Friendly Foil Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 http://www.blocweekend.com/ Were any of you watmmers planning to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coax Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 What safety concerns were they? what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 I think it was just announced, so not much info is available. some are saying that it might be because of overcrowding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coax Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Was looking around, found this http://twitpic.com/a4pei0/full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 So it was just plain old greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Was looking around, found this http://twitpic.com/a4pei0/full Is that facebook page down now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 ah yeah right there it is: https://www.facebook.com/blocwknd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fondles the cat Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 lol. Absolute fail Then! Sorry for anyone who made plans to go though, and sorry for my mates who chose bloc over glade. Bloc should have stayed at minehead, that place was awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 taken from facebook: After checking Pleasure Gardens on last weekend's opening I was shocked about the mindless configuration and usage of the space. The linear nature of the place means you cannot go from A to D without going through B and C first. Half the venue space remained empty as all the action was concentrated on the East side. There was so much noise coming from the different stages they had to place containers to stop music from overlapping reducing the space further in the overcrowded area...We arrived early so we did manage to enjoy the ship and Amon Tobin's show but it is an outrage and blatant greed to sell so many tickets so much in advance when the venue hasn't even been completed or tested. It seems like greed was a growing trend in festivals this year i.e. Field day was overcrowded too (but the bigger space saved it). I personally am done with festivals. What is the point of such big lineups if you can't get to see more than a couple of acts in the end? I guess we are all greedy in the end eh? ... I feared for myself and my friends lives in the resident advisor tent. We left after 10 minutes because we didn't know what would happen. I feel your comments on your website today to be despicable. You seem to be playing the victim "By now everyone will have heard that Bloc 2012 was closed due to crowd safety concerns." this turn if phrase is not acceptin Bloc organizers you are a JOKE! The site was big enough for 7k people not 15+ you greedy fuckers! Having to wait over 1h to get on site and then not to be able to get in any of the stages because they were already full was shocking and very dangerous! To make things worse, you could not even provide us with buses to get out of that shithole! Spent £60 on festival the ticket, £40 on taxi to get me in c.london and then another £50 for trains from brighton & back! At least £150 refund please!!! Such a promising event only to become a massive disappointment for us all , thanks again Bloc! 2 hour queue to get in. Shit sound quality on all stages. More queuing to get INTO stages. Extortionate prices for drinks, even by festival standards. Then you kept us waiting for an hour and a half in the main arena, which was dangerously overstuffed, until you let us know the site was being closed. To add insult to injury, when we made it onto the shuttle buses to get the hell out of there, it dumped everyone in the middle of nowhere instead of taking us to Liverpool Street as promised. Many people didn't live in London let alone the UK so had no idea what they were doing. I feel most sorry for the people who came over from different countries. Adamant that I am getting a refund. Never seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Wow, what a disaster! I'm glad I didn't organize some kind of international visit revolving around attending this; I know someone who did just that and they're pissed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest chunky Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Somebody needs to make an indiegogo or kickstarter for the people that lost money, to sue the organisers, and to put on a new festival next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 As I've said in other threads, it was a disaster from the start. I've got a few videos from the closure. I'll put them up later. Right now I'm stuck in a fucking hotel wondering what to do with the rest of my weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunky Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 the weather forecast for this weekend is two months worth of rain just for this weekend :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 My first impression was the disaster on the Loveparade 2010- way too many people and no proper security. For god sake nobody got hurt on bloc but hopefully there will be come more from the festival stuff as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 The only people who did get hurt were the few who started fights amongst each other, luckily. I'm not usually a fight sort of person but the situation was that bad that you couldn't help hating the world at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Why on earth did they even think of overselling that much? Was there noone in the process who said "hey guys, if all these people turn up it's gonna be a huge mess"? It's ridiculous. On a side note, last year I went to the sziget festival in hungary, which is held on an island (with plenty of room btw) in the danube. Then some day a group of "political activists" tried to gain access to the island. Wtf. Just had to mention that because I thought something similar had happened when I read the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Roadbloc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalogueCreamPie Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 lol. Absolute fail Then! Sorry for anyone who made plans to go though, and sorry for my mates who chose bloc over glade. Bloc should have stayed at minehead, that place was awesome Yep, I said that right from the start. Lets hope they learn from this & go back to Minehead or somewhere similar. For me, Bloc was all about the chalets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apriorion Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Roadbloc Stumblingbloc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Roadbloc Stumblingbloc Mentalbloc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Roadbloc Stumblingbloc Mentalbloc Blocade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Bloc party. Wait.... Shit, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Blocbuster Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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