V getting bad?

[Oxfordmark]

This year at Weston seemed really bad. So many drunk twats acting like knobs (normally happens, seems like more)

Little kids in groups drinking, bashing into our tent, shouting all through the night puking everywhere... Thats what you get for having Eminem and other chavvy acts.

I felt intimidated all weekend, scared to sleep in case someone fell through our tent. So we left 6pm on Sunday. Parking 3 miles from the nearest campsite didn't help, poorly planned. Lugging a 4 man tent, bag with clothes and food etc isnt fun and knackered us out for the first day. This is the 4th V and never experienced this before.

Good music and atmosphere in the arena, SHIT campsite

[Jie Bie]

This year at Weston seemed really bad. So many drunk twats acting like knobs (normally happens, seems like more)

Little kids in groups drinking, bashing into our tent, shouting all through the night puking everywhere... Thats what you get for having Eminem and other chavvy acts.

I felt intimidated all weekend, scared to sleep in case someone fell through our tent. So we left 6pm on Sunday. Parking 3 miles from the nearest campsite didn't help, poorly planned. Lugging a 4 man tent, bag with clothes and food etc isnt fun and knackered us out for the first day. This is the 4th V and never experienced this before.

Good music and atmosphere in the arena, SHIT campsite

Edited August 23, 2011 by Jie Bie

[led]

Wow - couldn't agree more Oxfordmark - was just about to post practically the same post!

I've been going to V for a good couple of years now and can honestly say I've never felt more vunerable / scared as I did on the Sunday night in Gold campsite (which is meant to be one of the quiet ones!). Camped up behind a bunch of lads who were openly dealing drugs day and night, constantly played music the whole of Saturday night - but thought it was probably time to turn it off at 8am on the Sunday morning - meaning no sleep whatsoever for us there just to enjoy the bands and have a laugh with our mates.

On Sunday night - there were tents on fire, constant noise and shadows passing by our tents all night - I daren't go to sleep for fear of being set alight or having some kn*b fall / try to get into my tent. One of our group (a 19 old girl - first time festival goer) was awoke by one someone actually unzipping her tent and shaking her leg to see if she had any drugs to sell!!!! TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!

What's happened to V? I know they can't help who buys their tickets, but surely there must be better policing of the campsite maybe asking people to keep it down a bit and generally keeping a bit of order.

Oh and I personally thought the the line up was poor - too many 'pop' and 'rap' acts for my liking - tho thought Cast, Kaisers, Arctics, FLC and dare I say The Wanted and Example got good vibes going. Will definately be waiting to see who's on next year before purchasing my ticket in early bird offer.

Apart from that....I enjoyed it!

[ryanm1990]

lol i didnt see any of this bad stuff, we camped on orange and had a crackin time, hardly any trouble , couple of fires on last night but nothing major.

I thought there was a good atmosphere all weekend and had a laugh at everyone i watched and i was right near front for eminem, Rhianna , arctic monkey , example , YM@6 , Good Charlotte.

OBV gonna get afew knobs but thats to be expected at every festival

[xxtinkerbellxx]

lol i didnt see any of this bad stuff, we camped on orange and had a crackin time, hardly any trouble , couple of fires on last night but nothing major.

I thought there was a good atmosphere all weekend and had a laugh at everyone i watched and i was right near front for eminem, Rhianna , arctic monkey , example , YM@6 , Good Charlotte.

OBV gonna get afew knobs but thats to be expected at every festival

[xxtinkerbellxx]

I also left around 6ish on Sunday because I just couldn't be bothered with it any longer. After years and years of V festivals me and the OH will never go again.

[Oxfordmark]

Wow - couldn't agree more Oxfordmark - was just about to post practically the same post!

I've been going to V for a good couple of years now and can honestly say I've never felt more vunerable / scared as I did on the Sunday night in Gold campsite (which is meant to be one of the quiet ones!). Camped up behind a bunch of lads who were openly dealing drugs day and night, constantly played music the whole of Saturday night - but thought it was probably time to turn it off at 8am on the Sunday morning - meaning no sleep whatsoever for us there just to enjoy the bands and have a laugh with our mates.

On Sunday night - there were tents on fire, constant noise and shadows passing by our tents all night - I daren't go to sleep for fear of being set alight or having some kn*b fall / try to get into my tent. One of our group (a 19 old girl - first time festival goer) was awoke by one someone actually unzipping her tent and shaking her leg to see if she had any drugs to sell!!!! TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!

What's happened to V? I know they can't help who buys their tickets, but surely there must be better policing of the campsite maybe asking people to keep it down a bit and generally keeping a bit of order.

Oh and I personally thought the the line up was poor - too many 'pop' and 'rap' acts for my liking - tho thought Cast, Kaisers, Arctics, FLC and dare I say The Wanted and Example got good vibes going. Will definately be waiting to see who's on next year before purchasing my ticket in early bird offer.

Apart from that....I enjoyed it!

[Oxfordmark]

In terms of the piss/drink throwing I got soaked once (Kaisers), and a bit wet a few other times, but didn't really care too much. If everyone just stood there doing nothing while the bands played it would be kinda boring after all.

[lilyallenatemyhamster]

It is a god awful excuse for a festival, anyone who enjoyed it has only half a brain. As for the piss being thrown, why???? Disgusting people.

[Mr Nasty]

We f**ked the campsite off this year and slept in the car! Couldn't be arsed dragging all the tents and shit to the camp. What was red like at Weston? That's where we normally camp near T8 opposite Green.

[ronnieriley]

You find getting covered in a cup full of piss/drink entertaining??? jeez, no wonder V is going down hill fast!

[Jie Bie]

You find getting covered in a cup full of piss/drink entertaining??? jeez, no wonder V is going down hill fast!

Edited August 23, 2011 by Jie Bie

[steveyt]

It is a god awful excuse for a festival, anyone who enjoyed it has only half a brain. As for the piss being thrown, why???? Disgusting people.

[weebluesmartie]

I thought Weston this year had some real positives over years gone by.

Firstly, after horrendous queues from the M6 and long trecks to our preferred Blue campsite last year we left Manchester at 4am and arrived at Weston, without a single queue at 5.30am anticipating finding a lay-by to pull up in for a few hours before the car parks opened. Would rather get less sleep and potentially nap when pitched up than spend all day crawling along the A5. Much to our suprise North car parks had been opened early for people doing exactly what we did. One of the front cars in the car park had been there since 10pm! We parked up in a well located car park and everyone formed a queue ready for camp sites opening. There were portaloos and food vans there also - everyone in good spirits!

Have never had such a pleasant pitching of tent experience. Sun was shining, all the space in the world in Blue to select our spot and was all pitched up by 9.50am having a beer. First beer opened and thoroughly enjoyed the day watching people arrive/fall out when pitching tents/come seeking a mallet!

Another negative from last year was the absolute bottle neck when everyone hit the arena at 12pm. Missed the start of Skunk Anansie last year and was well pissed off. No such thing this year what with the campsites being open from earlier. Even went for a wee there one morning when Blue campsites toilet queues were huge!

Music wise, line-up was not really my cup of tea but I had bought my ticket in a pre-sale so my own fault really. Enjoyed quite a few of the bands I saw. Thought the Arctics were DREADFUL. No crowd interaction, no encore, a very sombre ending to the festival in my opinion.

Took one hour between 10-11 on the Monday to leave the car park and be on the A5 and not a single queue all the way back to Manchester.

Only negative for me was on the Sunday night when the dickheads started setting fire to tents and the mob of children running around singing 'let's go f**king mental'. However the fires did seem to be dealt with pretty quickly. Seemed to be a lot of vomiting going on around our tent from the obviously-just-turned-18 lot camping around us (there seemed to be A LOT of 18 year olds this year!) and a lot of stumbling into tents but noise wise I can't complain - if I was expecting a good quiet nights sleep I wouldn't go to a festival.

Quite a few positives from me this year about the organisation of V, only negatives were some of the chavtastic bands and the associated crowds.

[shoptildrop]

I thought Weston this year had some real positives over years gone by.

Firstly, after horrendous queues from the M6 and long trecks to our preferred Blue campsite last year we left Manchester at 4am and arrived at Weston, without a single queue at 5.30am anticipating finding a lay-by to pull up in for a few hours before the car parks opened. Would rather get less sleep and potentially nap when pitched up than spend all day crawling along the A5. Much to our suprise North car parks had been opened early for people doing exactly what we did. One of the front cars in the car park had been there since 10pm! We parked up in a well located car park and everyone formed a queue ready for camp sites opening. There were portaloos and food vans there also - everyone in good spirits!

Have never had such a pleasant pitching of tent experience. Sun was shining, all the space in the world in Blue to select our spot and was all pitched up by 9.50am having a beer. First beer opened and thoroughly enjoyed the day watching people arrive/fall out when pitching tents/come seeking a mallet!

Another negative from last year was the absolute bottle neck when everyone hit the arena at 12pm. Missed the start of Skunk Anansie last year and was well pissed off. No such thing this year what with the campsites being open from earlier. Even went for a wee there one morning when Blue campsites toilet queues were huge!

Music wise, line-up was not really my cup of tea but I had bought my ticket in a pre-sale so my own fault really. Enjoyed quite a few of the bands I saw. Thought the Arctics were DREADFUL. No crowd interaction, no encore, a very sombre ending to the festival in my opinion.

Took one hour between 10-11 on the Monday to leave the car park and be on the A5 and not a single queue all the way back to Manchester.

Only negative for me was on the Sunday night when the dickheads started setting fire to tents and the mob of children running around singing 'let's go f**king mental'. However the fires did seem to be dealt with pretty quickly. Seemed to be a lot of vomiting going on around our tent from the obviously-just-turned-18 lot camping around us (there seemed to be A LOT of 18 year olds this year!) and a lot of stumbling into tents but noise wise I can't complain - if I was expecting a good quiet nights sleep I wouldn't go to a festival.

Quite a few positives from me this year about the organisation of V, only negatives were some of the chavtastic bands and the associated crowds.

[bren2001]

Music wise, line-up was not really my cup of tea but I had bought my ticket in a pre-sale so my own fault really. Enjoyed quite a few of the bands I saw. Thought the Arctics were DREADFUL. No crowd interaction, no encore, a very sombre ending to the festival in my opinion.

[ryanm1990]

Completely disagree with you. We camped in orange, I have done the last 4 years now and it was awful this year. A girl camped next to us had two dickheads jump on top of her tent whilst she was asleep and stamp on it (and her) until all the poles were broke and tent ripped. They just laughed and ran off. I felt so sorry for the girl I let her sleep in our tent. Also saw people get thrown out of orange on the Fri night because they were fighting. Saturday night more people were kicking off, a lad nearly punched a girl until the security came over and stopped them. Thats not a good atmosphere in my eyes?

[weebluesmartie]

Arctic Monkeys were good imo. They played a decent set. They did do an encore. Mardy Bum (quite a treat for an arctic Monkeys fan as they rarely play it), Flourescent Adolescent and 505. I can see if your not a big fan of them how you wouldnt enjoy it tho!

[Curtmeister]

This was my 12th V and I got to disagree that I think the organisation of Car Parking and road closures was nothing short of a disgrace. Having the A41, A5 and most traffic from the M54 all queueing for over 5 hours to get into just one small entrance for East / South was the most hideous thing I have seen V organisers do, they have not got a clue!!! It took us 3 hours to do half a mile due to the grid lock on the roundabout west of the site and this was early morning.

They closed the North Car Park too which didn't make sense and you had no access to West from the A5 or A41.

Although I didn't see much trouble being in Green Camp I did sense the Chav idiots when walking through Orange or Red.

This will be my last V as the traffic is a nightmare getting in, has got worse and worse over the years which I can cope with if the music is worth it but sadly its not. Having the pop crap means you attract the Chavs so as the dragons say 'for that reason.........I'm out'!!

[Jie Bie]

Interesting. I've seen the Arctics before and thought they were absolutely class. Thought they were bollocks at V. As I said, REALLY poor crowd interaction, dodgy 'arty' video screens, long gaps of dark stage and silence between songs and if that was the encore it was the poorest encore I've ever seen. Finished early too. Was with a couple of big Arctics fans and they were both very disappointed.

I had complaints last year that KOL just showed up, played some songs (all be it very well) and left, no crowd interaction. Then you compare it to the Foo's a few years ago and they were fantastic in every sense. I have a big issue with bands turning up, playing some songs without much feeling and then leaving taking with them a very large cheque.

[Big Vern]

Your question is already flawed by including the word "getting".

V has been bad for a number of years and is nothing more than an excuse for groups of teens who get pissed up on a bottle neck of beer to just fuck about all weekend, pay little attention to the music and generally not give a fuck about anybody else.

If you haven't already been, go to Glasto and ditch V all together, it's just a huge chav fest.

[Bobs]

Having been to V last year, my opinion was clearly tainted by the fact i'd just been to Glastonbury, which was bloody ideal with the wide varieties, friendly people and non-stop sun, i felt that once i'd got there, i just didn't love the whole dictatorship thing going on there, but nevertheless our 'neighbours' were really nice, and i was out to have a good weekend.

But throughout the weekend, i just saw drunk girls throwing themselves at lads, girls squating on the floor and just whizzing tenfold in comparison to Glasto, so many annoying cretins just trying ton distract people in the crowd surrounding them by pulling hair, pissing on them, and just being dicks.

There was just a kinda of hostility.

This year, the people i saw going from where i live, just made me sell my ticket (albeit bought for the courteeners alone), and rest assured i'm hearing these stories. I went to leeds instead and for all the bad things said, the atmosphere was great, i had a fab time.