Overcrowding / Capacity (2022 vs 2023)

[Skip997]

15 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

So Fri headliner time... where was everyone?! Nowhere seems like it was busy.

Or was it that everywhere was just properly spread out for once? Unless the SE Corner was rammed?

Kelis, West Holts, not really that busy, plenty of room to dance and party.

[FuzzyDunlop]

24 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Arctic Monkeys were actually pretty packed I think

I assumed so, but someone earlier said 3/4 of the way back there was a lot of room. I appreciate that accounts for 70,000 or so, but it's still plenty of unaccounted for souls.

[Alvoram]

7 hours ago, Ricci's Special Kebabs said:

Much less busier than previous years IMO. Walked straight in without any issue. Biggest crush for me was next to the food stalls when I walked past Ben Howard on Friday, it didn't help that a Van needed to drive through it all. 

They definitely got most of the one way systems right this year.

Sorry, wasn't saying it was dangerously busy or anything like that, we were just trying to work out why Monkeys was not rammo... Trying to work out what else was on for folk at the same time. 

[Alvoram]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Arctic Monkeys were actually pretty packed I think

Not 3/4's up the field on the left it wasn't, loads of space. 

To be fair, doesn't look that busy near the front, busier than where we were by a long long way, but still looks to be plenty of room to move around. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

So where the hell was everyone? We wnt to Four Tet after the Saw Doctors and it wasn't particularly stowed?

[philipsteak]

My friends at Arctics said a load of people left too, but none of us at other stages (or seemingly no one here) noticed a big influx part way through sets.

Seriously, where was everyone?

[CaledonianGonzo]

This is some Bermuda Triangle sh*t if even the Chemical Bros wasn't busy.

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

Was at Hot Chip, plenty of space down the right.

Maybe they just it got it so right on the Friday night, with a selection of headliners that were equally popular and well suited for their stages.

Or that maybe people weren't so fussed about that they decided to go places they wouldn't usually at that time of night - SEC, Silver Hayes etc.

If everywhere was reasonably busy but with space to move then they probably nailed it.

[CaledonianGonzo]

But that can still happen with a couple of enormous crowds somewhere on the site.....

[FuzzyDunlop]

3 hours ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said:

Was at Hot Chip, plenty of space down the right.

Maybe they just it got it so right on the Friday night, with a selection of headliners that were equally popular and well suited for their stages.

Or that maybe people weren't so fussed about that they decided to go places they wouldn't usually at that time of night - SEC, Silver Hayes etc.

If everywhere was reasonably busy but with space to move then they probably nailed it.

Silver Hayes was not busy. I was at Camelphat which wasnt full at all. In fact it was on the quieter side. Eli Brown came on at half 10, he was playing to a 1/3 capacity Levels. (if Im generous).  I could nip to the toilet & the rest of the SH was pretty quiet.

Even for FBS at 12am it was busy, but not rammed. Not like Sunday after Reg.

Phpto of Camelphat... wasnt rammed at all (I got there at 9:45)

Edited July 1, 2023 by FuzzyDunlop

[Skip997]

3 hours ago, philipsteak said:

Seriously, where was everyone?

Down the Rabbit hole?

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Silver Hayes was not busy. I was at Camelphat which wasnt full at all. In fact it was on the quieter side. Eli Brown came on at half 10, he was playing to a 1/3 capacity Levels. (if Im generous).  I could nip to the toilet & the rest of the SH was pretty quiet.

Even for FBS at 12am it was busy, but not rammed. Not like Sunday after Reg.

Phpto of Camelphat... wasnt rammed at all (I got there at 9:45)

As we approached from the field entrance there was one fella in high vis fairly gently saying "levels is full", I was OK with that as I was gonna stand outside anyway - dunno how anyone else responded to his information. 

BTW whilst that set was playing we were passed by a fella in a gold jacket going through the crowd with a woman who for the few fleeting seconds was the spitting image of FBS, this means my wing (wo)man remains unconvinced that it was him on stage 🤣

[Gnomicide]

17 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

So Fri headliner time... where was everyone?! Nowhere seems like it was busy.

Or was it that everywhere was just properly spread out for once? Unless the SE Corner was rammed?

Saw Doctors at Acoustic followed by The Damned at Avalon. Neither were rammed.

[FuzzyDunlop]

1 hour ago, clarkete said:

As we approached from the field entrance there was one fella in high vis fairly gently saying "levels is full", I was OK with that as I was gonna stand outside anyway - dunno how anyone else responded to his information. 

BTW whilst that set was playing we were passed by a fella in a gold jacket going through the crowd with a woman who for the few fleeting seconds was the spitting image of FBS, this means my wing (wo)man remains unconvinced that it was him on stage 🤣

For FBS they said it was full? 

I managed to get in & out to the toilet, no bother

[FuzzyDunlop]

14 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Saw Doctors at Acoustic followed by The Damned at Avalon. Neither were rammed.

The great Fri mystery. Going to assume the SE corner was rammed

[Ayrshire Chris]

34 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

The great Fri mystery. Going to assume the SE corner was rammed

Sparks on the park stage then a great wander round stopping for a few drinks and taking in the smaller stages, knowing that Saturday and Sunday we would be at the pyramid. 

[Fearless_Fish]

We arrived on Thursday around 5pm and got shoved in pink 56, eventually got camped in Back House - that was a brutal walk as we'd decided to do it in one trip so we could enjoy the fun as soon as possible.

We finished pitching at 6:45 and set off straight away as we wanted to see Steve Knightley. Down the railway track we went and got caught in - as we now know - the Example crowd. Missed over half of Steve's set. Later we saw Mik Artistic at the Rocket Lounge. Popped to the toilet after he finished and had to queue for 15 minutes for the urinal. 

Decided to explore Shangri-la before Guns of Navarone, but that was a no-go as there was a wall of people at Truth.

It was at this point absolutely knackered I thought I might be getting too old for this. Then it was fine for the rest of the weekend until Elton 😊

In response to the Friday mystery I can confirm that Hot Chip was nicely chilled. Had to pop out to the toilet and missed half a song. We were central and further forward than halfway. Walked back to my partner with ease.

[Avalon_Fields]

Shangri La was very busy Friday around 11pm. Difficult to move. Must have been the busiest place at that time judging by the previous posts. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

We were in IIcon for Four Tet at 11 which wasn't that bad - then got into Nowhere easily enough after that....

 

[danbailey80]

I don’t think there’s much mystery. Artic Monkeys was still a big crowd up the hill. This would have take a lot of the punters. 

[airwaves]

Friday for me was at The Park for Sparks followed by Fever Ray

Sparks wasn't as busy as I anticipated. Could probably have got my favoured spot immediately in front of the mixing desk even if I had turned up at start of set. That said they had a respectable crowd going beyond the mix desk. 

Thinned out a bit for Fever Ray. "Full" forward of mix desk but not rammed. Filled further behind mix desk as set progressed. People joining from other disappointing sets maybe? 

[clarkete]

4 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

For FBS they said it was full? 

I managed to get in & out to the toilet, no bother

Aye, as I say it was just one young-ish lad, no megaphone and not shouting, so if it was full it would not have helped. It certainly looked like it was a big draw compared to other things we passed on the way, so I was happy to remain outside...where we saw his lookalike walking through the crowd. 

[FuzzyDunlop]

7 hours ago, clarkete said:

Aye, as I say it was just one young-ish lad, no megaphone and not shouting, so if it was full it would not have helped. It certainly looked like it was a big draw compared to other things we passed on the way, so I was happy to remain outside...where we saw his lookalike walking through the crowd. 

This is the only photo I took of Norm

[Alvoram]

Could it be that for 2 hours, for once, scheduling was absolutely spot on?

Nowhere was hectic, nowhere was dead. everybody spread out nicely around the site? 

.... Nah, what am I saying, ignore me, that'd never happen... 🙈🤣

[clarkete]

21 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

This is the only photo I took of Norm

I've seen a couple of others where the shirt was clearly his type, but yes as you say no disputing that 🙂