2008-10-29UTC06:39:53The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th NovemberThe Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Fol... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November"><img alt="The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-07-04UTC06:41:35Kent Festival weekendWhy would they organise Booshstock and zoo+thousand for the same weekend? They're both fairly close (Hythe and Tonbridge) and obviously aimed at the same indie kids, this is like putting Glastonbury and Reading on the same weekend.We're not going to ... 2008-06-27UTC05:53:39Looks wet at Glastonbury right now<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2008/webcam/">www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2008/webcam/</a><br /><br />Doesn't seem to have updated since half four today though.<br /><br />UPDATE: They've taken it down now.2008-06-27UTC01:25:45Only light rain at GlastonburySome rain overnight and a little more on the way at the festival, it says here in the Times, it's hardly news at all really is it. Watched Glastonbury the movie on TV last night, partly it made me really wish I was there, but when I analysed it I fou... 2008-05-15UTC09:15:55Lone Star Comedy moves to the Tower TheatreThe Lone Star Comedy Club returns at a new venue – The Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe in Cheriton, near Folkestone – on Saturday May 31st with MITCH BENN, MICHAEL FABBRI, compere MAFF BROWN and a newcomer’s act.Now the home of FHODS, the ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11264/Lone+Star+Comedy+moves+to+the+Tower+Theatre">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-11UTC05:36:46Glastonbury picturesThinking about Glastonbury, Mum asked at the weekend if we had any pictures of us there, bearing in mind we may never go again. And I thought LAWKS, no I don't! I found a few luckily, but they're rubbish, andn none that make it look like we're having... 2008-04-11UTC08:25:19Glastonbury tickets back on sale?How does this work then? Got this from seetickets.com, buying from ticketmaster would help me out, I didn't think Glastonbury tickets would be publicly available like this:GLASTONBURY 2008The biggest and best festival in the world is upon us and tick... 2007-06-25UTC11:33:59RE: Ultimate Glastonbury ticketDo you know of anyone who got in with a ticket off Ebay? And does this herald the end of touting as we know it?2007-06-22UTC06:14:19Ultimate Glastonbury ticketHey, you guys !I have a spare ticket for GLASTONBURY 2007,Unfortunatly I can't attend due to finding the Key to One Eyed Willy.Picture is as on TicketMale, 6 ft 4", slightly receding....Does this look a bit like you ?If so this could be your ticket t... 2007-06-19UTC11:51:35Glastonbury ticketsHaha, people are still trying to sell glastonbury tickets on ebay even with the super heightened security:This ticket is for a white male between 25-35 with dark brown hair. The photo isn't clear so would cover most people.I can't gauruntee entry to... 2007-04-03UTC08:27:32RE: Glastonbury ticket touts FOILED!I think their argument would be "to cover the inevitable piracy" but I'm with you - the less the charge for tracks the less people would bother to pirate them. If they can get down to somewhere between 15-30p per track they'd make a mint. Why would... 2007-04-02UTC05:28:32RE: Glastonbury ticket touts FOILED!Lovin the snap previews!<br /><br />They are charging more for non-drm'd music - I don't know why higher bit-rate means they should be more expensive.<br /><br />Money grabbing gits.2007-04-02UTC01:15:55Glastonbury ticket touts FOILED!So says the BBC, the new security measures and pre-registration mean no Glastonbury tickets on ebay, nor on any of the other online ticket touts.In other music news today, EMI are to remove DRM from MP3s, you know what those TLAs mean if you need to.... 2007-02-02UTC09:43:53So are we going to Glastonbury or what?I suspect not this year, as we have a lot on in June anyway, but if we were we'd have to register in advance... Weird. Will it beat the touts? I doubt it, unless all the artists' guests have to register in the same way, just as far in advance.Who wil... 2007-01-24UTC11:00:25Jesus and Mary Chain playing festivals this yearWell, they're playing Coachella, that's in California, think it was the first one the reformed Pixies played at and also the festival that offered the Rage Against the Machine,Smiths five million dollars. Does that lineup bode well for UK festivals? ... 2006-08-07UTC09:55:37My last thingsMy last day at this job started with my last delayed train on the way in to this job, fifteen minutes late, though I hardly noticed as I slept quite well on the way in. I suffered the grimness of the last blocked train toilet on this commute too, ble... 2006-08-05UTC10:52:59RE: The announcement no-one was waiting for*wipes tears from eyes* This is so wrong. I know that I was only there intermittently, but I just assumed that Popex would always be there.Bob, Ian, Daisy and I were canting the other week and realized that our gang was basically formed from Popex... 2005-06-27UTC09:26:34P I A N O M E N USo farewell then Richard Whiteley. I wouldn't have thought this was front page lead story on Metro, but then again I have nothing else really to say today, so maybe they all didn't go to Glastonbury either. Nice weekend, went to [place]Hythe[place] a... 2005-06-24UTC12:10:16Glastonbury Festival hit by rain"A few unlucky ones just arriving at the site this morning - some unprepared for the rain in flip-flops and shorts - faced the prospect of pitching their tents in the storm"... now what sort of fool would do that? I must put those old pictures online... 2005-06-24UTC08:49:18Weather updateAre we going to miss these storms then? BBC says Folkestone will stay sunny today, though London should be thundery showers - it's damn hot and sunny now still though.BBC also says Glastonbury will be sunny and 21 degrees Centigrade all weekend, tho... 2005-06-15UTC08:58:37So ebay's pulling the Live 8 ticketsWhy are they doing it so begrudgingly this time when they've pulled Glastonbury tickets no problem before now? Obviously this action alone won't stop people trading their tickets outside of Ebay, even (gasp) in the real world. There are still request... 2005-04-04UTC02:18:40Glastonbury TicketsSeems they sold out in minutes this year, and www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk say "there are no more to be released, that's it... So what's on Ebay? They're supposed to be pretty ebay proof this year, but this guy's selling a pair, 670 quid right now ... 2005-03-30UTC12:07:45Cheers for persevering there...I found a book once at Glastonbury, and when I finished reading it I passed it on in the same random way. Found a book on the train to Folkestone just recently too, it would be nice to mark them, just in case someone who's also playing the game picks... 2005-01-18UTC10:27:48Glastonbury to take break in 2006BBC reports that There'll be no Glastonbury next year... was just thinking yesterday about Glastonbury, and whether or not I'm likely to go this year, and whether I actually want to go. Didn't go last year, and I suspect I won't go this year, this me... 2004-12-17UTC10:51:42Tears before bedtime(I think nme.com already used "Tears in Heaven")So, I went to see The Tears last night, at Heaven nightclub at Charing Cross... you know what? It wasn't all that. I love Suede, but never saw them live with Bernard Butler, so the opportunity to see hi... 2004-07-15UTC04:58:37damian lewisforgot to mention him before, spotted him at glasto, i was gonna go and say hey, you live round the corner from my office and pretend that's the only reason I recognised him but i decided against it.2004-06-28UTC02:26:16dougie - ex rise presentergetting drunk backstage2004-06-28UTC02:24:27howard marxhe looked pretty wrecked last night at about 2am, i think he might have even been dancing2004-06-28UTC02:21:31Alex Jamessaw him with wife and adorable child and either his mum and dad or her mum and dad. OH MY GOD, i could not get over the size of his beer belly! he used to be so slim but it was ridiculous he could seriously rest his pint on it. Kept me entertained... 2004-06-28UTC02:19:07Crispin Longpigswith wife and cute child2008-06-16UTC06:22:18BarflyAmazing, we got in to the <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.claremahon.com/barfly">Barfly</a>, read my <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.claremahon.com/cure+review">Cure review</a>. <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/115/Barfly"><img alt="Barfly" src="http://www.clarkeology.com/blog/upload/barflylondon.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/115/Barfly">Rated 5.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-11-07UTC03:01:51GlastonburySuede, REM, Radiohead, and The Darkness opening the main stage on the Friday morning...... 2005-11-23UTC04:31:04Brixton AcademyGlastonbury warmup2005-11-07UTC03:01:51GlastonburyLoved BLOODHOUND GANG, David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, and Travis...... 2005-11-07UTC03:01:51GlastonburyThe year Pulp replaced The Stone Roses as headliners, along with Oasis and The Cure. Great weather.... 2005-11-07UTC03:01:51GlastonburyMy first Glastonbury festival, went in my van, hard to fault the lineup on the NME stage... Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Manics, etc....