Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback The fact is that over the last couple years Glastonbury Festival has embraced the full force of the media 'hype' machine. Expand the system and tickets sell in seconds, it'll always be a lottery there is no viable alternative.
[April 2, 2004, 14:30]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback This should have been my 3rd glastonbury! It is no longer a festival, it is now a pop concert and has put me off going in the future. Exactly is what I would say to everything you have written. I had 6 phones going and 2 internet connections and I...
[April 2, 2004, 13:20]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback Couldn't agree more - Glastonbury isn't about mobile phones and debit cards and crappy internet ticketing systems. If they're not careful, they'll destroy everything that makes Glastonbury such a glorious escape from the rest of the year.
[April 2, 2004, 18:21]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback But remember, in 1970 no-one knew about the Glastonbury festival except hippies -- it was great. Modern life really is rubbish isn't it. Ha ha -- ALL SOLD OUT now and I've got 12 tickets. You saddos should've used a bit more brainpower.
[April 2, 2004, 20:27]
Fast Answers Aren't Good Answers
Leader When John Lovelock, head of the Federation Against Software Theft, gazes out over the internet, he must feel like an Avon and Somerset Constabulary sniffer dog sitting downwind of the Glastonbury Festival.
[October 31, 2007, 14:41]
EBay Denies Any Blame For Glastonbury Fiasco
News Online auction company eBay has denied any responsibility for the changes to the ticket sales procedure for this year's Glastonbury festival, which organisers have admitted contributed to the poor performance of the event's online ticket sales...
[April 2, 2004, 14:55]
Tuesday
Blog The two-way voice communications are nearly flawless, the games have no discernable lag and the opportunities for wasting your best friend in a truly tasteless yet satisfying way are better than anything outside the Glastonbury festival.
[January 10, 2003, 16:22]
EBay Sends Out Mixed Messages On Security
News The Judge was presiding over the trial of a woman convicted of taking £3,000 from five separate eBay customers for non-existent tickets to the Glastonbury music festival. The one easy way to stop all the fraud would be to turn off the site tomorrow...
[May 4, 2005, 18:00]
Glastonbury Site 'slow But Not Down'
Talkback re: your article on Glastonbury, and the facetious response from the organisers: This measure has allowed the Festival to cut the booking fee charged from £5 to £3 per ticket" The website is extremely poorly designed - understandably the site was...
[April 2, 2004, 12:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Picture a field at Glastonbury Festival. No filing system is visible, no nifty file://c: malarky will do any good. A friend is poking around some of the stalls that line the paths, when he spots a herbal infusion for which great things are claimed.
[July 16, 1999, 17:36]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Worst you get at Glastonbury is a burned mouth from a thermonuclear falafel. Hear from a pal at the Burning Man festival in the US. This is not going to be a normal week. Have increasing suspicion that this is the case now.
[September 6, 1997, 9:00]
Log On With The Microsoft Internet Toilet
News MSN will be taking the Web-enabled WC on the road this summer to show it off to users with visits to a number of music festivals, including June's Glastonbury Festival, already pencilled in -- as if the queues aren't long enough for the loos at...
[May 8, 2003, 8:44]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Picture a field at Glastonbury Festival. No filing system is visible, no nifty file://c: malarky will do any good. A friend is poking around some of the stalls that line the paths, when he spots a herbal infusion for which great things are claimed.
[July 16, 1999, 18:36]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback The messages on this board have pretty much confirmed what I have been thinking about the abomination that is aloud.com. Cant blame eavis he is a farmer, but if anyone has the final say, its him! I dialed more than 50,000 times (2 phones and 2...
[April 5, 2004, 16:19]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback i've got the exact same problem.also, as to monday afternoon, no money has been taken from my bank account, which really worries me, as usually when using a debit card, the money is withdrawn instantly.cheers, j.
[April 5, 2004, 13:32]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback There is no way you can stop trying after 8hrs of dialing. Yep - I'm still going. I've had 3hrs sleep and taken bout 1hr off apart from that. Me and my girlfriend have been using 3 phones between us along with my broadband connection.
[April 2, 2004, 18:12]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback Glastonbury has sold it's soul! Maybe it was meant to be, but I think otherwise, I think the organisers have failed drastically to their fans and this year will go down in history as a HUGE let down to those who 'do' Glastonbury not for the line-up...
[April 2, 2004, 21:00]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury is not the same server as https://www.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp? showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury which...
[April 2, 2004, 15:18]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback North South Divide at Glastonbury ? Worst of all is that I don't know a single person in Newcastle who succeeded yet know of many dozen people who gave many hours to trying. BT 0870 lines denied access after just the first 4 digits dialed on many...
[April 5, 2004, 12:33]
Crashing Out At Glastonbury Festival
Talkback I have been going to glastonbury every year since i was 10 - i'm now 23. Real glastonbury goers do not need reminding or to be told when tickets are on sale. I have been on the net and 3 phones since 8pm last night non stop it is now 13:30.
[April 2, 2004, 13:38]
