TheFreakerFantastic said:

Harveya, do you live nearby too?

Yep. I'm in Faversham

Does anyone have any inside info on how many tickets have sold?

SquirrelMeat said:

Does anyone have any inside info on how many tickets have sold?

35

It's 3pm on Monday 23rd and I just bought tickets direct with no problem.

Sod the train, I'm driving from near Stamford. It's gonna be quiet on the roads afterwards for a change.

Let's hope someone like Jamie Lidell decides/is invited to come and play

Bit old for festivals, but think I may wear a smoking jacket and cravat just to counteract the sheep shiza !

[Edited 5/23/11 6:59am]

unique said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Does anyone have any inside info on how many tickets have sold?

35

I think your being a tad optimistic there mate

onecrush said:

unique said:

35

I think your being a tad optimistic there mate

Make that 37, I just bought two.

Got my ticket!
See you all there

Just hope they can get someone better than Beverly Knight for support!

Just got mine , now to try and get a B&B!!! Bit too creaky for the camping lark!!!

onecrush said:

unique said:

35

I think your being a tad optimistic there mate

i take it you're going? concert number what?

Ellie said:

We're all getting too old too soon these days. I don't know anyone over 25 who is ever willing to camp at a festival. Apart from one girl I work with who is 25 and still goes on holiday and stays in hostels.

Fuck that - I'm nearly 30, earn my own money and have no dependants. If I'm going anywhere I need a bed, my own shower and electricity. Preferably free wireless internet too.

I'm 40 and I had a brilliant time at my first ever Glastonbury last year. I don't know why so many feel its a chore. Sure I didn't sleep very well in a tent, I just partied most of the night instead.

Usually, I'm Mr 5* hotels only, but slumming it was a good laugh!

Seems like 30 is the new 40. I'm over my midlife worries!

.

unique said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Does anyone have any inside info on how many tickets have sold?

35

Crowd surfing is out then.

Return Coach travel from London Kings Cross, London Waterloo and Brighton for Sunday Day Ticket Holders

When: 3rd July 2011 Where: Sunday Day Return
Return Coach from: £24
Tickets On Sale: NOW

Big Green Coach is the official travel provider to Hop Farm Festival 2011. We are providing a direct return coach service from London Kings Cross, London Waterloo and Brighton straight to the heart of Hop Farm Festival for Sunday Day Ticket Holders!

http://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/index.php/product/affview/hopfarmfestivalsun/

I enjoy reading the conversations and planning going on here! I'm so excited for you all. Much better planning and excited conversation here amongst orgers than when Prince was doing the States. Enjoy your time and time with Purple One you guys

SquirrelMeat said:

unique said:

35

Crowd surfing is out then.

not for me. it only takes about 20 people to carry me. 25 after chinese takeaway

ecstasy said:

I enjoy reading the conversations and planning going on here! I'm so excited for you all. Much better planning and excited conversation here amongst orgers than when Prince was doing the States. Enjoy your time and time with Purple One you guys

Thanks ecstasy, it is fun, I think its also that its his first real festival here in the UK, so lets hope it all goes ahead! The other exciting thing for me is that it's only 30 minutes from where I live.

Have you been to any of the 21 Night shows?

SquirrelMeat said:

unique said:

35

Crowd surfing is out then.

prince can try if he likes..

"so lets hope it all goes ahead!"

Isnt it funny with a Prince concert, even with a ticket in hand you are still not actually expecting to see him until he has walked on stage. I think with the fallout with the Croke Park aftermath etc, he will do this one. But hey we all know...lighting can certainly strike in the same place twice.

GoldiesParade said:

"so lets hope it all goes ahead!"

Isnt it funny with a Prince concert, even with a ticket in hand you are still not actually expecting to see him until he has walked on stage. I think with the fallout with the Croke Park aftermath etc, he will do this one. But hey we all know...lighting can certainly strike in the same place twice.

Yes it is! But I don't want to tempt fate on this one, its a cool idea to play a festival and its so close to where I am its exciting.

thegranddesign said:

Return Coach travel from London Kings Cross, London Waterloo and Brighton for Sunday Day Ticket Holders

When: 3rd July 2011 Where: Sunday Day Return
Return Coach from: £24
Tickets On Sale: NOW

Big Green Coach is the official travel provider to Hop Farm Festival 2011. We are providing a direct return coach service from London Kings Cross, London Waterloo and Brighton straight to the heart of Hop Farm Festival for Sunday Day Ticket Holders!

http://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/index.php/product/affview/hopfarmfestivalsun/

Great thanks for the link! : ) Do you know what time it is picking up and going back to london?

Got tickets for my sister and I after some deliberation. Not sure how I feel about seeing him at a big festival. Bit spoiled after all the 21 nights aftershows but I figured it'll be a nice, hits filled warm up before North Sea Jazz. And a weekend in/around London is always a good laugh.

Still hope more UK dates are on the way too and they announce the other acts soon.

joker said:

Got my ticket!
See you all there

Just hope they can get someone better than Beverly Knight for support!

I hope your username sums up your comment!!

She was on Twitter earlier saying that NOTHING will stop her from being there on the 3rd. Whether she is to perform or not she didn't say...

SquirrelMeat said:

Ellie said:

We're all getting too old too soon these days. I don't know anyone over 25 who is ever willing to camp at a festival. Apart from one girl I work with who is 25 and still goes on holiday and stays in hostels.

Fuck that - I'm nearly 30, earn my own money and have no dependants. If I'm going anywhere I need a bed, my own shower and electricity. Preferably free wireless internet too.

I'm 40 and I had a brilliant time at my first ever Glastonbury last year. I don't know why so many feel its a chore. Sure I didn't sleep very well in a tent, I just partied most of the night instead.

Usually, I'm Mr 5* hotels only, but slumming it was a good laugh!

Seems like 30 is the new 40. I'm over my midlife worries!

.

I turn 52 on the 3rd of July, what a Birthday treat!! My first ever Glastonbury this year, the week before, so just hope I can face another field! I'm expecting Prince's rendition of Happy Birthday, but won't hold my breath!

I hope everyone who goes has fun (if he turns up), but the only time I've seen Prince somewhere where you don't get a reserved seat, which was Wembley Stadium, I really didn't think much of it at all. Wembley Arena, The fantastic O2, Earls Court, Hammersmith were all great and you didn't have to fight for a good view!

ladymisskat said:

catpark said:

Veej said: The coach return ticket is cheap but im afraid theres gonna be traffic going up there and what if Prince is still performing after 11:30? In Arras i think he didn't get off until midnight or quarter to 12 if i can remember, someone can clarify me on this, but i know it was late. I was thinking more catching the train from Victoria station....but can't think what to do afterwards yet! If the curfew at hop farm is 11pm then the coach will be great for the return back to London.

I wonder if it's an option to get a taxi back? Do you think would be more than £25-30 if there were a few sharing? OMG Cat. I RAN from Arras to the train station, I thought I was going to die, my life literally flashed before my eyes and I nearly gave up running saying to my friends really dramatically 'just leave me, save yourselves' before arriving at the train station and standing on the train for an age waiting for everyone to get there. What a loser I am! LOL!

LOL...Arras was hard work! I remember we pushed our way near the front and we was so hot and squashed and with all the waiting I felt ill, I was getting more and more dizzy i could feel my legs trembling from under me and kept looking up int the sky for air, I turned to Pepper7 saying I dont think I'm gonna make it I think im gonna faint, the horror on her face but then Larry came on stage and everyone pushed forward I suddenly felt ok.

We missed quite a few trains back and had to stay in Lille for the night, Lille was nice.

I vowed I will never see Prince in a place like that again, seated only...I must be off my rocker or just plain gullible to be doing this again, but here we are

Sharing a taxi home is a good idea.

drgoldsmoke said:

Who's getting the coach from Kings Cross?!

I think that's the plan.

astrok said:

I hope everyone who goes has fun (if he turns up), but the only time I've seen Prince somewhere where you don't get a reserved seat, which was Wembley Stadium, I really didn't think much of it at all. Wembley Arena, The fantastic O2, Earls Court, Hammersmith were all great and you didn't have to fight for a good view!

What a miserable piece of detritus.

astrok said:

I hope everyone who goes has fun (if he turns up), but the only time I've seen Prince somewhere where you don't get a reserved seat, which was Wembley Stadium, I really didn't think much of it at all. Wembley Arena, The fantastic O2, Earls Court, Hammersmith were all great and you didn't have to fight for a good view!

I agree, I saw him 1992 at Wembley Stadium but all I mostly could see was the back of people's heads. The only way I could see the stage was to jump.

And we had been standing for 8 hours!

I've seen other bands at similar gigs nearer the front and it IS a fight as you think you've got a good view between 2 people's heads then someone taller steps infront of you and you're desperately trying to see the stage again!

swdee said:

I agree, I saw him 1992 at Wembley Stadium but all I mostly could see was the back of people's heads. The only way I could see the stage was to jump.

And we had been standing for 8 hours!

Wembley stadium was my first Prince gig and my last standing in a stadium gig. The worst thing about it was the 8 hours of Thunder and the Coca Cola advert playing on a loop! That day killed Thunder for me .

I'm going to Hop Farm though, how can I not?