Zacko Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Love Saves the Day just posted saying they sold 15,000 tickets in 5 minutes this morning. Crazy! Glad I had mine sorted back at the end of 2019. Interestingly they've soft limited the capacity for now, but are opening a deposit scheme for the other however many thousand tickets. You put down 25% of the ticket value and then if the Government give the go ahead for full capacity events in June then you get the ticket. Edited March 4, 2021 by Zacko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, gooner1990 said: The roadmen/chav types were out in full force that year! Not necessarily a bad thing. It’s the youngsters who haven’t yet learned that they aren’t the only ones at the festival and leave their crap everywhere. Lots of lovely roadmen/chavs that are plenty considerate of others and their surroundings. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Johno Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, stuie said: Not necessarily a bad thing. It’s the youngsters who haven’t yet learned that they aren’t the only ones at the festival and leave their crap everywhere. Lots of lovely roadmen/chavs that are plenty considerate of others and their surroundings. Yeah if you wanna wear a bucket hat and a man bag that’s fine by me. I was really showing my age when I yelled at a group of teenagers to stop pushing in the queue for the job centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyhana22 Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, stuie said: Not necessarily a bad thing. It’s the youngsters who haven’t yet learned that they aren’t the only ones at the festival and leave their crap everywhere. Lots of lovely roadmen/chavs that are plenty considerate of others and their surroundings. The Boomtown thread chat suggests a drop in numbers (as implied by BT in comms last year when they indicated it would be a more 'intimate' vibe), but I don't think it's a halving. Something like 60k total on site dropping to 48k. And I can't envisage a massive drop in punter profile, given that it sold out so quickly. Surely most of those would be people who have been before, which would include a pro rata number of 'wrong 'uns'! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseboy11 Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 48 minutes ago, Zacko said: Love Saves the Day just posted saying they sold 15,000 tickets in 5 minutes this morning. Crazy! Glad I had mine sorted back at the end of 2019. Interestingly they've soft limited the capacity for now, but are opening a deposit scheme for the other however many thousand tickets. You put down 25% of the ticket value and then if the Government give the go ahead for full capacity events in June then you get the ticket. Yeah I missed out on tickets unfortunately, tempted by the deposit thing tomorrow though. Don't see why we should have full capacity in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 21 hours ago, Old_Johno said: Yeah if you wanna wear a bucket hat and a man bag that’s fine by me. I was really showing my age when I yelled at a group of teenagers to stop pushing in the queue for the job centre. I gave up judging folk by their attire long ago. It leads to many wrong conclusions, both ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Primavera Sound are holding a no-social-distancing indoor concert with 5,000 people....this month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGCarr Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, stuie said: I gave up judging folk by their attire long ago. It leads to many wrong conclusions, both ways. Can't stand that people still judge people for the clothes they wear. Beyond cringe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkic Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 20 minutes ago, TGCarr said: Can't stand that people still judge people for the clothes they wear. Beyond cringe Yep. The annual hate for people in Hunter wellies in here is beyond annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stuie Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, zahidf said: Guys, have I missed something - how/why is this new Bigfoot Festival planning to go ahead on 18th June, before the proposed end of restrictions? Is there something in the ‘roadmap’ that might allow events before this date? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stuie Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Just now, gherring8 said: So excited about this! Their first social post since August last year. Great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, stuie said: Guys, have I missed something - how/why is this new Bigfoot Festival planning to go ahead on 18th June, before the proposed end of restrictions? Is there something in the ‘roadmap’ that might allow events before this date? Thanks Outdoor events are allowed up to 4,000 people / 50% of capacity (whichever is lower) at Step 3 (likely May 17th). So if they've got enough space for 8,000+ then they can theoretically run a 4,000 capacity event under the rules. No idea whether they'll actually be able to pull it off though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, incident said: Outdoor events are allowed up to 4,000 people / 50% of capacity (whichever is lower) at Step 3 (likely May 17th). So if they've got enough space for 8,000+ then they can theoretically run a 4,000 capacity event under the rules. No idea whether they'll actually be able to pull it off though. Ah i see. Thanks for answering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh69 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, incident said: Outdoor events are allowed up to 4,000 people / 50% of capacity (whichever is lower) at Step 3 (likely May 17th). So if they've got enough space for 8,000+ then they can theoretically run a 4,000 capacity event under the rules. No idea whether they'll actually be able to pull it off though. This, and also it's possible it's one of those pilot events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner1990 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Truck Festival now sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Might not be a festival but I've just bought tickets for New Order and Hot Chip at Heaton Park and I am really excited at the prospect of live music in a field even as far away as September! Miss that ticket buying rush. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltere Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Came here to post about Houghton. Interestingly despite not having bought a ticket before (and only signing up to the mailing list last week!) I got sent an e-mail today saying I'd get a priority purchase link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 9 hours ago, stuie said: I gave up judging folk by their attire long ago. It leads to many wrong conclusions, both ways. Phew 😥 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: Phew 😥 Apart from hats. You can tell lots by people’s hats 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernMan Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Zoo Music Girl said: Might not be a festival but I've just bought tickets for New Order and Hot Chip at Heaton Park and I am really excited at the prospect of live music in a field even as far away as September! Miss that ticket buying rush. Thinking of doing the same actually but keep getting the fear it won’t happen 🙃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, ModernMan said: Thinking of doing the same actually but keep getting the fear it won’t happen 🙃 I figured that if it doesn't happen then no harm done really. Postponement or cancellation and money back. We have relatives up near there so going with them and making a weekend of it (hopefully!). Should be a great gig. Just keep thinking about dancing to those songs in a field 🙂 Decent price for the line-up too I reckon. Starts at 4pm so should be longer sets. I'd take anything right now though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Nobby Burton Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 That’s the thing I don’t get with a lot of my mates reluctance. With most/all of these festivals, it’s either roll over or money back. If it doesn’t happen you can’t lose... but if it does happen and you don’t have a ticket, we’ll then you’re screwed for another year of live music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 23 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said: I figured that if it doesn't happen then no harm done really. Postponement or cancellation and money back. We have relatives up near there so going with them and making a weekend of it (hopefully!). Should be a great gig. Just keep thinking about dancing to those songs in a field 🙂 Decent price for the line-up too I reckon. Starts at 4pm so should be longer sets. I'd take anything right now though! Have you listened to Working Men's Club? Another good one on that lineup 16 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said: That’s the thing I don’t get with a lot of my mates reluctance. With most/all of these festivals, it’s either roll over or money back. If it doesn’t happen you can’t lose... but if it does happen and you don’t have a ticket, we’ll then you’re screwed for another year of live music. My thoughts exactly - win win really whatever happens. Worst case its a free festival summer next year and helping our favourites to continue to exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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