on Thursday April 1, they'll be able to gain direct access to the booking pages. The tickets will be just two clicks away!

anyone have the secret link?!

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I subscribed yesterday but no secret link yet grrr

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2235976324&category=16071

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 11:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm almosted tempted to bid on that, it's funngy...

i've been subscribed since last year, no secret link for me yet either.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

3) leave YMOF to dangle / trek to Shepton Mallett

I do not want to do 3 as YMOF is a top geezer.

I'm actually looking forward to visiting Shepton Mullet, partly because of its name, but also because it was where the BLOODY ASSIZES were held.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Tracer come to Glastonbury! It will rock more than anything else you do in England, trust me.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

mail sent!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm mildly worried that the surge caused as 400,000 people all try to buy Glasto tickets at exactly the same time will cause not only the site, but also the entire Interweb, to break.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

*nods*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm sure that's probably way lower than the average server-load of porn.com

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd love to see (and have) their bank statement though

1st Apr 7:59 ------ £0
1st Apr 8:00 ------ £115
1st Apr 8:01 ------ £1,149,885
1st Apr 8:02 ------ £46,000,000

!! omg!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1st Apr 8:01 ------ £1,149,885

Ken, I can't believe you worked out 9999 x 115 (or that I checked to see if 1149885 is divisible by 115)

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Bank statements updated by the minute? What kind of sick accounting-pervert are you? I have nightmares about that sort of thing!

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

mine is listed per transaction! i had time to work out 9999 x 115 but not to press Ctrl-V 400,000 times.....

xpost haha yeah i'm sad.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

ACtually, this is kind of giving me awful flashbacks to jobs I've had where I did have to work out accounts like that... especially ones where you got a whole PAGE for each transaction. They'd be brought in by truckload...

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

So Kate, are you tempted by Glasto this year?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

No.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

POXY FULE IT WILL RULE COS IT ALWAYS DOES.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, well there's my answer!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

It's all about OXEGEN, people!!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

taking sides: Paul McCartney vs David Bowie

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate Glasto. Yes, I know, I've never been. I hate festivals. I hate camping. I hate hippies. I hate music. I hate drugs. WHAT ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE COULD I POSSIBLY ENJOY?

I will never go. Not even if Busted serenade me naked from my own tent. Not even if I'm playing.... oh wait, actually, well, if I were playing, we'd get a hotel room in Shepton Mullet and I *might* consider it. But we were turned down two years ago so it will never happen.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate Glasto. Yes, I know, I've never been. I hate festivals. I hate camping. I hate hippies. I hate music. I hate drugs. WHAT ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE COULD I POSSIBLY ENJOY?

Pear cider.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

O.
T.
M.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:07 (twenty-one years ago)

ah I see!
x-post

pear cider you say...

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Tracer: Wings!

― sarah full of pox, Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I can get pear cider in Wiltshire. Heck, I'm surprised that the Gr1gs0ns don't make their own!

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I don't like hippies but I do like camping, I like festivals, I like drugs and I kinda like music, so I'm in! Last year's Glasto was my first-ever festival and I had an amazing time. The toilet situation is SERIOUSLY DIRE, mind you.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope. That's all I need to hear. Dire toilets, and I'm not going within a mile of it.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

One year, the sluice lorries went down to do what they do, down by the accoustic tent. But they had set their nozzle things to Blow instead of Suck, and ...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha the toilet situation last year was less horrific that it's ever been. You wait and see what happens if it rains.

(xpost, yep, exactly that - except it was the dance tent. They were still pulling Ronan from the slurry three days later)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

One of our regular crew managed to never use the loos for other than water passing reasons. There is some sort of diet to do this, I read about one year...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the lorries were there to suck the water and mud out of the tent, IIRC.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

(xpost myself) Yeah, anyhow whichever tent it was got closed early for health reasons. Like, anyone was going to go in the dance tent.. Hey, to get Shitfaced!! (hey I supply my own punchlines.!)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Why doesn't Eavis get on the case - some sort of local reclaimed-water system? I heard there's a festival in Sweden that also has a huge attendance but has some super-efficient, eco-friendly system that allows the toilets to actually FLUSH and stay relatively clean. Or maybe that's just because Swedes aren't as filthy as Brits.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The toilets were great last year i thought - i mean, as long as you don't look INTO the thing and visualise if you ever fall into it you'll have a 10 feet drop into a pool of.. poo! I don't know how such images get into my head.

and we were on the top of the hill and somehow the poo smell still got blown by the wind towards our tents.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The "diet" asw you call it is call taking a couple of Immodium before you go.

Mind you I have trained my bowels to not shit for four days for these purposes.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, it was either 97 or 98 (the mud years), and it was the dance tent. you could smell it from the far side of the other stage...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

and yeah as long as you poo before you go to glastonbury and stay off the curries you'll be fine. beer is a bad-un though.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I'm going to stop reading this thread now. I feel seriously sick.

(And not even images of Busted serenading me naked from my own tent can help with this.)

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

But surely with the diet at Glasto, you will need to do more that wee....! Kate - I don't really like camping, hippies - well you can ignore them, I guess I do like music, I don't take drugs anymore (although I suspect this might change at Glasto!), so you see, you gotta go, you just gotta!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Mind you I have trained my bowels to not shit for four days for these purposes.

this is why he weighs 15 stone...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

The only reason I even CONSIDER ATP-related activities is due to the indoor sleeping, showers, etc.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The "diet" asw you call it is call taking a couple of Immodium before you go.

Take half a dozen for security and then a pack of Senakot when you get home.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I never persuaded Dawn to go, either. I figured not to push it, as I imagined she may well hate it after half a day, and then me for the next four days...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

They did clear up the dance tent (it was '98, if I remember correctly), and indeed the Fatboy Slim set later that night is one of my top-three gigs ever.

I'm definitely tempted by Oxygen. Chemical Brothers, David Bowie, Massive Attack, N.E.R.D., PJ Harvey/Pink, The Darkness, The Strokes, Wu-Tang. Witnness, the festival it used to be, had a habit/policy of announcing more and more people as the date got closer, thought there seemed to be a quota of one festival favorite for every actual brilliant band.

Madchen - that sounds like a recipe for halving your weight in one evening! Pete vs Pete of Poo!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

For some reason (most probably ruin related) I end up crapping much more often at festies. The long-drop toilets are fine, providing you don't go when you're too fucked and get the fear re falling in.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i think three days is the best i can do so i take my hat off to Pete and his concrete bowels. still there are nicer toilets up by the farmhouse usually if i'm not mistaken.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

RickyT - god, I get that. The river of sewage underneath is terrifying.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

It always seems such an anticlimax to launch one away and hear no splash (or even thud), just ... nothing!

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there a link for Oxygen?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, I meant for the festival affair! heh

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.oxegen.ie

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Wasn't this how the second Ghostbusters film started...

A giant underground river of shit and bad vibes direct from the Glasto site to the Metropolitan Museum of Art...?

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

but that gunk was pink

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

It's ok Kate, there are not hippies at Glastonbury anymore, it's all public schoolboys dicking about with picture phones and braying about The Coral.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

You almost had me until you got to the Coral bit... ;-)

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that's Reading...!

(last time I went, I noticed a familiar smell behind me. SoI turned and saw a couple 14 yr old boys who got very selfconscious and hid it back in their pockets (lit))

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

What's so bad about going to Shepton Mallett?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean I intend to book mine and collect there

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Ronan, for the love of god, BRING YOUR PASSPORT THIS TIME!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

AND GET TO THE AIRPORT IN PLENTY OF TIME!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

also is it just me, or is anyone else actually getting nervous about this ticket buying? and possibly feeling a bit giddy about the whole GLASTO !F!U!N! voib. i like how on the front page of the official site they've got a countdown to when the festival starts :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve, I have been nervous about the ticket buying for weeks!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't think about Glasto until after USA trip

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

COOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN

FEEL THE VOIB etc

MIDNIGHT, NOT A SOUND ON THE PAVEMENT

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

TAKE THAT LOOK OFF YOUR FACE

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

This year I fear the theme tune may well be

"I loved to see Bermuda, and I said WOMAN ARE YOU MAD!"

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

er, i just realised, i might not be able to camp with you guys...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

ISN'T HE GOOD?
so good
ISN'T HE FINE?
so fine
ISN'T THIS MADNESS?
HE CAN'T BE MINE

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Tickets already on sale HERE...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

charlie, did you read the start of the thread?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

OH FOR GOD'S SAKE WHY AREN@T THE TICKETS ON SALE NOW??????

THEN I COULD RELAX AND HAVE A NICE QUIZ...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

What's so bad about Shepton Mallet collection, I ask again!

I am so bringing my passport, that extra 170 euro from last year is a sum of money I'd like back.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

There's no connection with the site except by taxi. Bring an extra £50.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

BOLLOCKS

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

ah fuck it if I drank the memory of 170 extra quid last year I can manage a measly 50 this time around.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

hitch a ride!!!!!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

charlie, did you read the start of the thread?

uh, yeah...what's yr point? i thought it was pretty funny.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah like how things are always funnier the 2nd time round... or something

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I am a bit nervous about this whole ticket buying shite, especially as tonight I must also pack for ATP and if everything goes well attend a punk gig.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

oh! *blushes* wow, who's the twat now?

(that'll be me then)

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Kate is so OTM I could hug her. You lot are all mental.

It's all public schoolboys dicking about with picture phones and braying about The Coral.

...

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

We just know fun when we see it and don't hate it.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm so nervous about this it's not true. i think i should go cook dinner and shower and not think about it for a bit...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Shepton Mallet collection is fine. For the last couple of years we've gone there on the Thursday to sort out ticket problems (actually I think last year we just went for fun). It's surprisingly unbusy, and there's a nice old caff you can have your last decent meal at. It's nice to escape the traffic on the final stretch too. Having said that, with this overseas collection thing I doubt it will be quite as fun this year. If you go on Wednesday or early on Thursday it'll probably be fine though.

This named tickets thing. Maybe I missed it, but is there anything really specifying that one needs proof of address when one gets there? I have a feeling that what with people changing address and young people generally being a bit shaky on proofs of address, that only a proof of name will be required. Otherwise there'll be chaos.

I am an optimist and think that even if it's madness at 8pm tonight, Eavis's new procedures will mean that tickets won't sell out half as fast. I might not even bother trying until later on tonight.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i agree with Kate and Barry but i'm going anyway

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Everyone I speak to is convinced it will rain. The grip of specious probability theory is tight.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

it always rains, the question is how much. i reckon the most since '98 (tho that first day of 2000 was a bit of a mud-fest - only it magically all dried up overnight by Friday morning)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I've had two almost completely dry years. I figure I'll be there on Wednesday so hopefully no problems.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, I guess it rained on Sunday last year, but my Sunday was crappy anyway so I kind of don't count it.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

let's just take a moment to remember that the Euro 2004 quarter-final likely to feature England will be taking place on the Thursday or Friday night during Glasto. Pyramid stage and Cinema field big screen coverage surely...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I listened to Columbia-England on a radio in 1998 in a big tent. The crusty guy who owned the tent was tutting. A few people were watching the Foo Fighters on the pyramid stage. It was pissing down. Unhappy times.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 16:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Did anyone else get an Orange text message reminder this afternoon? I'm obviously still registered for them from last year. How sweet.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

They only want to sleep with you.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Shepton Mallet collection is fine. ... If you go on Wednesday or early on Thursday it'll probably be fine though.

were you in a car? all my pals who had to go to Shepton Mullet were in public transport, and they are still moaning about how awkward it all was. my own plan is to stay over in that lovely little town with its gruesome history on Tuesday night, so that on Wednesday morning I can arrive at the campsite having had a decent breakfast and a shower that morning.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I tried in vain to get some friends in Britain to get mine, I guess I'll have to hit the Mallet.

What's the gruesome history?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, I was in a car. Apologies, envirokids.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Ticket site already crawling. Oh-oh.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I am thinking the phone is a better option. Seriously though - you'll all be fine. I feel it in my bones.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Just remember, there's always Stewart Osbourne's back garden.

― Pico Pico (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Did anyone sort out a booking line for that?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

what's the booking line phone number??

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

0870 830 2004

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

cheers rick

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I've just rung and they've never heard of Stewart Osbourne's back garden.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i am a fule waiting late at work as interweb backup incase phones are bad, but site is now muy bad i ph34r

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

this is so exciting

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i am so scared. my heart's going like 140bpm.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Last year, our crappy work computers wouldn't actually work with the booking site, so I am an idiot for being here. Mind you, I'm supposed to be here for the next five minutes anyway, so I guess it's not really my fault.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

bah it'll be grand. except i need a feckin cigarette so desperately again all of a sudden.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

admittedly the large quantity of caffeine i just consumed for no reason might have something to do with this.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Is this how men felt in the trenches I wonder?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

i doubt it

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

All my timepieces show different times. Feck.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Drums fingers and worries at increasingly slow rate of page refreshing. Luckily, have beer.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

caffeine is the only thing that obliterates my cigarette cravings, i'm drinking 2 litres of coke a day.

x-post pete no you'll know how they felt come the festival itself.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is starting to resemble old ile.

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

bring back the greenspun goats

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Argh, refresh has completely stopped working.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got through. They've sold out.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

It's almost like that thread on the world cup, except we're all trying to spend big wodge

x-post - colleague has the changed site, but not getting buttons to submit. Gah

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

hardy har

yeah, humph. thank god for tabbed browsing. switch back here while it twirls away... noo nee noo...

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Mate next to me has the order now button.

Bastard.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

And since we have wifi, he has bropught his computer to show me...

Tabbed browsing - but no dice!

Squeals

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Fucking DNS error!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Glastonbury has broken the internet hurrah.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

The service is currently very busy

Please try again a little later

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

what's the actual page that will have "order here". I'm on /glastonbury

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Sod this - I'm going home and trying later. I'm working on my assumption that the panickers won't actually be able to buy that many tickets in the next hour or so.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Beware, as we are in JANET central, trying to break the website with the MIGHTY POWER OF our computers. So any posts from me may be from Tico.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

bah i haven't even got a busy style message yet.

yes I am getting paranoid like Alan too, is /glastonbury the right page?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

oh for fuck's sake...

i actually got as far as entering all my details :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave post the link please!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

We have also broken BT. I got as far as Aloud the first couple of times, but now it's just BT saying the phone network is fuXXored.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i just get beep beep beep

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

https://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON???

I knew this would happen.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

dave did your mate manage to order? i didn't :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Have filled in details and then baastard server busy.

Tits.

Link

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

ooh i'm halfway to order form, GO ON OUT OF THAT YEAH! erm...this is a brilliant laugh

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

NOTHING WORKS!

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

then why are you asking? ;)

someone explain to me the logic of having only one site for buying tickets from...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

oof, x-post x 3

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

My sister claims tix went on sale at 7.00.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

OOOH NEARLY, YES???

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Toby -filled in everythin, clicked submit, black screen of Glasto secure server death

x post - you're sister is a lying cur

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I am going to cry.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

has she managed to buy a ticket, though?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Cool your boots, kids. Remember that last year it took several hours for it to sell out and that was when people were buying a bazillion tickets each on their credit cards.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah but that was also when no-one expected it to sell out that quickly...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

it's like a telecommunications rave

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

also i want to be at the fap :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

At last I am actually getting a response from the server. Even if it is just busy.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I am terrified that I'll fill everything in and then get charged £240 only to get a blank screen and have to try again.

I have come from the pub. Everyone is having a great time. Bastards.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

ha now i can't even get the black screen.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

sod this, i really am going to go home and call later on the phone - is it 24hr phone line?

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

A really great time?

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Are the mystery guests in thee pub?

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

'There are not enough tickets to cover the amount you requested (ie = 2)'

I am going to cry / go to the pub

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Does Marcello count?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah is the really really special mark s guest there??

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave that can't be right.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt, your sister, is she.. pretty?

― Adam Wayne (AdamWayne), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

are you joking dave???

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

'More tickets will be made available later'

Thanks folks. That's really f'king handy.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Not yet.

I CANNOT BELIEVE NO ONE FORESAW THIS. FUCKING COUNTRY BUMPKIN TWATS!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

so what's the vedict? fuck off down the pub?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Incidentally, the sites said it was sold out even when it wasn't last year.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha EVERYONE in this room is frantically trying to book tickets.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

aarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

no, really, phone line, open what hours?

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

grrr i've filled in details and it keeps giving busy messages for the order part now

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i fear if i do go to the pub now i will get too drunk to be able to buy tickets anyway :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Looks like we can't book AF's ticket as we need a posticode for him.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

They are lying like your sister Matt. I am ploughing on and will reevaluate pubbage issue at 8.45

x post - I am also trying to call. I will be dreaming of engaged tones. Two people on the same array of desks are doing it on speaker phones. I need a kettle to boil and we can have a Spaced-stylee impromptu rave.

xx-post - I have never wanted to be in a queuing system more than now.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCKKKKKKKKKKK

ARGH!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

keep going!! not far now, push the max envelope

and other motivational slogans

― chris (chris), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

ha i got through on the phone at last! to a message telling me to try later or use aloud.com :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I have fifty browser windows, open to your "glastonbury" link, that I keep refreshing.

only joking.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

oh why couldn't the fap be somewhere with intenret access :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Last year I got mine from a different ticket agency. They don't seem to have them this year, though. Will they will be made available to Stargreen et al. at some point?

Ireland doesn't really have postcodes, except a single number after Dublin addresses. Just make one up - it's not like it's being sent to him.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

easyFAP

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I got details in then DOOM

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

phoneline just said 'sorry, this service is not available anymore'
nnnnnnggggggggggggg!!!!!

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Jaysis the edge this is a pisser

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

just say dublin or nothing for YMOF, i am still getting busy messages after the order form

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

actually at this rate i will be drunk before i get to the fap, i'm getting through my bottles of grolsch at quite a rate.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Will EasyEverything get angry if I smash up my PC?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

My postcode is 7

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

This is turning into a situationsist prank by Eavis.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Fancy A Pisstake?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

there so has to be spanish action or similar if we ever make it to this fap.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

A la-la-la- la bamba

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I am having a fucking PINT tonight. Sod my bloody liver.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sure no one involved in Glastonbury even knows how to USE the Internet.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread titles not funny anymore.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

nb mdc: the wiley cd is done, it is in my bag and will be coming with me to the fap. if i ever leave the house.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Just cracked outthe emergency supply of rhum in my draw. Me and Tom could be here for SOME TIME.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to run out of credit in a minute. I need to be in the pub.

Thanks Toby!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I am smelling of that tense nervous sweat of fear and adrenaline and stuff. To all those I shall soon meet in the Louise, my sympathies and apologies

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

It's allowing 7 as a postcode. Though frankly the point is somewhat moot right now.

― Tom at Pete's (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

why has fucking NOONE got any

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish I was in your office Dave :(

I've just had ROB FUCKING BOLTON going on about all the things that could go wrong with the site as well.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

my head is tilted against the phone as i continually press *** to redial - i look like Stephen Hawking

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm considering heading to the FAP myself now

― chris (chris), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Who needs overpriced, muddy Glasto when you could do it on the mini cheap? (Never mind the envy;>)

(BTW, bonne anniversaire, Dave!)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

rgh.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck it. I'm ganning t'th'pub

x-post - that's next week Nichole

x-post 'Your are not connected to the internet'. Why you...I'll ooh...come ere

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt DC. Come to SOAS. We have a spare computer.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

CUNTS.

Dave is first to crack. I'm considering giving up too.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Knackers and piss and buckets of fuck

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

it can't be sold out can it, it's just fucking up for everyone, right????

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

we are so winning the quiz, but i don't know if i want to go back for the second half!!!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

that's it Ricky think of the festival

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

This is punishment for a day of gleeful anticipation and chicken-counting.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd be surprised if they've even sold a ticket.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

is this *really* worth the hassle do we think?

for, like...kings of leon in a downpour.

(thinks : freelance hellraiser in RIZLA tent friday night '02)

sorry scratch that...GLASTONBURY!!!

― piscesboy, Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i've got the aloud lady three times out of 100 goes

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

fuckit fuckit fuckit

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

The pub is calling me. I made the mistake of starting drinking already.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd be surprised if they've even sold a ticket.

OTM

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

the worst thing is i'm half a fucking hour away from the pub :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm outta credit. Pub.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

It won't be sold out. I am tempted to go to pub and then come back at tenish. they cannot do 50,000 transactions in ten minutes.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got the Aloud woman about 20% of the time. I am beginning to hate her perky tones more than the stern ones of the BT woman.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i have her once out of maybe 200 times?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm in a similar position to Toby. It's going to take me at least 20 minutes to get to the pub.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

pete will anyone else be able to come with you?! am i right to think you're quite close to the pub?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Why do I foresee a pixies-style situation where they take £1000 out of my account and don't refund it for 3 weeks?

― rkl (rkl), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

You can come here, though if we have suceeded we can fuck off. Yes, Russell Square isn't too far from Euston. Though front door might be shut soon.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

of course now i foresee the agony of having to go to the fap and then leave early to come back here and try again... grrr.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok. 10 more minutes.

If not, pubbage, then try again tomorrow am.

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

euston?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Late doors beers at the Pint Pot instead? We are running out of rhum, hic.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

interweb is now totally bust here

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

this is getting silly.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm just getting "page cannot be displayed" after the details screen, over and over and over. : (

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

My details have been taken, but has been processing for half an hour

― rkl (rkl), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

right, i'm sitting here with my coat and bag on ready to go. the moment the rest of you crack i'm off to the pub.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

did you get to a screen after details? i had a busy message for ages but amn't even getting that now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Offski

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

no screen -- just waiting for that. I await for it to time out by time it has sold out

― rkl (rkl), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

yes used to get busy now just dns bollocks :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

is the ewing/baran axis still there? is rickyt?

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got "could you re-enter your credit card number" but it was correct so not sure. still it's a development.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm just getting dns bollocks as well. No perky Aloud woman either the last 15 or so phone tries.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

SHIT, just got "not enough tickets" message, wait for more allocations etc etc etc

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

TE and PB still here. For the moment.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

We are still here.
We are enjoying the album covers in MS Paint thread whilst watching our summer go down the tubes.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Phone line any use, guys? Reports from elsewhere indicate fuxx0red. Ricardo, my nails are now bitten to the bone!

― sarah biting her nails, Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

shall we just club together and buy a Superfence-battering ram instead? or perjaps a Trojan horse...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they should revert to a bunch of old dears, crusties and students answering the phone in a shepton office to sell the tickets

― rkl (rkl), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I have to say my buzz is completely fucking harshed now.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

phone line's a joke.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

rickt otfm.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

It can't be sold out can it? Are they operating some weird staggered allocation deal? anyone heard from any friend who's got a ticket?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Blower buggered as well.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

There is no fucking way it can be sold out already

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Why has fucking NOONE got any

Herman's Hermits are headlining on Sunday. It would be churlish not to allow him a ticket.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i would happily pay someone quite a lot of money to sit here clicking for me.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

N. I am going to kill you

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

It was like this last year at first too! I doubt they've widened the bottleneck so much that that many tickets have got sold yet. Is my perkiness annoying anyone yet?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got the aloud woman again

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

they haven't sold out, they are just morons

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Just got not enough tickets message again. Does anyone reckon they aren't really going on sale until 9 or something and they wanted to use an hour to scale the demand? Sadism maybe?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

hippy morons, btw

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i wouldn't mind if the Aloud woman was singing 'Bob O Lean' or something

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe they forgot to put their clock forward yeh Ronan

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i've never even heard the Aloud woman! is she like girls Aloud?

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I reckon there is just one old dear processing orders -- with an abacus, pencil and paper

― rkl (rkl), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

thank christ for all the music I have on my computer. I might have to have a beer soon.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

beer is helping

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

you've sold me.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Fancy a RSI?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck this, i give up. for now...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

see you in the pub in 30mins ppl.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Dear MR _______,

Many thanks for ordering with Aloud.com and we hope you enjoy the event. For your reference we have summarised the details of your order. Please retain it for reference, particularly the order number, as it will enable us to check the details of your order should you have any queries.

**Booking Details**

Your order is to attend GLASTONBURY at Worthy Farm Pilton-Somerset on 25th-27th June

You have ordered the following tickets

Reference _______ - 1 ADULT 17+ INTERNET at £ 115.00.

Plus Postage and Packing of £ 4.00

You will be charged £ 119.00 and this will appear on your statement as 'GLASTONBURY'

― ha, Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You should so have ordered two and flogged the other one to someone who has fucked off down the pub and been unable to buy one themselves...

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

obviously you lie otherwise why anon?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah we'd be happy for you! kinda!

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Um the flogging thing is the whole point this is K.difficult ailsa...

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I am getting very close to fucking off down the boozer now.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

yeh same here

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

haha that daft ebay thing is up to £36!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

nb in six months' time this thread will read like a lost Beckett masterpiece.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

it already does, sort of.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Here comes a fat hippy.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

my panicked euphoria is dissipating now

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

:-(

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

It's the great Glastonbury ticket buying comedown.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

to a sort of gloopy resigned boredom? oh yeah.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

aloud woman again

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I think we will give it another ten minutes. Then fuck off to the pub for the great EasyEverything/Wap farago.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

£620 for the fake tickets! people really are fucking amazingly stupid.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

it's just his mate probably

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

YOU HATE FUN.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

damn straight

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I have finally got the special link through from the mailing list. Timing is a wonderful thing isn't it?

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I KNEW IT. Having done work around bandwidth/hubs/ISPs, I suspected this might happen. I warned Matt DC, and his vitriol towards me is understandable.

I've got nothin. Nothin on the phone, nothin on Freeserve DSL. A friend on NTL/cable got to the last step, then crashola. FUCK SHIT PISS.

I should have stayed at the FAP...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

we'll all be sorted in the end.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

is the special link the same thing Alan posted upthread Ricky?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a redirection to it, yeah.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I hope Stewart checked this back garden thing out with his wife.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck it, I'm going down the pub.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Maaaaaaaaaan!!

― sarah going maaaaan, Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm almost too grumpy for the pub (also I want to get home and waste my time from there...)

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm cooking my dinner.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck this shit. bands to see. back on at midnight. fuckers.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Apparently you need to bring an original copy of "Innovator" to get into the dance tent.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

so far we got a number of engaged tunes and a cockney man say ELLO. this is not fun at all and i am out of beer - im hitting the wine or the sea breezes.

im thinking of hitting the lines at about 1am - should be a breeze by then

― James (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

that's what everyone's thinking! it'll be just as busy then!

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

next year I'm having a buy your tickets party.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

56K modem COCKFARM

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I've had beer and now I'm on to the wine. If this keeps up I'm going to give up on tickets and start posting to the "I'm drunk" thread and be done with it...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone tried the other internet?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

the world is a cockfarm right now. my parents are here and I'm starting to get drunk, they might find out I drink!

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The Ebay "Fesivle" TiXor are now on £10,000,000.

I think we are off down pubZor.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

01159934170 = secondary phone number, if you didn't know this already.

― f#cking sarah being helpful, Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooh - that gives me a different kind of engaged tone. How exciting!

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone tried the other internet?

Well, soon there will be THE GRID, but it's not ready yet. Should be up in Europe in the next 2 years (according to Oracle), but that doesn't help much now...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

is it saying to anyone else that there's a problem with the credit card number? a while ago i got "not enough tickets yadda yadda yadda" so I suspect it's just the site fucking up???

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

A chum has just got through on that line so I'd keep giving that one a go if I were youse.

― sarah being sniffly, Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, Tom, are you still there?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Still no fuxing luck!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm now wondering what time my 'cut-off point' is tonight is where I simply give up...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

me too, my friends are in the pub, i'm getting bored.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

If I haven't got one by about 2am, I'll go to bed and set the alarm for 5 or something.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

are you joking?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm going home. good luck everyone. see you tomorrow morning with tickets hopefully.

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Err.. no. I'm not working till lunchtime tomorrow so it's not a big deal.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean I'm not going to sit here till 2 pressing refresh and redial or anything. Well, maybe every five minutes or so.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

oh sorry I thought you were messing. I really want to go out but not sure if it's a good idea to risk missing them all.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

this reminds me of being stuck in an endless coat queue after seeing Umek in Dublin with loads of mongheads and everyone started singing "WE. ARE. FAMILY." etc.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

My plan is to keep trying the webernet/phone and to continue drinking fine red wine. The two possible outcomes here are obvious...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

late night drunken porn trawl?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

we are through to an operator - PP is buying tickets now

HURRAH - this was through the 0115 number

SEE YOU AT GLASTONBURY

good luck all - use the 0115 number

James

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually last year, I do think the quick sellout made a big difference to the demographic. There seemed to be fewer big gangs of people, presumably because not everyone in a group could get tickets. And I'm sure the much noted smarter, older average age was partly down to students and hippies not being good at getting their arse in gear.

This year, it will presumably be full of insomniacs and obsessive-compulsives.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

we have 2 tickets - now all we need is a tent

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

sadly, I have no option but to get tickets tonight, as I am flying to all tomorrows parties in the morning. So it's an all nighter for me.

I actually connected enough to the website for it to tell me it was very busy last time, which is a major improvement.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

God, you guys and your music.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

btw, tetchy pete upthread, I just meant that if you were using this board as well as buying tickets, you would be realising that since you had got through and had the opportunity to buy two, you would have been doing someone else on the board a favour. I wasn't condoning touting, merely the extension of the hand of friendship, or something.

(would have replied earlier but went to watch 24)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

If it's any help to anyone, we used the 0115 number.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes ailsa, but the tickets are named. What if the person you were buying them for coincentally got through at the same time? I bet this will happen to a fair few people. I wouldn't like to be a wayahead customer service rep in the next few weeks.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

What is the 0115 no?

Cheers

― ble, Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Above, look above!!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't care, i'm not buying tickets, if anything I'm going to T in the Park which means I can see Bowie and the Pixies without having to go to Somerset and watch people dancing to icecream vans until six in the morning whilst vomiting home made scrumpy.

also, what? you have to name names? is there like an insurance policy whereby you can give the ticket to someone if you get hurt or dead or jester-hat-phobic something?

(x post to N.)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

(insert rubbish add n. to x joke here)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

If I die between now and June, I've left a will requesting that my corpse be taken to Glastonbury. I'm getting my money's worth.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Seriously though, if this happens I'm sure you can just give some proof of name to a friend of the same sex. I don't think they said anything about insisting on photo ID.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I'm going to hang up my dialup connection for a while and concentrate on the 0115 number. I would call on my mobile at the same time, but my handset is fucked and keeps turning itself off and I have the fear of this happening in the middle of my booking.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

John Peel just mentioned that he has received an official e-mail from The Glastonbury internet folks "Way Ahead"?, apparently the tickets site has had 300, 000 web "hits" tonight, they are limiting the users due to server demand.

Also mentioned Aloud have sold [i think they mentioned] 12, 000 tickets via the phone.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks for that. Only 12000 is quite encouraging. I wonder when that count was taken though.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i think it went something like this 6, 000 within 30 minutes, 10, 000 within a 1 hour, then peel mumbled something about upto 12,000

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

10000 an hour would suggest 30000 now sold. OK. Might try the phone again for a while.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

sadly, I have no option but to get tickets tonight, as I am flying to all tomorrows parties in the morning. So it's an all nighter for me.

DV, you and your rockin' lifestyle are to be hated with all speed. (Scusi, that was just the split second burst of envy talking;> Post pics!)

Wish rest of you luck in grabbing tickets. Was actually tempted to go, til I read this thread.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

xfm's pathetic attempt at a Glasto april's fool joke
http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=22136

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

peel just mentioned organizers have sold 30,000 tickets sold

organizers reckon they will sell out by 3am friday morning

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Back on the phone again. It seems much worse at home, in terms of actually getting through to Aloud.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

tom ewing, are you there??

the rumour down the pub was that trying http rather than https was the way forward. hmm.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

ALERT: tune into Radio 1 News at Midnight, Peel reckons there will be a news update about Glasto Tickets.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

it's not working for me though :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank you for your order

You have ordered:
2 ADULT 17+
for Glastonbury 2004

Your reference number will be emailed to you along with confirmation of your order
Please allow at least 2 hours for this to be delivered.

To receive additional Glastonbury approved information direct from Aloud.com, please sign up to the free Glastonbury Info Mail Service, click here to enter your details.

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UK customers

You will receive an email informing you when your Glastonbury ticket(s) have been posted out to you.

Tickets will not be sent out until after May 20th.

Your tickets will be posted to the address you have supplied. Tickets will be sent by Special Delivery and a signature will be required on receipt.

If you have any queries about your order, please contact the Glastonbury Customer Service team on 0871 22 00 260 quoting your reference number.

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Tickets for overseas sales will not be sent out by post, but can be collected from an office in Shepton Mallet, which is the nearest town to the festival site. Details of the collection arrangements will be sent, by email, to successful ticket purchasers by the 31 of April.

If you have any queries about your order, please contact the Glastonbury Customer Service team on +44 1159 93 4170 quoting your reference number.

Please note - this transaction will appear on your statement as "GLASTONBURY".

If you wish to book tickets for other events on Aloud.com, you can access all the events that are currently available right here

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― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

!!!!!!!!!!!

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i won't believe it til i see a confirmation email though. it's a long night ahead...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

nb i got that by changing https to http...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

what website, toby?

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

also it went through far too quickly for them to have verified the credit card details, so i'm rather dubious... anyone else getting anywhere??

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

the "secret link" alan links to above.

is anyone on AIM?? i feel like i'm talking to myself...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm on: AndreFarrell

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

i note that my confirmation msg is rather different to the one above. i'm not overly optimistic :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

(i'm on AIM as riemannroch, i'm off to get some water for a bit though...)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I have also done this! Fuck, I hope it sodding works!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

latest news:

selling at 10, 000 an hour
frustrated punters
advice: just keep trying

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

did it work ricky??

ok, i've had an email from seetickets.com . but googling almost seems to suggest that they're a fake site. aaaarrrrghhh. fuck only knows what's going on.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

www.wayahead.com ????????

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck, just ordered via http not https - have I too been scammed??

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

use this anyone who hasn't got through yet

taking the s out of http seems to work...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I did this too and it worked instantly! Thanks pub rumours. It bloody better have worked. I don't even care if the non-secure link means someone has robbed my bank account blind. Unless err.. it means my payment bounces.

I almost experimented with knocking off the 's' before but whenever I've inadvertently done this before it's not worked.

Hurrah! (I think)

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

it went through ok, but no email as yet

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh. Bad x-posts.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

no ti's just not a secure server, aloud is part of wayahead...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I have email! It looks pretty damn genuine apart from the spammy from address.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got the email with confirmation number. If it's a scam it's a bloody good one.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

THE PARANOIA JUST GETS WORSE!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

me three (or four or five xpost). i'm suspicious that it was so easy :(

toby, if nobody else i know is there, can we all hang out?

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

are you sure?? if you google seetickets.com you get some weird stuff, mostly people saying "is this dodgy?" and almost nothing on google groups.

(big apologies if i'm needlessly worrying people, it just seems a bit wierd to me...).

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

my thoughts also...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

(x-post * 5)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

well yeah if it's a scam it's an astonishing one, why would you bother with confirmation emails? and how would aloud.com let anyone steal their https address to change to http?

someone who knows more about computers than me to thread, now...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve did Pete come round yours?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

eek! this is worrying! but exciting!

so who wants to see madonna at wembley?

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

my thoughts like n's, ie lot of trouble to go to, but seems kosher

i just tried ringing pete but engaged, also 91s a bit buggered i had to wait 20 mins...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

My worry is that as soon as haxors find out about the no-s thing they'll grab all the data. But at least we'll have our tickets (probably) (maybe).

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, deep breaths everyone, imagine you're in the healing fields surrounded by nekkid people...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

my phd supervisor will be looking at this in about 1 min! hello kevin!!

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

(this is so the weirdest week of my entire life to date.)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm the https link just gave me my first "very busy" link for a while.

ricky t - surely you have the knowledge to let us know if we're all being ripped off??

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i reckon he's gone to bed, exhausted by the whole thing ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

now the secret site is too busy...

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

any more secret sites? i just got my friends' details to try to get though...

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

god this is utterly mental. and no-one's replying to me on AIM! and tom just signed out! hmm.

i'm so glad i don't have to get up in the morning.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

woah, if you go to www.seetickets.com, you just get a THE SERVER IS VERY BUSY ~~TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE~~ TRY AGAIN LATER message

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm going to bed, had enough for one night...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry I fled AIM - I have nothing extra to add!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't have the knowledge to say for sure. The only funny thing about it is the from address, which is really easy to fake anyway!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

that's ok. short of someone who actually knows something about computers turning up, i don't think we're going to get anywhere. i'm not going to go to bed for a while yet though.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

My research skellz suggest that toby is a big scaremonger. It's fine. seetickets.com is currently down, but caches reveal it's the website of seetickets, who are indeed a part of wayahead.

A domain name registry look up reveals the owner as Rouse and Co. International, The Isis Building, Thames Quay, 193 Marsh Wall, London, London E14 9SG

This address comes up on google in connection with wayahead on an official, .gov patents website.

I suppose someone could have faked that it was from seetickets.com. This is the header info for my email - anyone any good with those?

Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com (frontend2.internal [10.202.2.151])
        by server2.fastmail.fm (Cyrus v2.2.3) with LMTP; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 18:10:20 -0500
X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2
X-Resolved-to: nickdastoor@mailup.net
X-Delivered-to: nickdastoor@mailup.net
X-Mail-from: helpme@seetickets.com
Received: from nobody.com (host217-46-241-157.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.46.241.157])
        by smtp.us.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF4F02312CA
        for ; Thu,  1 Apr 2004 18:10:17 -0500 (EST)
From:
To:

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

ALL YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION ARE BELONG TO US

― Cats (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

http and https followed by the same URL after is most likely OK - the former being non-encrypted.

i can't get through on either, and i'm drunk and bitter and pissed off and i want a ticket so i can go to bed. FUCK FUCK FUCK

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

confirmation:

seetickets.com = way ahead

http://www.google.com/search?q=www.seetickets.com&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&sa=N&scoring=d&tab=gw
Tickets Online, from Way Ahead Group, is Britain's first online ticket agency.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

As in I am fairly sure other sites will let you use http instead of https if you want to.

Thinking about it, it did all happen EXTREMELY quickly mind. But then, the backend is unlikely to be heavily loaded if the front is so buggered. As BtG pointed out a few minutes ago, the number of transactions actually goes down on a site once the requests reach a certain point.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

well, i hope i am a big scaremonger. in my defence i've had a large amount to drink, ahem. do the prices match up? i was expecting some kind of debit card charge on top of postage, but i guess that was maybe included in the price...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/pictures/fatman.jpg

"Be at peace, Toby my child..."

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

:-)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I have just realised I haven't had anything to eat since 1pm. No wonder I'm feeling light headed.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i want to find other messageboards where this is going on - does the nme not have one?! i can't see anything obvious at nme.com...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/images/logo.gif

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

don't tell me it's just ILX that has filled up the secret site!

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

The Glasto websites messageboards are, unsurprisingly, fucked.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i actually feel bad that it was so easy for me!

sorry if i've laughed at anyone's pain...

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

And the efestivals.co.uk ones are offline.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

ha, i was about to say that, tom.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i fear that i told (real-life) people about this 30 secs too late :-(

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

(30 secs too late to have their bank accounts emptied /paranoia)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR BILL PAYMENTS

― Cats (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

My Top 5 Glasto Ticket-Buying Fears

1/ Michael Eavis will BAN anyone using the magic no-s site and VOID their orders.

2/ ROBBERS will loot the bank accounts of anyone using the magic no-s site.

3/ The magic no-s site has been set up by PORNOGRAPHERS and we will all go to JAIL for DOG PORN.

4/ The people in charge will take ONE LOOK at my attempt to buy a ticket for someone in DUBLIN and immediately CLAP ME IN IRONS (or not send me my ticket)

5/ MUSE will play.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha. Who is playing, anyway?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

erm.......: ( not happening for overseas tickets at the mo

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

tico tico otfm. seems everyone is now getting the "no tix right now" msg from what i'm hearing...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

(those were two seperate remarks.)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

What msg is that?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I told a few folks about it and they're all having the same problem. I think we were tremendously lucky to try it when we did.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

basement jaxx and chemical brothers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/altnews/040401_glasto.shtml

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

got through on the 'no-s' url, and entered everything, then it says "there are not enough tickets to cover the amount you requested". i wanted 2. WTF? i hit 'submit', so have they (or some dodgy fucks) got my cash? piss fuck shit

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

what's weird is it was like 90mins between the suggestion of leaving off the s in the pub and us all trying it, wasn't it? it was certainly at least an hour...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

It's like Noah's ark run by hippies.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Whose idea was it?

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i cannot accept that anyone has managed to buy a ticket

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't worry too much, Rob. From what the BBC, DJ Martian and efestivals are saying, they can't have sold all 120000 already. They must be just taking stock in preparation for a new allocation, or else the server has just gone haywire (someone right at the start said they got the same message).

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It was Carsmile's mate Pete who discovered it (among our folx).

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Alternatively, maybe the whole world lurks on ILE (or in your pub).

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

so bbc saying sold out by 3 is rubbish? i am so deflated.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

pinkpanther had the first success - using the phone!

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Pinkpanther has also had the only uh legitimate success so far, i.e. everyone else used the tradesman's entrance and may pay the price.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm. i'm tempted to get back on the phone...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I only know of two other people who got them w/o the magic no s trick.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Terrific Glastonbury rumours and confirmations roundup site. Pronghorn are playing again. Hurrah!

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, so I am CURSED. Bah.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

just sent my details on the s site but got a 'cannot be displayed' - i never know if that means it sent it properly or not, Rob?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

There is a tracking system for orders apparently. Hang on, and I'll just see if I can find out if mine really, truly has gone through.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

(it only just occurred to me that there are other ilx pages/other webpages. eg has everyone seen the "michael grade is new chairman of the bbc" stuff at news.bbc.co.uk?!)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i tried the tracking system but got, guess what, a dns error.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

My Lloyds-TSB online banking is temporarily available. I am thinking this is because they update their records at this time of night but I am feared that the 'no-s' trick has resulted in a fraud of BCCI like proportions.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh bums dns/server fuXored again.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

that was a reported target, however from 1am onwards i reckon that rate should slow down - as many people will need to goto bed.

i reckon a sell out will happen sometime between say 7 and midday friday.

also the sales split between phone sales and web could be interesting, are both systems split? or are they using a unified system? is there a pre-determined sales number by telephone vs web.

the last thing, they want is overselling.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I AM GOING TO KILL YOU ALL!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I have met Carsmile's mate Pete. Depending on how this turns out, I will either have to buy him a pint of perry or shop him to the banking regulators.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

stevem - it you get a 404 or 'cannot be displayed' error then your details *probably* didn't go through, but an actual error message from the website would be more definite. there is a chance it went through (a huge problem of e-commerce - people hitting 'submit' but not getting through, hitting refresh, back button, etc. it gets messy...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

They're going to have to do something different next year. Forcing people to stay up until the middle of the night is not really on.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

matt i will join you on said killing spree shortly

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm hoping for some news updates on BBC radio 1 but so far have only heard phil collins and, um... ronnie james dio.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

They're going to have to do something different next year. Forcing people to stay up until the middle of the night is not really on.

Yes, it's totally contrary to the Glastonbury spirit. At least give me a flare. If only Muse were here to entertain us.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

What are those of us who have 'bought' tickets still doing up anyway?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

if you press submit again and again then i imagine it would try to process multiple orders for the same person and freak out. could this mean there will end being a load of re-allocations sometime tomorrow as a result of the system thinking it had sold out but in fact it was the same person clicking 2328947987529342 times?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

N i believe you are GLOATING

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

rainbow on now, and not the kiddies tv show...the classic rock band

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I AM NOT GLOATING. I'm caught up in the 'no-s' fear.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck only knows.

my hsbc internet banking is fine, but reports no transactions. but then again i have *never* seen a switch paymen go through the same day at least not an evening one; the tickets i bought at the ica last night hadn't showed up by 7pm, but are there now, for example.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

(i'm really sorry i started the no 's' fear, btw...)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I really want you to get a ticket, stevem. I think you would be a fun person to meet at Glastonbury. Whatever you do don't just give up and go to sleep till morning. At least set your alarm for 4 or 5 and try again in the middle of the night. It surely can't be down forever.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Stevem I think youre right

I got my tickets at about 11 pm through the magic back door - however have in fact ended up with 3 sets of 2 tickets all with different ref no's

― blue, Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

ha ha N!

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i officially now love my flatmate! he got the secret link at 7:56, tried it, it worked! and WE'RE GOING TO GLASTONBURY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and that was all with me sitting nervously at the princess louise. drinking etc. woo

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

really blue??!?! i wasn't sure that would actually happen, i hope you're lying...or i hope you're telling the truth and that exposes the appalling logic of this setup further and gives us more chance of getting tix

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i reckon if Tico hadnt offered me a pint i would have Glasto tickets now!

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

If this thing really does work then Glastonbury is going to be full of a magic circle of technogeeks chanting 'no s' at the moon.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

the page for my card details expired so i will have to re-enter them now, if i could even access that fucking page again

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

(typical current paranoia: if it's a fake then surely it would tell everyone it was selling tickets? ah, but it could just be overrun too.

actually by far my biggest worry is the way that it went through instantly, without enough time to check my debit card. hmmm.

anyway, i'm still half-heartedly trying both phone numbers...)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

'tis true i tell thee

Mind you i'm now trying to get tickets for a friend and if the same thing happens she's gonna end up with about 102 tickets at this rate.... (loads of error messages over and over again)

― blue, Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

there was a typo in my debit card number at first and the secure site picked it up instantaneously, which always impresses me no end

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

news try

1.30 radio 5live

radio 1, it's Munter Marsden @ 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/djs/marsden/
2.00
she will probably mention glasto tickets situation

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a fucking shambles - they're going to have to do this differently next year. The whole 8pm 1 April thing was trailered FAR too much.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I'm sure it's not a fake. I just have a vague worry that it somehow won't have registered properly on their system, yeah. Which is why getting to the tracking site is so U&K.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

stevem - that could just be a checksum thing though, couldn't it?! or maybe not. i know nothing about debit card numbers.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

agreed, nick.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm just gutted i didn't go home earlier and then tell people sooner, assuming it works. cos let's be honest even if we are all going to glasto we've all got mates who aren't, as of right now, which is shit.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

My one friend who managed to book it with the s said it looked like the email came very quickly anyway.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, the missing friends thing is a pain.

One thing, stevem - did your total include a debit card booking fee of £3 as well as the £4 P&P? Ours didn't and if that's wrong it would suggest that the transaction is somehow wrong.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

yes it said £115 N, which icnludes £3 booking fee

second attempt submitting but it's stalled

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

what happens if you end up having 3 sets of tickets?? (from resubmitting??)

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

(on seconds thoughts... you'd just end up very rich i guess)

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Phew (for me). Good luck steve.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

argh, lost the details page again

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm the engaged tones on the two phonelines are slightly different...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

(i think i have lost it now.)

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

too many tickets ad infinitum here

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

get off the phone toby you've already booked!!! ;)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

thats the message im getting i mean

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

It's working! Just managed to bag a couple of tickets for a friend using their card details on the no-s site. And despite continual resubmission only one email confirmation.....

Good luck all

― blue, Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

let me say it now. i only want to go to this stupid fucking festival cos you guys are. and i love you guys. got that? fuck

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i only drank 1 and a half ciders. so lame.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

BIG SHOUT OUT TO STEVEM

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:28 (twenty-one years ago)

ok my supervisor just got through on the 0114 number...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:28 (twenty-one years ago)

0114? What new mystery is this??

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

What Glasto really needs this year is a hellish mudbath. That'll stop a repeat of this nonsense next year.

0114 number?!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

please tell me you mean 0115

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Surely Muse headlining will do that?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i love how typos are making everyone ultra-paranoid

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

0115 i mean, sorry...

according to alt.music.festivals:

"father bear" wrote in message
news:UB1bc.10017$Id.2267@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Ring 01159 129 13 and any number at the end e.g. 01159 129 133 or 01159
129
> 137. You will get through to engaged tones 90% of the time, but keep
> hitting the redial button and you'll eventually get through to someone
or
> get put in a queue where you'll wait about 10 minutes at most, keep at
it
> guys i just got through
> "Rod" wrote in message
> news:KM0bc.26906$h44.3556711@stones.force9.net...
> > I think they have a quota of tickets they are releasing each hour -
> > for the first 20 mins past the hour you get the not enough tickets -
the
> > rest of the time you just get the black busy screen
> >

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

so fuck only knows...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the idea that toby's ticket-buying mania has to be supervised.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Mine is now hanging endlessly after the details screen. LET IT WORK PLEASE GOD!!!

I am getting up at 4am I think.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Given the level of panic that the 0114 number slip produced I think supervision is right and proper.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

vague memory of it being pretty easy booking tickets for 2002. why is it supposedly so much more popular now? i would've thought more people would be turned off the last few years

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Has the 'no s' trick been revealed/ridiculed on alt.music.festivals?

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

they got through with a 5 on the end fwiw...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

reall sorry about the 0114 thing.

i see nothing at all on alt.music.festivals via google... hmm...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I bought my 2002 one weeks after they went on sale. I blame Radiohead.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Boys, in years to come we will reunite and talk all about this traumatic situation. A bit like my grandad and his old war companions, we'll have something that no one else in the world has.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

shuddup fool

― Mr T (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm giving up.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I failed to get one for 2002 because I thought getting one at the end of April would be no problem, based on previous years.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

right, i am retiring to my sofa with a book, i will cause no more internet panics for at least ten mins...

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Boys, in years to come we will reunite and talk all about this traumatic situation.

Books will be written about who invented the 'no s' trick.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

hank you for your order

You have ordered:
for Glastonbury 2004

Your reference number will be emailed to you along with confirmation of your order
Please allow at least 2 hours for this to be delivered.

To receive additional Glastonbury approved information direct from Aloud.com, please sign up to the free Glastonbury Info Mail Service, click here to enter your details.

― tom west (thomp), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

MDC, don't give up! Or at least set your alarm for 5am or something.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

It says 'hank you' = it is a scam

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

woah, the non s page says 'we accept Visa and Mastercard' = WTF?!?!?!

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

i appear to have successfully placed an order for zero tickets

― tom west (thomp), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

You're scaring me now Mr Scientist.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

NOW i'm worried about the non s page - surely they can't accept Visa and Mastercard...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

THANK GOD the email sez i actually bought one, hourah

and i did it withought any of this non-s charlatandry. fuck all y'all

― tom west (thomp), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

How easy is it to hack a no-s site anyway? Hasn't it been talked about here long enough now that any lurking techy-crook will have had the chance to set up whatever it is they need to do to start harvesting everyone's card details?

(hello by the way. I'm jim. Colette's friend. Some of you have met me IRL before).

― JimD, Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

and also weird, one of the forms had the last field as Postcode, this non s one has it as Country...

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve, you're on the international orders page!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

idiot stevem

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve, you have made a complete pig's ear.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i think that's twice i've tried to book international and once domesitc

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

UK residents are booking via the international (0115) number tho

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

phew, stevem was panicking me there.

any news on the mystery other 0115 numbers?!

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a feeling that 0870 is a redirect to 0115, you're just paying more to use the 0115 one directly.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, but that's only an international number because non-area code prefixes such as 0870 wouldn't work from outside the country. It probably goes through to the same operators. I'd imagine the website is set up to not allow UK addresses, or else all the touts would just use that.

x-post

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

hi jim!

screw this. i'm going to surf for p0rn

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

also: i would *love* to be able to spy on michael eavis right now.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

MICHAEL RAVIS BUKKAKE (if we get the tickets)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

okay i had ten ciders

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I am sure Eavis is asleep and dreaming of Muse.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

has everyone gone to bed then?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I am staying up for moral support.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

nope.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

d-i-s-c-o funk on radio 1 now

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm still here. I had the no-s order form. I bottled out of submitting it. And now it's gone again.

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You know, way back when, at about 8.04, I had the real, with-s order form. And filled and submitted - and got my first "very busy, try later" screen. That's how deep my pain's running...

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i feel you Jim, i feel you - btw do you 'recognise' me?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

alert: radio 1 may have news at 2am?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, I love your hair. But loved it more before it was cut. :)

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

nope, no news

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you planning to go, DJ Martian?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

you must want to MARRY Ian then Jim ;)

i don't know if i want to go something THIS popular anyway, might head off for 4 hours sleep in a mo

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

No, not going.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCK. went through the order on the no-s page (again) and got the 'service busy' shit again.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I am going to bed. No Glasto for me, I fear.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Get a job in the Chapel of Love, DV!

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

SEE TICKETS
SEETICKETS

Class 16:
Tickets for sporting, cultural, educational and artistic events, motion pictures, musical concerts and other entertainment events; entertainment guides, brochures and leaflets; entertainment schedules.
Class 35:
Advertising and promotion of sporting, cultural, educational and artistic events, motion pictures, musical concerts, and other live entertainment events for others; the bringing together, for the benefit of others of a variety of goods, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods by telecommunication or from an Internet web site specialising in the marketing of sporting, cultural, educational and artistic events, motion pictures, musical concerts and other live entertainment events; accounting and office functions in connection with the reservation, issuing and sales of admission tickets.
Class 41:
Ticket agency services.

Really Useful Theatres Ltd, 39-45 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LA.

Agent: Rouse & Co International, The Isis Building, Thames

Let's fuck over Andrew Lloyd Webber.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

right, i've had about 5 hours sleep each of the last 4 nights, and i'm seeing things now. i'm off to bed. hopefully things will be clearer in the morning...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:11 (twenty-one years ago)

ps good luck to all those still trying

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, my moral support is now set for hibernation. See you 'no s' fuckers in the morning.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Now playing on a perpetual loop inside my head - the first two lines of Pulp's Sorted For Es And Whizz.

I got the post-order-form "too busy" shit too Rob. Now I've plucked up the courage to even use the no-s.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

What happened here?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Glasto excitement has been sucked dry by annoying reality, at least til 5 tomorrow morn.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Friday, 2 April 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

4am. Still no joy.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

There CANNOT be that many ppl still trying at 4am, SURELY?!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

KEEP GOING

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 April 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I just got a message saying there wasn't enough tickets to fill my order.

So at 4.30am this sh1t is doing its level best to screw up ATP as well.

Still glasto is not what it was back in the day anway.

How many of the ticketless will secretly pray for rain for that old schadenfreude?

― tigerclawskank, Friday, 2 April 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been online and on the phone since i woke up on the sofa at 4.45am. I've subnitted my details once and got the "you've asked for too many tickets" thing, I'm now having another go on the https one but the page hasn't gone through after literally half an hour. This really is fucking ridiculous.

And now the birds are singing.

Morning all!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

It says my order has gone through. however it says it could be two hours until they mail me the confirmation details. But by then I will have left home. I bet when I come back I will have an e-mail saying "we hereby confirm that you have no tickets for Glastonbury - FUCK YOU".

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Had two hours sleep. Dreamt about feeding chickens, and reading a brochure for a special needs school. Woke up again. And nothing much has changed. Except I'm getting the "can't fulfil your order" screen pretty consistently. Do you think it's possible they've actually sold out yet?

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I guess not then, if it's worked for you DV. Almost wish they had sold out, then at least I could sleep properly.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)

don't think they have. on the news about 45 mins ago, they said something about having sold 50,000-60,000 so far (can't remember.. but it was about half their capacity anyway), and i doubt anyone's stayed up all night just to get tickets, let alone 10,000 people.

― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Bollocks... I've got a confirmation mail saying that my CHILD DOG PORN is in the post.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)

this is not true, they are promising to send me Glasto tickets - so keep trying, I can't have bought the last two.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Kill me now so I may sleep.

― tigerclawskank, Friday, 2 April 2004 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

still nothing. i should get them free for this much fucking effort. or at least get to choose who plays or something.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

My brain's going funny. I just thought "god, what if I'm just getting old cached not-enough-tickets pages?". So I closed all my browser windows and cleared my cache and history, and started again. That's just insane. What am I thinking?

Soon I fear I'll be crying real tears. Hell, I don't even want to go that much. But it's the priniciple!

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i was thinkingsomething similar - I keep being told there aren;t enuff.

― tigerclawskank, Friday, 2 April 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

The service is currently very busy

Please try again a little later

Y Y OOO U U DD OOO NN N ' TTT SSS AAA Y Y !
Y Y O O U U D D O O NN N T S A A Y Y !
YYY O O U U D D O O N N N T SSS AAA YYY !
Y O O U U D D O O N NN T S A A Y !
Y OOO UUU DD OOO N NN T SSS A A YYY !

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm, that didn't work all that well. can you tell how fucking bored i am?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)

got through! on the phone! two tickets! bosh. nice man, seemed to want to go to bed about as much as i do now. sadly, it's now time to get up for work. *sigh*

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 04:59 (twenty-one years ago)

grrr why can't i sleep?

i guess we have to assume that the "no 's'" bookings are indeed ok. what a mess.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)

got 3 hours sleep. up at 6. no joy. tried again now (7:30). still nada.

my only excitement came right after i gave up. i got into bed and right before drifting off, i tried the phone line from my mobile - just in case. and it started ringing!! i thought this was a perfect bit of luck, and a nice "getting through right before losing all hope" story. then it just kept ringing. then i was disconnected.

i repeat: fuck piss shit

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

radio one just claimed 55,000 tickets sold...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:03 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm still nothing, got up about a half hour ago

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i am going to cry

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:32 (twenty-one years ago)

me too. lets all cry.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:34 (twenty-one years ago)

well radio 1 reckoned they were selling 6000/hour. so they'll probably be on sale all day...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:40 (twenty-one years ago)

can anyone even get to the order form?

i've no lectures today, i forecast me sitting here eating junk food and clicking. better get comfy!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Guys, who's still not got tix? Use the 0115 number as 5 different ppl got thru within 20 mins using this one!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 06:55 (twenty-one years ago)

That 0115 number still doesn't work for me. Gah. And I have a busy day at work ahead. :(

I am so, so tired.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Aww Matt! It took a while to connect but keep trying sweetie! You gotta go, you just gotta!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:02 (twenty-one years ago)

so who's got tickets so far???

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:03 (twenty-one years ago)

number is so engaged! I have faith, sort of, that eventually it'll work out. My mood could swing again after a few more hours though.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:04 (twenty-one years ago)

whats the 0115 number?!!!!

― piscesboy, Friday, 2 April 2004 07:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got tix! Matt, if you wanna give me your details, I can try for you today if you like? S'up to you dude!

Keep trying guys!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:05 (twenty-one years ago)

i think if at this stage i actually get through to a real live person i might break down, i'd be so grateful

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I got so excited when we finally got through that I couldn't give her any details. I had to calm myself down first!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

this year's ticketing system obviously hasn't worked

only 116 phone operators apparently and a woefully inadequate internet infrastructure
and keeping people up all night

Eavis better be on the PR wagon today - apologising and grovelling for the awful mess !

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

116!!!!!!!!!

unbelievable

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

that is what was said on radio 5live, according to mean fidler spokesperson

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:11 (twenty-one years ago)

most inaccurate headline ever?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3592329.stm

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW SMUG I FEEL RIGHT NOW?!?!

OK, I'll shut up now and do some work. heh.

― Super-Kate (kate), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

It said 200 operatives on Radio 1 & 65,000 tix sold!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

WORTHY COCKFARM!

I wonder if they're going to acknowledge this has gone wrong, or will it be the usual "best festival ever, we've finally got it right" this year?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"But the system is "working correctly", according to sales organisers. ... There have been reports of people struggling to buy tickets online, however. "

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i reckon that Eavis will also be giving Way-Ahead a lot of stick - they should have massively increased server capacity for this - they obviously can't cope with the job/ ticketing contract.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Kate, surely I should be more smug than you! But I am not smug, I want everyone to get a ticket that wants to go!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I think THE SERVER IS BUSY PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER is now burned onto my retina.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:17 (twenty-one years ago)

any of the "no 's'" people get anywhere with the ordertracker, btw?!

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

next year they should bung an extra fiver on ticket prices - to pay for increased internet infrastructure/ more phone operators - to speed up operations.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I would pay considerably more than a fiver not to be doing this.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I would perform lude acts onstage to not be doing this.

I think a wise thing for them to do would be to let me blag.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i would perform lube acts on stage to not be doing this

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i would cut off a finger.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:26 (twenty-one years ago)

GLASTONBARMY-MAD ROCK JUNKIES DISMEMBER SELVES AFTER TICKET FARRAGO

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Apparently they've scaled down a bit this year. This years festival will be taking place in the car park of the Pilton Oddbins.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Blimey. Lots of pain here. Like I said above (a long way above), I used to get mine at Acorn Bookshop, Chatham street Reading (Don't look for it, it's not there now). And there was never a queue/problem/staying up all night to get the tickets etc.

Next year it will be Pay on the door, Cash only. All the savings made on not paying for servers/creditcard charges etcet, will be spent on heavy dude security with armalites. Bliss out you guys...

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I am THIS FUCKING CLOSE to buying a pack of cigarettes right now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't give in Ronan. Pay someone to give you a blowjob instead, it'll relax you.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't live in the Phillipines anymore : (

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

GOOD MORNING!!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

just to clarify, it wasn't mypete who suggested "no s", it was our good friend elvistears aka big gay ian, who got it from these lovely people:

http://www.betweenplanets.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1623#1623

KEEP THE FAITH CHAPS, it'll happen :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

seriously don't try it Tico. If I was in the humour I could write a 1000 word keano parody about this entire situation.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I just gave the 0115 number to a colleague here and he got through in ten minutes and has two tickets - Keep trying fellers

― chris (chris), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

wtf i've been callin that number for 8 hours it's not fair!

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

for those of us who were without the net for a few hrs - what is this 'no s' lark and does it work?

please explain somebody?!!

― piscesboy, Friday, 2 April 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Email just received from someone in my office:

"Hi Matt,

Please could you do me a favour?
If you have to blaspheme, please could you do it quietly so we don't have to hear it?
I find it rather offensive.

Thanks for your consideration!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

You knock the 's' off the 'https' on the details page web address.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)

also isn't the "ticket tracker" thing just for when they've sent the tickets out, ie the middle of may?

pisces it's:

http://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

(x-post)

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

is there an echo in here?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm on hold now but they only accept debit cards over the phone it says! maybe they just mean from British residents. is being on hold unusual or just more time wasting?

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I got through but no overseas orders by phone! if only someone got to me in time!!!!!!!!!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Still no tix for me and my phone at work has crap re-dial...

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Shall we have a roll-call of who DOES have tickets now?

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

BAH WHY DIDN'T WE PREPARE FOR THIS, i could have got two tickets for two people just now! I talked to a human! She claimed I'd get through online eventually. I wonder are they doing anything to ensure some people from overseas actually get to go at all.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe on another thread Sarah.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

From the BBC site:

I got tickets on the dot of 8pm on the net - no problem at all...
James Berry, Bristol, UK

James Berry, I don't know who you are, but I hate you.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

They've just been on about this situation on Radio 2 Ken Bruce news. eavis says it's a bit of a lottery but you're still in with a chance at least until 12 o'clock. He says.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:04 (twenty-one years ago)

incidentally, what email address did people who booked through https get a confirmation email from?!

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Eavis. I'm so excited I forgot my capital letter.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Nobody's in with a chance online I fear : (

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Bloody hellfire. This is madness. But highly entertaining, since I festival not and had a lovely non-stressed time in the pub last night. Ahahaha feel free to direct cathartic hate towards me - I'm ill and croaky anyway so a little more pain won't do any harm.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Worst lottery ever!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Aww this is so harsh. I am trying for a friend, still no luck. I guess i must have just been really lucky last nite!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

God if I hear that f@#king BT woman anymore....!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Right, I have the money in my account, does anyone (RONAN???) want me to book tickets, or is this even possible?

― chris (chris), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

https://freya.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

SUCCESS!!!!!!

GO GO GO GO GO!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

EFWOUHNEDWQINODWNDDQWWDI0D!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

BEST THING EVER!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i just heard about the freya one too, can this *get* any dodgier???

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't say that, please.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I booked a ticket for YMOF Chris BUT i) who knows if theyll let me have it, ii) the first address HAS to be english (and presumably have some relation to the debit card details!)

Freya?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:16 (twenty-one years ago)

God I hope I haven't just been scammed.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Chris if you could manage that that'd be amazing!

(alternatively how can i make the freya site an overseas booking one????)

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

where's that freya one come from? I'm scared...

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

me and my all mates have all just booked tickets with the Freya thing

do it do it do it do it!!!!!

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

it appeared on one of the festivals messageboards about an hour ago, the site my friend got it from won't even load now!

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

did you get confirmation mails? do they look good? Quick! Reassure me!

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

It looks like they've got a second server or mirror site working. I doubt it's a scam.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i've got my confirmation, EVERYONE GO TO FREYA NOW

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Um...but after the night I've had, getting ripped off for £230 would push me over the edge. Ooh, I dunno. Hey, even if I do get tickets, almost none of my friends have managed to, so will I have fun anyway? Maybe I'm talking myself into just giving up here.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

MATT - I KISS YOU.

Or I beat you up in a dark alleyway soon to get back the 230 quid I just spent on a site called Freya.

Text is:
Thank you for your order

You have ordered:
2 ADULT 17+
for Glastonbury 2004

Your reference number will be emailed to you along with confirmation of your order
Please allow at least 2 hours for this to be delivered.

Seems a little vague....

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't even get through on the goddamn freya url. i've got 3 IE browers open (s, no-s, freya) and redialing both phone numbers and NOTHING.

COCK

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

that's exactly the same as others had last night iirc

― chris (chris), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

FREYA YOU ARE MY NEW WIFE

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah bugger it, I just went for it too.

Fingers crossed. But I might just see you all there! :)

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

the freya address didn't work for me but my friend just booked for me - maybe a cache problem on my PC but doesn't make sense..oh well I'M GOING!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)

this is beautiful

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

BEST THREAD EVER!

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

This has been the most compelling thing I've read all week.

― robster (robster), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

In Norse mythology, Freya is a goddess of love and fertility, and the most beautiful and propitious of the goddesses. She is the patron goddess of crops and birth, the symbol of sensuality and was called upon in matters of love. She loves music, spring and flowers, and is particularly fond of the elves (fairies). Freya is one of the foremost goddesses of the Vanir.
She is the daughter of the god Njord, and the sister of Freyr. Later she married the mysterious god Od (probably another form of Odin), who disappeared. When she mourned for her lost husband, her tears changed into gold.

Her attributes are the precious necklace of the Brisings, which she obtained by sleeping with four dwarfs, a cloak (or skin) of bird feathers, which allows its wearer to change into a falcon, and a chariot pulled by two cats. She owns Hildesvini ("battle boar") which is actually her human lover Ottar in disguise. Her chambermaid is Fulla. Freya lives in the beautiful palace Folkvang ("field of folk"), a place where love songs are always played, and her hall is Sessrumnir. She divides the slain warriors with Odin: one half goes to her palace, while the other half goes to Valhalla. Women also go to her hall.

Classy bird!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i was getting the 'too many tickets' msg with freya, but it worked for my friend twice first time wtf

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm still really really fucking pissed off. when i get the confirmation e-mail i might perk up tho.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt DC I kiss you will bells on
I got my friend some tickets too & we're all off to sunny Glastonbury!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes it seems similar to Toby's one, so fuckit. Looks like you can add me and Lixi to the list.

Hopefully.

(Which is why I couldn't buy a tiXor for anyone else as I was already buying one).

Freya is of course the bird whom Friday is named after.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Tico you must post a photo of your owl against the confirmation e-mail screen when you get it

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

will = with! :-( I am just excited!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I got mine last night. I will prepare some kind of owl photo though.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Is freya actually real though?

I can see it now

"So you used my credit card on a site called Freya, Ronan you are an idiot and I hereby eject you from the family"

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow. I'm a hero.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I fear for the bunch of Pagan bollox.

At the moment you are a hero. You may become a zero before sundown...

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:33 (twenty-one years ago)

ANY PORT IN A STORM.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Big hugs to Matt DC! I thought I'd stopped caring about 4 hours ago, but now I've seen the "you have bought tickets" page I've got a strange warm feeling in my tummy.

No confirmation mail yet though...

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I know.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah anyone got the confirmation yet?

surely if there was fraud it'd be on some news sites and things by now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

My friend just got the confirmation email! All is well! I got thru on the phone & I'm still paranoid though!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Jesus I'm so tired.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:40 (twenty-one years ago)

It does say wait two hours. Longest wait in MY LIFE.
(I suppose I could fill those hours with work and all).

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG I GOT THROUGH ON FREYA AND HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS BETTER BE LEGIT OTHERWISE I'M OUT 230 QUID BUT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE AT LEAST I CAN PRETEND EVEN FOR A FLEETING MOMENT THAT I'M GOING! YAY!

a happy thought for us freya people: it if is a scam then it shouldn't be too hard to dispute it. a class-action suit of some sorts, etc. i'm not worried about it because if it shares the same URL but uses something instead of www then it is just a direct route to the server (hopes and prays). AND it was a secure/encryped page (had the s)

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

My workmate's just got the email. This looks legit.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt - I kiss you. I hope I do not have to kill you.

Anyone got a freya confirm email?

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:44 (twenty-one years ago)

yes lots of people!

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Why would they have freya? Is it like the secret password for Eavis's mates?

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

or are they beefing up the internet business?

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

WOO! Got them on the 0115 number - thx all

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm celebrating with repeated listenings to Who Ate All The Pies? Toby, this Wiley album is great!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Hippy godspeak for Friday - maybe they use a different server each time.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I kind of want to be on the beer now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I just want the confirm e-mail...

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!

LJKAEHFKUHADJKCHASJDHFUQEHHEFUHJAHCJBAHS

Matt I am buying you so many pints this year!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

And so it happened that everyone who wanted to could go to Glasto after all, and all was well.

LET'S ALL LEZ UP!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Hooray, I kiss you all!!!! (God I'm so easy!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I kiss Starry too (even though she wont like it!) for posting the 0115 number that I got tickets on last night!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:49 (twenty-one years ago)

trouble with phone ordering... NO PROOF YOU DID IT. ulp

calm calm clam cmal caml

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:50 (twenty-one years ago)

freya is just the actual server. it's an internal way of allocating multiple servers when assigning URLs at high-traffic websites. at my old job at a streaming media company we had a shitload of different ones like http://elvis.ourcompany.etc and http://stealth.ourcompany.etc. they were all our URLs, but not really known to the public (that's what the www is for), so the way i see it, it's legit.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:50 (twenty-one years ago)

We should all just calm down & celebrate the fact that we're going to Glastonbury baby!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

right back to the Glasto 2004 is go thread for a rollcall then :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

FREE BEER FOR MATT AT THE NEXT FAP!!!!!!!!

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Email received. Kiss kiss kiss etc

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I am quite pleased at how I managed to copy paste the link that wasnt working into the freya one in time.

None of my mates can get overseas tickets on freya even though I gave them the link as soon as I could. Lucky for me, looks like you guys might be my buddies at this!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Glasto 2004 is GO!!

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

might be worth PHONING (WAY) AHEADto confirm for sure that the freya address is a genuine mirror?

i'm tempted to suggest a FAP tonight to celebrate this triumph over adverisyt and rampant hayfever

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm so giddy with excitment that I can't concentrate.

Up for a FAp - was wanting to check out where I was planning to have my Birfday FAP so could cancel if shite - anyone fancy it?

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Double-booked for tonite already, sadly. But could probably manage early doors if its central (ie Lyceum or somewhere).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 08:58 (twenty-one years ago)

YES

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Help me London ILx, you're my only hope!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, I'll come to this Boyle pub. Where is it?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Boyle Pub

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

YAY CONFORMATION EMAIL!!

where did you all get your email from? mine was from helpme@seektickets.com

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Me too.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:05 (twenty-one years ago)

got my confirmation, also from helpme. Snogs to everyone!

Now trying to order a third ticket though (on a different card, so should be ok), and even freya is giving me "not enough tickets left". Looks like it might be dead already.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

wellmattmyspacebarisntworkingbutikissuagain

― piscesboy, Friday, 2 April 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel like going to my nearest pub as soon as it opens to celebrate. OK, time to move over to the 'go' thread...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

me three.

dudes freya was fuckered literally the minute after we finished! I gave the link to a mate post haste and.........no dice.

If you were big ron you might say we nipped in at the other post and well, for us it was a stick on.

pisces did you break your space bar in delight or anger?

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

this is the longest thread i've ever read, and it was so good!

i love a happy ending...

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

WHERE IS MY CONFIRMATION.

HAS MY SPAMGUARD STOPPED IT?

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is like a text mash-up of the opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan and the finale of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

You people.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread has royally rogered the statscock. I'm in the top five for the first time ever!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

like i said the freya thing didnt work for me so if it hadn't been for me knowing it was working for other people and my friend being able to buy both her and my tickets with no problems then i'd be fucked. i was just about to post the freya link before Matt did too (/pathetic attempt to steal his hero thunder), but there was poxy fule madness...imagine if ILX had been down all last night and this morning as well, jaysus the bono

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't stop singing!!

we're on the march
we love everything
and we're all GOING TO GLASTONBURY!
GOING TO GLASTONBURY!
GOING TO GLASTONBURY!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt I kiss you again!

We had trouble connecting to the internet from home last night, so we were panicking (sp) like mad! The fone won thru though!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is hilarious. You guys, you remind me of teenage Madchen trying to get New Kids on the Block tickets. Except back then we didn't have the internet or even digital dialling phones. You had to sit there and listen to 1 click for the number 1, 2 clicks for the number 2 etc. Click, click, click. How technology has advanced! And we're still relying on clicks and waiting hours to get through.

I hope you all have a lovely time and that the sun shines.

(ps. Freya is the name of a company that makes big bras)

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Just got another order to go through freya, so it's not quite dead yet. Just a bit more tempestuous than it was...

Man, that was an emotional rollercoaster. Hey, you're all my new best friends! Now I sleep.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm well looks like we're all ok then. i am still capable of panic though even though i have a confirmation email - eg what if i put my card details in wrong? although clearly i didn't.

what email address are people getting confirmation from?!

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

No email yet :(

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Magnus is still in No Man's Land :(

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

ticket confirmation should come from helpme@seetickets.com

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

yep.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

No e-mail yet. Shall panic after the two hour deadline...

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

aww matt, it will come!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm still trying to get two more tickets for my friend that is driving into the mountains for a stupid stag weekend, hopefully freya will work for us!

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

good, that wasn't just me then.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

How long did your confirmation take?

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:38 (twenty-one years ago)

so did the freya people get the confirmation from the same email addy??

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

5 mins? that was the old http last night though so prob means nothing...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

You lot are barking. Best thread ever, though, if you're into watching people suffer.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Ken.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

My friend got the freya confirmation within about 5 mins!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I got my confirmation in 15 minutes or so.....fingers crossed Pete.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Mine took about 15 mins too. And yeah, freya confirms seem to be from the same address as everyone else's.

You know, when we get there, we all have to build a temple to freya. And sit Matt DC on top of it. And WORSHIP HIM.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Hour and twenty minutes now.
Gah!

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I think this thread is beautiful.

If it weren't for honeymoon etc then I'd be in this state too (although Vic wouldn't)

― chris (chris), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

and we'll all sing "freeeyyyyyyyyaaa" to the tune of that outkast song.

xpost

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i still like ken's (? i think it was ken, can't be bothered to check) idea of people chanting "no 's', no 's'"...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Selling Fast" has become "Fan Fury"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3592655.stm

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY EMAIL???

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

So who's for taking this thread to the Edinburgh Fringe as a live performance piece?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

N's joke about people chanting "no s" made me chuckle several times during the dark hours.

glatonbury fetival.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The message I got from the website said allow AT LEAST two hours for confirmation delivery.

But surely it wouldn't have accepted my order if I'd got something wrong? Would it?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago)

So who's for taking this thread to the Edinburgh Fringe as a live performance piece?

so who's getting the tickets for edinburgh fringe then?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCK OFF!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

So, here's looking forward to doing this all again in 2005!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

If I was Matt DC I'd be slightly dubious about sitting on top of a pagan effigy surrounded by hippies.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:59 (twenty-one years ago)

interesting line in the story:

Every ticket will carry the name of the person who bought it. Identity checks may be carried out at the festival gates to ensure people have not bought tickets from touts (my emphasis)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't fret Matt, if the email doesn't come, I'll personally smuggle you in there in a big rucksack. Hell, I'll even arange for you be helicoptered onto the main stage. You're the love of my life.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I'm on the comedown now.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

all my IRL friends are in love with matt dc now...

(xpost-- my friends are not fucking hippies!)

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/turnipfish1/barrykrishna.txt

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

*sniggers*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

all my IRL friends are in love with matt dc now...

haha mine too!

This thread should be renamed "Waiting For Glastot".

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahaha what the fuck is that picture???

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Barry Krishna, obviously.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I love that picture. It makes me happy in my heart.

― sgs (sgs), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

uh-oh, now i have the phrase "no no leave the robes on" in my head

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:10 (twenty-one years ago)

brilliant, matt...

― colette (a2lette), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Glastonbury 2004, or, where Matt DC got ganbanged by the world in thanks

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

matt you are a genius.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone tried the lethal cocktail of freya and 'no s'?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, feel the MDC love. Has everyone already started on the 'e' in preparation for dealing with filthy hippies?

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

SO.

WHEN AND WHERE THE F#CK ARE WE GOING TO THE PUB TONIGHT!!!!

(I HAVE NEW AND EXCITING NEWS I SHOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IN A PUBLIC FORUM!!!!)

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Still no email. Pete, please tell me yours hasn't turned up, just to put my mind at rest.

Fuck sitting at this machine staring at my inbox. I'm going for a brisk walk.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

:-( not even a hint?

x-post

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Can we pub immediately after work please? My illness and semi-hangover needs the sweet reviving application of booze. And then I will go home to cook cheese scones and dinner for the boy who will be on his way here from 'the provinces'.

Dave B's pub in Holborn? I need to get a 'uge round in recompense for drunkenly accepting lots of pints last night.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Rival event at Bricklayers Arms also. Need to consolidate. I vote Brickies as its more central.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)

N. I've just tried it! - it's like taking speed and steroids at the same time - in fact it was the first time I ever got connected to the bookings site!

(i haven't actually ever taken speed or steroids that was a figure of speech)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Pubbage - I shall be there at 6. I must check out venue for Birthday. Must make claim for that. Maybe move on. Maybe have to move on if shite.

I booked with Freya and have had me email.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)

haha oh yeah liz owes me like about 10000 drinks (not really)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Still no e-mail Matt.
Am I relieved or sharing in misery.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:36 (twenty-one years ago)

All being well, I should be up from 'the provinces' by about 6:30 so in theory I could make this...

...unless Liz decides that scones-making is more U&K

― robster (robster), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:40 (twenty-one years ago)

the freya form apparently had problems with my .com address so i had to use my work one (.co.uk). just saying in case anyone else had a similar problem and this may explain confirmation delays for some people (mine came thru after half an hour or so).

won't the Brickies be totally packed Matt?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

what will it do with my .ac.uk one?

Ring, time to start ringing the customer services line.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm having less luck on customer services than i did getting the tixor (please please)

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

my work email address slapped a big 'SPAM' warning on the confirmation email, i had to save it from the junkmail folder. i'm sure you've already looked there though...

― pete b. (pete b.), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Brickies will be rubbish come to the castle you know you want to

― what the fuck is punctuation when I am giddy (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Bluddy flaming heck, make up the pub hive mind willyouse? I'm dying of (alcohohohol) consumption here.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

pete b.
Yeah I got the SPAM warnign too. Most important fecking email I get all year and it thinks its spam

― Eamonn Moo, Friday, 2 April 2004 10:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/pictures/owl3.jpg

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

(owls don't go "hoot"!!!!! etc.)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)

This is what worries me because I don't have a spam folder, it is automatially filtered out by the college. I have sometimes had this problem with Easyjet flights.

Which means it is probably a good sign...
Probably.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Pete, can you check with the sys-admin dept?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

well, the 'no-s' site appears to have stopped working, and freya is coming up with that 'not enough tickets' warning again.

i'm trying to get tickets for a friend. are there any more work-rounds? was the freya site working properly last night? or did you have to keep going through this?

by the way, the spam thing - the confirmation e-mail will probably register as spam. the yahoo account i was using put it in 'bulk'.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)

we didn't find freya 'til this morning dear. also I KISS YOU :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I can get straight into the freya website if anyone still needs tix???

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

There are approx. 30000 tickets still available, according to latest info (R5 journo on 12.30 news said he'd just spoken to sales director and there were 35000 then). Said they were going at the rate of 100 a minute, or 6000 an hour. Recommending phone lines over internet.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:19 (twenty-one years ago)

bless ya. i kiss you right back.

did anyone get the 'problem with credit card number' message?

i THINK i got that once i'd got my confirmation. some sort of built-in way of stopping you ordering twice.

i'm getting it again now. might be a good sign.
(no, its not the same card)

then again, it might not.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I repeat...

I can get straight into the freya website if anyone still needs tix???

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Our mate Magnus may well do but he can't get ILX at work.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Pink - emailed

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks... i can get in - but i can't make it GIVE me tickets.

they aren't my switch details, but thanks very much for the offer. i'd better get in touch with the person who sent them to me, and ask them, first..

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Well if he wants them, let me know!

x-post

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:23 (twenty-one years ago)

pink - sign into msn!

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

if it's switch you might need issue number AND valid from date!!!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

or aim

Am footymonomaniac on aim

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I really, really pity the person who has to mop up the 'I thought I'd got tickets but apparently I haven't and now it's sold out' phone calls and also the person who has to check all the bookings to make sure no double, triple or quadruple payments went through because of page refreshing/pressing send more than once.

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave - emailed you

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

unless that person is one who takes sadistic pleasures in others' miseries... they'd be luvin this more than mcDonald's!

xpost

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Speaking of which Ken - BBC news updated

"I'd rather string it out a bit" says Marquis De Eavis.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"He blamed the heavy demand on the fact that details of headline acts - including Oasis and Sir Paul McCartney - had been leaked. "

hahaha.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Three hours and counting, still no confirmation.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, apparently he's been saying 'well, would you rather they had all gone in an hour?'..

well, frankly, if the site had been working, and we'd have been able to get through, YES! and i thought this KLERAZY new system was supposed to stop them going in an hour?

ts: being able to get straight through, and buying a ticket within an hour vs. being up all night, swearing at the computer..

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Pink is now processing my mate's (who I call 'bastard' upthread). I am nervous again...

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:41 (twenty-one years ago)

so will people have to actually bring photo IDs with them?? i mean, can't i just sell my ticket on ebay now and like, just include my water bill to them as part of the package?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Checking with IT, not sure if they can help mind.

I'm also checking to see if money leaves my account, as that proves something too.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:43 (twenty-one years ago)

and the thing i most don't understnad actually is how making it DEBIT CARD ONLY will help reduce touts??? Don't touts have DEBIT CARDS?!??!!??!?!? how is that different to a credit card??

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

How quickly would the Switch transaction hold up, by the way?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

pete, matt - have you tried booking it again?!

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

So that touts can't buy a job lot on their credit cards innit! so having money back from their sale before they pay for them.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Show up, even? If I check my account now will it show anything?

I am paranoid that either I will be charged twice, or that I'll end up with both transactions cancelled.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:45 (twenty-one years ago)

No, cos I don't want a multiple ticket = he is a tout ruining all my tiXors.

No, thinking about it it probably won't turn up for a few days.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

But tickets are already being offered for inflated prices on internet auction site eBay, with one pair priced at £620.

hahahaha, these were the jokey fake tickets - nice researchin' Gradey bunch

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm not convinced they've processed the debit cards yet. the confirmation webpage came up instantly, so they clearly didn't do it then. i doubt anything will show up on people's accounts before monday, anyway...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:47 (twenty-one years ago)

hey, pinkpanther..my friend managed to get the tickets (freya site, no 's') but thanks for offering!

x-post ken - it won't.
x-x-post pete - switch transactions can take a few days to debit.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

the funds are clearing in my account today!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

but pink i thought you can only buy 2 tickets on each card anyway!!!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

there's nothing going out of mine.

the stress continues....

i'm not going to be happy till i've got it in my sweaty little hand.

the ticket, that is.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken - you can. I'm buying Dave's friends tix on their card.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.mythicahq.com/albums/e3-2003-pics/freya.jpg

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

oh ok.. and that card's been used already to buy glasto tickets?

er xpost

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

the funds are clearing in my account today!!

anyone else?!

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops. sorry, it was bigger than it looked on the image search.

xpost

I am going to check my account soon.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

For the no s contingent, I've just got this from a real actual security expert type chap:

Not risky

SSL doesn't really protect against any of the attacks anyone actually mounts. It's way too hard to sniff credit card numbers as they travel on the wire - it's usually far easier to break into the server they're stored on and read them all in bulk, and SSL doesn't protect against that. So I wouldn't worry about it from a security point of view, frankly.

So it looks like we're ok there, hurrah, hurrah!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I have got your friend tix Dave!!!!!

No Ken, 1 card per 2 tickets, that's it!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

freya: great rack for a girl with a garden hedge for a hairdo...

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

so will people have to actually bring photo IDs with them?? i mean, can't i just sell my ticket on ebay now and like, just include my water bill to them as part of the package?

This is what I was thinking too. Eavis told the nme that something like 'a utility bill' would be required, ie. no photo id. So yeah, ebay auctions with gas bills included are likely to pop up. But I guess people were unsure enough about whether they could do it that it will mainly be restricted to people who genuinely find out they can't go and need to get rid of the ticket.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

was anyone actually worried about that though, ricky? i was much more concerned that i wouldn't get a ticket than that someone would rob me.

(but thanks, anyway.)

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey did anyone book tix on the phone like with a debit card? If so did you get a confirmation number? My brother is freaking becuase he didn't get one and is worried that it was due to a tired selling egent or some such......

― Eamonn Moo, Friday, 2 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I booked them on the fone & got a confirmation number! He needs this in case anything goes wrong!!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I think its safe to say it already has...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

We're all happy bunnies, or victims of the grebtest scam in the history of interweb scams.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i wanna confirmation number too *pout*

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Have e-mail Wayahead. Expect reply the week before Glasto.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Blimey!

Any one else need em?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

YEEEEEEEEEEES! one of my best friends just got his ticket!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

is the conf no. the thing next to where it says '- 2 ADULT 17+ INTERNET AT £115' then?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Wooooo!
x-post
yes it is steve & then they'll email you with confirmation number!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

You have ordered:
2 ADULT 17+
for Glastonbury 2004

Your reference number will be emailed to you along with confirmation of your order
Please allow at least 2 hours for this to be delivered.

I have allowed three hours. No confirmation. No reference number.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

The security thing was all I was still worried about. After giving it some thought last night, I couldn't really see anything else having gone wrong with it.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

So. See you at the Castle at 6 to collectively suck the marrow oout of this topic of conversation and share our pain, misery, exhaustion, exasperation and hope etc.

Oh, and buy Matt a pint

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i meant on the e-mail itself, it's the only number on the e-mail so i assume it is the same thing (7 digits)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Four hours. Do you reckon the mail system's just arsed up or is my whole order screwed?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Prob just arsed up matt. Is it worth trying to book again as if it's already got your order it wont accept another one!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you sure about that? Or will it cancel both orders?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Does it give you an instant mail saying you can't have another one? Or put you though to the same screen?

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Nothing in this game for 2 in a bed...

― Jim Bowen (mark grout), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

You have ordered:
2 ADULT 17+

tee-hee

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

It says, if you order more than once it will refuse the sale or decline it at a later date. So from that i gather that it wont let you make 2 purchases!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

comely maidens they are, of virtue true

(x-post)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

so actually that whole credit card thing is a little pointless! (it only dissuades the 5 ticket touts who haven't got £230 in their bank from their Brixton Academy ticket sale the night before, and the 983 people who cannot afford to buy their tickets right off but would have been okay with a credit card!!!)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

but i guess the touts could have applied for multiple credit cards!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i seem to be arguing with myself

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Eavis - "I'd rather string it out a bit."

Funny that Micheal, I feel exactly the same way about your lower intestine. I seriously hope he's got more sense than to attend his own festival this year. I know that if I see him there, I will Fuck. Ing. Kill. Him.

― JimD (JimD), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

*nods*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt - have you tried again??

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

It's not good. But to be honest, I can't think of how it could have been done much better, really.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I would abuse Eavis but I'm too grateful for being permitted entry onto his precious land in the first place. He is an annoying curmudgeon though.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Testing the server first might have been a good idea.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard Eavis is still trying to get his ticket.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

And throttling back on connections to the order page, so that once you were there you were 90% guaranteed to succeed.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I refuse to believe that Oasis, Macca and Muse are the reason the demand is bigger. Or maybe it isn't and it's just the one outlet system that's been the problem. Multiple outlets and just having everyone's name on the tickets and asking for ID (random spotchecks at least) would've been enough to thwart touts surely.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think people relaise that the Galsto crowd is likely, pound for pound, to be one of the most webbed up section of society

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

This is Paul McCartney. He was in the Beatles. He will be playing a set of Beatles songs. I'm not interested, but I'm not denying that this would be a big draw to lots and lots of people.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt - my mate who Pink bought tix for has already received his confirmation email...if you try again, presumably it will just reject if has your details. The alternative is that it rejects both as it thinks you a naughty boy. If that happens, I think the ilx collective would rally rounf to see you got in...

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I was so ecstatic to get through on the phone that I neglected to ask for a confirmation number. Have I been a monumental dumbass?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Jet! Jet! JET! JET!

― there is only one reason to see paul mccartney (starry), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Freya is clogged completely now. I suspect that the festival is very nearly sold out by now. Possibly the only thing to do is wait till things calm down a bit and phone the customer service line.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt, it is clogged, but I got thru to it, as did my friend about 15 mins ago! I'll try for you if you like.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Pinkpanther I am emailing your hotmail address to Magnus who is still looking, so he might be in touch!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

is paul mccartney allowed to play beatles songs? wouldn't michael jackson sue his ass off? and then fuck his kid?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

If it is my works spamguard (which they say they can't turn off or dump) I might try againw ith a different e-mail address. though i guess Freya is choca.

I have e-mail the customer services, so I reckon if I order afterwards and they tell me off for being a naughty boy I've got my e-mail to say, look, I was just antsy.

here goes.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

*shudders*

OK Tom!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Macca hasn't made a good record in at least 20 years (Frog Chorus being the APEX of his career), so i'm not convinced this would've motivated people anymore than ohh...Radiohead last year

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

actually i like 'This One'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt - give your details to Pink. She has the gift.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

You can say that when your tickets are in your grubby little hands!!

― Glastofairy (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

(maybe pink is just planning to steal everyone's money!!)

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

(joke)

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Oi!

― Pinkthief (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I do have a credit card machine next to me actually, bit I'm far too honest for that!

Roll up, roll up, anyone else need tickets for Glasto? (i'm not kidding, i'll try if anyone need them still!)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

you're stealing freya's thunder! she'll scratch your eyes out.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

she can try it!!

(not really freya, you are my god)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

is it sad that i just checked that thor.wayaheadsecure and saturn.wayaheadsecure don't exist?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Not that would be cool!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I did it this morning.

Odin or Wodin is notable by his lack of presence too.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Pete any luck with booking again or anything?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Thor does Donnington

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I take it no luck yet matt?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the author of the 1000th post on this thread will receive a free pig upon arrival at the Glastonbury site

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

they may well do exist as a machine somewhere at way-ahead.. but just not web-servers.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

no wait...AN OWL

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I will bring my passport (if we do have tickets) and if we can't get in I will go on a lastminute trip to Gran Canaria instead where they have showers & toilets & beds & guaranteed sunshine & they don't have Oasis and hippies.

― Emma, Friday, 2 April 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

me!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

padding nicely here...

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

No luck yet. I am not trying very hard mind as I actually have some workt o do today before going to Liverpool next week.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I am going to give up on this second booking lark so I still have the moral high ground, I think.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

It's freya neppa venette.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

:-(

No Matt, don't do it!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

It's enough to freya my nerves.

Groan

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

But I SHOULD HAVE A TICKET! I just don't have an email that proves it. Surely my name, address and all my debit card details are on their system? Please say so.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they should be Matt, definitely.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, I'm with you Matt. Moral High Ground here we come.

Is there any chance the e-mail might have been bounced from your e-mail too. That's what I'm hoping for here (or a very late e-mail obv.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

How long til the customer service line calms down, I wonder?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

the author of the 1000th post on this thread will receive a free pig upon arrival at the Glastonbury site

When this thread reaches 1000 ILE is done.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Is the moral high ground higher than the fence? You could jump over, and who could object?

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

(And Pete, I am aware that after the events of last year you feel the pain more intently than us all)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

can an op please lock this thread on 1000?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Freya nelson mandela.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

NO LOCKING THE THREAD! Seriously, we'll still need it I think.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sure both of your emails have been caught by some spam filter.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the way Eavis is making out that 2 million hits = 2 million people wanting tickets. Dream on, sweetie.

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't have a spam filter.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

matt, 10 people in watford who you (and, indeed i) will probably never meet would like to pass on their thanks to you and freya.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Sadly, I don't think matt wants their thanks, just their confirmation emails!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, earlier on Colette got an email from a friend of hers going "do you know this Matt DC guy from ILX? If I ever meet him, I need to buy him a drink".

If I don't have a ticket after all this I expect you all to take the matter straight to Downing Street, frankly.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Of course!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Arise Sir Matt

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

is it sad that i just checked that thor.wayaheadsecure and saturn.wayaheadsecure don't exist?
-- CarsmileSteve (carsmilestev...), April 2nd, 2004.

no, while i'm waiting for the 'sorry, we can't process your order' page to load, i'm sitting here with a book on norse mythology.

no joy with loki. you might want to try fenrir, thor, aesir, vanrir, balder, frigg (yes, there really is a god called 'frigg', apparently), freyr (the male counterpart to freya..)

or keep trying the web-site. they'll probably both get you as far.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

It would be more than hideously ironic if me and Matt were not successful, what with me passing on the no S to Toby and Tom, and Matt finding Freya.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

*nods* It's too horrible to think about!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it just myself and Pete without an email now? Alan?

I have emailed people in power about this now. I will throw a big sulk if this all goes wrong.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Alan rang up and got his, but did not get a confirmation number. But at least he knows he told someone, and can point at a phone record to back it up. Me and Matt have a nicely generic looking webpage with no personalisation on it AT ALL!

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm off now, but Matt & Pete, good luck I hope you get this sorted asap!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Eavis said on the radio that he had to take his phone off the hook at 3.30 this morning to get some sleep, so it's no wonder it's taken so long if he's doing it all himself from his own house.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe they've found out that it was pete and matt who gave away the "no s" and "freya" secrets and THIS IS THEIR PUNISHMENT!!!

aw, the martyrs of our time.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

To fan the flame of paranoia, I note this sentence on the Overseas ticket collection bit:
"Tickets for overseas sales will not be sent out by post, but can be collected from an office in Shepton Mallet, which is the nearest town to the festival site. Details of the collection arrangements will be sent, by email, to successful ticket purchasers by the 31 of April. "

31 of April?

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

eavis is still listed in the local phone book, as he thinks it adds to his "man of the people" act...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Man of not getting any sleep more like.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

hello. i haven't read any of this thread, but i just wanted to be a part of it as it approaches 1000 posts.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I think that means "We might lay on buses of some sort if the alternative is a torch & pitchfork party"

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tickets for overseas sales will not be sent out by post, but can be collected from an office in Shepton Mallet, which is the nearest town to the festival site. Details of the collection arrangements will be sent, by email, to successful ticket purchasers by the 31 of April. "

What's odd about this? They tell us where and when to collect them on the 31st, we don't have to go fetch then.

I'm not THAT paranoid.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

30 days hath...

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I never knew people wanted to see Paul McCartney so badly!!!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

*makes the international sign of wacky thumbs aloft*

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

it'd be great if they hide all the tickets in locations of shepton mallet and the emails sent out will be treasure-hunt clues.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Obviously, I've not read this entire thread, and am fully aware that my lame joke may already have been used. But, anything that helps get this baby to a 1000 has gotta be welcome.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

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― !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Friday, 2 April 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder who they'll put in the Wicker Man...

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

At this rate me and Matt DC might smuggle ourselves in as the Wicker Men.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

if the 1000th post is matt and/or pete declaring the arrival of their confirmation, then it is proof that there is a God.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Since the likelihood is we will be in the pub waving our fists at any passing deity, it is unlikely.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

All this Glasto business has rocketed me to #73 in the ILX posts list. This is much higher than I'm used to...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I am at #58 because of this. Blimey. I mean it's not like the first year of ILE when I was never out the top twenty, but still.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Well its like the good old days for me. Excep without being in any way good.

Where is Freya in my hour of need.
(The original of Thank God Its Friday is probably That God Is Freya, in some sort of identificational way).

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank Freya it's Friday?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

(where can one check the stats?)

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

That Users link at the bottom of the page

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

what are the chances of an i1k bug?

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

even i'm up to 92...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm only 40th! Oh well! I hope someone sanswers my question about that guitar kid, I wonder if he'll be at Glastonbury?

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

1000

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

1001=7*11*13

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Michael if you're unable to attend I can mail you the pig

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

or if you're particularly fortunate, owl

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

HANDS OFF THE OWL.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

or if you're VERY fortunate, pinkpanther!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Stats whores

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll take those

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Attend where? What's this thread about again?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Still 6th all time, I should release a greatest hits album.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is about LIFE

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

love i fucking everything

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3593583.stm

BBC staffer in similar hell.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the story with comments, especially the comments from people who got tickets:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3592655.stm

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is about LIFE

I didn't know it was still going.

(Photoshop open goal)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm sure it's been said, but this year's G would be complete if Busted were playing

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

yeh, who am i gonna throw stuff at now? (i don't mind Muse)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Most depressing thread EVEH!

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 2 April 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm.....

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Switch transaction not gone from my account yet.

Paranoia starting again - specifically them throwing my whole order out because my second ticket doesn't have a UK postcode. Freya be with me.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

The offical site also says that tickets are still available.

"To those that have been up all night, please stick with it." ha ha.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

It hasn't gone out of my account yet either, Tom. This isn't unusual for a payment made less than 24 hours ago though, is it?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm in the unhappy position of having 'bought' a ticket for someone who is very, very grateful (and who of course stopped trying herself when I told her I'd had success) and who I have to mutter things about possibly it being a chimera, which she doesn't understand. Should I explain the 'no s'?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

It's just hit the 24 hours and there are still tickets being sold.

― Eamonn Moo, Friday, 2 April 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Last year it took 23 hours and that was with the possibility of far more than 2 tickets per transaction. It doesn't look like they've widened their server and call centre staff bottleneck much, so I guess it's not so surprising that they're still not sold out.

btw I have managed to get the order tracking screen on

https://freya.wayahead-secure.co.uk/aloudnew/otresponse.asp?js=otrack&

but when I enter my email address and confirmation number it just takes ages and then says 'There was an error receiving your reponse, please try again'.

Which at least isn't as bad as 'You have used the forbidden 'no s' trick and your confirmation number is a practical joke to teach you a lesson.'

But it's not very reassuring, either. Been trying the glastonbury customer services number from the email, too (0871 22 00 260) but it's still constantly engaged.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Do you have a confirmation email N?

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

there's no s in 'april fool'.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 2 April 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Erm, sorry I see that you do, apologies!

Could it really be a fake email etc?

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 2 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Sold out!

― Eamonn Moo, Friday, 2 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Cant fucking believe. I've had 2 hours sleep since 8pm yesterday. I haven't left the computer since 7am this morning, phone in right hand, mouse in left. And I still didnt get a fucking ticket. Hope everyone has a really great time.

― oliver jackson, Friday, 2 April 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I STILL DON'T HAVE A FUCKING EMAIL WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU TO DESERVE THIS MR EAVIS?!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 2 April 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Woo hoo! The aloud server has now recovered and I did the track order thing. I exist on their system! I think it's time to stop worrying about the 'no s' trick.

Sorry Matt DC, Oliver et al. though.. It won't be the same with the misery backdrop thing.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I exist on the system too. I'm still worried of course. But a bit less so.

Typing in "Glastonbury" into ebay.co.uk is a passport to the depths of human iniquity.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

i exist too!!

fans of me panicking will be amused to note that i cut and pasted my ref number with an additional space at the end; when i clicked to check i got an instant error message saying "invalid reference number, referenece number must be 7 digits long". heartbeat getting back to normal now.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

we need to find a way of getting mdc/pete/magnus in though. there must be something...

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 2 April 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

LET THEM EAT HASH CAKES

(and jump the fence)

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

torjan horse i tells ya

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Trojan pantomime horse?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it possible to fit three in a pantomime horse?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 2 April 2004 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

could you fit three people in a condom?

I wouldn't be surprised if they had tents, at glastonbury, with people doing this, in.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 3 April 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sure there are safety warnings about trying to put whole people into condoms.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 3 April 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I'M IN!!!

Just phoned the customer services line and (amazingly) got through first time. Apparently the reason I have no confirmation email was because of fucked websites, I'd actually ordered SEVEN tickets*, and they were holding things back because of all the duplication. But now I have a confirmation number, I exist on their system and I AM COMING TO GLASTONBURY!

If I wasn't so buzzing, I would personally travel to Glasgow and steal N's girlfriend or something in revenge for that "backdrop of misery". But I'm all about the peace and love now.

*Pete, I'm sure a similar thing has happened to you.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 3 April 2004 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

HOORAY!!!!

OK - assuming Pete has got in too we are left only with MISSION: MAGNUS.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Saturday, 3 April 2004 09:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Yee-hah!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Matt DC misunderstood me.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it possible they will release more tickets when they realise they have sold seven to everyone?

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Raa! See you there then Matt! I'll bring nubile hotties with me and get them to feed you grapes all weekend. Or pork pies, if you prefer.

― JimD (JimD), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah that's wicked Matt, we're going to Glastonbury!!!!!

(i better check my own order too!)

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't find the link and I'm hungover.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

hurrah!! mdc that is fantastic news.

i'm still somewhat surprised that no-one's picked up on the whole no 's'/freya thing, i'd've thought there'd be potential for a "scandal of secret webpages" story. i couldn't see anything at all about glastonbury in the guardian today, which surprised me. maybe i just missed it though.

― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

if we weren't posting here who's to say we'd have got tickets at all. I totally can't wait now. I was out last night and NOBODY hardly over here has got them, it's going to be a very British Glastonbury. I felt ashamed to say I had a ticket because the conversations were like "how long did you try for". I think a few of my friends only got them cos of freya too.

Certainly tested out whether any of us really did want to go anyway!

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I think toby overestimates the media.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

http://glastonbury.blogspot.com/

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Saturday, 3 April 2004 10:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Worst blog ever!

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)

ugh.

i know of no-one who got tickets without internet assistance, it feels a bit weird when people ask and it's like "err yeah, all my mates got tickets actually".

― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm still somewhat surprised that no-one's picked up on the whole no 's'/freya thing

they won't. once your details were submitted into the purchasing system you're "in", so to speak, and they won't really have any way of knowing which route you came in. as long as you could view that details page (legit, no s, freya) and get past it, the system thinks they are all the same thing (which, for the most part, they are).

HOORAY MATT!! my friend trish (who was trying to get tix as well but i told her to stop when i got through), has FOUR confirmation emails/numbers. and she used the legit https/www route, but always got the 'too busy' screen after the details page. clearly this will be happening to LOTS of people and there will be a bunch of tickets trickling back into availability...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

The question how could it have been done better:

how about having 5 different web servers [pre-loaded with X'000 capacity of tickets] On Each Server - they could also have programmed in how many tickets have sold so far/ how many left - on that particular server.

[Also Aloud.com and Glastonbury oranizers should allocate more money for e-commerce budget]

and also having the phone service allocated with X'000 tickets, and double the number of phone operators.

Other suggestions, switch the operations to a Sunday, the phone network is less busy and most people would find it more convenient.

How about a 12 Midday start on a Sunday? with the above systems in place - tickets would sell a lot faster.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, having 5 different servers - you would spread the web traffic.

Another idea, having a bonus server with a Glasto Quiz? get the questions right - you get access to a bonus e-commerce server, therefore dedicated punters get rewarded.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

what i meant by "no-one's picked up on the whole no 's'/freya thing" was that no-one's written about it anywhere.

surely next year ticket allocation will be by random ballot.

― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Another idea, having a bonus server with a Glasto Quiz? get the questions right - you get access to a bonus e-commerce server, therefore dedicated punters get rewarded.

― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

it's an idea Toby! , special access to an additional server !

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I'm going to have to say this - and I know it's easy for me to sit on my high horse since I have tickets and all...

There really isn't an ideal way to do it. The system this year did what it was supposed to do - it processed a SHITLOAD of information in a short amount of time. Yes, there are some glitches (multiple orders, etc), but for the most part, there isn't much else he could have done. Incresing the volume of servers/phone operators would do only one thing: make it sell out faster. The only possible benefit of this to the public could be spending less time being frustrated (which I can understand).

The problem is simple supply vs demand. Only 100,000 tickets available with what could be, say, 1 million people trying to get them at the same time. You could have 1 million phone operators and web servers set up, and all that would do is sell the event out in 1 minute. Most people simply won't get tickets, regardless of the method - it's essentially a lottery of chance. Or in our cases, um, ingenuity? (or, *ahem* cheating. Which I'm not above, obviously)

The only possible alternative is to go down a different route altogether: segment ticket allocations to different geographic regions, spread them out over time, etc, but the problem would still be the same, just shifted around.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

the volume of servers/phone operators would do only one thing: make it sell out faster. The only possible benefit of this to the public could be spending less time being frustrated (which I can understand).

But this is a Win-Win both from a Systems Operational View and also punters are less frustrated.

Also the timing has to SWITCH to a Sunday next year, it is totally unacceptable to have people stay up all night - with a completely inadequate internet infrastructure.

I am sure if Aloud, have taken additional expet advice from a dedicated IT/ Systems Consultancy - things could improve.

Eavis definately needs to allocate more Money for the ticket selling.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I basically agree with Rob. Massively increased server capacity would just shift the whole thing into a shorter timeframe, and any attempt to make 'an effort' to get them would be useless - it really would be a total lottery. The thing is, being selfish about it, the way it was set up allowed we dedicated, vaguely geeky 'no-s freya' kids to all get tickets.

If you want to be fairer about it, then do a proper lottery, yeah. Though if they carried on with the named tickets, this would lead to many people getting a ticket where none of their friends did, unless you allowed a kind of named group lottery, but I can see problems with that too.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't really agree with Martian's points, but there ARE ways of reducing the customers frustration by careful balancing of the load put on certain services. That the no s trick worked so well for a while indicates that the SSL server was bottlenecking the whole site which in turn demonstrates a serious design flaw. In particular the effective load could have been reduced dramatically by limiting connections to the order page, and then have a different bank of servers handling the actual processing and confirmation. This would mean that as soon as a user got to the order page, they would be pretty much guaranteed a clear run, so avoiding the buying 7 lots of tickets issue.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree about that. But it's a pretty minor issue in the grand scheme of things. What people are most annoyed about is it taking ages to get tickets or not getting them at all. Finding out one has actually bought seven, after being worried one might have none is ultimately not that bad (as long as they don't actually charge you for them). But yeah, it should be addressed.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The point about the seven thing is it leads to people continuing to clog up the system after they've actually succeeded. Devoting more resources to confirmation screens will give you a big gain in reducing load overall.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

That's true. Let's call Michael Eavis.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The Aftermath:

The Register - an IT Industry Viewpoint
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/36776.html

Ananova - gets Eavis's reaction
http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_911244.html?menu=
- more resources next year

Words of Wisom from No Rock & Roll Fun
http://xrrf.blogspot.com/2004_03_28_xrrf_archive.html#108099427056256281

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry, professional interest in software optimisation and that. It pisses me off to see this stuff done badly.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The No Rock & Roll Fun ideas are interesting (I do agree with the 1% auctioned thing). Not sure about the Oxfam shops plan though. I don't think they'd want to cope with all the aggro.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

The 1% auctioned thing is a great idea.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Excellent point by Ricardo about the "clear run" thing. I still think any improvements will only speed up the sell-out, but from a usability point of view, they should have had a MUCH more robust bank of servers to take people down one of 2 routes when you click your chosen 'order' option:

1) a typical 'too busy, try again later' screen - this obviously needs a PILE of resource set aside. it may suck to get there, but it at least more informative/re-assuring than an IE error page

2) the actual order screen that gives you the 'clear run' after that

So yes, clean it up a bit, avoid the multiple purchases, but other than that, there's not much else to do.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

x-post, bad spelling, etc. bleh.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The only real solution is to reduce the sheer amount of media hoopla about Glastonbury, which is impossible really. When I started going, there was nowhere near this level of excitement about it, and no radio or telly coverage at all. Also, no more big bands playing exclusive gigs would be nice as well. I still think last years 24 hour madness (and therefore this years mentalism) was at least in part caused by the lunatic Radiohead fanbase.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

When Ricardo started going there was NO: 6 Music or Xfm.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

No, not in 1993. I don't listen to either of those stations so I don't quite get your point.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Re: "media hoopla about Glastonbury" - Xfm and 6 Music cover Glasto extensively - and obviously they were not around in 1993.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you are somewhat overestimating xfm and 6 music's listenership and influence.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

How about they just put all the tickets in record shops?

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

boyincorduroy - come on wake up - that would be a tout's paradise and honest punters nightmare!

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 3 April 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyone who has pockmarks and wears too much denim and a baseball hat is only allowed 1 ticket.

(obv I am only talking about one particular tout who was at every concert I ever attended as a teenager in London)

Give 'em to the touts. Fleece the fools who think Glasto is a good idea.

(big winky smile obv)

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 3 April 2004 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Who is more foolish - the fools? or the fool who fool fool fool fool fool fool

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 3 April 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I read this thread, because of what Mike said elsewhere. Now I think I can see that he did not mean anything by it.

Yet, what a strange thread; what a queer affair.

One thing about the thread is that, at times, it has made me impressed by N., again.

― the pinefox, Saturday, 3 April 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread should've stopped at 1000

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 3 April 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

in a week or so, this thread will only have about 210 new answers, so the 1000 means nothing really. As the numbers forever shift. Remember this.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 3 April 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Now I know what the Freya references were about.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 3 April 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I misread N's post. Sorry, it was about 11am and I'd only just got up.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 3 April 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

What's so great about Glasto?

― Curious Mary (Mary), Sunday, 4 April 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I was just thinking, does Matt's response from the phoneline mean that lots of people who think they haven't got tickets could actually have some???

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 4 April 2004 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Yay Matt, I am so pleased for you. Any word on Pete's tickets?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Sunday, 4 April 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

What's so great about Glasto?

i think you should trust the length and content of this thread on that one

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 4 April 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Alternatively, Taking Sides: Reading Festival Vs Glastonbury. provides an argument for it, as measured against Standard Rock Festival.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Sunday, 4 April 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

how about they have different servers/timeslots for people from different geographic regions??

e.g. if your postcode begins with A-C, order at 8pm and/or at this server address, if your postcode begins with D-F order at 10pm and/or at this different server address.

and each region is initially allocated a share of tickets, so server demands are reduced dramatically since they won't all be clogging the system at the same time.

and then, the next day leftover tickets will be available for all, those who couldn't get a ticket get a second go, but a lot of people would have gotten their tickets anyway the day before.

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 4 April 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

...everyone would stress out, working out ways to get around the system with friends getting their tickets for them (and lending utility bills etc.).

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 4 April 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

but the point is that there's no point in "getting round" the system, as there is no advantage/disadvantage for any particular postcode/geographic region! (esp if the divide is by server address rather than time slot)

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 4 April 2004 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

At Glastonbury when the bands have finished you can go dancing to a variety of different soundsystems, go and sit down with a cup of tea and a splif and watch the passing people, go rollerskating, get fake-married and fae-divorced, find a burning sculpture, see a film under the stars, take hippies seriously for once or just bowl about looking for adventures.

-- Anna (Fieldingann...), March 30th, 2004 5:59 AM. (later)

So Glastonbury is like a 3-day bachanal? What's the age limit when people stop going?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 5 April 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

You don't see that many people older than their 50s there.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 5 April 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

But those that are, seem to be having a lot of fun. But maybe not seeing many bands.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 April 2004 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

But ken - there is. You maximize your chances by having a go on different timeslots/servers.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 5 April 2004 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It's actually a five-day bacchanal - I reiterate the importance of Wednesday and Thursday.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:15 (twenty-one years ago)

we're going up on the thursday, when is everyone else going?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i suspect thursday. until last year i'd always gone on wednesday, but i tended to burn out before the end of the weekend, and thursday seemed to work out well last year.

are people going to get the coach? how did that work out for getting back last time?

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:30 (twenty-one years ago)

My friend got an email this morning saying that her card has been declined & her tickets have been cancelled, but she had funds in the account. what a bastard!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

And so the tidal waves of paranoia engulf us once again...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

It was fine last time, the waiting was the suxx0r but hey, I'll have the Travel Scrabble :)

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry, but I thought I'd say. I have checked with my bank & it has been authrorised by my bank, phew!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

it's not impossible i may have said this before [ahem] but, WEDNESDAY IS FOR NUTTERS. coach is only sensible way there, getting back's no probs, even the 10am one last year wasn't too bad, but you do need to be there 30mins before your coach is due to depart (also departure times do become a bit fluid, but hey, no one really wants to go home anyway :))

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

nah, Wednesday is essential, I *always* used to go on the Wenesday, and once left on the Tuesday (that was a bit weird)

― chris (chris), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Getting TO the festival is no problem whichever way you do it. Getting OUT of the festival when you are tired, minging, hungry and have been abusing your body for four days straight is the bit where things start to go wrong.

I'd advise against getting the train, if only because you are going to end up in a gigantic bottleneck outside Castle Cary for at least an hour in the boiling hot sunshine/pissing rain on Monday morning, and that is not fun for anyone.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I have the pleasure of driving to & from the festival! what joy!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I am not going to be abusing my body AT ALL this year - I might even get some of that dreadful hippy 5-HTP stuff...

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

(um yes)

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 07:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Who are you going to date rape?!?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

And I have ended up stuck outside Castle Cary EVERY FUCKING YEAR and never learn. Except the year I stayed up all Sunday night and left at 5am, that was okay.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

(I'm thinking of something else, aren't I.)

p.s. Matt DC - you have graffiti mail.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

and don't drive, i doubt you'll be able to use the old "dump car in side street in shepton mallet and walk" technique with the increased security. the only time i was in a car parked on site it took us EIGHT HOURS to get out of the car park, which makes waiting 45 minutes for a bus seem like nuffink (esp wif travel scrabble).

x-post: pink DON'T DRIVE, really...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

in other good news, the tracker page on the website tells you what to do to change the address they're sending the tickets too if you move between now and then, hurrah!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The only problem with not driving though, is that it's gonna cost us a fortune in travel. Not sure where the glasto buses go from, but the train will be loads.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I read this thread, because of what Mike said elsewhere. Now I think I can see that he did not mean anything by it.

I meant something by it. A joke so feeble and obscure it didn't even trouble Ken Dodd's Seismirthograph.

this thread should've stopped at 1000

It would've enhanced my reputation as a THREADKILLER no end.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't see the Pinefox as a poster to Ilx anymore, more a pundit.

― chris (chris), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:17 (twenty-one years ago)

there will be a bus from cambridge, probably direct, probably in the region of £35 each at a guess...

also, if you are driving you did book a carpark ticket didn't you?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)

A trick that friends have employed is to pack up yr tent etc late on Sunday, put it in a lockup, party the night away then leave promptly when the services start (5am?). Trains are for sleeping.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

money gone from my account = a good thing. rotten steenky tent = bad thing

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh right, cheers Steve. We've got a car parking ticket anyway, we figured that for a fiver, it was worth buying it in case we drove.

My friend (that had her card declined) has gotten to the bottom of the mystery. She had her purse stolen at the w/e & due to a stop on her cards, the payment has been declined. She is absolutely gutted! :-(

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:33 (twenty-one years ago)

A trick which my friends have employed is to stay out drinking all night on Sunday, then collapse completely pissed and wake up at 1 on Monday, then dawdle around for 6 hours before going home.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll be being driven down on the Wednesday, by car. it's not that problematic. in 2002 we left the site around 2am Monday morning and it was spookily easy leaving but there were a LOT less people that year (can't comment on last year but assume it was the same). i recommend leaving early Monday morning if you're not too bothered about getting wrecked on the last night.

where do people want to camp? up on the hill near the Pyramid stage? or in the fields nearer the Other stage? or somewhere else?

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll be camping right at the back, the north-west corner, I think. Nice and far away from everything.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Argh god ANYWHERE but the fields near the Other Stage. Seriously, they are terrible - people tramping past at all time, too close to the dance tent and varous other stages and will be a fucking nightmare if it rains.

Top of Pyramid Hill facing the main stage is best, just for the view of the Tor, but I have camped there every year and quite fancy a change. The bits around the back or the site that Ronan's talking about seem good as well.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a nice slope aswell so you won't be flooded or anything.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I really don't want to camp right next to the sodding new bands tent this year. Being woken up by shit local bands = teh suXor. The big field between the other stage fields, the green fields and the stone circle is good. You're more likely to end up stumbling around somewhere interesting the further away you are camped from the Pyramid stage.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Totally, last year on my stumble home I gave my bag of cans to these people sitting around a fire and they gave me AMAZING DRUGS.

It made my Saturday alot of fun. I still amn't convinced it wasn't some sort of magic tent which disappeared after I completed my good turn for the day.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe we're thinking of different places Matt, the spot where i camped in 2002 was closest to the Other Stage and THE GLADE and we had no problems at all there. i agree the open fields near the Dance tent are a bad bad idea tho.

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

worst thing about camping on the Pyramid hill is you get woken up around lunchtime by JOOLZ or Orchestra Baobab or something, gah

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 5 April 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago)

b-but one morning you will get woken up by the Glastonbury Town Band or whatever they are called, and that is a GOOD thing.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The new bands stage started before 10am one day last year.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

B-b-b-but, your little face was the HIGHLIGHT of last years Glasters as you spluttered in incoherent rage and unfairness!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:04 (twenty-one years ago)

That New Bands field suX0rs and you are less likely to be stumbling across mad and wonderful stuff and more likely to be watching Shaun of the Dead while monged at 2am (which I'm sure would be great but you can do that in London).

The bit that RickyT is talking about sounds cool.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

NEW BANDS! NEW BANDS!!

i am open to other suggestions, but +ives of new bands:

not far to walk from bus
relatively quiet during the night
quite handy for most things

(i realise the -ive is being woken up at 10.30 by excreable local noncesense, but it's a reasonable pay off in my opinion)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)

It's quite handy for some of the stages, but it's bollocks for the hippy stuff.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

You're more likely to end up stumbling around somewhere interesting the further away you are camped from the Pyramid stage.

Is OTM.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

DARK CHUNK!

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Quiet", Steve? Try these.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

The long walk from the bus is character building.

We were at the VERY BACK last year, and this was after my ordeal with flights etc, I walked there without stopping because I wanted to actually be at glastonbury, properly and finally. Jesus it was tiring but it had a great last leg of the journey feel to it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Also urgent and key is that you stand a chance of getting a tolerable bog experience in the morning which is worth a grebt deal to my beleagured morning sanity...

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

we'll be camping in the bedroom field, but spending most of our time at the living room stage, which offers views across all of the other stages through a live tv link, it's handy cos there's a fridge a small distance away, usually these days containing perry and champagne.

― chris (chris), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I love you Cabbage :)

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Aaaaaand the BREAKFAST ROLLS!!!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:18 (twenty-one years ago)

thing is Mark, I'd love to go, I heart Glasto. There's just too much stuff in between now and then to make it practical. So we're going to do Glasto at home.

― chris (chris), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

someone on this here ILM thread (glastonbury tickets ? hello ?) claims you can phone up Michael Eavis' house and ask him for tickets.

I'm not too convinced, mind you...

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

OK what are the positives of a Wednesday arrival then?

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

No queuing, if last year is anything to go by.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

though perhaps you Brits can get there early enough on Thursday

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i liked camping where we did last year. but in the past i've always camped by the stone circle, and that was cool too. but you probably have to arrive by the wednesday for that.

no money has left my account yet.

we drove back at, i think, 9am last year and got straight out with no trouble at all.

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Extra day of ruin. Being able to have the pick of campsites (this is amazing, seriously, being able to camp in a half-empty field rather than whacking your tent wherever happens to be left). General feeling of immense excitement.

I've just had a horrific vision. It is of JOOLS HOLLAND AND JAMIE CULLUM JAMMING TOGETHER ON THE MAIN STAGE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON! It is practically inevitable that this will happen.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

positives of weds arrival: no queuing (and i bet the queues are horrifc this year with id checking etc), more choice of place to camp, more time at glasto!

negatives: more time at glasto = more ruin, going longer w/out a shower etc etc.

(x-post w/ mdc)

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I have just realised my question is pointless as on the Wednesday morning I will be waking up with the Mediterranean Sea gently lapping at my porch rather than in Tooting with an unpacked rucksack and a stack of Barry Manilow tapes.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt DC's post is further evidence that we should camp as far away from the main stage as possible. Unless we bring some sort of sonic weapon.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

tobe, the queue horrendousness is why i reckon they'll give up on checking id at like midday on thursday, if not before...

wednesday does make it a very very long weekend

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

It sure does!!!

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:37 (twenty-one years ago)

closest to the Other Stage and THE GLADE and we had no problems at all there

That is pretty much where I was last year. The South-West part of the site, I suppose. It was relatively quiet (yes, some noise from the Glade but not too bad), close to the greenfields/other stage, and best of all, the breeze seemed to be coming down from the hill, i.e. better than the stench of loos. But I'm not too fussed. I don't know too many people going, so I'd like to try and camp with some of youse ILXors if possible.

I did get a car park ticket, just in case. Drove last year and it was OK. Getting out on Monday was a pain, but expected. I phear taking the bus - I was wondering who would be into sharing a passenger van (?). I guess it's a bit early to plan this stuff, though...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is too long... we should start a fresh new Glasto 2004 thread for those actually going...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Like an exclusive thread rob? ;-)

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

heehee... yeah, that's it!
my crappy laptop is just weary of loading this damn page every time...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Rob, have a look on the settings page, dude.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

um we've already got one...

Glasto 2004 is GO!!

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago)

To abandon a 1150-post thread before it's even a week old would seriously harsh the buzz.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 5 April 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago)

the direction this thread has taken makes me glad that i'm going with people that have been before-- kind of terrifying to think about planning this stuff for the first time.

also concerning: that my friend jim said he was bringing 'nubile hotties' for matt dc. since i'm pretty sure that the only girls he know are going are me and his ex girlfriend, i'm worried both that he's describing us in that way, and what he's volunteering us for! i mean, i'm not feeding ANYONE pork pies!

― colette (a2lette), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)

!!!!

Colette... you weren't dissing pork pies, were you?

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread should become a black hole of a thread, sucking all other threads into it...

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The mighty pork pie can cope with your puny dissing.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

WTF?!!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I've just been on the phone to radio 1 & i'm gonna be on the radio moaning about my friend's situation!!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

when? give times and details please!

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

It's the newsbeat section of radio1. Not sure if I'll def be on it (sorry got a bit excited) but I was talking about my mates predicament & also what I thought of all the surplus (returned tix) going onto ebay.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I phoned Chris Moyles and he agreed it was ridiculous.

Did you blow Freya's cover??!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

i have nothing against pork pies, i just choose not to eat them or touch them.

which would be problematic if i'm volunteered to feed them to matt. perhaps i'll be on grape duty instead?

― colette (a2lette), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

You could use one of those plastic grabbing claw toys.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom: NEVAH!!!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Money hasn't left my account yet either. Is it time to start a renewed round of 'no s' fear?

Lunchtime Thursday is about the latest one should arrive. The best places to camp are in the Greenfields, though these get filled up first. Last year we were in a brilliant field away from any throughfare. It wasn't that close to any stages though, if you're into that sort of thing. Nearest one was the Other Stage.

The year before I was in the camper van fields, which is taking getting away from the stinking hordes too far - it was about a half hour walk to anywhere.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

£840 debited from my account. Most of it will be back there in a couple of days. Just a warning for anyone else with duplicate ticket issues.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I have £239 waiting to be taken from my account. I spoke to the bank & they said it's been authorised but not collected.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

N, we've got confirmation numbers and they work on the website, where's the fear?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I ..don't know. It's a primitive response.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't check mine because I bought the tix over the phone.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Did they not give you a confirmation number, Pink?

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 5 April 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I am now listening to Radio 1 in anticipation. Have I missed Newsbeat?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 5 April 2004 11:27 (twenty-one years ago)

can someone post a picture of matt please?
not that i'm going 2 stalk him, just so that if we see him we can bow down/throw garlands etc.
seriously we'd have been fcked royal without him.
and ILX i guess for that matter.

course a mudbath is a *cert*.

― piscesboy, Monday, 5 April 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

they cancelled it?????

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 5 April 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Nothing taken from my account yet. I've tracked my tickets (you should all do this: go to http://www.seetickets.com with your ref number) and they exist, so I'm not too worried... yet.

I assume no-one has received the "2nd email" about when tix will be posted out? It seems that won't happen until towards the end of May (sending out no earlier than May 20th, they say)

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Monday, 5 April 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got a confirmation number, but if you go to the Aloud.com website you have to enter the email address & the confirmation number & I didn't provide an email address because I did it over the phone.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 5 April 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

See me says I got em. No money drawn down from account, but bank saying that although I can use less money than appears to be there (ie, it's 'reserved' some cash which appears to cover the cost of the tix)

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 5 April 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Worried telephone bookers can call the Glastonbury customer services department on 0871 22 00 260.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 5 April 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Considering the Glasto people PHONED ME this morning to clarify my ticket/financial situation I reckon I'm okay and on the system. Ditto the rest of you (except possibly Pete, do you know anything yet?)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 5 April 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

pete is in liverpool until wednesday...

― Mr Baran's PA (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 5 April 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't see Cabbage as a pundit anymore, more as an anchor.

― the bluefox, Monday, 5 April 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

is that rhyming slang?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 5 April 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.flightdailynews.com/farnborough2002/07_25/images/hall/airbag.jpg

― Dada, Monday, 5 April 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

234 quid left my account this morning, at last.

still no baran news?

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:59 (twenty-one years ago)

No confirmation number, but money has been debited from account .Me and Lixi are go I believe.

Which means a proper reunion for the London Bootleg Orchestra, amongst other things. And Perry. I loves you Perry.

The curse of the red T-SHirt seems to have subsided. Mind you that karaoke lastw eek was rough.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

wahey!

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks PF, and now, back to Glastonbury.

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it time to start speculating on the lineup yet? Are rumours of an opera on one of the minor stages to be believed? Is Sunday night in the Dance Tent really going to be all D.I.S.C.O? Are we really going to get Kraftwerk to close the festival on the Other Stage?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Attilla The Stockbroker has confirmed.

Surely there are enough of us that we can get out own stage this year.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

saturday is D I S C O according to efestivals:

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/lineups.php?hits_seen=0&FestID=550

gwen dickie, sister sledge and the fatback band.

i SO hope this happens :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

that's possibly the best combination this line-up can muster.

anyone know anything by the fatback band, apart from 'zoom'?

(why do i get the feeling i shouldn't ask that here??)

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

that was the Karaoke Bar At The Gates Of Hell

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Fatback Band = I Found Lovin'

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Wicki Wacki!

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Zoom was Fat Larrys Band!

I think disco night is a bit of a lame idea to be honest. There's something a bit For One Night Only At The Leisure Centre about it.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I had a premonition that an ILXor would die at Glasto :(

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I would like disco on the Sunday but definitely wouldn't like it on the Saturday, especially not if it's in the dance tent.

ie if it replaces dnb and b-list hiphop then bring it on but if it replaces stuff I like then oi eavis noooooo etc.

x-post thanks for sharing that Mark

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Mark, it's a late reaction to that collapsing scaffolding. Fatback Band = one of the many artists to have released 'the first rap record ever'.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

mark you have finally descended into self parody.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

AFC Wimbledon threads get him all over-excited. They're not good for him you know.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I think he's right. I had that premonition too. It can be me if you like.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 11:32 (twenty-one years ago)

don't set yourself on fire : (

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, not that.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it'll be Pete. Lynched by angry campers after one too many chorus from Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I think maybe A-Ha's Headlines and Deadlines might be on the tape player this year...

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00008GER0.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I will be making a Very Special Mix.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I might be setting myself on fire after all.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

will you need any help?

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I reckon that 'fags and everything' stall will sort me out if I do.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:32 (twenty-one years ago)

this is assuming ricardo is bringing his tape-player

(there's a large bottle of perry in it for you if you "accidentally" forget it ric ;))

(oh crap, he's off the bouze isn't he...)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I might stretch to a bottle and a half to ensure the tuneful completion of the night.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

She says shed love to see Bermuda and I say WOMAN ARE YOU MAD

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw YMOF listening to that the other day, and I quite liked the track listing, despite everything. it's till TOO INDIE though.

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

VIP, motherfuckers.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

There is no such thing as a VIP at Glastonbury.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i beg to differ.

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Very Important Pig, as promised to the author of the 1000th post, in this case a Mr Michael Jones - who won't be there it seems

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

so confused. VCP?

― g-kit (g-kit), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

The tape player is definitely coming. I will also be drinking the perry but not in the same quantities as last year which would now surely kill me.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"Brothers Bar Triangle...DONT GO TOO NEAR"

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Several people I know got tickets this morning, after a tipoff from some joker or other.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

from another messageboard

"just spoke to ticket person (00441159934170)as I was getting concerned re: no confirmation email.

She said that those tickets booked today will NOT be valid and NOT be able to be rebooked, that the site was never supposed to allow tickets to be bought today!!!!

noooooo!!!!! "

!!!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Surely they will have to release more when all Matt DC's multiple bookings get cancelled?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt will have to appear on the news to apologise.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The Daily Mail are doing a name and shame.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

N. on the website it says all of matt's have already been re-allocated

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

After some consideration it was decided that the entire nation of Montserrat be given Matt's tickets.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Further returned tickets and duplicate orders will be absorbed by outstanding needs" - whose 'outstanding needs' are these?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 9 April 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Dunno, I know a few people who did get tickets this morning though, it now transpires. They rang and checked and they're sorted.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

the Express are running a full page exposing DC's ticket gluttony, he's also pictured leaving a pub in the Chancery Lane, alone, barking order into his recently acquired mobile phone.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 9 April 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I await the Cook Report Special impatiently

"Mr DC, when are you going to stop buying tickets????"

"TICKETS? Are you 'avin a giraffe, get off my property"

"You all saw him, he hit me!"

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 9 April 2004 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Good of you to share that Mark!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 9 April 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

GLASTONBURY SELLS OUT. AGAIN.

http://nme.com/news/108191.htm

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 April 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

there was a girl on 6music earlier who was saying that she'd complained (via 6music i believe) after not getting through for 24 hours and had got one yesterday...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 16 April 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm still expecting a whole bunch of tickets to go a-missing when delivery day rolls around

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 April 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't you have to sign for them this time?

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 16 April 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven months pass...

only kidding...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 1 April 2005 08:28 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

au contraire but erm what it's on sale already??!??!

― ILX Systern (ken c), Monday, 6 October 2008 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, it's a bit weird innit?

― dog latin, Monday, 6 October 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

i think the whole registration process and the way it's fraffed around every single year is what put me off the most about going to glasto (also the fact that it's now £180 for a fucking ticket)

― ILX Systern (ken c), Monday, 6 October 2008 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

are they hoping that there'll be some people that'll provide their £50 deposit and forget about it/decide not to bother when the tickets go on sale for real?

that would be pretty cuntish.

― ShNick (Upt0eleven), Monday, 6 October 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago)

They're not hoping that. If you pay your deposit and then decide not to go you get £40 back.

― Matt DC, Monday, 6 October 2008 16:03 (sixteen years ago)

Haha god this thread was ridiculous. I'm pretty sure we all looked a bit like the agonised stock traders on that other thread.

― Matt DC, Monday, 6 October 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

that's still a shitty exchange.

xpost

― CharlieNo4, Monday, 6 October 2008 16:05 (sixteen years ago)

Better than nuffink. Nonetheless I can't be thinking about next year's Glastonbury when this year's wrist band isn't even moldy yet.

― ShNick (Upt0eleven), Monday, 6 October 2008 16:10 (sixteen years ago)

it feels as though it's some kind of mind game, just because last year didn't sell out and they're doing this advance thing to manufacture a panic buy situation.

or maybe someone really amazing is headlining. OMG OMG OMG MAYBE I SHOULD GET A TICKET NOW EEEEEEEE!

― ILX Systern (ken c), Monday, 6 October 2008 16:11 (sixteen years ago)

I remember that time I got a ticket and then didn't go. Loads of ppl without tickets were all QQ at me. That was great.

― #/.'#/'@ilikecats (g-kit), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 08:02 (sixteen years ago)

Sounds like a sound business move. Hook them all now and book an all hip hop/R&B/grime bill.

― A. FIND MISSING LINK B. PUT IT TOGETHER C. BANG! (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 08:06 (sixteen years ago)

what does QQ mean?

― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 09:34 (sixteen years ago)

are hip hop/r&b/grime acts cheaper to hire then?

― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 09:35 (sixteen years ago)

Depends how many dancers they bring with them.

― A. FIND MISSING LINK B. PUT IT TOGETHER C. BANG! (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 09:47 (sixteen years ago)

what if it's 4 dancers?

― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:01 (sixteen years ago)

a bushel of russets each and a pail of milk between 'em.

― ShNick (Upt0eleven), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:02 (sixteen years ago)

QQ = ;_;

― #/.'#/'@ilikecats (g-kit), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:04 (sixteen years ago)

a helluva glass ceiling

― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:06 (sixteen years ago)

so QQ = GG?

― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:07 (sixteen years ago)

We don't talk about GG here.

― A. FIND MISSING LINK B. PUT IT TOGETHER C. BANG! (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:10 (sixteen years ago)

but then how do you shot head?

― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:13 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

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― Matt DC, Sunday, 3 October 2010 08:10 (fourteen years ago)

This year's Freya seemed to be going to http://www2.seetickets.com/g2011/regform.asp?orig=uk&method=DEPOSIT on a 3G connection. Don't exactly know why the 3G bit was essential but I got into the queue on second attempt that way.

Woo!

― Alba, Sunday, 3 October 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago)

ten years pass...

Glastonbury cancelled again, inevitably.

With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Full statement below and on our website. Michael & Emily pic.twitter.com/SlNdwA2tHd
— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) January 21, 2021

― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 January 2021 13:00 (four years ago)

I'm sure they said if they have to cancel 2021 then it's curtains for them?

― up-the-arts corner (Matt #2), Thursday, 21 January 2021 13:10 (four years ago)

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