Sorry, this was me by accident! I turned up and was just looking for the back of that giant queue as it was so huge, finally joined it at the back, then the whole thing immediately collapsed as everyone rushed to the entrance of the official queue, and I happened to be next to it. I felt terrible for all the people that had queue'd for nowt.
I've been in 2014 and 16 before, and yesterday definitely felt oversold and different - I saw a few Cupra acts, and each one was totally packed out. I don't remember even the headline Cupra acts being so busy in years gone.
I didn't feel safe heading to Pavement whilst the Tame Impala fans swarmed out towards us - I don't see how this works better than the opposite stages. I was getting really freaked out by the tight bottlenecking.
I got on fine with drinks by just using the food court beer men by the toilets - paid a bit more to avoid the ridiculous bar queues. I think I got 6 beers and it was always quick, but my schedule the next 2 days is a lot tighter without time to stop at the food court.
Water fountain queue was ridiculous - I walked up to it without noticing the queue, and had everyone start to kick off at me, but it was an honest mistake. I ended up drinking the water from the toilet sinks all night - maybe not the safest water, but hopefully at least safer than being dehydrated. I must have filled ten of the shite 33cl bottles over the course of the evening.
The music was all good though, at least.
