A 15-year-old dream coming true
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I've been dreaming about attending a gigantic festival ever since I started buying music magazines and reading reviews about them. True, it doesn't compare to seeing a band in an intimate venue, but it has a charm of its own. It's an experience, one which I never had before. Festivals in Greece are very small (2 stages tops), and I've only been at a small one in London and one with a well-behaved crowd in Spain. But now, my time has come. After spending an excruciating 50 minutes trying to get a ticket (while biting my nails, sweating, cursing in Greek), I succeeded in making my dream come true. I will be attending Reading and Leeds festival (in Leeds, of course) at the end of August. I still haven't digested it, but lets' say that it is all very emotional to me. I am going to train in avoiding piss bottles, buy me a pair of wellies, and insure my teeth (insuring- your- teeth is the new insuring- your- hips) in case they get knocked off by someone's elbow. I am going to roll over in the dirt, scream, get scars and bruises of honour, faint with Arctic Monkeys & Placebo, sing off key to Kings of Leon, minimize my moving around since I've already seen the smaller bands that I fancy, yell "this band is rubbish" at Fall Out Boy, write "Thom Yorke is a twat" on my forehead and wipe it off when they play Idioteque, throw my bra at Jesse Hughes (with a catapult, that is), dance like I'm on smack to Prodigy, and, hopefully, survive.
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Have a good time. Everyone should experience at least one wild & wooley festival in their lives.
You never "who?" me anymore.... there's something wrong with our e-relationship, I'm telling you.
Thank you, Jeff! I agree with you 100%. Take a walk on the wild side and all :)
Party on in Festival Land,Alice.
All I can say is be careful, and hold on to your drinks tight! :-D
After you digest this one, we should begin making plans for Sziget in Budapest.
Cheers, Cody! Hopefully, I won't end up chasing caterpillars and mushroom potions :)
Troy, thanks for the advice. I'll be stealing drunken Brits' drinks... mwuahahahha!
I'll practice and perfect my festival maneuvers and I'll be ready :)
Have a great time, and give a "This band is rubbish" to Fall Out Boy for me. :)
Will do! They look so random in the lineup. "This band is rubbish, this band is random!"
Now you just need to figure out a way to come to SXSW 2010. 1800 bands will make your head spin.
Heheheh true dat! So many bands so little time! I'll need to clone myself for Leeds festival as well. The above poster will end up looking like this: http://2008.leedsfestival.com/_Resources/img/leedsposter.jpg
I dread the choices.
Nice to see the Maccabees on there. Have fun and don't forget yer sunscreen! ;)
"This band is rubbish" should be yelled at Kings of Leon, while ignoring Fall Out Boy.
But really, just see Radiohead and the Gaslight Anthem. Surprised Gaslight Anthem is on the first bill, and when the hell did Funeral For a Friend get that big?
Tony, I'll go in a freaking diver's suit if I can heheh :)
Heath, bah! Ouaaaaaaaaaaaaouaaaaaa this sex in fiiiiiiiiiiiire
I've always been so and so on Radiohead, but, I'll see them gladly.
Regarding Funeral, I know! It's a bit odd.
Or "on fire". I am NOT typing well today.
Exactly, Sex is on Fire? It's not a lyric, and I don't enjoying hearing it from the drunk assholes outside my apartment. Then again, this is from the band who wrote Taper Jean Girl, which had the lyric "cunts watch their bodies".
Radiohead was great when I saw them in the pouring, unending rain.
I used to like Funeral for a Friend, back in high school. I've grown out of it, and I didn't know they still did things.
I can't wait to hear it from 423523532 drunken assholes at the festival mwuahahahha!
I saw Radiohead during their Kid A tour, and I remember very few things... my old age has caught up with me.
Can just picture you swearing in Greek waiting for tickets. That's funny!
Quite a line up there too--interesting that one of the non-Brit bands is Deftones. You should check them out, but I'm told they're pretty rotten live.
IT WILL BE A BLAST!
Very cool, wish I could go just to see Radiohead but I'm perfectly happy being able to go to Coachella & get my goth on & see MBV(again), Friendly Fires, White Lies, Morrissey, among many others.
astronot, my ancestors would be ashamed of me ahhaaha
Rotten, eh? If I still have ears by day 3, I'll let you know how they did :)
Neill, aww, I hope so! If you have any survival tips, do share :)
Uncling, I'll think of you during Radiohead if you think of me during MBV :)
Anna, have fun at Leeds! Give my regards to the Deftones and the Prodigy!
When I saw the Deftones about a year or so ago, they were one of the loudest bands I've ever experienced; my ears actually hurt after the show and wish I had brought earplugs. It was an awesome show with lots of energy. I was amazed that Chino could scream like that for more than one song, let alone an entire tour.
On a funny side note, my girlfriend gets drowsy listening to them - she even started dozing off at the concert, not that it was bad or anything, their tunes just soothe her.
Thank you! I will be screaming my mouth off at them :)
Wait wait... your girlfriend dozes off to one of the loudest bands you've experienced live? ahahhahahahhah that's adorable!
Earplugs are a must. I never go to shows without them anymore. I'm old and I like it ;)
If it's too loud.....
....you're a responsible adult who values their ability to hear, er, I mean you're too old!
It's a deal! I'll think of you during MBV. I'd love to see The Prodigy too, so think of me then as well. . . .(any other requests?)
"insuring- your- teeth is the new insuring- your- hips"
Is this some hipster lingo I don't savvy? Do explain.
Enjoy and Good luck with your training, oh tiny bladdered one.
You don't know how lucky you are. I'm jealous!!!
Fab! Have fun!
Grab Ian Brown's hat if you ever need something to puke in after all the booze you will have archived all day long. Old man looks better with no hat, dammit!
Take my advice, and avoid going to the bathroom for...3 days.
I'm muy excited for you. Festivals are awesome. Have a blast! and definitely yell at Fall Out Boy as much as possible.
Oh, that's so exciting! I'm happy for you. I'm hoping I can go to my first festival this year too, but I'm pretty sure you'll have the better line up...my jaw just dropped looking over it again. you lucky, lucky lady.
Yes!! Have a great time--how could you not? Very impressive lineup....what a great first festival to attend!
i know you will RAWK us proud pimpette
good for you
enjoy yourself and be safe
I'd say this Festival will be different than Bonnaroo... I have no advice for you at Leeds. Will it be a 100 degrees? If so.... don't drink alcohol until 5 pm. Mark your spot early for the bands you really want to see. Let all the other fools take drugs...Its more fun to pretend. How many days is Leeds? If more than one, take you own sanitary stuff. Most of all, have a good time and mark it in your memory.
really though, how in the hell did Fall Out Boy get on the list with the rest of these bands? Have fun, take pictures and of course bring a few extra bras just in case!
Looking forward to naked mud people photos of Anna.
p-wagz, I certainly prefer "old" to "responsible adult"..... heheheh :)
Uncling, if you see Antony & The Johnsons and think Anna thoughts, that would be great. Otherwise I can also do with The Cure heheheh :)
David, remember Jennifer Lopez insuring her hips? Well, mosh-pitters insure their teeth hehe
Thank you (if only I could train my bladder as well)!
Thorn In My Side, oh I've been waiting so long for such a massacre :) Don't be jel, let's see if I'll make it in one piece! hehe
champersnova, thank you!
I'm afraid of Ian... his cheekbones are too sharp and rumour has it that he will not hesitate to use them as a weapon hehehehhe that being said, his hat is MINE.
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Mark, excellent advice. I'll wear nappies instead mwuahahha!
Aw thank you so much, Todd!
I promise to make them cry... ahahahha
Oh Julia, we're both being deflowered this year, who knew! The one I went to in Spain was very big, but people were so well-behaved, that I didn't get my face smashed in (apparently, this is mandatory hehe). I hope that you'll get to see at least 10 of the bands we've been obsessing about :)
I'll do my best, pimpy! I will only literally drag the pimpette name through the mud. ahahhaha thank you so much :*
miracleman, I think we're safe high temperature wise. We might have to endure rain, but I never minded that. The good thing is that I'm mostly interested in the headliners so far (not because I don't like the smaller bands, but it happens that I've already seen the ones I like live this year), so I won't have to move around too much (I assume that moving around in such a festival will be a nightmare at best and impossible at worst....). All 3 days that you can see up there, but I live in Leeds, so I'll be sleeping and bathing at home every day. Now that you mention it, I'll carry hand/body/face wipes with me, who knows WHAT will get thrown at us! Thank you so much for the advice! You are like a festival pro :)
Thank you, Andrea! It's looking pretty good, I have to say. Cannot wait!
Adam....yes! I now know that you really do e-wuve me :)
Kevin, maybe they organizers where drunk when they came up with the idea ahahhaha
Thanks a lot! Extra bras and knickers..... great tip! :*
Kevin (Kevbo), so wrong on so many hygienic levels.... but maybe I can make some lunch money from it. ahahhahah :P
Oe, great, your first major festival! So fun, glad your 50 minutes of ticket anxiety paid of!
I hate festivals because I hate sleeping in tents, but during the day, just so many cool people enjoying the same music, that's really something.
Still quite a wait though, but something to look forward to. ;)
:D I may hate Ticketmaster, but it was the only website that was actually able to handle the traffic (and the charges were the same).
Yeah, I loathe camping. Especially if someone sets my tent on fire (I wouldn't put it past them). Luckily, I'll be sleeping at my own bed for this one.
The anticipation is like a drug but in a good way :)
godspeed.
i foresee a training montage video...
The grueling efforts we put ourselves through to experience those fleeting moments of aesthetic nirvana, made even more intense because we (I mean you short people) are sharing them with those hulking galoots in front of you whose fast elbows are centimeters away from your noses. You sound combat-ready. What a thrill to see and hear acts who have to somehow not disappoint an immense mob of witnesses as they perform in full view (without studio redo's) pieces that they had originally created out of thin air.
And afterwards, you get to wear the wristband all year long!
I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself - or it'll be one of those "be careful what you wish for" situations. I've done festivals, but I don't care to do them anymore. Too much slop - real and metaphorical. And I prefer to concentrate on a few artists in a controlled circumstance than a push-and-pull see-what-you-can outdoor mob scene. But that's just jaded me.
Sam... oh man! I wish I knew how to do that! I'd use these two as a soundtrack!
ahahhahahhahaha
Charles, ain't that the painful truth. On behalf of the short people, you tall people should be restrained in a special area far away from the stage hahahaha
It will be a fight to the death, but I'm going in guns blazing.
Very exciting times ahead. Thanks for the support :)
Jonh, I know someone who did that after attending a major festival.... dirty, poser, or dirty poser? No need to decide, really :)
Mike, I agree with you. Nothing compares with watching a band in an intimate closed venue. But, alas, I have to do a few decadent festivals, I want the experiences. Otherwise there will be nothing to tell the grandchildren hahahahahha
on with the bra-catapulting! i've only ever been to one small festival (of non-local artists) with a well-behaved crowd, and one shorter gig with better artists but a mixed crowd where my posse got into a fight (almost) with an actual hip hop posse. don't forget- comfy but killer shoes, and your best "did you just hit me where it hurts?" piercing stare. (;
Methinks I'll just have to think about you whenever I see a band there, lol!
Bra-catapulting, omfg!
Very cool. The largest festival I attended was Lollapalooza in 2007 and it was a LOT of fun.
Arctic Monkeys are playing the Osheaga fest this year which is much small so I'm excited cause I won't have to fight for a spot all day.
Decent lineup. Is the schedule you posted Reading or Leeds Festival?
Even better than Coachella's lineup (IMHO).
Very good topic for largest Festival ever attended. Mine has to be '98 Tibet Festival in DC (Day 1) where it rained and lightening struck. The big bands such as Radiohead and the Chili Peppers were canceled and all I saw were Dave Matthews Band, Live and KRS-1.
Poe, it will be great if my bra hits someone random and we get into a fight because of it. I'll kill them all.... mwuahhahahah! Bra, shoes, stare..... pick your weapon of choice, kids! :)
Uncle A, that sounds very rational to me ahahahah
Bras are weapons (B.A.W.)... on with the catapulting! mm/
In Hiding, I've heard really good things about Lolla, from other MOGgers, too. They certainly know how to form good lineups, to say the least!
Excellent, you'll have a blast! The stage where the Arctic Monkeys will be on in Reading/Leeds will be utterly unapproachable. Good thing I've seen them before so I won't nag. Preparation!
Eric, I like it very much, too! It's Leeds, but we both get the same bands and same lineups on different days, twin festivals :)
Oh! Were those bands cancelled because of the weather???
Music festivals are fantastic. Hope you have fun! I'll be at Bonnaroo in about two months and hopefully either Lollapalooza or XX Merge in July/August.
Please see Florence and the Machine for me. And yell "rubbish" extra loud for FOB :)