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On 6/17/2023 at 9:53 PM, CTXRussomark said:

On the access front, we even commented between ourselves how shoddy the setup looked for those with disabilities.  The position main of the msin stage access area was a complete joke, and the second stage one was so small we saw rows of wheelchair users lined up on the gravel at the top of the hill as they couldn't all fit into the area.  Completely unacceptable given they would have known exactly how many access passes they'd issued well in advance of the festival.

They tried to frame the whole 'extra access camps' as a positive thing they'd done to help people be able to attend. When in reality they didnt have the facilities or infrastructure to support these. So it was a cash grab to get even more people on an already massively oversold site. Places in each of these camps were allocated, yet at 17:30 when we finally got in, there wasn't any space and people had to move to squeeze us in. Given the traffic issues there were people still arriving well into the early hours of the morning, so it was massively oversubscribed. They just shoved as many people on site as they could, be it gen pop or access, and didnt improve anything to accommodate them. Ours wasnt the only access camp with a lack of toilets and stuff either, was a common problem across all but one of them. I expect things will be great lt improved next year due to the bad press, but its a shame it happened in the first place.

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The NME of all places with a really cool article on three Singaporean hardcore bands who are touring over here. I'm seeing Doldrey next month as I think they're the only one of the three coming to Brum, a killer mix of death metal and hardcore without being deathcore-like.

https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/music-features/singapore-hardcore-punk-sial-doldrey-fuse-interview-uk-europe-tour-3454482

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Skindred in Shangri-la on Thursday should be an experience. Saw Gojira there a few years back and that was ace. Seen Skindred so many time I don't really mind if I don't see them most of the time. Despite them always being great. But the venue should make it unique.

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5 hours ago, Shy Dad said:

Heavy tempted to grab a last minute ticket for 2000 Trees as long as I can sort a PA.

Wonder Years, Skindred and a chance to see American Football live is enough reason for me to go when splitting a ticket will cost £75 each or so.

This is how me and my PA do Glasto now. He goes half on my ticket, and then we use my disabled rail pass to get cheap travel down. The small perks of being wrecked haha. Trees looks awesome. I was supposed to last year after winning tickets, but I caught covid at Glasto and was a write off.

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I've just won four tickets to this years Outbreak and I genuinely don't know if I can be arsed to go which feels really ungrateful and entitled. Think it's partly because there's realistically 5 bands over the whole weekend I'm a genuine fan of (Converge, Scowl, Gel, Zulu and Jesus Piece) and partly because I'm getting advance anxiety about getting there and parking and all the horrors that comes with these events that I'd normally have weeks to mentally prepare for and not 3 days.

Please convince me to go. Manchester folk, reassure me about the parking situation and if you can, suggest where to park near Depot Mayfield that won't cost a small fortune (paid 22 quid once to park for a few hours in an NCP when we went to watch Ninja Warrior getting taped). Also, who else is worth seeing that I may not know? Bane would obviously be worth a look, as would Code Orange, Soul Glow and Loathe but most of the poster feels alien to me, especially when I'm not too fussed about the hip-hop side of things.

 

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Last time I saw Death Grips in Dublin, a woman's arse came flying out of mid air and knocked my friend square in the face. I've never been in a pit like it. It was like something from a zombie film where they drop the garage doors just as thousands of decaying arms are trying to reach through. 

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Did anybody snag a ticket to Converge and Cave In at Boom in Leeds? old out in seconds, couldn't believe my eyes. If I'm honest I'm devastated I couldn't get a ticket. I'm on the waiting list but I doubt any more will come up for sale, that's such a mad venue to see those two bands in.

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