Mumford and Sons.

[j-j-j-j-joe!]

The crush at the front of the radio 1 stage after Delphic and just as Muford and Sons started was just insane. Me and my friend, both of who are used to being crushed to within an inch of our lives at gigs, had to be crowdsurfed out. There were people on the floor and no one helping them up and even people bleeding badly. I'm genuinely surprised nobody was seriously injured.

I can only assume their ridiculously low placemnt was due to them being booked before they became big. They could really have played second from top on the mainstage, and if they have another album as successful as Sigh No More then I could very easily see them headlining.

[Electricityscape]

Not sure about the whole crush thing, but there was alot of being overcrowding going on like at Blink. At Magnetic Man we were being destroyed and it was a mess people ko'd on the ground etc but you've just got to go with it.

But mate, no way on this planet would they be big enough to headline within the next couple years. Maybe Sub after another decent album but pushing it abit with headliners.

Edited August 30, 2010 by Swellx

[j-j-j-j-joe!]

Not sure about the whole crush thing, but there was alot of being overcrowding going on like at Blink. At Magnetic Man we were being destroyed and it was a mess people ko'd on the ground etc but you've just got to go with it.

But mate, no way on this planet would they be big enough to headline within the next couple years. Maybe Sub after another decent album but pushing it abit with headliners.

[Azzy G]

I think your first mistake was seeing Mumford and Sons instead of Queens of the Stone Age

[j-j-j-j-joe!]

I think your first mistake was seeing Mumford and Sons instead of Queens of the Stone Age

[chubbz]

I think your first mistake was seeing Mumford and Sons instead of Queens of the Stone Age

[FiestaDave]

It was QOTSA all the way for me. It was obvious half the arena would show up for mumford and sons seen as they get a huge amount of air time.

[PeterD]

Was going to go and see M&S but the sheer amount of people heading that way I knew we wouldnt get anywhere near the tent.

*As for seeing QOTSA, f**king dreadful band, and please before you lecture me I have had to bear witness to their shitty brand of pub rock, with Olivieri, without him and also under the many guises the ginger c**t has been under. You would think I would learn.

[Electricityscape]

I went to see QOTSA before swifty leaving, very impressed with them.

[wehttamuk]

It was absolutely packed for Mumford and they played an amazing set - best crowd reaction of the weekend by far from what I saw.

As for QOTSA.....despite being a band that I like a lot more than Mumford, I've seen them a couple of times and they've not come close to playing a set as good as M&S's was!

[dblythe]

We caught the last few songs of mumford after adam green while waiting for phoenix and it was awful. the crowd was dead strecthing far back it was as if they were watching them play at wimbledon with all the sitting down until the cave came on.

[wehttamuk]

We caught the last few songs of mumford after adam green while waiting for phoenix and it was awful. the crowd was dead strecthing far back it was as if they were watching them play at wimbledon with all the sitting down until the cave came on.

[dblythe]

Leeds, you could see it picked up near the front but where we were it was like watchign on mumford mound. no mopvement till the cave came on.

[pink_triangle]

Why? Arctic Monkeys did it with just one. The crowd for Mumford nearly stretched back to the lockup.

[D-Low]

The crush at the front of the radio 1 stage after Delphic and just as Muford and Sons started was just insane. Me and my friend, both of who are used to being crushed to within an inch of our lives at gigs, had to be crowdsurfed out. There were people on the floor and no one helping them up and even people bleeding badly. I'm genuinely surprised nobody was seriously injured.

I can only assume their ridiculously low placemnt was due to them being booked before they became big. They could really have played second from top on the mainstage, and if they have another album as successful as Sigh No More then I could very easily see them headlining.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Were you at reading or Leeds? The crowd was going nuts were I was. I generally thought the crowds were pretty poor in general, with most people just standing doing nothing, but M&S's seemed awesome. On a side note Limp Bizkit also had a good reaction(which I totally hadn't expected)

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Oh God yeah

The vibe surrounding the NME stage at Leeds was f**king hostile, man. My missus was looking forward to them and we were behind the middle barrier (don't ask how we got there) and before they took the stage we had to get out of there because the crowd was so vicious - we saw girls being bottled, people being smashed in the face... it was f**king astonishing to see that sort of thing when you'd go in expecting a relaxed crowd of people who wanted to see a folk band. So many people were leaving and so many people were arriving - it was mad. The crowd there was more hostile than Limp Bizkit's which is saying something when a typical Limp Bizkit crowd consists of a bunch of rapists.

[Megahurtz400]

The day Mumford and c**ts headling Reading is the day I will promise to never go to that festival again.

[Ed209]

Why? Arctic Monkeys did it with just one.

[Ed209]

Was going to go and see M&S but the sheer amount of people heading that way I knew we wouldnt get anywhere near the tent.

*As for seeing QOTSA, f**king dreadful band, and please before you lecture me I have had to bear witness to their shitty brand of pub rock, with Olivieri, without him and also under the many guises the ginger c**t has been under. You would think I would learn.

[5co77ie]

There were some really bad crushes in the NME this year at Reading both Mumford & Sons and Enter Shikari had the worst crushes.

Thing is in my day (I'm an older Reading Festie goer) we helped each other out at the front.

Not anymore - I was watching, it was pretty bad to see from the other side of the pit people going blue and passing out to the floor only for no one around them to help them up or out.

Well done to the security who worked tirelessly (whilst being held by the belt or ankles) to get everyone who needed attention out of there whilst they were getting grief off some of the fans around them. It's not often you see people just collapsing in a heap after they get out of the crush and into the pit.

What happened to helping each other?

Those in there should be ashamed at leaving these mostly teenage girls on the floor and ignoring them.

Edited August 31, 2010 by 5co77ie

[ReadingWriting]

I was maybe 20 people back from the front for Mumford and although the crush was pretty bad before it started it wasn't terrible and I managed to stay with the 4 friends I was with. No-one passing out or getting hurt where I was (pretty central). After it started as well things were not bad and they were a highlight of the weekend.

[fuzzylogic]

When the hell did this band get so popular? After Adam Green I was going to go to the urinals near the NME for piss, but couldn't get anywhere near them with the crowd stretching out from the NME tent.

Are they really that popular in real life?

[D-Low]

They really need some sort of flow system or something. Maybe just put up on the screen please leave to the left or something I dont know but something needs doing.

[Dirty Boots]

I think your first mistake was seeing Mumford and Sons instead of Queens of the Stone Age