Me! Get in there!!!

Thanks for all the work you put into these, much appreciated.

Archer said:

Me! Get in there!!!

Well done Archer. Glad to see you're keen!

Aaahhh... beginning to get a tad excited - already!
Thanks matey and I hope you enjoyed the pint!
;o)
Smarty

Rats! Missed the first Comment This Year! Was Going for the Hatrick!

I love the Clashfinder and the Clashfinder loves me. FACT.

Hey Halvin. Nice to see things are up & running again for this year.

Not sure if this has been suggested before but I found last year that if I selected one particular gig then all appearances by that group/artist were highlighted rather than just the one I was really interested in seeing. Is there any way of switching this off?

Thanks mate & keep up the excellent work. I popped a link to here in the FAQ's a little while back in an effort to do a little mutual back scratching :o)

tort said:

Not sure if this has been suggested before but I found last year that if I selected one particular gig then all appearances by that group/artist were highlighted rather than just the one I was really interested in seeing. Is there any way of switching this off?

It was discussed last year and ended up with me saying 'that's how it should work so live with it' and then doing a u-turn and modifying the site anyway.

The control box in the top right has got a control that switches between 'Highlight One' and 'Highlight All' to highlight one or all occurrences of an act respectively.

How excellent to see you working up to a frenzy again this year, thank you in advance for your hoooge efforts for us all, cheers! x

YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! couldnt live without clashfinder!! big love xx

you guys make life sooooo much easier.

I fucking love you man

I tuned into this site a couple of years ago and it was like discovering a little goldmine. It's like an advent calendar to Glasto. Each time you check in it opens a little window revealing something new up until the big day. We really appreciate the work you put into this site. Thanks a bunch.

Starting to get a little excited!

The first Clashfinder is out - must be the start of summer! Thanks Halvin!

Yay!! It's "keep an eye on clashfinder" time Thanks for doing a great job, xx

Come on then, where's all the detail they announced half an hour ago!

Clashfinder is the best thing ever!

That's just ridiculous Halvin!

Wow, speedy!

Hmmm....I thought the info was a bit slow coming out this year.....Did they ask you to hold back this year pal?

First port of call Clashfinder to see where i will be on the weekend, Many many thanks for all th ehard work you put in well appreciated

You as star Halvin.

Still disappointing line up this year.

No Bodger and Badger!

A top effort most appreciated.
You bring joy and tears in equal measure, joy for knowing who is on where, tears as we realise all the bands we want to see are all on at the same time!

Wot! Dreadzone and Nick Lowe clashing! ARRRRRRRGHHHHH!

Are there plans to include all of the smaller stages, tents and fields in the clash finder? Avalon, The Hub, Club Henge, The Pussy Parlure, Club Dada, Theatre & Circus etc...? It looks like that's where a lot of the most interesting stuff will be happening so I'd love to know how it all fits in with the acts on the bigger stages.

Tim

Missing stages said:

Are there plans to include all of the smaller stages, tents and fields in the clash finder? Avalon, The Hub, Club Henge, The Pussy Parlure, Club Dada, Theatre & Circus etc...? It looks like that's where a lot of the most interesting stuff will be happening so I'd love to know how it all fits in with the acts on the bigger stages.

Tim

Yes, once I've got the running orders for those stages. For an idea of what to expect, look at the 2010 clashfinder at http://www.clashfindergeneral.co.uk/s/g2010/

Hi Hal, Excellent work as always! You're an institution!

Just a quick question, the 'customise your clashfinder' button doesn't seem to be do anything. I used it last year and it was a quality feature. Just wondered if you've taken this down or is it my computer? Tried the 2010 clashfinder as well and that didn't do anything either. Cheers, keep up the sterling work!

Michael Eavis Beard said:

Hi Hal, Excellent work as always! You're an institution!

Just a quick question, the 'customise your clashfinder' button doesn't seem to be do anything. I used it last year and it was a quality feature. Just wondered if you've taken this down or is it my computer? Tried the 2010 clashfinder as well and that didn't do anything either. Cheers, keep up the sterling work!

If you've got javascript enabled (if you're not sure then you probably do), the customise button will create a pop-up window with the settings in it. Your browser's probably blocking the pop-up. What browser are you using? Do you get any message about a blocked pop-up when you click the button?

I guess I should change the pop-up window to something else (because they're a horrible way of doing things) but I haven't got around to it yet.

halvin said:

If you've got javascript enabled (if you're not sure then you probably do), the customise button will create a pop-up window with the settings in it. Your browser's probably blocking the pop-up. What browser are you using? Do you get any message about a blocked pop-up when you click the button?

I guess I should change the pop-up window to something else (because they're a horrible way of doing things) but I haven't got around to it yet.

I'm using IE7. Tried at home and at work but no joy. No messages about blocked pop ups. Can't change any settings at work so will have to try again at home later. Cheers.

Michael Eavis\ Beard said:

I'm using IE7. Tried at home and at work but no joy. No messages about blocked pop ups. Can't change any settings at work so will have to try again at home later. Cheers.

I see the problem -- there's a bug in IE's javascript that was causing an error on the page. I've hopefully got it sorted now.

halvin said:

I see the problem -- there's a bug in IE's javascript that was causing an error on the page. I've hopefully got it sorted now.

Yeah it's working now. Cheers. Can't wait for the other stage time to be released now...

Chrome and landscape printing - if you print to a file (using PDF Creator, XPS Image Writer or similar) you can sometimes specify landscape page orientation. Then print the resultant PDF, XPS whatever on paper... landscape of course.

can't believe no one's linked to this on here yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSdQQi5TyI

Halvin upsets h!tler

CarsmileSteve said:

can't believe no one's linked to this on here yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSdQQi5TyI

Halvin upsets h!tler

Hehe yeah i thought of putting that on, bet you never thought you'd upset Adolf, Halvin

God i love you more than anything. Ill be there with my clashfinder this year!

CarsmileSteve said:

can't believe no one's linked to this on here yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSdQQi5TyI

Halvin upsets h!tler

After I'd put the film up, a mate said to me - people think you're being funny - they don't realize you mean it all and its a cry for help. He was right of course - Some people say Glastonbuty changes your life. I say Clashfinder changes your Glastonbury.

Let me join you in giving thanks, especially for stilling having 2008 on line - vital for getting the details of that Uber clash right - it still hurts, and I'm still hoping for a Hillage/Vega shift this year.

Just another thank you, last years Glasto oe was a life save, i took it out so many times and it now lives in my memories box!! Ha. Love all the highlighting/customisation and shizzle, didnt realise this was available. Cant wait to print it off, i know the festival's close when that happens.

thanks!

Hey man thanks for all your hard work. Like to buy you a pint this year if your going to there. Its very much appreciated.

Immense - Awesome - Unbelievable - Thx

I'm still holding out hope one of the secret Park slots is Bodger and Badger.

Keep up the good work.

I have some memory of last year, when highlighting all the acts i wanted to see, of them appearing in the address bar at the top. however this doesnt happen and when i link the saved page onto other sites, i.e facebook, it comes up blank. am i doing something stupidly wrong?

Superted said:

I have some memory of last year, when highlighting all the acts i wanted to see, of them appearing in the address bar at the top. however this doesnt happen and when i link the saved page onto other sites, i.e facebook, it comes up blank. am i doing something stupidly wrong?

I'm not sure what might be going wrong. It seems to be working like that for me.

What browser are you using? Are you clicking the Facebook button or copying the URL from the address bar? Does the address in the URL box in the Sharing section read the correct thing? What's your short UID? (You can find that in the sharing section.)

I've made a change so that, if you've recently saved or restored, the page address refers to your saved file rather than the individual highlights. The advantage of this is that, if you change your highlights, the link you posted will show the new highlights. An address pointing to a saved file will have "user=" towards the end.

halvin said:

I'm not sure what might be going wrong. It seems to be working like that for me.

What browser are you using? Are you clicking the Facebook button or copying the URL from the address bar? Does the address in the URL box in the Sharing section read the correct thing? What's your short UID? (You can find that in the sharing section.)

I've made a change so that, if you've recently saved or restored, the page address refers to your saved file rather than the individual highlights. The advantage of this is that, if you change your highlights, the link you posted will show the new highlights. An address pointing to a saved file will have "user=" towards the end.

I have tried both using the link to facebook and also manually copying the URL, however both seem to post a blank clashfinder onto my wall.

im using internet explorer at the moment

Superted said:

I have tried both using the link to facebook and also manually copying the URL, however both seem to post a blank clashfinder onto my wall.

im using internet explorer at the moment

It's working in IE8 for me. Can you post the URL here?

halvin said:

It's working in IE8 for me. Can you post the URL here?

Hope this works!
http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/#user=003284.if

Superted said:

Hope this works!
http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/#user=003284.if

That's linking correctly to your saved location but you've got a blank clashfinder saved.

Using IE8, if I highlight a few acts, I get this address: http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/#hl1=bellak(1),bennyt(1),ronit(1)

I click save and I get this address: http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/#user=004awp.dg

The URL box in the sharing section has this address: http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/user=004awp.dg&

All three of those addresses ought to give a clashfinder with the first three acts on PP highlighted. There might be a race condition with the first two where your saved clashfinder is auto-restored before the hashed highlights are restored but that wouldn't happen if you clicked the Facebook button or copied the URL from the sharing section.

What version of IE are you using? I know funny things have happened with IE7. I don't have an install of IE7 because Microsoft don't allow you to run multiple versions of IE.

Is it possible to get hold of a pdf of the FULL lineup as in previous years?

Thanks

Tracey said:

Is it possible to get hold of a pdf of the FULL lineup as in previous years?

Thanks

Yes, when the full line-up has been released.

halvin said:

That's linking correctly to your saved location but you've got a blank clashfinder saved.

Using IE8, if I highlight a few acts, I get this address: http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/#hl1=bellak(1),bennyt(1),ronit(1)

I click save and I get this address: http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/#user=004awp.dg

The URL box in the sharing section has this address: http://clashfinder.com/s/g2011/user=004awp.dg&

All three of those addresses ought to give a clashfinder with the first three acts on PP highlighted. There might be a race condition with the first two where your saved clashfinder is auto-restored before the hashed highlights are restored but that wouldn't happen if you clicked the Facebook button or copied the URL from the sharing section.

What version of IE are you using? I know funny things have happened with IE7. I don't have an install of IE7 because Microsoft don't allow you to run multiple versions of IE.

It is IE9? not sure if that is the problem but yeah i dont get any of those things in the url, it just goes straight into my saved lineup, which is always blank.

Superted said:

It is IE9? not sure if that is the problem but yeah i dont get any of those things in the url, it just goes straight into my saved lineup, which is always blank.

OK, I see the problem now. I'll find out what's causing it as soon as possible.

Superted said:

It is IE9? not sure if that is the problem but yeah i dont get any of those things in the url, it just goes straight into my saved lineup, which is always blank.

That should be sorted now.

I've got to say that I found the clashfinder page ran *really* slowly on IE9. I'm not sure if it's my setup or that IE can't handle all those act boxes, but Firefox, Chrome and Safari all cope much better.

Here's a link if you want to try Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/

halvin said:

That should be sorted now.

I've got to say that I found the clashfinder page ran *really* slowly on IE9. I'm not sure if it's my setup or that IE can't handle all those act boxes, but Firefox, Chrome and Safari all cope much better.

Here's a link if you want to try Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/

Cheers mate, Yeah Firefox seems to work much faster. thanks for your help!

Hi Halvin

Noticed your update about Orbital at Arcadia on Saturday. I believe Orbital are DJing (tracks from their new album!!!) from around 12.30am onwards. They definitely are not playing during the headline acts.

LusciousLucy said:

Hi Halvin

Noticed your update about Orbital at Arcadia on Saturday. I believe Orbital are DJing (tracks from their new album!!!) from around 12.30am onwards. They definitely are not playing during the headline acts.

Hey LL,

You're right, I've been told that on Facebook too (clicky: http://www.facebook.com/glastonburyclashfinder ). My reasoning for them being on at the same time as the headliners was that there'd be crowd control issues if they weren't on at the same time as the headliners. I guess there's not going to be such a problem because they're controlling the numbers of people going into the area.

... so that means it's going to be Chemical Brothers or Orbital, sadly.

Chems for me, I think.

Hi Halvin,
Love your work. I don't know if you've spotted the Bourbon Street bar line-up at Glastonbury here:

http://www.bourbonstreetjazzandblues.co.uk/

and with stage times:

http://www.bourbonstreetjazzandblues.co.uk/StageTimes.pdf

all the best.

MikeG said:

...I don't know if you've spotted the Bourbon Street bar line-up...

I hadn't but I've got it now.

Well done for providing all the relevant links. That's exactly how it should be done.

I've been using the clashfinder for years and love all the new features. How about a link so users can add their selections to their Google Calendar? The link is simply..

http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http://clashfinder.com/data/event/g2011.ical&user=XXXXXX

where XXXXXX is the user's ID

Chris said:

I've been using the clashfinder for years and love all the new features. How about a link so users can add their selections to their Google Calendar? The link is simply..

http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http://clashfinder.com/data/event/g2011.ical&user=XXXXXX

where XXXXXX is the user's ID

Good idea. I'll get that done.

halvin said:

Good idea. I'll get that done.

Nice one

Just used your XML data to create a mash-up to educate myself on some of the bands at Glastonbury (don't worry, it only downloads the XML once per hour) - http://projects.evilfox.co.uk/glasto2011bands/

Chris said:

I've been using the clashfinder for years and love all the new features. How about a link so users can add their selections to their Google Calendar? The link is simply..

http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http://clashfinder.com/data/event/g2011.ical&user=XXXXXX

where XXXXXX is the user's ID

That's not working, unfortunately. Google misses the user=xxxxxx.xx bit because it's not expecting an extra parameter to an iCal file. Escaping the ampersand hasn't worked.

Chris said:

Nice one

Just used your XML data to create a mash-up to educate myself on some of the bands at Glastonbury (don't worry, it only downloads the XML once per hour) - http://projects.evilfox.co.uk/glasto2011bands/

If you change /event/ to /eventupdate/ in the URL you're using to retrieve the data, you'll just get the last modified date (in GMT) and you'll know whether you then need to reload the full data set.

Example:
http://clashfinder.com/data/eventupdate/g2011.xml

halvin said:

That's not working, unfortunately. Google misses the user=xxxxxx.xx bit because it's not expecting an extra parameter to an iCal file. Escaping the ampersand hasn't worked.

It works if you use a URL compressor on the second part of the URL (after cid=). E.g. http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http://goo.gl/XXX
A little bit of scripting would be needed to convert the URL on the fly. E.g. http://scripting.com/stories/2007/06/27/tinyurlHasAnApi.html
The Google Calendar view doesn't seem to be 'live' though - it didn't change when I added some new acts. I suspect Google is caching the ical file.

Gareth said:

It works if you use a URL compressor on the second part of the URL (after cid=). E.g. http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http://goo.gl/XXX
A little bit of scripting would be needed to convert the URL on the fly. E.g. http://scripting.com/stories/2007/06/27/tinyurlHasAnApi.html
The Google Calendar view doesn't seem to be 'live' though - it didn't change when I added some new acts. I suspect Google is caching the ical file.

It looks like it works if you replace the ampersands with %26. I could have sworn that didn't work before. For some reason, google's unable to get the event name that way but the highlighted acts appear.

I'm out of the country at the moment and ftp doesn't seem to be working for me. I'll upload the change when I get home.

Arcadia line up times for you Halvin

http://www.glastoearth.com/news/2011/arcadiaglastonbury2011

Oh hey, looks like the official (free) iPhone app might have proper times/listings in but I only have a first gen itouch and it needs ios4 to run...

Obv I want Actual Clashfinder on Actual bits of paper anyway, but thought it might be useful for more detail?

CarsmileSteve said:

Oh hey, looks like the official (free) iPhone app might have proper times/listings in but I only have a first gen itouch and it needs ios4 to run...

Obv I want Actual Clashfinder on Actual bits of paper anyway, but thought it might be useful for more detail?

The Orange app will have the times but doesn't have them yet. I expect I'll get them around the same time as Orange are allowed to release them.

Croissant Neuf line up can be found at: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/the-green-fields/the-croissant-neuf-field

Archie said:

Croissant Neuf line up can be found at: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/the-green-fields/the-croissant-neuf-field

I've been told about that already, I just haven't got around to doing it yet. I'll include it soon.

Thanks for the info.

Will you be putting the times up for Reverend Sharkeys/NYC Download/London Underground?

Ash smash said:

Will you be putting the times up for Reverend Sharkeys/NYC Download/London Underground?

Yes. Probably early next week.

great work, as ever
orange glasto app now says official times for all stages will be released on the 13th.
as most people say, I'll buy you a pint if you wear some kind of huge sign that says halvin on it...

audiomatte said:

great work, as ever
orange glasto app now says official times for all stages will be released on the 13th.
as most people say, I'll buy you a pint if you wear some kind of huge sign that says halvin on it...

They're not supposed to have said that. Basically, we've entered the period where I'm not allowed to tell you anything.

Keep an eye out for updates early next week.

Full line-up + times just announced! http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster/

Was just about to say that

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster/

If customise the clashfinder to remove some of the stages - when I click the button to confirm my changes the popup disappears but the clashfinder does not return

_ said:

If customise the clashfinder to remove some of the stages - when I click the button to confirm my changes the popup disappears but the clashfinder does not return

What browser are you using? I've just tried it and it worked for me.

What's the address of the clashfinder page after you've clicked the submit button in the customise popup?

I've cleared it and started again. Just customising the stages worked this time. But then I highlighted a few bands and customised again and it wouldn't load.

But I cleared it again and then couldn't reproduce the problem.

I'm on Firefox 3.6.10. I'll let you know if it happens again, working for now.

Amazing amazing thank you for every year!

the bands names are not printing, the box is empty, I have got background printing on and have used firefox and internet explorer, any help appreciated

When will the pdf be updated to reflect to full line up? My work computer can't cope with the site otherwise, and i'm desperate to do damage with a highlighter....

Tricky ricky said:

When will the pdf be updated to reflect to full line up? My work computer can't cope with the site otherwise, and i'm desperate to do damage with a highlighter....

It has been updated -- it's Rev K now. I expect your browser is serving up a cached version. Try shutting down your browser and starting again.

Hi Halvin,

just noticed that Safari does not seem to be printing properly. only comes up with two blank pages. Worked fine last year. (have print backgrounds checked)

Firefox seems to be working ok.

I will try seeing if there is something up with my settings but seems correct at the moment.

Thanks for the hard work!!

James

James said:

Hi Halvin,

just noticed that Safari does not seem to be printing properly. only comes up with two blank pages. Worked fine last year. (have print backgrounds checked)

Firefox seems to be working ok.

I will try seeing if there is something up with my settings but seems correct at the moment.

Thanks for the hard work!!

James

I know, Chrome and Safari aren't working this year (not that Chrome's ever printed properly). It's not anything that I've done to the site so it must be the browsers.

When do you recon one thats near bang on will be on as I'm off there on Sunday to help out

Dear Sir Halvin,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making it so much easier for me to decide who to see at Glasto.

I bloody love you!

Not sure if you know, but full V Festival lineup has been announced, would love go choose my clashes asap too excited, already worked out Reading thank you, legends!

Josh said:

Not sure if you know, but full V Festival lineup has been announced, would love go choose my clashes asap too excited, already worked out Reading thank you, legends!

These have been set up today, not by me:
http://clashfinder.com/s/vfestival2011/
http://clashfinder.com/s/vstd2011/

Thanks for all your hard work this guide is invaluable, I have spotted a change which you may like to know of, Ren Havieu due to play introducing stage 14.15 saturday has been replaced by a DJ set after she had a accident.

if anyone's interested in some glasto mappy things, I've made a gridded map, a stage guide with grid refs for most stages, and a distance index so you can get an idea of how far it is between stages. nice accompaniment to halvin's incredible work
get the PDFs (in a ZIP file) here: https://www.yousendit.com/download/UnlBc2ZBNDRFd2RjR0E9PQ
ridiculously excited now. we'll be there in 3 days

audiomatte said:

if anyone's interested in some glasto mappy things, I've made a gridded map, a stage guide with grid refs for most stages, and a distance index so you can get an idea of how far it is between stages. nice accompaniment to halvin's incredible work
get the PDFs (in a ZIP file) here: https://www.yousendit.com/download/UnlBc2ZBNDRFd2RjR0E9PQ
ridiculously excited now. we'll be there in 3 days

That's brilliant! I was considering doing something similar myself but you've saved me the trouble.

On suggestion: you've coloured the x & y references on the map, it'd be useful to colour them the same on the stage key so you know which is which.

great idea! updated version here... https://www.yousendit.com/download/UnlBc2ZPUzdqV0N4dnc9PQ
enjoy! blimey it's almost monday
hope everyone has a cracking festival!

has the clashfinder changed from yesterday circa 11am? Its just that it didnt say "Have at it" at the time and i dont have access to reprint today!!!

bunter said:

has the clashfinder changed from yesterday circa 11am? Its just that it didnt say "Have at it" at the time and i dont have access to reprint today!!!

Very minor changes. If you were planning on going to see Gonjasufi or Ren Harvieu, they're now not playing. Otherwise don't worry about it, bunter.

Hi Halvin,

There have been a fair few changes made recently to the line ups page. Are you using change detection to pick them up?

http://www.changedetection.com/log/uk/co/glastonburyfestivals/line-up-poster_log.html

Freeak said:

Hi Halvin,

There have been a fair few changes made recently to the line ups page. Are you using change detection to pick them up?

http://www.changedetection.com/log/uk/co/glastonburyfestivals/line-up-poster_log.html

Well found, freeak. I've done a ninja-edit of the clashfinder.

Hopefully that's the last (I'm sure it won't be).

halvin said:

Well found, freeak. I've done a ninja-edit of the clashfinder.

Hopefully that's the last (I'm sure it won't be).

The change detection website is great, im using it to monitor the lineups of a Wireless and Sziget festivals too.

halvin said:

Very minor changes. If you were planning on going to see Gonjasufi or Ren Harvieu, they're now not playing. Otherwise don't worry about it, bunter.

sweet as a nut mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys,

Just a note to say that the google calendar export is set at GMT +0 instead of GMT +1 (British Summer Time with Daylight Saving).

As such all my events appear an hour late!

Is this easily fixed?

Thanks for all your hard work!

Andy said:

Hey guys,

Just a note to say that the google calendar export is set at GMT +0 instead of GMT +1 (British Summer Time with Daylight Saving).

As such all my events appear an hour late!

Is this easily fixed?

Thanks for all your hard work!

Oh arse. I thought I'd sorted that out. I'll try to sort that out tomorrow if I get a chance.

Andy said:

Hey guys,

Just a note to say that the google calendar export is set at GMT +0 instead of GMT +1 (British Summer Time with Daylight Saving).

As such all my events appear an hour late!

Is this easily fixed?

Thanks for all your hard work!

That should be sorted now. It looks like Google Calendar caches the imported calendar, even if you remove and re-add it. I'm not sure how you get around that one.

halvin said:

That should be sorted now. It looks like Google Calendar caches the imported calendar, even if you remove and re-add it. I'm not sure how you get around that one.

Thanks! Just checked and its all sorted now. Thanks for your help and enjoy the festival!

Thanks so much for all your hard work on this. Made the planning of each day so much easier. Cheers!

This is really excellent work, thanks was a great help at Glastonbury.