glastonbury is a big place with a lot of ppl the same as any town at the weekend .in any town in britain youll get a murder a mugging a rape a crap bouncer and a crap policeman the law of averages says so.in reference to PEACHYBUM the same security company you call brutish has had more than 15years helping to keep the festival going and its been tuff for them.as for the IGGY POP SET thats real rock and roll not xfactor so in short PEACHYBUM YOU SHOULD GET OUT MORE.

the dude

Unregistered User [12th Dec 2007 14:32] 

Totally agree about Specialized Security being thugs. Brutish, unprofessional and totally unable to cope should any real emergency arise. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that they recruited staff for Glastonbury by setting up an 0845-line and employing complete strangers with no background check or reference? Then paid them cash in hand- well below min wage btw- all nicely off the books. Anyone who has had bad experiences with this firm, &I believe many have,pls contact Michael Eavis directly!!

Peachybum

Unregistered User [28th Jul 2007 22:24] 

Blimey, is the big one losing its crown? ME seems to have upset the very people who keep the whole thing going! talk about shooting yourself in the foot there Michael! lol

David [23rd Jul 2007 20:05] 

I thought that too! don't know if it was all down to the weather or not, I've been to all the other bad weather Glastonburys but this is the firt time I've come away feeling short changed.
Was it the weather or was it something else?

David

Unregistered User [23rd Jul 2007 12:19] 

I've been going for years but this year just seemed to lack something, I don't think it was all down to the weather. It felt like there were to many people there and some of the lustre seemed to be gone. I don't know if I will go again.

Louise

Unregistered User [22nd Jul 2007 14:07] 

well i would have tried to go again next year as ive been a few times now, but its clear that michael eavis doesn't want me there im too old and not in the right social group for him so i suppose i can save my dosh for something else and vote with my feet.

Polly

Unregistered User [22nd Jul 2007 11:09] 

I have been to Glastonbury Festival now for many years and next year will be my 20th visit.

Over the years so much has changed as you can imagine. The weather was as usual, appauling, but you dont go to Glastonbury without expecting to be rained on. The market was stocked for the downpours so even if you forgot wellies and waterproofs, there was at lease a couple of places you could buy something to help keep you dry. Even Millets had a stand there to take care of any camping requirements.

Each year there is a different issue which causes people concern and i have heard many tales about agressive security staff. Thankfully i did not come into contact with any. It is such a shame that a few people take their role to mean they have such power over everyone else. We are all there to enjoy ourselves and not cause trouble for anyone so why they felt the need for agression is a matter that really must be addressed.

On saying that, I only hope that those people who had a diffuclt festival this year will give it another go. It is really worth the effort.

As usual my festival was packed with things to do and see (i dont go for the bands on the Pyramid Stage) but prefer to amble around the rest of the site. It was a bit difficult to get around at times but i had my trusty wellies and poncho so managed to get about OK without falling too many times. That had nothing to do with the pear cider either by the way :) I met some new friends and met up again with some old friends and will definitely be back next year (ticket permitting).

Donna

Donna

Unregistered User [5th Jul 2007 12:39] 

Was camping at the top end of Dairy Ground not far from the top end of The Park.

Wednesday early evening just finished setting up the 5 tents we had taken down for friends, there was about 5 of us sat round having our first beer when the security came. He said that he hated having to go round looking for people using drugs and hated confiscating them. We all just kind of muttered and mumbled that we agreed with him that it must be a bummer, didnt really know what else to say, we were all a bit shocked.

Anyhow he moved on and he joined 4 or 5 other security all stood round someones camp further across from ours near the pathway, they started to search tents (my mate went over to see what the security were doing) then all of a sudden one of the security got a call on thier walkie talkie and they all ran off. One of the security was a butch woman.

My friend asked the other campers what had happened and they said they were seraching for drugs and was told that they would be thrown out if they didnt hand over their stash.

I saw the same security again on Saturday night whilst walking back from The Park on the pathway through Pennards.


Charlie

Unregistered User [4th Jul 2007 23:54] 

This years Glastonbury, being my second after my initial 2005 trip, will probably have been my last. There was a decidely agressive atmosphere created by the way the 'security' handled themselves and stormed around the place. Although friends I was with have seen much worse on site, I was verbally abused by a couple of guards for not jumping out of the way of a speeding land rover as quick as they may have liked. despite the obvious dangers of speeding in such a densly populated area and diffculities presented to pedestrians to move in the mud and lack of space at the side of paths as tents occupied any patch of grass I was called a variety of names all prefixed with 'Fu**ing...'.

Generally a lot more aggressive than last time.

Thanks

Andy L

Unregistered User [4th Jul 2007 14:17] 

there id only one festival and glastonbury is it. i had a brilliant time, it is my second one and i will defo go again (if i can get a ticket) i had no probs only lots of fun!

Sabby

Unregistered User [4th Jul 2007 00:25] 

i may have only just turned 16, but i've witnessed atleast 30 gigs and now 2 festivals. Glastonbury was the best occasion of my life. The Who's performance was brilliant, kasabian were amazing despite me not being a massive fan. Lily Allen amused the crowd with her on stage antics whilst the Kaiser chiefs were typically crowd pleasing. Not 1 fault about it. Fantastic

Tom Crowther

Unregistered User [3rd Jul 2007 23:45]