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All reports on Twitter seem to be very positive.

No more than 50% full which made getting to see bands easy. We had a 4 person chalet for 2 of us - which is actually just the right size.

The bill felt really undercooked though. More than any other ATP I found lots of time to go to the beach, the cinema and Cambers pub and still see pretty much everything that was on. I guess it must be difficult for ATP when it's probably clear after the first month of ticket sales that they have another loss maker on their hands, but to charge £190 for that bill is taking the piss out of the people who have already bought tickets. They were a bit unlucky with DOOM pulling out which meant Tinariwen doing a 2 hour Sunday headline set. I like Tinariwen, but they are not a festival closer (I haven't seen as poorly attended Sunday headliner since Harmonia at the Pitchfork festival).

Security was great (again) - really laid back.

Thee Oh sees were immense last thing on Friday night.

Dark Dark Dark, The Juggs and Antibalas all very good.

And a word for the bloke who did Wuthering Heights at the karaoke - amazing stuff!

!!! were great (best dancing i've seen in a long time), as were tvotr. agree with the above though, it was noticeably quiet and there seemed to be a lot more downtime than usual. celebration were very good, the singer's voice is unbelievable. css were good too, the last song they played was hilarious.

the quiz was brilliant (as it always is!) and the guy who did wuthering heights at karaoke was amazing. loved the sonic basketball game in the arcade too and we had a great game of cricket on the grass. the beach was ridiculously windy and we ended up with sand everywhere.

pretty sad that it was probably my last atp, have had so much fun there over the years.

And I loved every minute of it. My 13th ATP and genuinely one of the best. Agree that charging the same price for a very small line up is a little cheeky but I loved how quiet it was, how friendly everyone was and how interesting the bands were. Made some awesome discoveries and did lots of chat with new people. Most of whom managed to fit in the awesome party chalet.

My 17th ATP, I think. Lots of upbeat, energetic bands. Loads of chalet parties. They had chairs and tables in the Queen Vic again. As others have said, it was very undersold - I heard that only 1/3 of the chalets were occupied and that certainly seemed to be the case wandering around - but since pretty much everyone there was friendly and up for a good time it didn't matter at all (and it also meant they didn't run out of beer, unlike last time).
The only minor downer was the Queen Vic closing at the ridiculously early hour of 2am (and the unnecessarily heavy-handed security forcing everyone immediately outside) but it wasn't really a problem due to all the aforementioned chalet parties.
Roll on June.

what is the capacity for these events at Camber?

its a been a while since ive been

but contemplated a veggie burger from the dodgy fast food place late on saturday night until i heard a bloke loudly say; "this is the place that gave me the shits last time". YUMMY! However, said bloke was in the queue behind me so it can't have been that bad. i had the chips from there last time and they were soggy and not particularly nice.

all my chalet mates loved the buddha bowls but the one i had gave me terrible indigestion. i am a food weakling though.

the drinks from the bar seemed pretty reasonably priced - carlsberg, carlsberg export and tetleys all on tap and there is a can bar at the back of the main stage bit with cans of stella, fosters, old speckled hen and john smiths for £2.50 a pop.

get some bread, butter and ready salted crisps. breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Anyone else amused/bemused that there's more jibber jabber about food options (and even the karaoke) than the actual bands who played?!

But to add to the food talk:

- there is a chippy just if you take a left out of the main gate. It's not great, but is less of a health and safety disaster zone than the food on site (Bhudda bowls excepted).
- and there is a pub on the walk to the the sands which fancies itself as a gasto pub. it's a bit overpriced for what you get, but it does do a pint of real ale.

Anyway, anyone see Death Grips? I was quite looking forward to it, but had to leave as it was a bit too much like being shouted at by a very angry man at a punishingly loud volume.

DOOM's slot, that was a missed opportunity, shame on you atp!

why has no one else commented on nic offer's boxer shorts and thrusting either?

death grips were amazing, i was completely hypnotised by it.

i thought the why? band were amazing but the nasal vocals became a bit much.

i am so disappointed in myself that i went to bed on friday and missed thee oh sees.

this was my most favourite ATP of all time. met so many brilliant people and had 1000% fun every day and nearly all night long. anyone go to the 121 chalet with the smoke machine/strobes/light rig? those were our next door neighbours so we never had to stray far!

sad i missed dose doing karaoke but glad i got to do it again (sang turn back time... again)

still trying to piece together my saturday night though... anybody know what i did?

I'm wondering whether it is likely to be any more (or less?) busy than the TVOTR one.

Would anyone like to pass comment on how the Curators were please, Were TVOTR any good? New stuff ? Old Stuff? Stupid pointless Ghostbusters cover?

!!! are always good value for money....id like a double headliner of !!! and the Rapture someday, 2 bands that are always great live

The Friday blast of Death Grips, De la Soul then Thee Oh Sees was easily the best opening night I've seen at an ATP. Spank Rock made me feel so filthy. !!! were loads of fun. TVOTR were reliably brilliant.

The beach was windy, the staff were great, the £2.50 cans of Old Speckled Hen a massive bargain at any festival. K Cider from the shop isn't that bad. The site is awful. The little girl that was with Tunde's crew was having a blast.

THE CLOUDDEAD REUNION!!!!!

A EMPTY P!