Glastonbury 2019: 47 Things Everyone With A Ticket Is Thinking Right Now

Worthy Farm will open its doors to nearly 200,000 revellers on Wednesday.
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There are just days to go till Glastonbury, but let’s be honest: nobody’s done enough preparation.

Here are 47 - yes, 47 - things everyone who’s going is thinking right now.

1. Which secret set rumours should I believe today?
2. Foals? Spice Girls? Could either rumour be true? 
3. Why have I left all of this preparation so late?

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4. How am I going to get last year’s mud off my boots?
5. Thinking: Did I clean the tent after last year?
6. Realising: Nope.
7. Why can’t they just put the Underground Piano Bar on the map?

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8. Will my phone’s ‘low power mode’ actually use low power?
9. Which filter will make me look my best on Sunday nigt after three nights of no sleep?
10. Have I bought enough alcohol? I am there for basically a week…
11. More to the point, how the hell am I going to carry all of this to Somerset?
12. *repeats ‘Somerset’ in a thick West Country accent*
13. Maybe the weather people are wrong, how can they predict this far ahead anyway?
14. Thinking: CAN THIS BE TRUE?

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15. To be honest, a bit of rain would be better than scorching heat.
16. *remembers what it was like in 2016*
17. I TAKE IT BACK, I TAKE IT BACK. PLEASE DO NOT LET IT RAIN.
18. The queues are going to be a nightmare
19. Where on earth do you buy luggage labels these days?
20. How many tinnies is it acceptable to drink in the queue?

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21. Do not pack a playsuit, that is a stupid idea
22. Definitely find the halloumi cone stand, that is a good idea
23. I’m going to try that trick with the phone and the cool bag
24. How am I going to choose between Janelle Monáe and Christine And The Queens? 

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25. Realising that even though you’ll get to Worthy Farm at 8am, Pennard Hill will still be full
26. Did I pack my rain mac?
27. Remembering that nipping to Poundland is *not* an option once you’re there
28. Although, Co-op is this year 

29. Having nothing but respect for this guy:

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30. Dealing with #ticketpanic

31. Realising that day has come

32. Thinking: Did I even bring the tent home last year?
33. Realising: Nope.
34. Thinking: what the f**k is this blogger on? ⬇️

35. Asking: Who the f**k buys brings two tablespoons of Spanish paprika to Glasto?

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36. Agreeing wholeheartedly with Jake.

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37. I feel like I can smell the toilets already
38. This will be the year I make it to into the Rabbit Hole (but already knowing this will not happen)
39. Are the Greenpeace showers seriously worth a two-hour wait?
40. Shangri-La’s new Truth Stage is going to blow my tiny mind

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41. Maybe I’ll take a tightrope masterclass this year 
42. Who am I kidding, I will not get around to doing that.
43. Fear that your fave food stall is going to be inexplicably absent
44. (Pieminister, lukin at u)
45. Maybe this year I’ll finally make it to the Goan fish curry stand
46. Actually, is that a good idea?  
47. Is it too early to plan getting 2020 tickets? 

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Music - Glastonbury Festival 1971 - Worthy FarmTwo Glastonbury festival goers.
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Glastonbury Festival 1971 - Worthy FarmA woman taking a child for a walk at the Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton.
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Glastonbury Festival 1971 - Worthy FarmHitchhikers at the Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton.
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Ellis Cameron, 21 (L) and Iona Bruce, 21 from Scotland pose for a photograph as they arrive at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts site at Worthy Farm, in Pilton at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2013 near Glastonbury, England. Gates opened today at the Somerset diary farm that will be playing host to one of the largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Artic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons and the Rolling Stones. Tickets to the event which is now in its 43rd year sold out in minutes and that was before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to watch Marc Bolan, now attracts more than 175,000 people over five days. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A plastic pyramid shelters the dais and is surrounded by smaller tents of participants at Worthy farm, Pilton, for the Glastonbury festival. June 1971
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Rain clouds gather over the still being constructed Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts site at Worthy Farm, in Pilton on June 13, 2013 near Glastonbury, England. In a couple of weeks the diary farm in Somerset will be playing host to one of the largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Artic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons and the Rolling Stones. Tickets to the event which is now in its 43rd year sold out in minutes and that was before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to watch Marc Bolan, now attracts more than 175,000 people over five days.
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Three men dressed as priests walking in the Tent Field22 Jun 1971
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People sit in front of the newly erected tents at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts site at Worthy Farm, in Pilton at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2013 near Glastonbury, England. Gates opened today at the Somerset diary farm that will be playing host to one of the largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Artic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons and the Rolling Stones. Tickets to the event which is now in its 43rd year sold out in minutes and that was before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to watch Marc Bolan, now attracts more than 175,000 people over five days.
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Festivalgoer's dance beside the Pyramid stage on the second day of the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts near Glastonbury, southwest England on June 27, 2013.