First timer - help!

[19821-0]

I am 17 years old and will be at the time of the festival, I currently use a mates old ID to go out and get served for drink and my plan was to use this to get an 'adult wristband' at Reading however if my ticket has my real name on it they will know it's not me, is this the case? Any advice appreciated!

[Yellow_Fellow]

if you try and underage drink you get banned for 4 years from all the festivals except V and Glastonbudget

don't do it man

[lightning1000]

The over 18 wristbands are picked up at a different place to where you hand in your ticket for the festival wristbands. At Leeds they are anyway. Not sure how close they check id but I assume they'll be expecting people to try stuff like that.

[Babyquack]

Hey, firstly welcome to the forum!

To answer your question, your festival ticket doesn't have your name on it so isn't an issue - they scan it when you enter the site and actually take it off you in exchange for a wristband.

To get the Over 18's wristband you have to go to a tent outside of the arena and show ID. They are quite strict so make sure this ID will actually work but tbh you shouldn't really use it as it's not legal + why would you want to buy the expensive pints in the festival when you can just as easily bring cans into the campsite which clearly costs considerably less.

In addition, the over 18's wristband doesn't even work all the time as the bars are run by the Worker's Beer Company who, while closely working with the festival, are under no obligation to actually accept the wristband as a form of being 18+, so could very well ask to your actual ID at the bar (they ask for additional ID a lot).

Hope this has somewhat answered your question but fire any more my way if it hasn't.

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah just use it in Tesco where they don't give a shit

[19821-0]

My plan was to take a lot of drink in anyway from outside but I just thought if I had ID/wristband they would not confiscate it from me?

[justanothername]

Getting it through to the campsite is no problem at all. I did last year when I was 16 and I was fine. You tried not to get searched (go through when someone else is and don't make eye contact with them and just go through) and you'll be fine.

If you want to get it in the arena there are different techniques you can use, just use your imagination

Edited May 26, 2014 by justanothername

[the wonderwhy]

The ID will probably work for getting it in if it works elsewhere (you wont have a wristband by then anyway)

[Yellow_Fellow]

do you have facial hair?

[Babyquack]

My plan was to take a lot of drink in anyway from outside but I just thought if I had ID/wristband they would not confiscate it from me?

[Gucci Piggy]

My plan was to take a lot of drink in anyway from outside but I just thought if I had ID/wristband they would not confiscate it from me?

[the wonderwhy]

I was going in alone (meeting up with mates at our camp), wearing a hat and a full trench coat. The security jokingly asked if I was a drug dealer

[Com Truise]

Yeah why on earth were you wearing a trench coat

[Babyquack]

Surprised they went with drug dealer

[Yellow_Fellow]

How did trench coat go so wrong

[the wonderwhy]

"Sorry Ian, if you're not on the lineup you're going to need a ticket..."

[Gucci Piggy]

Our security guy at college is called Ian and he went, and his fave bands there were NIN and Pure Love. Sound.

[Babyquack]

How did trench coat go so wrong

[justanothername]

"Sorry Ian, if you're not on the lineup you're going to need a ticket..."

[Gucci Piggy]

I think Ian owes a lot of people a great big apology.

[justanothername]

I think Ian owes a lot of people a great big apology.

Edited May 26, 2014 by justanothername

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah! Can't wear my Lostprophets shirt any more in case people think I'm a pedo now! I WANT AN APOLOGY!

[Mouseboy11]

I think Ian owes a lot of people a great big apology.

[justanothername]

Guy in my physics wore his the day after the allegations came out, and I was sat opposite him all lesson, just staring at him like "Mate are you fucking serious?", and then I remembered the allegations.

Also one night while my mate was pissed he laid his Lostprophets t-shirt on his asleep, toddler brother and took a picture and sent me it. Ffs.

[Andre91]

Also one night while my mate was pissed he laid his Lostprophets t-shirt on his asleep, toddler brother and took a picture and sent me it. Ffs.