All Together Now 2019

endainoz

judeboy101 wrote:

I'm assuming security, regular checks etc. Major fire and safety hazard sleeping in a car, especially with drink on ya.

Agreed it's a hazard, but totally impossible to enforce and a waste of resources. Say a lad is passed out in their front seat, get woken up and told by security that they can't stay there. What happens then? Security take their keys off them? Escort them to a hotel? Totally unenforceable.

D.Q

endainoz wrote: »

Agreed it's a hazard, but totally impossible to enforce and a waste of resources. Say a lad is passed out in their front seat, get woken up and told by security that they can't stay there. What happens then? Security take their keys off them? Escort them to a hotel? Totally unenforceable.

I'd say if they don't have a tent they would be escorted from the festival site?

Machina

judeboy101 wrote: »

I'm assuming security, regular checks etc. Major fire and safety hazard sleeping in a car, especially with drink on ya.

I don't drink and neither does my partner, but of course the rules are there for everyone's safety, not just ours.

I just bloody hate campsites! I've been spoiled rotten living so close to the Electric Picnic (takes me about 45 minutes to get from my sofa to the main stage!). But I'll have to roll my sleeves up and get stuck in for ATN.

It just strikes me as unenforceable. I've slept in my car for Witnness, Oxegen, Castlepalooza etc. and while they didn't have set policies against it, I can't see what they could have done even if they did.

llatsni

Going on how friendly & helpful all the staff were last year I'd say they would only be bothered if you were genuinely causing a problem. If you're not bothering anyone I'd guess they'll leave you at it.

sally cinnamon89

Machina wrote: »

I don't drink and neither does my partner, but of course the rules are there for everyone's safety, not just ours.

I just bloody hate campsites! I've been spoiled rotten living so close to the Electric Picnic (takes me about 45 minutes to get from my sofa to the main stage!). But I'll have to roll my sleeves up and get stuck in for ATN.

It just strikes me as unenforceable. I've slept in my car for Witnness, Oxegen, Castlepalooza etc. and while they didn't have set policies against it, I can't see what they could have done even if they did.

That is some walk from the castlepalooza area to the car park. Especially after a few drinks

Machina

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

That is some walk from the castlepalooza area to the car park. Especially after a few drinks

Really? It's been about 4 years since I was last there and I don't remember it being a long walk. Maybe they changed the parking arrangements?

Machina

llatsni wrote: »

Going on how friendly & helpful all the staff were last year I'd say they would only be bothered if you were genuinely causing a problem. If you're not bothering anyone I'd guess they'll leave you at it.

And I wouldn't want to ruin that friendly buzz by wasting their time and resources. So I'll probably end up pitching a tent. It's just that the car would suit me more than ever because I'll be arriving late and leaving early due to work commitments. We'll see!

Eod100

endainoz wrote: »

Agreed it's a hazard, but totally impossible to enforce and a waste of resources. Say a lad is passed out in their front seat, get woken up and told by security that they can't stay there. What happens then? Security take their keys off them? Escort them to a hotel? Totally unenforceable.

It's a standard thing at festivals. You might get away with it but they're hardly gonna tell people that it's grand and won't be enforced either

mooseknunkle

Two people sleeping in a car for three nights??,my back would be in bits and no way would i be able to get a good sleep give me a tent over a car any day ,if you dislike campsites so much maybe rent a van and put a mattress in the back surely that would be a better option than a car?

endainoz

D.Q wrote:

I'd say if they don't have a tent they would be escorted from the festival site?

So they have to leave their vehicle there? How do they get it back if they have been escorted from the site, wait till everyone is gone? What if they do have a tent and went back to the car for something and just passed out after having a rest, do security follow them back to their tent to prove its theirs?

I'm not encouraging it, I don't think it's smart and yes it is a hazard, newer vehicles with electronic hand brakes could be easy to hit off of with keys in the ignition.

My point is that this rule is unenforceable from what I can see and a bit of a waste of resources.

Machina

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Two people sleeping in a car for three nights??,my back would be in bits and no way would i be able to get a good sleep give me a tent over a car any day ,if you dislike campsites so much maybe rent a van and put a mattress in the back surely that would be a better option than a car?

The back-seat in my hatchback flattens down fully, front seats go fully forward and then a small 2-man inflatable mattress. It's like a Transformer! We drove down to Lahinch last Saturday within 5 minutes of deciding we'd go somewhere. Spent the night in the pub, freshened up in the sea on Sunday morning and away we went. It's just a thing we do, something that grew out of last-second festival ventures actually. But yeah, it'll be three nights so I'll just pitch a bloody tent! I'm not getting any younger, and there's no shortcut for that!

endainoz

Machina wrote:

The back-seat in my hatchback flattens down fully, front seats go fully forward and then a small 2-man inflatable mattress. It's like a Transformer! We drove down to Lahinch last Saturday within 5 minutes of deciding we'd go somewhere. Spent the night in the pub, freshened up in the sea on Sunday morning and away we went. It's just a thing we do, something that grew out of last-second festival ventures actually. But yeah, it'll be three night so I'll just pitch a bloody tent! I'm not getting any younger, and there's no shortcut for that!

Sounds like your destined to buy a camper in the future!

johnnyskeleton

endainoz wrote: »

Sounds like your destined to buy a camper in the future!

When will society learn that sleeping on a matress in a hatchback is not just a harmless thing that people do in college, but is a gateway to class A motorised dwelling vehicles!

Suckit

Very unlikely that security are going to bother their ass walking around the carpark checking to see if anybody is sleeping in their car.ot
Not from previous experiences at other festivals anyway.
You would just bullshit them if they did, and be very nice about it, then go back to the car a little while later.
Move the car the next day if need be. It definitely wouldn't need to escalate to being escorted from the site.

SoundOfSilence

Looking at the lineup and assuming all headline acts have been sorted... do you think it's The National, Hot Chip & Patty Smith that are doing the main stage on each night?

llatsni

SoundOfSilence wrote: »

Looking at the lineup and assuming all headline acts have been sorted... do you think it's The National, Hot Chip & Patty Smith that are doing the main stage on each night?

The National & Hot Chip will get top spots for sure. I'm not sure about Patti Smith: I think Jon Hopkins, John Grant & maybe Father John Misty are as likely on the top spots and will almost certainly be 2nd rung.

BullBlackNova

I'd agree - I would guess that we'll end up with the National, Hot Chip, Jon Hopkins, Father John Misty and the Good, the Bad and the Queen in big slots, with Patti Smith, Fontaines DC, John Grant and Bombay Bicycle Club in some of the bigger, late evening slots, or possibly headlining a tent.

llatsni

No matter what happens there's going to be horrendously irreconcilable clashes!

sally cinnamon89

If they go with the same format of last year which was
Friday; Chaka Khan
Saturday; Underworld
Sunday; Fleet Foxes

We could go with
Patti Smith
Hot Chip
The National

ghostdancer

have it in my head that The National are definitely on the Sunday anyway, can't remember where I saw that though?

e: 4th/Sunday on their tour poster:

https://twitter.com/TheNational/status/1102963117909258240

BullBlackNova

ghostdancer wrote: »

have it in my head that The National are definitely on the Sunday anyway, can't remember where I saw that though?

e: 4th/Sunday on their tour poster:

https://twitter.com/TheNational/status/1102963117909258240

Interested to see how the new songs translate live - lots of slower, down tempo music on the new album. I love it (probably my favourite since High Violet) but I would fear that a festival crowd might be a bit disinterested?

And, I wonder will they have any permanent new additions to the live band - lots of female vocals on the new album. No doubt Lisa Hannigan will do a bit at ATN but you'd imagine they'd have someone permanently doing the job at some of the other shows.

Anyway, looking forward to it. Was happy when they announced last year even when I thought it was just going to be Sleep Well Beast again. To have a new album is a real treat!

I believe Father John Misty debuted a new song at his tour opener this week, too, so there might be a few new tracks from him before the show. He is playing in Glasgow on Friday, August 2 and his website lists him for Saturday, August 3 for ATN before he travels to Belgium and Holland to play on the 5th and 6th. I'd say the Saturday is a safe bet for him so - 2 days on, day off, 2 days on again...

ghostdancer

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Interested to see how the new songs translate live - lots of slower, down tempo music on the new album. I love it (probably my favourite since High Violet) but I would fear that a festival crowd might be a bit disinterested?

And, I wonder will they have any permanent new additions to the live band - lots of female vocals on the new album. No doubt Lisa Hannigan will do a bit at ATN but you'd imagine they'd have someone permanently doing the job at some of the other shows.

Anyway, looking forward to it. Was happy when they announced last year even when I thought it was just going to be Sleep Well Beast again. To have a new album is a real treat!

would agree with that, I can see a lot of talkers during the slow, delicate songs and interest waning TBH.
hoping that for the festival gigs the setlist has more upbeat/rockier songs, but I'm not counting on it.
Mad Cool in July will probably be a good indication of what we'll get.
none of my group would be that into them and will probably hang near the back if they bother going at all, so i'm already planning on ditching them to get up the front :pac:

Mina Tindle (Bryce's wife) was on the album and has been with them for most (all?) gigs on this tour as far as I know, so would expect her to be at all them, and Hannigan at ATN too.
Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) has been performing too over the last while, but has her own gigs over the summer so probably stop soon.

alexmcquaid

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

If they go with the same format of last year which was
Friday; Chaka Khan
Saturday; Underworld
Sunday; Fleet Foxes

We could go with
Patti Smith
Hot Chip
The National

I just had a look at each of their tour schedules and these are exactly the nights they'll play.

lbj666

Hopkins will probably do main stage after midnight on Saturday. If people are worried about acts at the top of the poster clashing, I wouldn't be. They pretty much ran all the bigger names one after the other on the main stage last year.

D.Q

Fontaines would be a good sub for patti smith

sally cinnamon89

D.Q wrote: »

Fontaines would be a good sub for patti smith

Playing a concert on the Sunday in Canada. Surely it’s safe to assume their playing the Friday.

D.Q

Patti Smith
Fontaines DC
Just Mustard
The Murder Capital
The Claque
Pillow Queens

That's how I'd book the Friday main stage.

ghostdancer

can we get a choir and string quartet too please?

Eod100

I'm sorted for a weekend ticket myself so it's more out of curiosity, they'd hardly have the site capacity add a day ticket option for any of the days?

greenspurs

Eod100 wrote: »

I'm sorted for a weekend ticket myself so it's more out of curiosity, they'd hardly have the site capacity add a day ticket option for any of the days?

They left in familys last year on the Sunday.


I hope they don't start with the day tickets, as when that happened at EP , that's when the atmosphere and buzz died, due to the amount of 'boyos' turning up . :rolleyes: