Biggest Crowd of the Weekend?

[halvin]

Without a doubt....

It was hell even trying to get near the Jazzworld..

[nightcrawler13]

Rolf was mental, the traffic started from the Hare Krishna tent and we had to go around through the tents (which some man started screaming about ) because everything became stationary....

[MEGABOWL]

Pyramid wise I would say Blur though Kasabian's was huge. On the right hand side (I was at the Mandela Bar) Lily Allen's was massive as well. Madness and The Specials got very decent crowds too.

[jag66]

arriving 20 mins before rolf allowed us to get right near the front by walking in from the side. But leaving afterwards it was clear how busy it was.

Hard to tell crowd sizes as im usually near the front, but the only time i was quite far back was to catch the last song of dizzee and it seemed absolutely rammed.

[Pimp Master Flex]

We all turned up really early to see rolf, got myself a cider, spoke to spurs' jonathon woodgate and walked easy through to fairly close to the stage. We had a great spot with enough space around us to have a right good dance.

[budvar]

I thought that Bruce was the clear winner. Even the paths at the top of the Pyramid were chocker. That said I should imagine it got quieter (I myself left for 2ManyDJs).

Pleased that Madness got a big crowd (they packed out Lost Vagueness last time too!)

[drewsstrat]

Quite scarey trying to get into see Rolf - Packed up to the back fence with single line traffic each way

But then having escaped the field still more people piling in both entrances

Should of have had security control it at this stage

Suprised people saying there was room around them - perhaps they should have asked everyone to take one step forward

[daggermouth]

Oh it was easily East 17 on Thursday there were hundreds of people there

[elfimaju]

How Tom Jones bored anyone i'll never know. True showman and had the crowd totally rocking. Suprise of the weeknd that it ended up in my top three gigs

[ml1dch]

Very difficult to say.

To me it felt like Madness or Kasabian, but maybe that's because I starting quite far back and trying to move through it at the time. Bruce and Blur felt enormous because I was relatively packed in around the middle barrier. Wouldn't be surprised if it were none of them though.

I was standing at the front for Rolf and it felt empty because I and several others were standing in a space large enough to swing a bag of cats in. Presumably it wasn't like that further back.

Unless you're overhead in a helicopter or have a team of stewards at each entrance with an entry clicker then I don't really see how anybody can make any sort of sensible claim one way or another.

[elfimaju]

I think crowd's seem bigger in the dark so people over emphasise the headliners. I'm going for:

1. Kasabian

2. Madness

3. Blur

[nicktrow]

Echo & The Bunnymen.....Oh hang on. Thats the smallest crowd, on at same time as Blur. At least I could just walk right up to the front even though they had already started.

[Kyelo]

I'd say Kasabian, the Bruce crowd started the same but thinned out quite a bit. Tom Jones was massive and it didn't move at all, same for Rolf. We came from the Orange tent and it was tight from there, when we got to that entrance it wasn't moving. Security then came and tried to stop the crowds moving forwards, actually telling them to go back and nobody was getting in. I and many more managed to get in but saw some being man handled out lol We sat for a good 15 minutes after before it had cleared.

So from what I saw......

Mainstage - Kasabian then Tom Jones

Other - Lady Gaga(no f*cking joke!)

Jazz World- Rolf Harris

So for me Kasabian, I saw Neil Young and Springsteen but neither had the same strength of crowd as them.

Edited July 1, 2009 by BenchBuddah

[StevieF]

Tom Jones looked about on a par with Lily Allen from where I was perched at the very back; busy but not totally rammed. Blur definitely seemed the biggest from this vantage point. Was at the front for Bruce so can't comment on his crowd.

Edited July 1, 2009 by StevieF

[999help]

I would have said Prodigy probably pulled the biggest crowd, and they were amazing too

[chuckley]

I would have said Prodigy probably pulled the biggest crowd, and they were amazing too

[fantomas]

Quite scarey trying to get into see Rolf - Packed up to the back fence with single line traffic each way

But then having escaped the field still more people piling in both entrances

Should of have had security control it at this stage

Suprised people saying there was room around them - perhaps they should have asked everyone to take one step forward

[seantizz]

For me the biggest crowd was Kasabian...

Bruce started busy but after half an hour or so it was quite easy to move around...

Honorourable mentions to Dizzee Rascal and Lily Allen too for whom it was really chocker....

And of course Rolf... but I don't know how the capacity at Jazz World compares with the pyramid.

Sean

[Peaceman]

Personally, I thought the crowd for Blur was huge. I was on the road at the back and it was hard to get any further forward.

I think these posts show that it's just impossible to judge. It partly depends where you were in the crowd of course, if you were in the same spot for each name then you might be in a better position to decide. Even watching the highlights on tv it's not clear.

[LostRiot]

These all seemed to have MASSIVE crowds

Dizzee

Bruce- although alot of people left mid set

Tom Jones

Kasabian

didn't see Blur but judging by the Prodigy numbers imagine it would have been them

[freeak]

I left Kasabian on the right side 10 mins early to go see Pendulum and the crowd was rammed right into the field with the Mandala bar it took ages to get through. I have never seen this area so busy before.

[chuckley]

i heard a rumour that bloc party got 50,000. i spoke to a couple people on the sat who said it was chocka right up to the stalls with no movement.

[StevieF]

i heard a rumour that bloc party got 50,000. i spoke to a couple people on the sat who said it was chocka right up to the stalls with no movement.

[chuckley]

Nah, I walked through the other stage towards the end of the set and it wasn't that busy.