mc_squared Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Glastonbury looks to ditch 'middle-aged, respectable' clientele Last updated at 13:00pm on 12th July 2007 Comments The organiser of Glastonbury Festival wants to attract younger people to next year's event after claiming it had become "too middle-aged" and "respectable". Michael Eavis said the decision to sell tickets online for this year's event had attracted an older clientele, at the expense of teenagers. Around 40 per cent of tickets will be sold via phone lines next year to help get youths back to the legendary three-day event in Somerset. Scroll down for more... Plenty of exuberance on display from Glastonbury crowds this year, but for organisers it wasn't youthful enough "We're trying to get the youngsters because numbers were down this year,î Mr Eavis said. "People say we're getting middle class, but we're attracting more people in their thirties and forties and need the Radio 1 and NME crowds. "These kids add so much to the flavour of it. The people who now come have the right attitude, they grin and bear the mud, but they do change the nature of the show." Mr Eavis said this year's internetonly sales policy favoured people with fast internet connections. "Next year kids will be able to use their mobile phones to get tickets," he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Thrll b a presale by tx msg nxt :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Quick hint to Mr. Eavis. Lower the ticket price, then more young people will be able to afford to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 Quick hint to Mr. Eavis. Lower the ticket price, then more young people will be able to afford to go. And improve the line-up while you're at it.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Shut the f**k up!!!!^ Glastonbury's line up was the best of all the festivals this year. Even if you didnt like the 'main' bands, theres numerous other tents/music areas for everyone's tastes. You make me cringe with the way that you think if you don't like something, and someone else likes it then it must be crap.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 Shut the f**k up!!!!^ Glastonbury's line up was the best of all the festivals this year. Even if you didnt like the 'main' bands, theres numerous other tents/music areas for everyone's tastes. You make me cringe with the way that you think if you don't like something, and someone else likes it then it must be crap.:rolleyes: Well it was crap (and muddy)!!:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 How can you say it was crap when you weren't even there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 How can you say it was crap when you weren't even there? It's the general impression I got from all the TV coverage.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK8 Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Whats wrong with oldies going there? :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 How many stages were there at Glastonbury? 23ish? The TV coverage couldn't cover all the stages, so they stayed at the main stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Another idea for the ticket sales. Like they had with the pre-registration, they should do an open ballot for tickets, with people whom has pre-preregistered entering the draw, of which say 60% of the tickets on general sale gets drawn, you get an email saying "well done you have been successful, you can purchase 2 tickets". Like they had at the London leg of Live Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 How many stages were there at Glastonbury? 23ish? The TV coverage couldn't cover all the stages, so they stayed at the main stages. It's the big stages that matter. The small stages tend to be full of people you've never heard of (and maybe never wanted to).:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 What stage did Coldplay play in 2000? Sometimes the smaller bands are a lot better than the big bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 What stage did Coldplay play in 2000? Sometimes the smaller bands are a lot better than the big bands. Well that might very well have been the case on this occasion, as the "big" bands sucked!!:laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyduckette Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 You're so narrow-minded mc_squared. Quite funny, really listening to you!! *shakes head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 You're so narrow-minded mc_squared. Quite funny, really listening to you!! *shakes head* Not as funny as your extremely blinkered viewpoint.:rolleyes: I watched the two-hour highlights show this morning and although there were some OK bits (Lily Allen with Terry Hall for example), the headline acts were generally a let-down.;) How on earth can The Who be the top headline act?? When was the last time they released anything decent? At most they should have been on earlier in the evening.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 The Who wasn't the top headline act, the Killers were the top headline act, headling the saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 The Who wasn't the top headline act, the Killers were the top headline act, headling the saturday. That isn't much better. 2005 - Coldplay 2007 - Killers. Massive difference.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 That isn't much better. 2005 - Coldplay 2007 - Killers. Massive difference.;) Well be careful, I guess you've never seen the Killers live in concert (no I don't mean concerts on TV). Then you'll definitely have another opinion... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 If I saw the Killers live, than my opinion of them would fall down even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I don't think so... But well it's always the same... you can't discuss about different music tastes. I only wanted to say that you can't really create your own opinion without having see them live once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Well be careful, I guess you've never seen the Killers live in concert (no I don't mean concerts on TV). Then you'll definitely have another opinion... :rolleyes: I doubt it, as Coldplay have far better repertoire, and when I watched them at Glasto on TV two years ago, I didn't have to be there to see their performance was phenomenal.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc_squared Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 I don't think so... But well it's always the same... you can't discuss about different music tastes. I only wanted to say that you can't really create your own opinion without having see them live once. Whatever way you look it, the Killers aren't in the same league at Coldplay when it comes to "headline act" status.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 If I'm honest... I don't think that it was Coldplay's best performance ever two years ago... That doesn't mean the Killers were better now. It's just about two different point of views. As I mentioned above comments like yours are unnecessary simply to the fact that your music taste is different and you can't discuss about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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