zahidf Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Both the flares and the people setting them off in the middle of the crowd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 flares are banned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zahidf Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said: flares are banned Oh could have fooled me given the amount going off this year! Maybe some form of onstage announcements would be useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeble Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Just now, zahidf said: Oh could have fooled me given the amount going off this year! Maybe some form of onstage announcements would be useful Drugs are also ‘banned’, doesn’t seem to stop people taking them though. Might be a few people on here upset with increased searches for flares uncovering other items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Just now, zahidf said: Oh could have fooled me given the amount going off this year! Maybe some form of onstage announcements would be useful im not in disagreement .... to find them though it might either mean more extensive searches though ( which some might not appreciate ) .... or some kind of campaign to stop them ..... I noticed some vigorous removal of them during pet shop boys when pit security dived into the crowd to wrestle them off people on a couple of occasions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougal1 Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 I saw security pulling people out of the crowd after setting them off and was wondering what happens afterwards... Do they get a warning? Kicked out of the festival? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyperTechnoHorse Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Just now, dougal1 said: I saw security pulling people out of the crowd after setting them off and was wondering what happens afterwards... Do they get a warning? Kicked out of the festival? Flare up the arse. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 They add to the atmos for sure, but yes they should be controlled / eliminated since they are a hell of a dangerous. Not sure how tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Do flares and smoke bombs come under the same category? Flares are definitely outright dangerous as they are basically a highly volatile candle. Smoke bombs although containing a small incendiary element are safer but still have a potential for harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassingCloud Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 They certainly can be dangerous, but I’d say there’s far more risk from campfires around tents, and many years ago almost every tent seemed to have its own fire. Don’t think that many people burnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 14 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said: Do flares and smoke bombs come under the same category? Flares are definitely outright dangerous as they are basically a highly volatile candle. Smoke bombs although containing a small incendiary element are safer but still have a potential for harm. Came on to ask the exact same question. Its shifted pretty significantly from the actual flames to the smoke bombs since the reopening last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SighMo Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 It’s the actual marine distress flares that scare me; burning white hot feet away from everyone. At KL in the pit there was one of these right near a young family. The smoke flares don’t really worry me other than breathing it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zahidf Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) Tbh PEople with smoke bombs are twats as well Edited July 1, 2022 by zahidf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt on a Stick Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 This is to do with football, but is current, and indicates that the possession of flares (let alone setting them off) is illegal; https://thefsa.org.uk/news/flare-play-pyro-and-the-law/#:~:text=You don't have to,bombs%2C flares or fireworks either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 I saw one dropped on someone's head at Noel - not nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 I’d only realised this time how much they bloody stink … not sure why I’d not realised before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Sulphur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willgooneday Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) 57 minutes ago, dougal1 said: I saw security pulling people out of the crowd after setting them off and was wondering what happens afterwards... Do they get a warning? Kicked out of the festival? Don't know about Glasto but it was an instant ejection at a lot of festivals, it's a breach of terms and conditions. Some others they'd search you and make sure you didn't have any more on you. This comes back to Glasto's non-arena policy - do you really want arena level searches from other festivals on the way through the perimeter fence? Because that's what those asking for flares to be banned will get. Edited July 1, 2022 by willgooneday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewdk Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) It’s does add to the atmosphere, when Kasabian headlined it look great and was quite fitting for the Fire song, but I was close proximity and they do burn the head a bit, stink, and I can imagine can cause panic, I come from Bradford and support Bradford City, odd times flared to go off, and it can cause distress to some people who were connected to the Bradford Fire, they are rightly banned, for good reason Edited July 1, 2022 by waynewdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyT Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Love a flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 18 minutes ago, SighMo said: It’s the actual marine distress flares that scare me; burning white hot feet away from everyone. At KL in the pit there was one of these right near a young family. The smoke flares don’t really worry me other than breathing it in. Rainbow snot. I much prefer the smoke ones after years of the flaming ones at the low-brow gigs I enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClementsMike Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Noel G, obvs. But they look so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mph Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 57 minutes ago, PassingCloud said: They certainly can be dangerous, but I’d say there’s far more risk from campfires around tents, and many years ago almost every tent seemed to have its own fire. Don’t think that many people burnt. No one has ever found themselves in the middle of a crowd involuntarily under a campfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, PassingCloud said: They certainly can be dangerous, but I’d say there’s far more risk from campfires around tents, and many years ago almost every tent seemed to have its own fire. Don’t think that many people burnt. 4 minutes ago, mph said: No one has ever found themselves in the middle of a crowd involuntarily under a campfire basically what i was about to type. its one thing at your own campsite but when some drunk person is swaying about on someone's shoulders you can see where it becomes dangerous. smoke bombs thumbs up from me, flares generally thumbs up except when holder is an idiot. (they do look cool as fuck) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadMakesYouFat? Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 During Sea Girls a guy set off a smoke bomb, but it was so quiet that a security guy just climbed over the barrier, walked up behind him and grabbed it out of his hand. Really made me laugh. They stink, and added to the problem of incessant smoking during Jamie T in the John Peel tent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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