Am I turning into a miserable old git or are arseholes becoming more prolific?

[Fayshun]

Like ^^ they said, it depends on the gig, I got turned over by the doorstaff going into Antiworld, they found Tampax in my pocket, and that's the last I saw of them all night until we left about 6 in the morning.

I didn't see one incidence of aggro that night. Mind you most people were off their heads on E.

[Jingo]

Carling Academy is pretty good at Bristol - on most gigs (hell, even Ramshackle) they have the security metal detectors/pocket searches.

It takes a while to get through sure, but what's a bit of waiting compared to a much safer night out?

[Garp]

Last gig I went to at the Brixton academy the security were doing thorough scans of everyone, metal detectors at the door and the works. Forgot i had a 3/4 drunk bottle of water, that got chucked. Had to prove my gate remote wasn't a knife too

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by G|mp

1, You were sitting down at a Prodigy gig

2, I saw them in 93 and the gig was just as rowdy if not more so and has been everytime since, the music is aggressive and loud

3, You get it at gigs, some people are just pricks

1. My brother and sister bought the tickets, no choice on seating/standing

2. I'd seen them 4 times since '96, the first time was at Brixton Academy and we were right at the front! It's never been anything like how it was last night.

3. Have to agree with that, but then again people are capable of being pricks everywhere!

Originally Posted by Wryel

most of the gigs I've been to are either bands or electronic acts/DJs.

Insert shock, Prodigy not an electronic act, headline here

[Pheebs]

I think I will have to agree that people are getting worse too.

I look at like.. the IOW festival. Quite a few years back, I went along for a day and night and it was such a lovely atmosphere. People were chilled, during performances some were sat, some sharing beers, all hugging very lovable and chilled out.

2-3years on I went back... and prodigy were head lining. I'm quite amazed I didn't get stamped all over when I saw them. It wasn't *that* bad but there were certainly some fist fighting going on and I was being thrown about everywhere (I wasn't jumping and yet I was so squashed in with people that I was being lifted up and down by everyone else). On top of that, people were just randomly having a whizz next to you in a cup, which inevitably got knocked over. Was disgusting. And they were lobbing bottles of wee and things. Not just on the prodigy night mind you, though it was the worst behaviour the whole weekend. Coldplay managed to calm the crowd a fair bit.

But yeh. I guess there were more people there too... bigger names and what not with Coldplay, The Foos and Prodigy headlining. But to me... even though there are more people I just canny understand why people would resort to throwing a bottle of wee over the crowd to spray out everywhere


Not been to a festival since

[Dymetrie]

That sounds awful Pheebs! I know that when I saw Prodigy and the Foos at V97 there were a load of muppets throwing bottles, but at least they were empty!

I think that what got to me most was not that it was rowdy, I expect that, but that there was an incredible amount of aggression and animosity

Of course, maybe I just didn't see it before through my younger eyes...

[Jonny69]

Originally Posted by Dymetrie

Of course, maybe I just didn't see it before through my younger eyes...

REM at the cricket bowl in Southampton last summer, I thought it was a bit pushy-shovy, but I had to just put it down to me being an old git, used to a bit of space. UNKLE, now there's another story, most chilled out laid back crowd. Well worth getting to one of them.

[Wryel]

Originally Posted by Dymetrie

Insert shock, Prodigy not an electronic act, headline here

Uh, oh yeah! They're not your 'average' electronic act though.