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GreyHawk

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  1. 23 hours ago, bennyhana22 said:

    FOLD - advice please, gang

    Anyone been to FOLD a few times and have a good idea about the place? 

    I'm going next week and am very excited! Been wanting to go for ages and so am pretty hyped for Call Super and Courtesy in what sounds like an amazing venue.

    But...

    Been reading a few reviews online and there does appear to be quite different experiences for people. Lots of talk of getting refused at the door, discrimination etc, which seems out of keeping with what I perceive as being a very inclusive 'Berlin-style' club. Is this a thing? Is it just for non-ticketed events? Online it suggests that the capacity is 550, whereas, at the time of writing, RA seem to have sold 602 tickets and you can still buy up to 6 for the event on DICE. I do NOT want to rock up there and find that we can't get in, or that the door staff do not consider my mate and me as the 'right' type of people to come in. In other words, have we got a Berghain situation here? Obviously the German Temple is different as it's purely a buy-on-the-door arrangement (unless you're on the guest list), and its door policy is well known and understood. I bought our tickets quite a while ago and we've been getting very excited about it.

    So, do you think there will be any issues? My mate and I are not queer, but we are, obviously, bloody lovely and exactly the sort of straight white males they would like to be there to contribute to the community!!

    Any experiences and/or advice would be hugely appreciated.

    It's due to be one hell of a day/night, starting at the Barbican seeing Alessandro Cortini supported by current Midas-touched ambient/drone wunderkind, KMRU, then to FOLD, finishing off our night at fabric for the latter stages of Villalobos b2b Craig Richards' 10-hour set!

    Put my mind at rest, E/D faithful...

    Ben
    xx

    Just to add to what has already been said, went along for Ben UFO last August and had a great time.

    Didn't notice anything out of the norm on queues or security.

    Venue that evening had a great vibe and from what I remember sound was excellent.

    Enjoy!

  2. Been pleasantly surprised on what I've discovered through the Spotify playlist. Ignoring the headliners:

    Overmono
    Personal Trainer
    PVA
    The Murder Capital
    Joan Shelley
    Deerhoof
    Wunderhorse
    Say She She
    Lee Fields & The Expressions
    They Hate Change

  3. 3 hours ago, Jack01825 said:

    perfect , will get mine tomorrow . MK too 

    likely hood of not being able to get tickets at 9am?

    Was surprisingly smooth. Queue moved quick and all sorted in under 5 mins. Although perhaps everyone was trying for Coldplay tickets at the time!

  4. Flying out first thing on Thursday. Some kind of engineering works taking place so it will require a small detour from Amsterdam on the train, but nothing major from what I can tell. Weather forecast looks variable at the moment, but will make it work and added bonus that the main stages seem to be under a roof. Few nasty clashes/overlaps, but plenty to look forward to over the three days. Just need to make my mind up between Fontaines and the The Streets!

  5. 5 hours ago, Ohad said:

    How fast are they usually selling out? Waiting a week before I buy a ticket will be possible, I assume?

     

    And are there supposed to be more "semi-big" names to be announced? Not headliners, but acts such as Oscar and the wolf or Florence and the machine?

    This would be my first time so not too much insight I can share really. The twitter account seemed to suggest that group tickets had sold out, but no idea how relevant that is to individual tickets or how much to trust the translation!

    Looking at last year there were definitely other phases of acts being announced, but as was pointed out not necessarily on a Florence type level.

  6. 30 minutes ago, -lele- said:

    i've been twice and for me it was great....it's basically a mix of electronic and rock music, with few big names plus some spanish locals:

    in 2016 the big names were Chemical Brothers, Moderat, PJ Harvey, Suede

    in 2017 there were the Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand, Royal Blood, Ride, Orbital, Kiasmos, Vitalic, Mano Le Tough, and others..

     

    the venue is in a big conference hall, and there are two big stages, one next to each other...so no clash between acts.

    an other small room is for the djs till early in the morning

    you can reach the arena by metro

     

    inside the festival, you have a wristband where you can charge money, so it's totally cashless...plastic glasses with deposit....wardrobe at the entrance is for free or within few euros.

    Thanks, great to hear. It was a similar system at BBK last year in terms of being able to charge your wristband and I found it really easy to use (almost too easy, but I can't blame the system for how much I spent!).

    Already quite a few acts I'd be keen to see (Aphex Twin, MGMT, Editors, Jon Hopkins, Slowdive, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and RBCF), will definitely check out a few others like Kurt Vile and Stephen Malkmus. Anything else they announce will then be a nice bonus.

  7. Really enjoyed Bilbao when visiting for BBK last year so decided to give it a go. Another great find through the forums hopefully. Seems great value for money just for those acts already announced. Not one I've heard of before so would be interested in any previous experiences. 

  8. Schedule looks pretty good to me with no disastrous clashes. Definitely plan on seeing as much of the below over the three days;

    Thursday - Circa Waves, Cage the Elephant, The 1975, Depeche Mode, The Avalanches, Spoon and Justice.

    Friday - The Amazons, Explosions in the Sky, Fleet Foxes, Phoenix, The Killers, Royal Blood and Joe Goddard.

    Saturday - Saint Motel, Lena Willikens, Brian Wilson, Chk Chk Chk, TDCC, The Lemon Twigs and Die Antwoord.

    Really looking forward to Justice, Phoenix, The Killers, Royal Blood and hopefully a good sing along to Brian Wilson. 

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