#341

Jamie cullum has done well there

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#342

that looks great. i want to go to vegas anyway, might try to get to a day of this. k dot and DaBaby is a pretty irresistible combo.

#343

So looks like I was wrong about this and Bigfoot is going ahead this weekend?

Unless there’s a last minute cancellation or it was a scam all along?

#344

I’m going and all the emails seem legit and the pre-entry testing is very thorough. I’ve got good vibes about it all (apart from the forecast).

#345

I’ve also got tickets for Womad (which is the same weekend as Latitude) the first weekend after the new leap to freedom. Have slightly less good vibes about that going ahead, assume. they’ve sold pretty much capacity tickets, whereas I’m imagine Bigfoot to be massively under normal capacity.

#346

Had no idea Blood Red Shoes were still going.

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#348

definitely a booking mix up for Rise Against to be on the 23rd

#349

Is Bigfoot kind of just pretending to be part of a government trial or something? It’s not a local authority decision if the national rules don’t allow it:

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Also clocked that they don’t let you take your own food and booze to the campsite, what a joke.

#350

This is what I find interesting. They’ve always insisted that 4000 capacity outdoor festivals are permitted in level 2 or whatever, but I don’t think that’s actually the case is it? If it was, wouldn’t there be a shitload of small festivals/outdoor gigs happening this weekend (and for the last month or so)?

They seem to be treating themselves as an unofficial pilot event based on the testing etc…

Edit: Sorry, you actually said the same, yeah.

#351

Probably can’t be run economically if you actually enforce social distancing, hence why there aren’t any others? Assuming the point of the lateral flow tests is to then cover their backs when everyone is piled in to a tent together.

I’m very suspicious, will be very curious to see what comes out of this weekend. My gut instinct is that it’ll be a fuckup.

#352

Yeah most festivals wouldn’t be able to do that because they need to pack the site to make it viable but I guess they’ve somehow made this work because of the size of the site vs the amount of tickets sold. I dunno, I’m kind of glad they’ve managed to find whatever loophole it is anyway.

#353

Main takeaway from this - NIN are touring Europe next summer. Very good news.

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#354

Mad that I haven’t really been into metal for about 15 years and I still recognise every name on this list. Always forget how massive Volbeat are in Europe too.

#355

Going to be very interested to hear how the Download Pilot goes this weekend.

#356

I’m going to Bigfoot. Must admit, I’m also very curious as to how it’s going to work!

#357

Didn’t realise it was this weekend, surprised it’s still going ahead after the recent announcement

#358

Is that…legal?

#359

This event was already designed for the current phase of restrictions. If anything it’s probably even more important now to see how viable this sort of thing is…

Typically for Download, the weather’s taking a turn just as everyone sets off.

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#360

I was offered a ticket for it but it was too pricy for an event where theres a handful of bands I’d enjoy and I’d seen half of them already, regretting it a bit now