To think Glasto and other festivals like it are for kids?

[expatinscotland]

and to find late 30-somethings and 40-somethings who go to them (and are not press) a bit sad?

Have fun Knitter!

Weathers lurvely down 'ere this weekend

exactly lb

anyone going to green man?

Poshwellies definitely agree that it's lost it's edge. No feeling of danger in the air any more. Too well organised and slick. I do miss the days when it seemed like everyone had a mohawk and piercings, when they sold magic mushrooms openly and when you had a feeling that for everyone there this was a permanant lifestyle choice rather than just a long weekend off from being an accountant in Basingstoke.

My mum used to work on a foodstall then and I loved knowing that I was doing something that none of my school friends would be allowed to do by their parents

Now their parents come.... It's definitely changed.

i am nearly 40 and i have promised myself a glasto ticket before im 50.

im watching it on telly and longing to be there. i love music. i dont think its sad to go and enjoy some live music and all the rest of the very diverse stuff at glasonbury.

(i am so of that crowd watching the Gorillaz.... and the tv coverage keeps flicking from beeb 3, to 4 to beeb2! its annoying!

live music should be encouraged as much as possible, then artists would stop whinging about illegal downloads and actually put some effort into being a damned good live act, instead of one that relies of studio magic to sound good!
also, after watching glasto on tv, its officially for cool oldies. one day, when i have the money...

KnT if you work around festivals I think it's still like that
my bf takes her dd with her, they buy stock in S American and sell at all the festivals it seems a great learning experience for her dd
rest of year they live on a houseboat
they are top people and I am lucky to know them

I'm with you on the of Gorillaz (way better than U2! ahem) vicar.

I totally agree Knitter,it was very free and raw.

I have a lot of friends who are much younger and do live a very alternative life - going to glastonbury is as much part of their calendar as christmas. They were in mourning last year

God the Gorrillaz were sooooooooooooooo boring. Are they still on now? I can just hear crappy rappy ranting from in the other room.

oh janeite i couldnt disagree more! plastic beach is a fab album. Bobby Womack was on stage with them just now.

2 out of the Clash. drummer from the Verve. Bobby womack. lou reed. snoop dog. its a brilliant album!

oh - and op - when did John Peel stop going? oh thats right - he didnt.

i cannot WAIT to be old enough to go to glasto. without kids.

Can hear Dare now, I think. Sounds better than the other stuff. I think Damon just looks a bit sad nowadays, tbh. And why is he wearing a jumper that's four sizes too small for him?

omg omg omg omg

mark E smith is on with em!!!! swoons....(yep i have v weird taste in men)

omg bobby womack, really
I am more pssed off that festivals severely clash with school term this year than being too old for them or stuff
when i was 20 I wouldnt have remembered

i kind of like Damon now he is a bit rough round the edges...

Mark E looks like a dirty old man in a mac. Even dp is giggling at him (and dp is in love with him).

I think Damon looks hot. Did Shaun Ryder dedicate Dare to Frank Sidebottom/I didn't hear it properly.

He's actually far better now in Gorillaz than Blur (and I loved Blur).

He's a talented chap (Not forgetting Jamie Hewlett obv.)

yabu

I hated Glastonbury in my 20's. Went twice, got fecked off with everyone off their tits on drugs / burning tents and swore never to go again. It was horrible in those days.

Now it's posh I'm looking forward to taking the dc's in a couple of years.

It's lovely in good weather. And you don't have to seen any bands, there's loads to do. Andy from cbeebies performs IIRC .

OMGGGGGG
LOU REED is on with em now!!!

lou reed not really
so pissed off now!

cornsilk he did - he died.
the gorillaz is like anyone who is anyone from the last 30 years of groups! im loving it

Yeah I know he died

I really don't see what can be tragic about getting together with friends, in the sunshine(hopefully), having a drink and listening to music.

What is truly tragic is allowing yourself to be restricted because of your age.