Jon Hartley is a true Glasto veteran - so how did he find this year’s event compared to previous years? Here he tells us about Geordie midgets, Welsh Oggies and Stan Collymore.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Jon Hartley, 29. London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Glastonbury 2007.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Yes. This was my 10th Glastonbury. I’ve seen some muddy ones but this one just about takes the crown of muddiest yet. As usual nobody seemed to care that it was raining and muddy.
Overall I thought that little improvements occurred without the festival losing its unique feel. This year’s big improvement was the late-night fun. No longer is it just Lost Vagueness that provides after-hours fun - Trash City and the new Park area were chipping in as well, and that helped.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am

Nick went to Glastonbury this year. He had to return early unfortunately - did this ruin his fun? Let’s find out, shall we? (Yes)
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Nick Fleetwood, 27, London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Glastonbury 2007.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Yes, four other times. This was the worst of the lot. Still great music and randomness but mud, facilities and weather were all the worst of the lot.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
Kasabian - mud-stomping brilliance. Best people to build a crowd up and cracking tunes to boot.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Thursday June 28th, 2007 at 8:49 am

Katie Lee is Shiny Media’s Editorial Director, which means that what she says is quite literally gospel. She went to Glastonbury this year and the first thing she did afterwards - before even removing her wellies - was answer our questions about her experiences. She told us all about she-pees, sinking stalls and pear cider.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Katie Lee, 28, currently residing in London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Glastonbury.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
I have attended this festival many times before and this year was probably the one with the most drizzle.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Wednesday June 27th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

Paul Roffey went to Knowsley Hall on Saturday, and got in touch to undergo a bit of In-Tents Questioning. His opinions about one artist in particular are sufficiently strong that he has felt the need to sport a disguise, lest he be tracked down by disgruntled fans.
At this point *dons lawyer’s briefcase* I should point out that any opinions about Pete Wylie expressed heretoforewhenceforth are those of the respondent and not My Chemical Toilet or Shiny Media or any of its employees or employees’ friends or employees’ friends’ family / pets *puts down lawyer’s briefcase*.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Paul Roffey, 28, from Didsbury in Manchester.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Knowsley Hall on Saturday.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
No, it’s the first time. I’ve been to Knowsley before to see the monkeys, so you could say yes I have been before, but there wasn’t any music on.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Tuesday June 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

Glenda Young is the editor of Corrieblog - literally the greatest Coronation Street blog on this pitiful little planet of ours. She went to O2 Wireless at Hyde Park on the Sunday, which featured The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs and Editors (pictured). On her return she underwent some rigorous interrogation. The results you will see below.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Glenda Young. I live in London but am from Sunderland.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
O2 Wireless Festival London, Sunday 17th June.
3. Have you attended this festival before?
No.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
Editors. They rocked.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Monday June 25th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

Gemma (that’s her on the right of this photo), Shiny Media’s fashion editor-in-chief, tore herself away from her beloved lolcats and went to the O2 Wireless festival on Sunday. Here she talks about coulottes, Ray-Bans and orange boiler suits. And music.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Gemma Cartwright, 23, London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
O2 Wireless, Sunday 17th at Hyde Park (‘Indie Day’).
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Never been before. I was an O2 virgin. How’s that for a phone network pun?

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Posted by sophiebruce on Friday June 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 am

Yesterday we heard from Abi, who was not terribly impressed with the O2 Wireless festival. Today we sample the opinion of someone who went on the same night - how did her experience compare? Her name is Issy, and she would like to make it clear that the muck you see on her hand is from the camera lens, and is not a result of any poor personal hygiene on her part. Delighted to clear that up.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
I’m Issy, and I’m from Balham in South London. It’s lovely…
2. That’s good to know. Which festival have you recently attended?
I attended Saturday at O2 Wireless, Hyde Park.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
I have, and although the lineup was very different to the year before it was loads busier, and had a new tent. But it was kind of the same – i.e., same stages, same layout, same amount of kids wearing skinny jeans. Only a different beer sponsor.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Thursday June 21st, 2007 at 8:47 am

Abi Silvester is the editor of two of Shiny Media’s ethical consumerism blogs (Hippyshopper & Crafty Crafty), and went along to the recent O2 Wireless festival. She took time out of her busy day to answer our questions - and certainly didn’t hold back…
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Abi Silvester, 29, London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
O2 Wireless Festival (Saturday).
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
I attended last year, and this time was a big disappointment…

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Posted by sophiebruce on Wednesday June 20th, 2007 at 11:42 am

Emma Abrook went to the Isle of Wight festival this year, and on her return she agreed to answer our probing questions. The picture you see is not of Emma. It is of Matt Bellamy of Muse and his funny silver guitar. Just to clear that up.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Emma Abrook. 27. Isle Of Wight.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Isle of Wight 2007.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Yes, and it wasn’t as good as previous years. Organisation was poor.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
Muse. Incredible musical range and stunning stage set-up.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Wednesday June 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am

For our second bout of In-Tents Questioning, we have ourselves a bona fide TV star - Susi Weaser. She also happens to be the editor of Shiny Media’s award-winning girls’ guide to gadgets, Shiny Shiny. This means technology firms give her loads of free stuff, which in turn means she spends large parts of events like this swigging free alcohol and chatting to superstar bodyguards.
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
Susi. 24. Camden (sort of), London.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
O2 Wireless.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
Yes. Last year I was there on a Saturday, with picnic etc. The weather was better, and it was all a bit more civilised. Last night was messy and moshy. It was great. White Stripes beat Basement Jaxx.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Tuesday June 19th, 2007 at 8:50 am