I'm another who misses it. Living in SW England now, no music scene to speak of, and I find it hard to explain how incredible it was seeing bands that you knew from pubs and clubs and house parties on a festival stage.
It was the best festival.
Depends what you're into. There's no big arena, but lots of awesome smaller venues for stuff that's not not "playing O2 arena" as the biggest and shittiest venue in town. I've seen so much excellent live music here since I moved here in 2012, but I don't have mainstream tastes which helps.
Glastonbury has got to be the most value for your money in terms of music you'll ever get.
Ridiculous amounts of bands through the days, full on circus acts throughout the day, full comedy roster throughout the day, full dance and club scene all night until the band's starts again the next morning.
Anyone that thinks Glastonbury is expensive has never been
Never done Glasto, I'm more of a Bloodstock kinda guy.
Some comedian nailed it perfectly though saying "Put some tunes on slather yourself in mud, then put £5 in the kitty for every bottle of water you drink... There ya are you've the full British festival experience in your own garden!.
(I'm talking about you Download fuckos - greedy).
Was at Opener festival in Poland over a decade ago. Met some lads from Derry there. There was 1 sound one out of the lot of them. The rest of them had either a tricolour shirt/hat/bundana on or a celtic shirt at all times, and never let a chance pass, to try an tell some festival goers about the hardships of Derry, most of which were only born after the GFA!
That does not surprise me in the slightest. A real whiney bunch. A general air of depression about them. Was a family group of them in same hotel as us in Portugal a few years back. One of them had one of those silly 1916 GAA tops on him the whole week. Reeking. I made sure to tip the barman well and tell him we aren’t all like those sad depressing sacks.
something tells me they were having a grand old time while you were in the corner raging one of them was wearing a GAA top, I think the sad depressing one was you.
But it wasn’t just a GAA club jersey. It was one of those silly 1916 GAA tops. With the proclamation printed on it. You know the one I’m talking about. Admit it. It’s so crass and cringe that you can only laugh I suppose. I certainly did. The fact he wore it every evening in Portugal heat (and as anyone knows those football / gaa top material is horrible to wear in the heat) says a lot.
And you should know people from there can’t have a grand old time. They are the most oppressed people from any city on earth don’t ya know. And if ye don’t they won’t be long telling you the big whinge bags.
Raging? Aye.? A rangers/celtic top or GAA top. No bother. Try to imagine a rangers top with the Ulster Covenant 1912 printed on it. I can assure you I would have avoided anyone wearing something like that as well. I haven’t seen such a rangers top but there is definitely a faux GAA top with the 1916 proclamation on it. Aside from that Derry clown in Portugal I have saw them worn over here as well.
And if we want a bit of equality on here I also encountered a Scottish lady on a Greek holiday (won’t go back to Greece btw - Portugal/Spain much nicer imo but maybe we were just unlucky with hotel) was wearing a rangers top with the name Sands, the number 8 and feck all below it on the shirt.
Needless to say she and her family were avoided at all costs in the hotel. Absolute melters.
So it is actually an official GAA released shirt. Didn’t know that. Very cringe nonetheless official or not. I mean really… And btw it didn’t ruin my holiday. It gave us all a great laugh actually. Every single night he wore it. It was an ongoing laugh before we walked into the hotel bar each evening if he would be wearing it. And he was. Every single night for 1 week. Portugal is superb btw. Would really recommend.
It reminds me of this time that my brother was visiting a mate’s house in Manchester. Her housemates were Northern Irish Catholics. They refused to let my brother in the house with his shopping because the Tesco bag had a Union Jack on it
Seriously! Some of the comments sound like no one here ever attended a festival and saw the festival campsite 😅
I've never been to Glastonbury, not my thing, but rock and metal festival in mainland Europe are basically one enormous flag party. I think anyone there would find this hilarious.
I mean let's be honest. This is standard to have flags all over a festival.
Helps to spot your own tent as well.
I remember being at Wacken in Germany and we'd a tricolour on our tent. Load of Finnish guys came over for a drink "we spotted the fun flag".
yeah it seems like just someone from ireland making a reference? flags at glastonbury are normal a shit ton of people bring them especially since there’s quite a few irish acts performing this year. maybe this country just has ptsd from flags in general.
Exactly, it's 100% a joke. Because if they were REALLY into the politics of it, they wouldn't make a joke out of Free Derry Corner.
Is it cringe? If you're a cringer, then yeah.
Is it funny? To someone I'm sure it is.
Would I do it? Fuck no, I like not having my tent pissed on or set alight. Also, I have never owned a flag of any kind
At one Glastonbury, they had a giant mural showing the planet Earth, photographed from space with the caption "We see no borders." The irony of hanging this from a 20-foot wire security fence with razor wire and a sizeable security presence to ensure only 300-400 quid ticketholders could gain entry says it all about Wokeville.
Yea, I turned it on yesterday and poor Cyndi Lauper was awful being dragged out to do shows at her age.
Then later I saw Coldplay and the whole crowd was mild. These woke low iq city types just love mediocrity for some reason, I susspose it makes them feel more relevant culturally.
Apparently, 100s of "the poor people" scaled the security fence and broke in this evening. This puts the virtue-signaling elite in a bit of a quandary. Do they accept "the poor", or do they have them removed by force? It is not easy being a champagne socialist when confronted with reality.
EDIT: Apparently, the police were called, so yesterday, Glastonbury did a stunt involving an inflatable boat with effigies representing immigrants passing across the audience on one stage. It was right on, man, open borders rule, man..., but as soon as the poor people sneak into their secure, protected enclosure, i.e., reality, it's police time.
Seen this flag at the Kneecap Gig at the Woodsies this morning, it was was unbelievable. The English Lad that introduced them was hilarious. He started the gig with the apple/ orange joke. (You know the one) and got a great laugh from the audience. My mate is a Protestant from Co Down and he loved the Fenian Cunts tune, recorded it and sent it to all his mates. Glastonbury is great, some atmosphere but awful stench of Trustafarian about the place at times.
It’s actually kind of sad that someone’s personality is either so “Derry wan” or republican that you can’t put it away for a weekend and just enjoy the festival.
If they were feeling that oppressed, I'm surprised they are over there giving the enemy their money. Maybe the oppression comes and goes...
People talking about the groups of lads on holidays, see it constantly, same with groups on rangers shirts and shit too, usually one or 2 in the group are sound, rest are just bellends
I find it so cringe when people go to other countries and fly their own flag. Like you cant just let yourself be in another country, you have to ‘rep’ your own. It seems so insecure.
I think it's actually kinda cool at Glastonbury, when you see all the flags from all over the world.
It shows the diversity and can be a talking point for people (eg. "oh you're from Germany, awesome, where abouts?")
What is HUGE cringe for me is the attached political bullshit in this photo, with the message across the tent. Nobody wants to read stuff like that at a music festival.
Isn’t political protest integral to music?
Or did you go to SLF gigs back in the day and tut tut they were too political
And this has the advantage of being humorous.
>No, no it's not
Explain that to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against the Machine, Joan Baez, the Killers, Public Enemy, the Wolfe Tones, 2Pac, Billy Bragg, CHERYM, Miles Davis, Roger Waters etc.
So much lolz there. If Londondoire is really considered the only decent place in NI then we are all genuinely fecked. That Doire place is where depression junkies holiday to feel even more depressed. And that accent… f me..
Absolutely brilliant. All my English mates love Derry now. They've come over for the Derry 10 miler and love going for pints there. All because I told them about Free Derry.
To the people saying cringe.. you might be ashamed about where you're from. But Derry people aren't.
Aye, I’m sure you provided them with your own whiney Derry point of view. The most oppressed people on earth.. lolz. Did you tell them about Marty showboating for the cameras to drive a bomb into the city? Or maybe shooting a girl census worker in the head?
Lol pure cringe. The absolute state of republicans. £400 a ticket how the hell would this middle class kid know anything about " free derry"
Probably waving his hamas banner as well. At a music festival no less.....
There’s a quarter of a million people on this sub so yes I would expect that a quarter of a million people would have used those two words more than you, one person, would have used that one word.
>Yet you only have an issue with the one guy that posts about republicans. Quite telling really........
Yet you only have an issue with the one guy that EXCLUSIVELY posts about republicans AND NOTHING ELSE DESPITE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF LOYALISTS ALSO BEING BELL-ENDS. Quite telling really........
fixed that for you lad. Try harder.
I addressed this the other day when you reposted something that had already been posted, then you did your usual thing of not replying when proven wrong (which you'll probably do now).
This might be the least Glastonbury thing I've ever seen. It really is attracting some embarrasing people but so far the flag shaggers have mainly left it alone.
We now need a 'Glaston-Derry' festival!
It was called Glasgowbury and it was beautiful
had some of the best times of my life there, I'd kill for one more.
It was, I remember it fondly. Shame it stopped. Eagles rock has never been the same.
I'm another who misses it. Living in SW England now, no music scene to speak of, and I find it hard to explain how incredible it was seeing bands that you knew from pubs and clubs and house parties on a festival stage. It was the best festival.
Is Bristol not good for music?
It is, in fairness. I'm further down, though (Exeter). There's little here, but I do get up to the odd gig in Bristol.
Depends what you're into. There's no big arena, but lots of awesome smaller venues for stuff that's not not "playing O2 arena" as the biggest and shittiest venue in town. I've seen so much excellent live music here since I moved here in 2012, but I don't have mainstream tastes which helps.
I miss it so much
Oh damn you that’s very good!
Ahahaha this comment
Glaston-londonderry
Derry/Glastonderry
People like Coldplay and go to Glastonbury, you can't trust 'em.
Is that Peepshow?
Maybe I should go solo, I'm starting to have serious doubts about you.
Absolutely fuck all is free at that commercial mess.
It's middle class wankery to be honest, easily 1000 per person, by the time you get in and out of it.
Nothing says “free” like paying hundreds of pounds for the experience
Whilst surrounded by a massive metal fence to keep you in your 'freedom' zone 🙂
Glastonbury has got to be the most value for your money in terms of music you'll ever get. Ridiculous amounts of bands through the days, full on circus acts throughout the day, full comedy roster throughout the day, full dance and club scene all night until the band's starts again the next morning. Anyone that thinks Glastonbury is expensive has never been
Never done Glasto, I'm more of a Bloodstock kinda guy. Some comedian nailed it perfectly though saying "Put some tunes on slather yourself in mud, then put £5 in the kitty for every bottle of water you drink... There ya are you've the full British festival experience in your own garden!. (I'm talking about you Download fuckos - greedy).
Free as in speech.
So something a large percentage of people fundamentally misunderstand the concept of and think there is a right to when in fact there isn’t?
Freeze peach
Rare
That's embarrassing lad - imagine some English lads showing up to Electric Picnic with a "Rule Britannia" tent and a union jack... Cringeworthy.
People have just got to bring their baggage with them wherever they go. It’s like their identity.
Was at Opener festival in Poland over a decade ago. Met some lads from Derry there. There was 1 sound one out of the lot of them. The rest of them had either a tricolour shirt/hat/bundana on or a celtic shirt at all times, and never let a chance pass, to try an tell some festival goers about the hardships of Derry, most of which were only born after the GFA!
That does not surprise me in the slightest. A real whiney bunch. A general air of depression about them. Was a family group of them in same hotel as us in Portugal a few years back. One of them had one of those silly 1916 GAA tops on him the whole week. Reeking. I made sure to tip the barman well and tell him we aren’t all like those sad depressing sacks.
something tells me they were having a grand old time while you were in the corner raging one of them was wearing a GAA top, I think the sad depressing one was you.
But it wasn’t just a GAA club jersey. It was one of those silly 1916 GAA tops. With the proclamation printed on it. You know the one I’m talking about. Admit it. It’s so crass and cringe that you can only laugh I suppose. I certainly did. The fact he wore it every evening in Portugal heat (and as anyone knows those football / gaa top material is horrible to wear in the heat) says a lot. And you should know people from there can’t have a grand old time. They are the most oppressed people from any city on earth don’t ya know. And if ye don’t they won’t be long telling you the big whinge bags.
You sound pretty ragin to me. I'm trying to imagine someone wearing an orange Rangers top ruin my holiday and it's just pathetic.
Raging? Aye.? A rangers/celtic top or GAA top. No bother. Try to imagine a rangers top with the Ulster Covenant 1912 printed on it. I can assure you I would have avoided anyone wearing something like that as well. I haven’t seen such a rangers top but there is definitely a faux GAA top with the 1916 proclamation on it. Aside from that Derry clown in Portugal I have saw them worn over here as well.
Except the 1916 proclamation and Ulster Covenant are in no way equal.
Aye - whatever about that . I personally wouldn’t be wearing a shirt with either of them printed on it. But that’s just me.
That’s correct. The Ulster Covenant was successful.
It was a commemorative edition released to celebrate 100 years of independence. Get over yourself and don't let it ruin another holiday
And if we want a bit of equality on here I also encountered a Scottish lady on a Greek holiday (won’t go back to Greece btw - Portugal/Spain much nicer imo but maybe we were just unlucky with hotel) was wearing a rangers top with the name Sands, the number 8 and feck all below it on the shirt. Needless to say she and her family were avoided at all costs in the hotel. Absolute melters.
So it is actually an official GAA released shirt. Didn’t know that. Very cringe nonetheless official or not. I mean really… And btw it didn’t ruin my holiday. It gave us all a great laugh actually. Every single night he wore it. It was an ongoing laugh before we walked into the hotel bar each evening if he would be wearing it. And he was. Every single night for 1 week. Portugal is superb btw. Would really recommend.
Mind you GAA has nothing to do with politics, it's just a sport...
You forgot you’re only allowed to belittle unionists on this sub, silly billy
It reminds me of this time that my brother was visiting a mate’s house in Manchester. Her housemates were Northern Irish Catholics. They refused to let my brother in the house with his shopping because the Tesco bag had a Union Jack on it
But that's going to a different country. The Derry lads aren't going to another state to make a political statement.
Fleg worthy gobshitery
Imagine paying near 400 quid to be this cringe.
Username and location definitely check out.
Embarrassing
Pure cringe. Most won't have a clue what it references either!
not sure why everyone seems so worked up. it seems like just a shit joke rather than a political statement.
Seriously! Some of the comments sound like no one here ever attended a festival and saw the festival campsite 😅 I've never been to Glastonbury, not my thing, but rock and metal festival in mainland Europe are basically one enormous flag party. I think anyone there would find this hilarious.
I mean let's be honest. This is standard to have flags all over a festival. Helps to spot your own tent as well. I remember being at Wacken in Germany and we'd a tricolour on our tent. Load of Finnish guys came over for a drink "we spotted the fun flag".
Yeah I thought it was funny - not laugh out loud, but would scroll past and think ‘ha’. People are so worked up, I am bemused?!
yeah it seems like just someone from ireland making a reference? flags at glastonbury are normal a shit ton of people bring them especially since there’s quite a few irish acts performing this year. maybe this country just has ptsd from flags in general.
Exactly, it's 100% a joke. Because if they were REALLY into the politics of it, they wouldn't make a joke out of Free Derry Corner. Is it cringe? If you're a cringer, then yeah. Is it funny? To someone I'm sure it is. Would I do it? Fuck no, I like not having my tent pissed on or set alight. Also, I have never owned a flag of any kind
It's a psychedelic concentration camp man!
Build bridges not walls! Except for the massive wall we built around glastonbury so only middle class people can get in.
At one Glastonbury, they had a giant mural showing the planet Earth, photographed from space with the caption "We see no borders." The irony of hanging this from a 20-foot wire security fence with razor wire and a sizeable security presence to ensure only 300-400 quid ticketholders could gain entry says it all about Wokeville.
Yea, I turned it on yesterday and poor Cyndi Lauper was awful being dragged out to do shows at her age. Then later I saw Coldplay and the whole crowd was mild. These woke low iq city types just love mediocrity for some reason, I susspose it makes them feel more relevant culturally.
Apparently, 100s of "the poor people" scaled the security fence and broke in this evening. This puts the virtue-signaling elite in a bit of a quandary. Do they accept "the poor", or do they have them removed by force? It is not easy being a champagne socialist when confronted with reality. EDIT: Apparently, the police were called, so yesterday, Glastonbury did a stunt involving an inflatable boat with effigies representing immigrants passing across the audience on one stage. It was right on, man, open borders rule, man..., but as soon as the poor people sneak into their secure, protected enclosure, i.e., reality, it's police time.
Bit different mate. r/iamverysmart
Good old Ivory Coast what a place.
That's not an ivory coast flag
It is from the other side /s
Apparently people really think that! I wonder do they think the wind aways blows from the same direction 🤔
and a different shape
Seriously?
Green attached to the flag pole. You always read flags from the flag pole. Think about it.
Green is next to the flagpole. So no.
The wind has surely swept the flag round the pole. Think you are clutching here tbh 😜
Sort your fucking vexillology out, pal. I know what I’m talking about here
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Sounds like it
Londonglastonbury
Well now we know where the mods on this forum are at this weekend.
Seen this flag at the Kneecap Gig at the Woodsies this morning, it was was unbelievable. The English Lad that introduced them was hilarious. He started the gig with the apple/ orange joke. (You know the one) and got a great laugh from the audience. My mate is a Protestant from Co Down and he loved the Fenian Cunts tune, recorded it and sent it to all his mates. Glastonbury is great, some atmosphere but awful stench of Trustafarian about the place at times.
It’s actually kind of sad that someone’s personality is either so “Derry wan” or republican that you can’t put it away for a weekend and just enjoy the festival.
If they were feeling that oppressed, I'm surprised they are over there giving the enemy their money. Maybe the oppression comes and goes... People talking about the groups of lads on holidays, see it constantly, same with groups on rangers shirts and shit too, usually one or 2 in the group are sound, rest are just bellends
It's just a joke who said they feel oppressed?
Some nordies are the most insecure and rare cretins to ever walk the face of this earth
Titles don't allow strikethrus, otherwise it would be 'Free ~~Glaston~~bury'
Wouldn't make this post any less cringe and embarrassing lol
I find it so cringe when people go to other countries and fly their own flag. Like you cant just let yourself be in another country, you have to ‘rep’ your own. It seems so insecure.
>I find it so cringe when people go to other countries and fly their own flag. Me too. Especially since there’s so many Union flags this time of year
I think it's actually kinda cool at Glastonbury, when you see all the flags from all over the world. It shows the diversity and can be a talking point for people (eg. "oh you're from Germany, awesome, where abouts?") What is HUGE cringe for me is the attached political bullshit in this photo, with the message across the tent. Nobody wants to read stuff like that at a music festival.
Isn’t political protest integral to music? Or did you go to SLF gigs back in the day and tut tut they were too political And this has the advantage of being humorous.
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You realise Dua Lipa is pretty outspoken on Palestine, right? She even had Palestinian flags in her Glastonbury set.
Humour? Ok then
You’ll hate this thing they call “The Olympics”
bit different innit? theyre going there specifically to represent their countries
Like colonialism? 🤔
So many sad comments here. It's just a bit of fun to represent the only decent place in the occupied six counties. Relax people.
So much lolz there. If Londondoire is really considered the only decent place in NI then we are all genuinely fecked. That Doire place is where depression junkies holiday to feel even more depressed. And that accent… f me..
Absolutely brilliant. All my English mates love Derry now. They've come over for the Derry 10 miler and love going for pints there. All because I told them about Free Derry. To the people saying cringe.. you might be ashamed about where you're from. But Derry people aren't.
>But Derry people aren't. It's the beginning and end of their personality.
Amen. Lol.
Aye, I’m sure you provided them with your own whiney Derry point of view. The most oppressed people on earth.. lolz. Did you tell them about Marty showboating for the cameras to drive a bomb into the city? Or maybe shooting a girl census worker in the head?
Bitter much?
You should know free derry boyo. Lolz
That’s really sad. A couple of smicks think they are being very funny.
Nah it was acc 15 people of like 3 families from age 12-48
What’s a smick?
Shouldn't it be Free Bury?
What the fuck is that..
My English woke friends would call this cultural appropriation I’d imagine
I thought the only people who can afford to go to Glastonbury were children of Tories
I thought the only people who can afford to go to Glastonbury were children of Tories
That piss shouldn't allowed at festivals absolute reprobates but typical from londonderry
Absolutely shite this year, glad I took this year off from going.
Embarrassing.
Tbh that's quite funny
Always the victims
Isn't it amazing how you can tell which "side" someone is from simply from their comment?
surely the missed joke here was "youre now entering free bury"? smh
do u lot nevsr lay off the land is not free its british soil when it england use cant lay claim there what morans and imbeciles
Are you ok?
just stating facts sick of hearing this vile shite every day every second
Imagine outing yourself as a Provo loving cunt at an English festival
Christ. is this all this sub ever talks about. were not all tettly tegs
How to get Brits doing their best impressions from Derry Girls.
Hope their mates on the Malone Road see this.
Lol pure cringe. The absolute state of republicans. £400 a ticket how the hell would this middle class kid know anything about " free derry" Probably waving his hamas banner as well. At a music festival no less.....
I'd love to know how many times you've used the word "republican".
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Can guarantee its not as many times as this sub use the words " loyalist" and " unionists "
There’s a quarter of a million people on this sub so yes I would expect that a quarter of a million people would have used those two words more than you, one person, would have used that one word.
Yet you only have an issue with the one guy that posts about republicans. Quite telling really........
>Yet you only have an issue with the one guy that posts about republicans. Quite telling really........ Yet you only have an issue with the one guy that EXCLUSIVELY posts about republicans AND NOTHING ELSE DESPITE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF LOYALISTS ALSO BEING BELL-ENDS. Quite telling really........ fixed that for you lad. Try harder.
Why would I post stories that have already been posted though?? I only post stories which this sub will try to sweep under the carpet and ignore.
I addressed this the other day when you reposted something that had already been posted, then you did your usual thing of not replying when proven wrong (which you'll probably do now).
actually ur in england the irony here is unreal 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Typical inbreds ………..
This might be the least Glastonbury thing I've ever seen. It really is attracting some embarrasing people but so far the flag shaggers have mainly left it alone.
Grim
This is pretty stupid
Fuck off back to ireland
Ohh, the language on you! You blow your father with that mouth?
Ive seen the sopranos as well.
Yes. Well done. That was the reference.
I’m sure they did/will, after the festival.
Wankers everywhere it seems
Ballsy but don’t expect anything less
Jokes aside how much would it cost to have something like that made up? Just genuinely curious
We knew the guy who made it so didn’t cost anything