Frizz

Went out trick or treating with J and S…

Spent the morning trying to get Glastonbury tickets… all a bit strange seeing as it’s so early (a bit of a cheek really), but it’s good to have them. I just checked now and you can get straight onto the website, now all the rush is over. 

Sarah Silverman over this side of the pond.  Finally.  I do have a gripe about the venue though, has to be my least favorite.

Just rang - tickets are £42 and £35 (somewhere way up high) - is it me or are those mad prices?  When did comedy get so expensive.

OK, I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet now - tickets for her New York show are on sale for between $35 - $65 - that’s a big difference.

Another Glastonbury photo.

When we were waiting for the show to start…

Can you believe they still have tickets!

Email from a friend about what to bring:

Hi Melissa

Tent
Mat for sleeping on (the newish self-inflating type are quite good)_
Warm sleeping bag
Cushion?
Easy to carry camping chair (important when muddy)
Torch
Wet-ones
earplugs
Waterproof cape
Wellies
sandals
Sun hat
Sun lotion

This needs to be carried/ pulled along for a long way and over
Rough/muddy terrain
Rucksack? Load it on a small Trolley?

It’s the “pulled for a long way” that is slightly worrying me… bad back and all. Anyone have a helicopter?

I got tickets… it’s a bit of an anti-climax because after the mornings excitement - they still have tickets now at 7pm? Obviously, its lost a bit of its gloss. And not only did we get tickets, we seem to have double booked ourselves… amazingly enough whilst I was getting through on the phone, a friend of a friend of a friend, was getting tickets online. OK, so worst scenario is they cancel both sets, but I rang and they assured me they’d only cancel one - but I might ring again to double check before I get too excited.

I have spent the day recovering from nine hours or so at Wembley yesterday. It was fun, but also very long and there is only so many times you can be told to recycle and switch off lights. I’m not sure about the sound at Wembley, yesterday it was incredibly loud and sometimes it was good and sometimes it was awful and at those times I was very tempted to ask the woman behind me with the earplugs if she had a spare pair.

Best were Paulo Nutini who was a revelation and was absolutely brilliant as were the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the consummate professional, Madonna.

Geri Halliwell introduced Duran Duran and got booed… need I say more.

I planned my teeth brushing trips very badly missing Keen and Kasabian, I would have much preferred to have missed Black Eyed Pees and Pussycat Dolls the latter a combination of Charlie’s Angles and Playboy which stirred the irate feminist in me.

Corinne Bailey Rae was nice as was John Legend - for some reason he was only allowed one song.

The press is right though in that there was no amazing inspirational moment of the day… and with jokes about performers arriving in private jets - there were lots of mixed messages around.

I was going to ‘pop’ down to Wimbledon this afternoon, but it was horrible weather all day and I have work to do.  Now OK I’m doing the work, but it’s a beautiful evening and I’m sitting here wishing I’d gone.

Playing catch up - I went to Wembley last weekend to see George Michael. I have a friend who has a friend - thank you S. I kinda went more to see the stadium than George and it lived up to expectations.  George wasn’t bad either, although there were lots of cringy flashbacks to ’80’s school disco’s.