Crowd control issues

[jannybruck]

Pyramid already looked nearly half full by the end of Herbie Hancock's (fucking amazing) set. Diana might be a shitshow.

[Major_Tom108]

48 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

You couldve made it to West Holts for Nightmares on Wax. Theyre starting late. Way chill and loose crowd.

 

Now the Jack White problem in 4 hours....

Learnt my lesson and have been at The Park since 2:00pm enjoying the vibe & waiting for JW

[Rose-Colored Boy]

1 hour ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Yeah, of course, was just having a laugh because it sounded so funny. "Avoid all the popular pop crap". Haha.

In all seriousness, I'm thinking about writing to the festival through their contact form online and asking about the problems witnessed this year. Perhaps if enough ppl did that they'd reconsider pushing capacity up any higher and think about the price instead.

For example.

They raised capacity a few years ago by 7k, which generates an extra 2m quid (at 285 a ticket).

Across 150k regular attendees, they'd only need to increase the ticket another £13.50 to get the same figure back.

If they increased the ticket price by £50, they'd easily be able to maintain the capacity it was a few years back. 

Would need to be more like a £20 increase - cutting down the attendee numbers doesn’t just cut down income from ticket sales but also the take from food/drink/merch sales, which probably averages out at at least £150 per attendee. But broadly I agree. The Eavii would be the first to tell you that they prioritise keeping the ticket cost as low as possible, but when the event starts feeling unsafe then that just needs to change unfortunately. 

Edited June 26, 2022 by Rose-Colored Boy

[BBC7BBCHEAVEN]

4 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

Pyramid already looked nearly half full by the end of Herbie Hancock's (fucking amazing) set. Diana might be a shitshow.

Yeah just left herbie, crowd coming from John peel is nuts 

[ICESTONE]

i'd rather have hot needles poked in my eyes than watch Diana Ross.

[Ayrshire Chris]

17 minutes ago, jannybruck said:

Pyramid already looked nearly half full by the end of Herbie Hancock's (fucking amazing) set. Diana might be a shitshow.

Yes but a lot of picnic chairs rugs loungers even double air beds taking up a lot of space

boils my piss 

Edited June 26, 2022 by Ayrshire Chris

[kevbizarre]

45 minutes ago, BBC7BBCHEAVEN said:

Very glad I left before the end of sports team

Feels like there's a giant mob just moving between the big names this year. Convinced the Tories sent tickets out to voters

Just positioned myself so I can watch them all crush each other en route to Diana Ross and I can go watch the Sniffers in hopefully relatively small crowd

 

It was horrible. Managed to get out after Sports Team. But the people were just streaming in for Ezra. Madness 

[WS_Jack_III]

22 minutes ago, Major_Tom108 said:

Learnt my lesson and have been at The Park since 2:00pm enjoying the vibe & waiting for JW

How is it looking, I was gonna come up at 5.

[TheUltracheese]

2 minutes ago, WS_Jack_III said:

How is it looking, I was gonna come up at 5.

There now and it's really not that busy. That said I'm quite happily on the outskirts chilling out.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

40 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Would need to be more like a £20 increase - cutting down the attendee numbers doesn’t just cut down income from ticket sales but also the take from food/drink/merch sales, which probably averages out at at least £150 per attendee. But broadly I agree. The Eavii would be the first to tell you that they prioritise keeping the ticket cost as low as possible, but when the event starts feeling unsafe then that just needs to change unfortunately. 

Yeah, I thought about that after I posted with a lack of say 20k and their money, but then perhaps they would have to reduce food stands and shops respectively. 

Regardless, they can't keep increasing it year on year unless they also increase the site and the options on offer and even then, for a headliner like Macca, the Pyramid can't hold people exponentially 

[Pinhead]

Pyramid right now could possibly be more rammed for Diana than Paul...

[Suprefan]

Parks like empty more or less. Suns dipping behind the stage if youre up close

[Cooter]

Looks like a Lionel sized crowd 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Lionel and Dolly are the only two crowd sizes I've seen that compare.

[willgooneday]

15 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Pyramid right now could possibly be more rammed for Diana than Paul...

I mean it is hard to to tell on telly cos Paul was obviously at night but it deffo looks bigger from my TV screen. Maybe a combination of very little competition, better live reputation and Sunday day ticketers? 

Edited June 26, 2022 by willgooneday

[al_coholic]

DiRo crowd is bigger than the Stones and that is the biggest I have ever seen. Shame that sadly she is a bit crap. I have bailed and gone to Fontaine's DC. 

[BenG92]

At least they put Fontaines on opposite DR who should arguably have been on the pyramid anyway 

[Lennoel]

There seems to a be a lot more space everywhere today (bar The Pyramid, by the sound of things l). 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

Just now, Barry Fish said:

You could still see spots last night with gaps which just aren't there today.  Behind the sound stages etc is totally rammed and they had space last night for example.

Don’t know why people bother standing behind the sound stages, surely just go to see someone else 😆 

[Greased-Up Deaf Guy]

I'm sick to death of scousers in bucket hats being disrespectful as fuck.

 

 

[stereodista]

Dolly was bigger, right? And just as bad! At least there’s no question Diana was singing live. 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

3 minutes ago, stereodista said:

Dolly was bigger, right? And just as bad! At least there’s no question Diana was singing live. 

Don’t remember being able to see grass towards the back of the field during Dolly’s set. 

[Peroni]

McFly Rammed....

[Suprefan]

1 minute ago, Peroni said:

McFly Rammed....

Jack close to it and I think Elbow is still full post Diana because Kacey is apparently empty as shit at Other.

[stereodista]

15 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Don’t remember being able to see grass towards the back of the field during Dolly’s set. 

No, me neither. Was at the back of the field for that one, and there was no room for manoeuvre whatsoever.