T in the Park

[TheNewUnion]

Fields turn muddy in the rain shocker. Looks pretty grim, but cars getting stuck is to be expected if the weather is bad. How the organisation handles it is the key, and it looks like they've not done a good job this time. Still, first time at that site so they'll learn.

[cidermonkey]

I took my daughter to Glastonbury this year for the first time and she is at T in the park this weekend with her friends. I asked her how she is getting on at T in the park and got the following reply;

 

"Its really shite but fun at the same time"

 

Probably a good reflection...

[Little Andy]

Admiral Fallow on the BBC livestream now

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e8phn3/live/cnp5d4

[___S_o_m_a__]

have you seen this video of the Slam tent's opening?

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155707132000618

 

ps, i absolutley love a bit of Slam (the group - never been to TITP)

 

Haha. Great entrance. Slam tent at T was always good times

 

New venue for the festival this year and no doubt they'll have teething problems and it looks like shitty weather to contend with on top of it.

 

Looks.... I don't know... quiet? Certainly seemed like small crowds from the performances I saw last night on TV.

 

And Avicii? That shite can fuckin' do one.

[When Jokers Attack]

Crowd size for The War On Drugs

 

[When Jokers Attack]

Shocking. Heathens the lot of them

 

 

Absolute disgrace, Wonder what size of crowd St Vincent, The Twiight Sad and Idlewild will draw today.

 

Last time I went to TITP was 2013, got a day ticket for Kraftwerk and the tent was half full.

Edited July 12, 2015 by When Jokers Attack

[Rose-Colored Boy]

looks like it's become Scotlands answer to V fest, The Libertines looked and sounded shite aswell 

V isn't great, but it's not that bad. Scotland's answer to Reading maybe more accurate.

 

Re. small crowds. Ticket sales have been dwindling for a while now. This year especially they can't even give them away.

That's what happens when you narrow your appeal to Calvin Harris fans by booking Calvin Harris every year then don't book Calvin Harris one year.

[rzwodezwo]

Come on, you can't compare Avicci to Chemical Brothers. It's not dance music that's the problem, there's a dance area at Glastonbury. Avicci is the pits.

 

It's pop music, more like Taylor Swift than Chemical Brothers. But what's wrong with that? 

[frostypaw]

It's pop music, more like Taylor Swift than Chemical Brothers. But what's wrong with that?

Longevity, which speaks more of quality than most other measures.

In ten years time you'll still be able to play 2 seconds of the panicy breathlessness of "Believe" and people will recognise it, I doubt we'll say the same for Avicii - might mistake it for The Grid.

Not that there is anything strictly 'wrong' with that, and especially for a young folk's festival why not, but there are better acts that could do it instead

[Rose-Colored Boy]

It's pop music, more like Taylor Swift than Chemical Brothers. But what's wrong with that? 

Avicci is nothing like Taylor Swift, eh

[efcfanwirral]

I have to say the big thing I used to like watching it on TV was the crowd reaction- they were always very loud singing along whoever was playing, but they seem to have lost that. It'll be interesting to see what they're like for Noel tonight after seeing how good 8000 people sounded yesterday for him.

Also from the TV the stage areas seem very small, the main stage doesn't look like it holds many people at all.

[Red Day]

V isn't great, but it's not that bad. Scotland's answer to Reading maybe more accurate.

 

That's what happens when you narrow your appeal to Calvin Harris fans by booking Calvin Harris every year then don't book Calvin Harris one year.

 

It's bugger all like Reading.  They at least try and cater for their core rock crowd.  T is a tartan version of V with almost the same group of bands over a two year period.

[Rose-Colored Boy]

It's bugger all like Reading.  They at least try and cater for their core rock crowd.  T is a tartan version of V with almost the same group of bands over a two year period.

I thought dirty_dog was on about the crowds tbh.

[Red Day]

Crowd size is about the same at each of them, except T grossly over estimate numbers.  Papers report 85000 but reality is around 20k less

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Crowd size is about the same at each of them, except T grossly over estimate numbers.  Papers report 85000 but reality is around 20k less

But in terms of having a signification proportion of coked-up arseholes who spend all day in the dance tent and shun most else, that's a worse problem at Reading than V sorry for the confusion.

Edited July 12, 2015 by Zac Quinn

[Red Day]

But in terms of having a signification proportion of coked-up arseholes who spend all day in the dance tent and shun most else, that's a worse problem at Reading than V sorry for the confusion.

Ha ha.

 

It's the same teenage school leavers they aim to attract at V and T.  Ironic that T is sponsored by a (shite) beer company when the majority of the crowd aren't old enough to drink.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Ha ha.

 

  Ironic that T is sponsored by a (shite) beer company when the majority of the crowd aren't old enough to drink.

 

 

Spot on. Tennants Super isn't a patch on the real thing, Special Brew.

[Notmegov]

Ahhh the Brew Crew.

[dirty_dog]

I thought dirty_dog was on about the crowds tbh.

 

yes mostly about the sort of people attending the Festival

[addicted2noise]

Crowd size is about the same at each of them, except T grossly over estimate numbers.  Papers report 85000 but reality is around 20k less

 

Even that seems a bit generous, I'd be surprised if there's more than 50,000 at it this year

[JBarbour]

Crowd size for The War On Drugs

Wow!

I went to the warm up gig they did for titp in Sheffield. Pulled a bigger crowd at the warm up

[Guest]

Does anybody else see an abstract painting where there's allegedly a picture of TWOD's crowd size?

[Bonehead> Clapton]

RE: The War On Drugs

I'm in a similar boat to efcfanwirral . I went to see them in Nottingham a while ago, I like most of the new album and their older stuff, but live it just really didn't cut it for me. Meandering throwback rock, I almost left early. 

 

Im the opposite. Didn't think much on record, saw them at Brixton and they were fantastic. Brilliant live band, and he can bloody shred!

[Mezhyp1]

That was my 10th TITP, been going since I was a nipper, I had swore when it left Balado that was me, but I went for one shot at the new site, and with that, I'll be calling it a day, just isn't the festival it was even 5/6 years ago, there's too much of this wave of people who prefer to sit at their tents or go to the slam tent with no idea who they are watching, it's definitely taken over the festival, it won't be long before it's entirely aimed at these types and that's not something I'm interested in

Also, The War on Drugs sounded brilliant, it was a real shame that they didn't get the crowd they deserved

[CaledonianGonzo]

!!

http://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/620540921810059264