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[Betsy]

arpner, on Aug 24 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

Having just returned from my 5th V festival this year in Staffs I was appalled at how this once pretty good festival has turned into just one huge money grabbing exercise.  It seems that all the promoters wish to do is extract every last piece of cash from you witout any real regard to the fact that all we want to do is enjoy the music.

examples.....  

What was with the excessive heavy handed searching actually going into the arena ?  We'd already been searched for glass bottles etc coming into the site ?  They were taking bottles of water and coke that my and my mates had literally just bought from the shop outside off us as we went in, why do they have to do this ?  Just plain money grabbing as obviously we have to re-buy the things when we get in.  Now I can understand them stopping you with a 6-pack but water?  ridiculous.....

Having bought a £5 bacon butty from one of the ridiculously overpriced stalls in one of the campsites I was amazed and shocked to overhear what I think was the owner of the stall complaining to another bloke that one of his staff had been putting 3 slices of bacon into the sarnies and not 2 like he was told....excuse me mate I've just paid a bloody fiver for this...I nearly had a go I tell you....
Theres seriously too many avearage, overpriced food stalls about, churning out garbage youd prob think twice about feeding to your dog....inside the arena theres some good ones but apart from that...well...

It was by far the most overcrowded Id ever seen it too...obviously selling more and more tickets each year and not increasing the capacity of the site in anyway....it took ages to get in between stages just through the sheer volume of people... I wonder if it will increase next year too ?

Plus it seems to be getting more and more full of chavs and idiots intent on being knobheads for the weekend, blind drunk and mashed making a nusiance of themselves inside the arena and in the campsite....

Is it just me on the points above ?  All I can say is thank god for The Killers.....they were fantastic sunday evening and really made the weekend.....

Unless the line up is downright amazing next year I'm off to Glastonbury again....even if it is 3 times as far from Manchester.......

Sadly, i have to agree. been going to V fest for 10 year and this year gutted me to see the way it has gone down hill. too crowded, too costly etc..
However, we also went to Alchemy, over in linconshire - same 2 hour drive from Lancashire - and was utterly impressed at the way that a festival should be put on.
it was Alchemys first year and they pretty much got everything right. Pub prices for beer, friendly stewards, good music and excellent like minded people.

i suggest that you give it a go for 2010. much smaller and definately much better. £60 for a full weekend ticket, easy parking, flat camping and not a 10 mile walk to anywhere!!
Give it a go, it may well restore your faith!!!  

[stephen07]

Get yourself to Leeds.

[rosepetals36]

decathalon, hikers drink bag, holds 2 litre filled with vodka n cranberry, down ma top instant boob job, that was the sunday i was hammered, plus when there was chill out time, union tent was awesome, straight to a cash bar and sat and got hammered whilst listenin to a some startin out bands....loved every min of v fest and cant wait for 2010's

[Squall Moogle]

xxtinkerbellxx, on Aug 25 2009, 02:43 PM, said:

Im done with moaning now. Its never going to change so if you dont like it then basically just dont go! I opened my eyes at Glasto and said i would never go 2 V again after this year and i still stick 2 that

Hehe, I'll have to bring up your posting next time you're on msn .

[xxtinkerbellxx]

Squall Moogle, on Jan 30 2010, 02:14 AM, said:

Hehe, I'll have to bring up your posting next time you're on msn .

Lol I know Im terrible. Its still not 100% were gonna go but looking likley. I was looking thru all my piccies from the past 5 years and remembered all the good memories I have there and just thought its not gonna be right if i dont go, i'll just be sitting at home all the weekend thinking about what im missing. Theres hardly any team orange going this year though, and thats whats made the crap music,bad organisation etc. bearable the last few years

[shoptildrop]

xxtinkerbellxx, on Jan 30 2010, 11:42 AM, said:

Theres hardly any team orange going this year though, and thats whats made the crap music,bad organisation etc. bearable the last few years

   eh since when?

[xxtinkerbellxx]

shoptildrop, on Jan 30 2010, 05:49 PM, said:

eh since when?

Its only you, andy,dawn and swansea lot. Andy,leseley,harry,paul,beki's lot, mark all not going

[Vacant0]

I'm jumping in to slate the commercialism...

Went with two mates in 2006 - one and only time I'm ever going - anyway...

It was £40 for a crate of 20 cans!

Instead of buying, we got a taxi to a supermarket in Telford and bought 4 crates (of 24 cans) between us which cost us about £25 each if I remember correctly (including the taxi fare) - if we'd bought 4 crates on site it would have cost the same amount as a bloody ticket. Ridiculous.

[rosepetals36]

Vacant0, on Jan 30 2010, 09:10 PM, said:

I'm jumping in to slate the commercialism...

Went with two mates in 2006 - one and only time I'm ever going - anyway...

It was £40 for a crate of 20 cans!

Instead of buying, we got a taxi to a supermarket in Telford and bought 4 crates (of 24 cans) between us which cost us about £25 each if I remember correctly (including the taxi fare) - if we'd bought 4 crates on site it would have cost the same amount as a bloody ticket. Ridiculous.

i dont know ne1 who buys the crate on site, buy your own before u go!

[indie-rocknroll]

Team Orange is growing though, there are lots of people who have joined over the year's that are still coming and we have 10 more new recruits.  We buy all our booze before we go and stick it down our oants, up tops etc... yes we did get caught last year which added to the fun as we had to drink 4 litres of wine at the gates Yaaaaay!!! I always nip back to the tne in the day for a drinkie poo's as well, not far too walk,

So stop bloody moaning, if you don't like V, don't fookin Go and stop at home and watch the highlights on TV.

I personally don't like Leeds but have never been on the forum to say that, Opinions are like arse holes everyone has one and some people act like them.

[shoptildrop]

xxtinkerbellxx, on Jan 30 2010, 08:36 PM, said:

Its only you, andy,dawn and swansea lot. Andy,leseley,harry,paul,beki's lot, mark all not going

yeah and that makes about 30 people u know? which is more than enough for a good camp! it's quality not quantity that makes it all good  
There was also alot of new faces last year that I believe are going again....... I'm not sure exactly what the concern is as only Feb by time V comes round there will be more than enough in Efest camp in orange.....

got a few things first before V so last thing on mind at mo as end of the season for me n Andy so certainly not worried about camp numbers now it will be absolutely fine

[shoptildrop]

indie-rocknroll, on Feb 1 2010, 11:39 AM, said:

Team Orange is growing though, there are lots of people who have joined over the year's that are still coming and we have 10 more new recruits.  We buy all our booze before we go and stick it down our oants, up tops etc... yes we did get caught last year which added to the fun as we had to drink 4 litres of wine at the gates Yaaaaay!!! I always nip back to the tne in the day for a drinkie poo's as well, not far too walk,

So stop bloody moaning, if you don't like V, don't fookin Go and stop at home and watch the highlights on TV.

I personally don't like Leeds but have never been on the forum to say that, Opinions are like arse holes everyone has one and some people act like them.

it will be fab with team orange  

[munch]

discoheaven, on Aug 26 2009, 08:55 AM, said:

This was my first experience of a festival and generally I wasn't too impressed.

Overall I enjoyed the music, got to see a tonne of people but more than anything the most disturbing aspect of the whole festival was how vile some of the people attending it were. Sh*tting in the showers? Leaving god knows what in the toilets? Pissing anywhere that took there fancy, including in crowds of people? Is this what all festivals are like?!?!

I can't actually count the amount of times I had drinks thrown over me, or had someone trying to molest me in the crowd. After the first day I stopped going near the front so I could prevent both of these things.

As for the food, it was pretty bad. I understand the cost of the pitches and the increased prices as a result but the quality was severely below par - i didnt eat much because it was all pretty foul - thank god for my jammy dodgers.

I found it surprisingly easy to get alcohol into the arena, i think I was only checked once. We stayed in blue, it wasn't terrible and the people around us were lovely.

I know it sounds like I had a crap time but I did enjoy most of the experience because of seeing the bands I liked etc I just think that certain aspects of the weekend could have been improved. There weren't enough toilets for example - well why not?

I don' think I will go back next year - I've experience it now and if I had to go through the festival exp again I would def go to another one with a better line up to make it worthwhile. There just seemed to be something lacking with V, and I'm still not sure what it is

Yeslove. This IS what all festivals are like.

[MilkyJoe]

discoheaven, on Aug 26 2009, 08:55 AM, said:

Is this what all festivals are like?!?!

I can't actually count the amount of times I had drinks thrown over me,

I'm afraid they were'nt drinks...

[staffsknot]

munch, on Feb 5 2010, 07:51 PM, said:

Yeslove. This IS what all festivals are like.

Na some of them are scary  
Let's be honest though not everyone is cut out to go to festivals and its best they find that out in the relatively friendly atmosphere of V than spend a load of money to have a mental breakdown on day 2 of Glasto when you find the toilet isn't spotless and your tent is technically now an ark!

[rosepetals36]

MilkyJoe, on Feb 6 2010, 08:18 AM, said:

I'm afraid they were'nt drinks...

when its cold ya fine, when it gets to the warm drinks......then oh dear!