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I got two as well.
Bloody Hell, with booking fees and postage it came to £137.
And I haven’t bought parking (at £15) yet. Nor insurance.
Seems incredible to charge extra for parking, bearing in mind that we are going to the festival anyway. It’s not like we’re going shopping elsewhere.
I bought a parking ticket, £15. But I thought at first as parking option said “ Parking day and night” I would be able to drive home the following day. But I have a feeling that might not be an option.When I got the ticket purchase confirmation the section about parking just says “Day”. So I get the feeling I have to drive out of the site at the end of the night, not sleep in my car til I’ve sobered up the next morning. Gonna have to phone the helpline about this. £152 for 2 tickets, parking pass and admin fees ( booking and shipment fess PER ticket and so on, jeez).
Parking is for a “ Day and night” ticket. Doesn’t mean I can park day and through the night til next day. I was rushing through it all in my break at work.
Oh and haven’t looked into insurance for parking yet!
It really annoys me that they have all these hidden costs. I would much rather that they incorporate the non-negotiable booking fees in the cost of the ticket.
It’s quite frustrating when booking tickets for mates and you tell them it’ll cost £60, then by the time you get to check out, it’s gone up to £75. You either have to try to get hold of friends (which isn’t always easy when you’re sitting in a queue desperate to get tickets before they sell out) or agree to all the extra charges and hope your friends are amenable to the extra charges.
I know that people expect a booking fee, but this Bluedot experience seemed to be taking the piss with extras (both optional and non-negotiable). They give you all sorts of options (pages of the stuff) of paying for additional stuff, that didn’t help when you’re trying to check out as quickly as possible. I skipped over a hell of a lot of things. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything important.
Everything could be avoided if they added at least the booking fee (and possibly the postage) in the ticket price.
the rest of the line up is terrible.....seen the go! team before and enjoyed them
just been watching vidoes of the rest of the line up on youtube....could be a long day
i hate wallace and grommit too
lee wrote:
i hate wallace and grommit too
Yeah but Feathers McGraw, the villainous Penguin lodger, in the Wrong Trousers episode is ace.
I booked a ticket in early evening. At this time of posting this, still available online.
For me, Sunday lineup of Bluedot is not only the best of the Jodrell Bank weekend but also one of the strongest of this year’s festive season — among the small/medium-sized festivals, at least. John Grant is an already established singer/songwriter for some time. I saw Anna Calvi and Gogo Penguin at Festival No.6 last year, and both very, very good. In particular, I was blown away by Calvi’s intense and possessed performance — definitely a force to be reckoned with. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.
Blue Dot is a joke, I ain't going on principle - Amateurs!
See you all at Bristol and Portsmouth :-)
Baggie Boiler wrote: Blue Dot is a joke, I ain't going on principle - Amateurs!
See you all at Bristol and Portsmouth :-)
Bluedot has garnered a good reputation for the last couple of years as a themed music festival (i.e. science and technology).
However, being a festival headliner, New Order may well be given a shorter time to play a truncated set, 90 mins or so (along with the Victorious in Portsmouth). If anybody is solely interested in New Order’s performance, maybe you’d better be advised to go to Bristol, where they are expected to play the usual two-hour set.
lee wrote: Hopefully they don't play any joy division then
Ahh, I long for the days when New Order would just play New Order tracks.
It was great in 1998 when they first started playing JD but, ever since, they’ve fallen into the trap of playing them at pretty much every gig.
Barney’s voice doesn’t really suit the songs and I can do without the ‘come on!’ whoops...
Also, much as I love JD (and I really, really do), it’s New Order all the way for me. No bloody question.
Playing four JD tracks per gig eats into the number of NO tracks to be played; tracks that the band could use to revisit some rarely heard classics (Everything’s Gone Green and Hurt, for instance).
Oh yeah that’s a point, that it may well be a shorter set as it’s a festival. Bugger. Hadn’t thought of that. Still, am looking forward to the day and evening.
As regards the JD songs, to be fair Barney has cut out the whoops now in songs like LWTUA. Someone maybe had a word with him. Just a couple of JD songs live at NO gigs I’m ok with, maybe Atmosphere and Decades but no more than that
Tickets arrived in the post this morn![[:)]](/emoticons/smile.gif){kind=small}
Ticket info says something about Bluedot is a cashless festival and you have to pre-register for a wristband which enables you to pay for drinks, food and check in at talks etc at the festival? You register and "top up funds" enabling you to purchase "extras" at the festival? I guess you are given some sort of electronic wristband on entry and its synced to your "top up funds"? Haven't quite got my head round it yet, will have to phone the helpline.
The wristband thing explained here https://www.discoverthebluedot.com/connect
Yep - mine arrived this morning too. Just went to pick them up from the Post Office a few minutes ago, as I was out when they arrived yesterday (recorded delivery so needed a signature).
The 'cashless' thing confused me too. I wonder if they'll also accept other forms of cashless payment (cards, Apple Pay etc.). Will give the documentation thing a bit of a read and see if I can get my old head around it.
perspexorange wrote: Yep - mine arrived this morning too. Just went to pick them up from the Post Office a few minutes ago, as I was out when they arrived yesterday (recorded delivery so needed a signature).
The 'cashless' thing confused me too. I wonder if they'll also accept other forms of cashless payment (cards, Apple Pay etc.). Will give the documentation thing a bit of a read and see if I can get my old head around it.
They seem quite adamant and final that the only form of payment accepted at the festival is their wristband thing.Got my head around it a bit more now.It is actually fairly simple.I guess you have to estimate how much you're going to spend and top up the funds accordingly though there will obviously be top up points around the festival.And obviously you can get refunded on funds you don't use.In theory the wristband idea should cut out time queuing at the bar, right? No exchanging of cash/waiting for your change etc.
Though i haven't as yet registered my ticket number for the wristband/topped up funds.Will do it nearer the time.Hopefully the website cab handle thousands of people registering and topping up funds as the time gets nearer to the weekend.What could possibly go wrong eh?
IT would be nice if they'd release the drink (and food i suppose) prices so we'd have a rough idea how much to top up
lee wrote: IT would be nice if they'd release the drink (and food i suppose) prices so we'd have a rough idea how much to top up
That's a good point.I might try phoning and asking.
The ticketing arrangements are a joke, I aint going on principle.
Disgruntled Baggie Boiler !
Fotzepolitic wrote:
lee wrote: IT would be nice if they'd release the drink (and food i suppose) prices so we'd have a rough idea how much to top up
That's a good point.I might try phoning and asking.
I asked on twitter but they didn't reply
My coach sets off from macclesfied at 1115 am
Going to be a long day i'm wishing i didn't buy a ticket if i'm honest
So remember how this was the only pro footage that emerged from 2013's Jodrell Bank gig:
Well BlueDot have just stuck 9 mins of Temptation on their twitter:
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Thanks for this. I think this was originally posted on their Twitter back in mid-May, but it's nice to see it again. Makes me excited for two weeks on Sunday.
think there's a pro shot lwtua on their twitter too
there's definately another jd song not sure what
Is the Lovell telescope out of action at the moment? Caught a bit of BBC Breakfast live from Jodrell Bank this morning and the big dish is kind of just lying on its back.Think I read something a while back that it won’t be operating during Bluedot. So if not, I’m guessing there’ll be no visuals projected on to it like there was in 2013? Bit disappointing if this is correct.
Fotzepolitic wrote: Is the Lovell telescope out of action at the moment? Caught a bit of BBC Breakfast live from Jodrell Bank this morning and the big dish is kind of just lying on its back.Think I read something a while back that it won’t be operating during Bluedot. So if not, I’m guessing there’ll be no visuals projected on to it like there was in 2013? Bit disappointing if this is correct.
Think you're right. Weather's gonna be crap too, I hear. Chemical Brothers played last year and the dish was defo on it's back - Jodrell bank said the dish was undergoing maintenenace or something. Can that still be the case a year later?? The Chems got their visuals guys to project on to the base of the dish, which may sound crap. But hit play and take a look at this (not from the Chems):
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Fotzepolitic wrote: Is the Lovell telescope out of action at the moment? Caught a bit of BBC Breakfast live from Jodrell Bank this morning and the big dish is kind of just lying on its back.Think I read something a while back that it won’t be operating during Bluedot. So if not, I’m guessing there’ll be no visuals projected on to it like there was in 2013? Bit disappointing if this is correct.
See my post #10 on page 1 on this thread![[:|]](/emoticons/ohwell.gif){kind=small}
for the last couple of years they've projected onto the satalitte in that position.....doesn't look anywhere near as good and also isn't related to the band playing like it used to be
i can't say i'm looking forward to sunday at all....mud,crap line up,a stagment set list and 5 jd songs
Weather forecast is dryer for Sunday which is the only day I’m going for. However, 2 days of rain will have turned the site into a mud bath by then. Not overly excited about seeing NO this time.After last weekend’s madness and insanity at Noisily festival in the woods in Leicestershire ( and partaking of a , ahem, certain psychedelic drug) Bluedot will probably seem very sane and safe. And the Lovell dish is out of action. Ah well, I’ve paid for the ticket now.
Fotzepolitic wrote: Weather forecast is dryer for Sunday which is the only day I’m going for. However, 2 days of rain will have turned the site into a mud bath by then. Not overly excited about seeing NO this time.After last weekend’s madness and insanity at Noisily festival in the woods in Leicestershire ( and partaking of a , ahem, certain psychedelic drug) Bluedot will probably seem very sane and safe. And the Lovell dish is out of action. Ah well, I’ve paid for the ticket now.
It's already a mud bath i've seen some photo's on twitter
I've booked a return coach from macc but it sets off at 11.15 and i don't fancy a full day there so i've spent another £30 on a one way taxi to get there about 6
Why didn't i just book benidorm!!
I'm going to play it by ear. I'm only going Sunday, so will see what things are like that morning. I have a friend there for the whole weekend and she's giving me regular weather updates (currently a 'filth pit'; her words).
If it's still just as bad by Sunday morning (very likely), I'll get pissed in Manchester instead (which is where I'm staying).
I gave up getting soaked through, muddy and miserable in my 20s. Can't be arsed with that nonsense in my late 40s.
