BoomTown 2013

[5co77ie]

don't forget early bird tickets go on sale at 7pm tonight. Last year they sold out in 20 minutes

[si_t]

ssssshhhhhh........

[5co77ie]

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/12/121101e.shtml

[random_man]

Im in! Did you all manage to get yours?

[LondonTom]

The ticket pricing policy doesn't seem mad to anyone else? I get what they are trying to do...but clearly people just buy the cheapest tickets?

[si_t]

really, really miffed about this.

Tickets didn't go on sale as stated at 7 on the boomtown website as instructed, but actually through the ticket sellers website. So those of us who were where we were told to be at 7 ended up missing out.

Nothing happened until 7.30, at which point I could only get tier 3. Really badly organised, and Boomtown really owe us all an apology.

[5co77ie]

or you should have been reading thids website which had the link for you at 7pm? I did give a heads up.

[si_t]

Well done you.

Why would anybody even give a link a second look when he's already found the page on the boomtown website, from which he's bought tickets the last 3 years, which clearly states "tickets will be on sale from here at 7pm November 1st."?

[5co77ie]

Possibly, the same reason people come here when Glastonbury tickets go on sale? The festival's own website is less able to deal with heavy traffic than this one, and so it falls over and they can't put the new links up when they say due to it being crashed?

[si_t]

fair enuf. We live and learn.

Having been advised to "not buy from anywhere else" on the boomtown facebook page - I foolishly, it seems, attempted to buy from the Boomtown website.

As I said, I've never used the ticket sellers to buy from Boomtown - and had no idea that it was an option. I've never bought Glastonbury tickets either.

Although, you posted your link at 7.08 and the boomtown website says they'd sold out by then....but lets not take anything written on that site as gospel, eh?

I'll be happy enough come August - just think it was a bit of a balls up, that's all.

[5co77ie]

I posted the update at 7.08 - once I realised that it was going mental, and then the link in this thread then, up until then I'd been checking the ticket seller's link - oblivious to the fact there was any problem.

[Dukeicon]

[random_man]

Boomtown have used Ticketsellers before - I managed to get mine straight away at 7pm - The site was a tiny bit confusing but do your homework in advance and it'll pay off!

[faithlivi]

Does anyone know what the deal with ID on the entrance is? This year will be my first year at boomtown and the website says that they check anyone with an adult ticket's ID. The group I'm going with will all be 18 but i really don't want to bring my passport and haven't got a driving licence. Will they actually check it, and do they normally?

[si_t]

dunno

bring it and leave it in the car, surely.....

[5co77ie]

Does anyone know what the deal with ID on the entrance is? This year will be my first year at boomtown and the website says that they check anyone with an adult ticket's ID. The group I'm going with will all be 18 but i really don't want to bring my passport and haven't got a driving licence. Will they actually check it, and do they normally?

[5co77ie]

new districts announced:

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/13/130116e.shtml

[5co77ie]

news coming soon - about something that could be seen at other festivals once they hear of it!

[atomised]

Intriguing. Thinking of maybe checking this one out

[Dukeicon]

They are introducing a 300ft 'magic carpet' for the hill.

No need to walk anymore!

Info here: http://ymlp.com/zPyQ3b

[5co77ie]

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/13/130201h.shtml

[atomised]

What a superb idea. Could prove popular

[si_t]

Another clever move by Boomtown:

Split the music arenas into two, at the top and the bottom of the hill - and then charge people to stand any chance of seeing the acts they've already committed 140 quid to see.

I also like the (not so headline) news that it's now 30,000 people. It was stated previously that the capacity would not rise again this year. Lion's Den is bigger, but are the other stages also bigger to cope with another 8k (I think) people.

Clearly the lineups are getting bigger each year, but at what cost?

[eFestivals]

Clearly the lineups are getting bigger each year, but at what cost?

I don't think they're planning on getting bigger names.

[Dukeicon]

I don't think they're planning on getting bigger names.