“Ha Ha Ha - the first times I went to Glastonbury the capacity was around 20,000!!! I'd just passed my driving test and remember the first year driving a battered yellow Renault 5 with an old doorless wardrobe full of firewood strapped to the roof on-site (as you did in those days), parking up with some mates and pitching our tents in a circle on the slope leading up and out from the Pyramid Stage and then watching the weekend's acts from deckchairs around our camp fire...
Hawkwind, New Order, Aswad, The Smiths - those were the days :-)”
“Reliably informed that the door for this show was 41,276 which makes me think that my figure for the last REM show is wrong as this definitely felt like the larger crowd...”
“Ha Ha - we must of posted about the same time :-)
I chose seats upstairs and was thrilled to find out that they were front row. Spectrum were very good, as you say, and thankfully we managed to catch their full set. I don't buy into the deification of MBV but they were shockingly good second time round. And for me the earplugs really worked although I'd rammed them in so hard I could swear that they were touching somewhere inside my skull!!!
“I was going to post my ticket and wristband (we had guest pavilion tix with the wristband deal) but you've pipped me to the post! I'd only really gone to escort my partner and to see MGMT who were great but a rather unnecessary additional support as they were largely ignored by the then part-filled venue. I thought that Bat For Lashes were awful (each to their own and all but honestly who really needs another Bjork meets Sinead meets..?) and (again, personally, I've never been a fan) felt that Radiohead were a load of toss! My partner and some friends however would re-iterate what you've said in that what would have been (for them) a great show was marred by the SIZE of things, with the poor light-show not enhancing AT ALL what was going on on stage (no spotlights, etc) and the video screens (being half the usual size and then split-screened and monochromed to blur things further) not helping either. A shame as the sound from the pavilion was generally good and the weather was indeed lovely...
I too also felt that the stage was further back than for REM's last show at LCCC (and at a slightly different angle) and I'd be fascinated to get the final door numbers off SJM for this. At that last REM show, which also had not sold out, the door was 58,000. I wonder what's the total capacity for a gig at LCCC?”
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