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« Reply #80 on: December 06, 2024, 08:32:54 PM » |
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So what are you going to do then, folks? Take a £440 or so punt, or wait and see?
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« Reply #81 on: December 06, 2024, 08:43:23 PM » |
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As the years go by, for Fairport and for us all, I am becoming less risk-averse, "just in case". So I will be online on Monday morning.
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« Reply #82 on: December 06, 2024, 08:58:15 PM » |
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I will buy on Monday morning 😁
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« Reply #83 on: December 06, 2024, 10:42:03 PM » |
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Monday morning 10 o'clock sharp, same as the last ? Many years.
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« Reply #84 on: December 06, 2024, 11:06:16 PM » |
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This is old f**t stuff but the fest changed when it went to 3 days, partly for economic reasons. Yes I know it’s 20 yrs ago but does 6500 people mean going back to a pre 2003 ethos and will there be an audience for it.
2000 was the first 3-dayer... It was. I always think of 2003 as a watershed cos Peggy and Chris’s divorce changed the fest, ie far more aggressive stewarding , queuing to get on field etc |
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« Reply #85 on: December 07, 2024, 07:58:56 AM » |
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I’ll be getting a ticket, althoughmy good lady wife isn’t, on the grounds of too expensive for taking a punt on the lineup….
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« Reply #86 on: December 07, 2024, 10:24:01 AM » |
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Less than 48 hours...
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« Reply #87 on: December 07, 2024, 06:12:00 PM » |
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Will be going for it on Monday - will be interesting to see how sales go. Will there be a a mad, Glastonbury-style dash for tickets?
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« Reply #88 on: December 07, 2024, 06:29:52 PM » |
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Cant risk it I'm afraid . I am not a naysayer (ridiculous title) , a moaner or a so called expert, just a 73 year old pensioner unwilling to pay £500 for an unlabelled box.
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« Reply #89 on: December 07, 2024, 06:52:33 PM » |
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Cant risk it I'm afraid . I am not a naysayer (ridiculous title) , a moaner or a so called expert, just a 73 year old pensioner unwilling to pay £500 for an unlabelled box.
But the box is labelled - Cropredy Festival. You've been going for long enough to know what to expect. |
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« Reply #90 on: December 07, 2024, 06:57:43 PM » |
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Cant risk it I'm afraid . I am not a naysayer (ridiculous title) , a moaner or a so called expert, just a 73 year old pensioner unwilling to pay £500 for an unlabelled box.
But the box is labelled - Cropredy Festival. You've been going for long enough to know what to expect. Nail on the head, i'm afraid. I just havent liked the recent line ups (With a few exceptions) I'm afraid. Never ever thought I would say that. |
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« Reply #91 on: December 07, 2024, 07:08:11 PM » |
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Cant risk it I'm afraid . I am not a naysayer (ridiculous title) , a moaner or a so called expert, just a 73 year old pensioner unwilling to pay £500 for an unlabelled box.
But the box is labelled - Cropredy Festival. You've been going for long enough to know what to expect. Nail on the head, i'm afraid. I just havent liked the recent line ups (With a few exceptions) I'm afraid. Never ever thought I would say that. Fair enough. |
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« Reply #92 on: December 08, 2024, 10:17:07 AM » |
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It’s interesting isn’t it cos back in the day we went to the fest without really knowing a lineup. Fairports would play a 4 hr set , with friends.
We went as a convoy , hardcore of 12 people , often 18 and occasionally over 20.
Always field 2 , tents and vans round a big gazebo with village hall tables, picket fence, candelabras etc .
It was about being with those people although I had to see every band.
That seemed to change in 2012, after 17 yrs of going together. People died . My best male friend died.
I went alone in 2013/14 , one yr just to the fringe …for some reason lineup had become more important. I wasn’t interested in Australian Floyd etc …..the line up became important and so it’s been since . I went 16,17, 18.
It was a very special time and place for me.
I read people’s stories on here and we all have special times.
To all tge people to whom Cropredy has to be a part of their lives , I raise a glass , salute you and partly envy you.
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« Reply #93 on: December 08, 2024, 11:49:16 AM » |
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Full line up also announced at 10 tomorrow…
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« Reply #94 on: December 08, 2024, 11:57:25 AM » |
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Over the past fifteen years or so I have only been an occasional visitor to the Cropredy festival. I admit I hold the most cherished memories of the festival during the early to late 1980's...I attended my first Cropredy in 1982 and continued to attend every year for over a decade. The last one I attended was 2017 when Jude's band The perfect Strangers performed...I remember standing at the front of the stage for this show, next to me was my dearest friend David...in time David and Jude would record an album together and sadly both are no longer with us. I have never intended to miss as many of the Cropredy festivals as I have...my problem has always been lack of finances, this year is no different...such is the miserable existence of self as artist! I hope somehow I'll be able to attend this years festival, I can only hope some tickets become available after the initial tickets have been released.
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« Reply #95 on: December 08, 2024, 12:21:59 PM » |
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I have a dilemma. I'm away the previous weekend and don't get back till the Tuesday. In previous years, given those circumstances, I may have left it till later in the year to buy. For various boring reasons, I simply can't do ordinary camping anymore. The last couple of years I've been glamping. Leaving aside the cost, glamping sells out very quickly, so I'd have to book it this week. Even if I managed to get a ticket if they release more later, I'd still have the problem regarding accommodation. So, I may not be able to go.
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« Reply #96 on: December 08, 2024, 12:59:08 PM » |
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Full line up also announced at 10 tomorrow…
I wonder if this has always been the intention ? probably not. The friendly festival tag has been tarnished by the hostility shown towards so called moaners? |
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« Reply #97 on: December 08, 2024, 03:32:49 PM » |
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Full line up also announced at 10 tomorrow…
I wonder if this has always been the intention ? probably not. The friendly festival tag has been tarnished by the hostility shown towards so called moaners? Is it ACTUALLY being announced tomorrow or was that just a thought as to what may happen? |
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« Reply #98 on: December 08, 2024, 04:58:06 PM » |
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It’s on their official Facebook page….
Ah I’m not on FB. Also, not able to be free at 10 tomorrow, so if it does sell out, ‘doing an Oasis’ the decision will be made for us. |
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« Reply #99 on: December 08, 2024, 06:00:33 PM » |
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Interesting comment from Fairport on FB...about how long it took to sell 6.5k tickets for this year's festival...
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