tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post115627145539468134..comments2024-03-18T11:43:53.754+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: NOT V HAPPYSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1156937330273704172006-08-30T11:28:00.000+00:002006-08-30T11:28:00.000+00:00Every festival is like V you say?... I've been to ...Every festival is like V you say?... I've been to Reading festival every year, and went to it the weekend after V. I printed out the line-up on their site beforehand (V did not offer this facility), and it took me 2 minutes to get a drink, this is the same every year.. why are there queues at V and not at Reading? The toilet queue at V was actually quite scary at one point as people started to get angry. There's simply too many people there. Me and my friends said under no circumstances would we go back to V again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1156374973375249722006-08-23T23:16:00.000+00:002006-08-23T23:16:00.000+00:00sorry, this sounds like every festival i've ever b...sorry, this sounds like every festival i've ever been to (except glastonbury, and it has different problems). and i've been to quite a few.<BR/><BR/>not saying it's good.. just that nothing is new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1156322236170622592006-08-23T08:37:00.000+00:002006-08-23T08:37:00.000+00:00I'm surprised that it's only now that V festival-g...I'm surprised that it's only now that V festival-goers have started to complain - the V festival has been set up like this for as long as I can remember.<BR/>When I lived in Essex, I was mates with the festival chaplain. We used to set up a caravan by the "dance" tent (the JJB tent) and annoy the festival organisers in two ways:<BR/>1) Our site passes were laminates with the running orders of the bands printed on it, and we used to give out this info for free; and<BR/>2) We would give free drinks to anyone, but especially people coming out of the dance tent. To not give people access to drinking water after they've been dancing in a cramped hot environment is simply negligent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1156291031232017522006-08-22T23:57:00.000+00:002006-08-22T23:57:00.000+00:00I camped at the Weston Park site this year. Laugha...I camped at the Weston Park site this year. Laughably poor security, toilets that weren't cleaned all weekend (unusable by Saturday morning!) due to 'weather issues'.<BR/><BR/>The demand to pay £10 just to find out when bands were playing was the final straw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1156290886740912412006-08-22T23:54:00.000+00:002006-08-22T23:54:00.000+00:00I'm not defending V, but isn't there some rule abo...I'm not defending V, but isn't there some rule about taking your own booze onto licensed premises. It's not as if V is the only festival that do this.<BR/><BR/>What is this anyway? Fans complaining V is too commercial? Well, duh!ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.com