Glastonbury Fayre Festival (+DVD) - Various Artists

My first Glastonbury.From Ben, aged 33 & 1/2.

Advantages: So many varied top acts to see
Disadvantages: too much choice sometimes, weather dependant

After many many years of umming and aahhing about going to what is the daddy of all UK festivals. I was finally coerced into going after being told I can crash in someone's caravan instead of enduring all the non-fun and games of having a tent. Do not get me wrong, I love camping, I love taking things back to basics but a plethora of friends horror stories involving tents and Glastonbury meant that the basics involved at the festival were far too basic even for me. So with £155 ticket in hands and with a 1974 caravanette swaying worryingly behind our car, all resplendently clad in beige, brown and orange,(three colours that thankfully have stayed in the 70's) we hit the festival late Thursday night and seemed to have missed much of the traffic, with delays only actually at the entrance itself. The caravan fields were already a sea ...

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Experiences of Glastonbury 2008

Advantages: Great atmosphere, chance to see many small bands in one place
Disadvantages: Price. Of everything.

the opportunity to explore all of the green hippy stuff. Near the stone circle and the renamed Shangri-La, you could learn to be more creative (ie practice as a stonecarver, a glassblower, a silversmith, etc). This took up a good few hours (especially with regular breaks for a Brothers cider). Neil Diamond had one of the biggest crowds of the festival, and played Daydream Believer and others. Not too bad, although of course he was showing his age. Katie Melua came onstage in the intimate Avalon tent, and played a brilliant version of My Aphradisiaic Is You. This was followed by Slow Train, and later in the set were Crazy and 9 Million Bicycles, in what was the best set of the weekend. At this stage the ground was fairly dry, and the sun was busy burning people. Over on one of the bigger stages were the Zutons, with a guest in ...

dr_dusk 11.08.2008 (16.08.2008) · Read full review
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Twilight various artists

Advantages: appeal to all ages
Disadvantages: few songs are repetitive

The twilight soundtrack is a mix of artists from paramore to muse, Its a mixture of styles, ranging from upbeat, rocky sounds to slow melodic sounds. Some of the songs are very catchy like linkin parks 'Leave out all the rest' and 'decode' by Paramore. Also included in the album is 'Bella's lullaby' by Carter Burwell for all you twi-hard fans! This album (for me) is something i would definitely recommend to buy as it has music for everyones tastes, and is an album for all ages. The one thing that i will point out about this album is sometimes it does have a knack of sounding slightly repetitive, and out of fifteen songs i would recommend twelve out of fifteen that are positively cheerful, singalong songs. I have to say though that having the album out so early does mean that twilight fans have the chance to singalong and get ...

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