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Depeche Mode still out there for now. Would go off similar to The Cure I bet especially if they tweaked the setlist to be all big songs and minimal new material. Theyre usually pretty good about that at festival sets anyway.
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I mean they signed a 20 year agreement with the city of Indio to operate the festival a couple years ago. They own the property and actually update their infrastructure? Its not their fault they can invest in their sh*t for the long term. ( own all the staging and pa systems too ) One year after Coach had 20,000 sneak into the fest in 2010 ( first year they tried rfid wristbands ) they built a border wall and then kept improving stuff from there. Sneaking in is pretty minimal now and people just find wristbands for cheap anyway. My thing is, you will have to address this at some point because luck runs out. Its been near misses for a long time in terms of nothing happening. You cant keep operating that way. You cant keep saying " oh yeah, thats how it goes, leave it alone." If one of us or somebody we know ended up getting hurt cause of a crowd surge and all, then what. Like yeah, they put the wall up when they finally saw it get so out of control, but now people have figured out something else and will exploit it to no end if left unchecked. Things came to a head this year due to bad scheduling and an obvious audience shift. If theyre not taking that into consideration when booking artists and subsequently scheduling them as to avoid crowding and such then theyre just out of touch. Its obviously not about money either for the fest, but if people arent having a good time cause they have to worry more about getting around, even if its to go to the restroom or get food then what kind of experience is that?
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In 22 I literally saw a full sized Cello in the lock up along with a bunch of other bulky items. I myself locked up my passport in there just in case. Theft wont come near to the level it is in the u.s thats for sure. We have organized phone theft rings and they make out like bandits every single festival season. City festivals are the prime target because younger crowds mean less experience. And edm acts make for prime targets cause theres pushing and all that so you dont feel your phone being taken.
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I would assume they'd be trying to go through the re-entry section, as there's a lot less obstacles on that path. Or possibly even one of the exit lanes. Thing is that there should be a security guard sat several metres after the ticket/wristband/passout check, and so assuming the ticket checker is halfway alert they just yell runner, and assuming the security is halfway alert they can pick them up.
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I always take duct tape and scissors- they live in my rucksack and never see the light of day normally but as I had a tent pole break one year when someone fell on my tent do I feel it’s one of those things that would come in handy. This year I managed to break my camping chair on the first day - and the duct tape made its first appearance- it held the chair together for a whole week! Then I discovered my tube of face sun cream was leaking at the wrong end - once again the duct tape saved the day! Also used it to keep my fairy lights attached to the tent 😀
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