charley Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I didnt see any fights or flying piss, plenty of drugs though. maybe i just got lucky. Never seen such blatant cocaine usage, with you on the poppers though, thought they died out years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airds Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I liked that the people selling poppers were also selling rain macs ?!? What a strange combination of items to sell BTW I saw no fights, piss throwing or cocaine use, but I did see a lot of adidas tops and kangol hats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ked Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 There was a fairly constant flow of pint glasses full of amber liquid in the air. After the queues and prices at the bar, I'm willing to bet it wasn't alcohol. Awesome gig though, never thought I would get to see them live. That's a life ambition happilly fulfilled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justiceforcedave Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Really enjoyed it. Smashing gig. My only gripe is that at £65 a ticket they DEFINATELY could have afforded to have a couple more bars and some more toilets but as is often the case with these types of shows the greedy promoters do just the minimum amount to get by. It's not like that'll ever change though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner1990 Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Went last night too. The mud wasn't as bad as everyone was making out, although that perhaps was only coming from people who don't go to festivals! Got on site whilst The Wailers were on, no queue to get in, sailed through, queues for the bars were a joke so opted not to bother at all, and that then also saved needing to go to the toilet! Thought Plan B was pretty dreadful, really enjoyed the Roses, like others said Fools Gold was highly enjoyable, only gripe was that I thought Ian Brown could have interacted with the crowd a little more. Lots of people doing poppers...and more than enough people gurning away on pills. Got out of the venue easily enough and my mate dropped me off in Oxford at 3.15am, which wasn't too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comfy Bean Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Have now recovered from Sunday ( just ). Thought the Roses were magic. Much much better than I was secretly dreading. Would seem that advancements in sound technology have done wonders for IB. He stalks the stage and there were some real highlights as has been mentioned. One of the bars was just pure mud by the time you got to the front - 30mins before Plan B. I was clearly hammered as I actually enjoyed his set Thought the Wailers were really good. Half an hour into the roses set we found ourselves wandering from the bar - no q by this point - straight into the wristband only circle. I would agree that with so much money being made a few more bars and toilets would be in order. Was looking forward to catching their set again at T on bbc2/3 this weekend but notice they are only advertising Noel Gallagher on the Saturday. I know there is a documentary dvd thing on the go. Anyone know if they are refusing to be filmed / shown by the bbc this weekend ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbarenno Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Maybe they are not showing the roses as i remember last year beyonce doing t in the park and it didnt show a thing of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesecretingredientiscrime Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Possibly the footage is exclusive to Danny Boyle for the reunion film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manc_al Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Can you help find this missing person who has not been seen since fridays gig: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18685130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexj Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Oh yeah I saw that. Hope he's tracked down soon...no gig is worth this :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxtinkerbellxx Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Can you help find this missing person who has not been seen since fridays gig: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18685130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manc_al Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Was just about to post about this myself. If anyone spotted him at all on the Friday night please get in touch with the police and let them know where you saw him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adders28 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) sad news re the missing lad Edited July 9, 2012 by adders28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adders28 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 (edited) There was a fairly constant flow of pint glasses full of amber liquid in the air. After the queues and prices at the bar, I'm willing to bet it wasn't alcohol. Awesome gig though, never thought I would get to see them live. That's a life ambition happilly fulfilled Edited July 9, 2012 by adders28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetime Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Was just about to post about this myself. If anyone spotted him at all on the Friday night please get in touch with the police and let them know where you saw him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatyeti24 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 poor sod. i had a feeling they'd pick him out of the canal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxtinkerbellxx Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Very sad news, R.I.P Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Amazing_Oblong Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Awful tragedy at the end of what should have been a happy event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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