GLASTO

haha, i live in glastonbury Connecticut, what-a-coincidence!

I love how hippyish they try and make Glasto seem, then charge £150 for tickets

watching it on tv now, dont like the killers, but they are fucking good live. Babyshables were good as well, it is a serious mud bath there tho

some guy died there of a drug OD there yesterday, and 1000 people got injured because of the mud, lol, but 150 quid is way over the top, to camp in a muddy field

shit that sounds pretty bad, the who were pretty good aswell, did you get to see any of it on tv

Only fests I've heard of in the colonies are woodstock and phish concerts. They're all horribly lame. There are no regional or cultural events worthy of mention in the US that I've heard of or seen. That's what you get when your entire region is only 200 years old and all the 'traditions' are the faded reminants of the immigrants who came here. I love all the 'Irish' americans here who can't even tell me what a county is.

ahem. brad paisleys mud fest!

so i take it you dont have big festivals where 200,000 people turn up, instead you get massive gigs when 200,000 people turn up for 50 cent or whoevers big over there

COACHELLA!!! It's the Glastonbury of the US, minus the mud. Not really, it's only been around for seven years or so. But it's a huge festival that is tons of fun.

http://coachella.com/

shrug, cant be that big if nobodys heard of it :/

Yeah in the states ips, theres only really small scale ones. Most of them are street fairs moreso than giant outdoor bashes, and its usually only in major cities that contain areas with ethnic groups who still celebrate their old holidays and such. Even then though you have to deal with idiots throwing festivals that are less about having a good time and enjoying food and culuture, and more to do with rallying for affirmative action so your filipino wife can go to college for free. People in America feel the need to make an activist rally out of everything rather than just relaxing and having a good time.

Only BONA-FIDE thing, of course, is St. Patrick's day, simply because there is no culture associated with the American-Irish other than drinking and firefighting, and everyone loves fit guys and beer, that's a cause everyone can get behind! But even then you have idiot gay pride groups wanting to march in the parade waving pride banners. And when the organizers deny them, they complain about persecution. Don't people understand that its a parade for an irish holiday and not to trumpet sexuality? Hah! I'm sure they got no quarrel with the gays, but theres a time and a place! It's only a matter of time before they pass legislation requiring us to allow them in and trash another traditional holiday.

Glastonbury is a HUGE thing. it is the biggest open air festival in europe. 180,000 people are believed to have shown up this year. there are over 1,000 artists who played there. the place is like a small city. and i had the privelege of going. and the ticket being 150 it was totally worth it, considering that a lot of that money went to worthy charities. if any of you can, go!