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[Leeds_Brett]

Paul ™, on Apr 1 2010, 06:28 PM, said:

Bribe the security..

in 2008 I left about 6 on the Sunday (Killers didnt appeal to me) and I walked past security and about 4 lads, I didnt catch all the conversation but the end of it went something like

Guy: Is there anything you can do?
Security: tell you want give us £50 each and we will (there was 3 of them) get you into the arena for the last 3 bands.
Guy turns to friends: lads £50 quick and we can get in.

And I didnt hear any more. Im guessing some of the security have a price.

[robsadler]

i don't think it is a good idea to be honest.
i sneaked into reading on saturday and sunday in 2000 but security looks much tighter these days and i was heavily drunk and severely skint at the time.
tickets are still on sale i believe so just buy some!

[Lewis2804]

Hart Attack, on Apr 2 2010, 01:37 PM, said:

I thought of that too. You could probably make a fair amount of money by buying two tickets and getting two wristbands, but having one loose enough to slip off. Charge £20 or so each time for someone to borrow your second wristband just long enough to get in, then they take it off and give it back so you can go back out and let more people use it to get in.

This is what i done last year at newquay's festival boardmasters. We thought we'd go for the day see what it was like as you could buy on the door for a day ticket. but a few northern blokes (looked right dodgy) offered to get us in for a tenner less, all worked out fine so it does work yes (Y)

[dakyras]

Toyney, on Apr 1 2010, 03:19 PM, said:

I was in the eviction tent, and I assure you, no frigger gets in the arena. I'm sure there's people who hang around like recluses in the camp site who only get day tickets and get away with it by staying in one place, but wheres the fun in that.

As soon as you start moving, someone will notice your band is wrong, there's people hired/volunteered to do so. Then you're out, picture taken. Bye bye.

I'd just like to call bollocks on this post.

The people who check the wristbands aren't highly paid security specialists. I have a group of friends who haven't bought tickets since 2005. Get to see all the bands they want to. Saying no one gets in the arena is just a load of bullshit.

[silencio]

i know a lad who didn't get a ticket, went up to leeds on i think the thursday night, showed his wrist full of old festival bands and got in fine.. i guess it was a case of him looking unwashed and confident. he still just stayed in the campsite for the whole weekend though. how dull...

[moz4pm]

rivalschools.price, on Apr 2 2010, 01:16 PM, said:

not condoning such behaviour,but what if he has two mates inside the arena,one of them takes his weekend/sunday off and gives it to the other one who then takes it outside and gives it to the one without a ticket,they then all meet in the arena and only the ones with the wristbands on go to the bar. surely no one is going through the arena to check if people are wearing wristbands(are they?)
obviously i'm in the 'i've stumped up for a ticket so should you' camp,i'm just putting the theory out there.is there a flaw?

I did this for my friend last year. He had a sunday ticket but really wanted to see radiohead at leeds so we used my loose wristband to get him into the arena on the saturday

[cheeseisamazing]

huy guys
I am the origonal poster.

i'm digging the fact this is my 3rd post thats pissed people off. anyway heres my reply.

1. This is my mate. i have a ticket, a early bird coach tiket from brighton in fact.

2. Thank you for the advice, i will tell him theres a very small chance and its really not worth it.

3.thank you for the jokes and stories i have enjoyed reading them

4. to those people getting pissed off i understand. but theres not need to get so angry, i worked hard for my ticket too. there arnt any sunday tickets on sale, save 2nd hand, and that was the reason, not money.

but if ur gonna pick on the people trying to sneak get in for free have ago at the people who get the guest pass's aswell.there are some people i know and one of there dad is a manager and he gets like 10 of them in for free as guests. not to mention they also get backstage pass's (well in to that hangout bit the bbc show) and nice toilets.

[rbranigan]

yeah tbh, kids whose dads know people and get guest passes piss me off

[saskofreak]

yes i know a guy who gets to go reading for free because of his dad.  ¬_¬

[glasto-worker]

Below is the production road that runs at the crew end of Reading - the fence to the right is the small holding allotments and behind that is a high speed rail link which does have security and Police but a few slip past - one year two jokers must have risked it as they reached the wall - they would have thought that wall led straight into the arena but they were wrong in fact it led straight into the WBC Staff Campsite { which is in between the two walls } and as the wall is metal they made a right racket climbing over -

it was not their lucky day as the part they decided to climb over was a sectioned off area where WBC Security keep their guard dogs { God knows how they did not hear them as the dogs were going nuts } - they jumped into the dog compound but then tried to climb back out { not easy when you have dogs jumping on you } - by now most of the WBC camp was awake and security was running from all the gates and they were quickly caught - I bet they never tried that again.

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rbranigan, on Apr 3 2010, 04:04 PM, said:

yeah tbh, kids whose dads know people and get guest passes piss me off

saskofreak, on Apr 3 2010, 10:42 PM, said:

yes i know a guy who gets to go reading for free because of his dad.  ¬_¬

my dad invented reading

[rivalschools.price]

you can't really compare people who get free passes for whatever reason to people who try to sneak in without paying.i know technically both aren't paying but its still not the same thing.

[Yellow_Fellow]

saskofreak, on Apr 3 2010, 10:42 PM, said:

yes i know a guy who gets to go reading for free because of his dad.  ¬_¬

Hey. I am on these forums you know.

[saskofreak]

Yellow_Fellow, on Apr 4 2010, 01:23 PM, said:

Hey. I am on these forums you know.

and i still hate you for it.

nar i kid, love you really.

[Paul ™]

Leeds_Brett, on Apr 2 2010, 07:51 PM, said:

in 2008 I left about 6 on the Sunday (Killers didnt appeal to me) and I walked past security and about 4 lads, I didnt catch all the conversation but the end of it went something like

Guy: Is there anything you can do?
Security: tell you want give us £50 each and we will (there was 3 of them) get you into the arena for the last 3 bands.
Guy turns to friends: lads £50 quick and we can get in.

And I didnt hear any more. Im guessing some of the security have a price.

True you do get some that perhaps would take the bribe, that's why management and the organisers will also test out random security staff to see if they will

It's just not worth it really, you loose all your wages to date, have to make your own way home and can potentially loose your SIA badge if a complaint goes in.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

A friend of one of the guys I usually go with once bribed the security on the Wednesday night then managed to get in every day without a wristband by jumping the fence into the arena a bit further down from the main entrance. Didn't believe him myself until he actually showed me, it was rather ridiculous. I've only met him once or twice but he seems to be the jammiest twat known to man.

[steleeds2009]

A couple of my friends last year just decided to run through the main arena entrance.

Two of them managed to get past security and disappeared into the crowd never to be found. My other friend got caught. Worth it for the comedy value of watching security try rugby tackle them as they charged through.

[Toyney]

dakyras, on Apr 3 2010, 01:18 AM, said:

I'd just like to call bollocks on this post.

The people who check the wristbands aren't highly paid security specialists. I have a group of friends who haven't bought tickets since 2005. Get to see all the bands they want to. Saying no one gets in the arena is just a load of bullshit.

Ok then 007, let me re-phrase, as the vast majority of Leeds goers who don't buy tickets are pissed and stupid, I'd say most of them DO get caught getting into the arena, if the constant stream of people being passed my way was anything to go by. Most just attempt to wander in hiding their either out of date or non existent wristband, obviously your tightfisted friends are a bit cleverer or most likely luckier.

Maybe I should be slightly more pragmatic....a LOT of people get caught trying to get into the arena, im sure there's people who do, my point being if you really want to see the bands, I wouldn't risk it, because the ratio I'm sure isn't in your favour.

As for this highly paid security specialist bollocks, all the security IS paid, they may not be specialists, bloody hell, it doesn't take one to look at the someone's wrist. As for the volunteers, they'll also be on the look out for people with incorrect bands as well. Why risk it having to be even slightly covert whilst at the festival? Pay your money and enjoy the weekend, it's little losers like your mates that push up the prices of stuff like this.

DT

Edited by Toyney, 07 April 2010 - 02:24 PM.