Getting in the pit!? Help me :D

Whywontitwrok

SO how do I do it?!

Namely it is for the metallica/SLIPKNOT gig this summer. Its in the RDS

Is it just a case of turning up at 9am and sitting around getting in line, or is it turn up 10mins before gates and rush into the place?! I dont even know what happens, do they hand them out before the gates even open or do ya run in and scream " give me a pass! "

I was one on the first 100 into Slane last year and I didnt want a pass (I didnt know what to do even if I did want one) but everyone started running past us (shouting come on we have to get into the pit) so is it just a case of running your ass off to the front once the gates open and getting your band?

Thanks

Creamy Goodness

i was at the foo's last time they played the point to get in the pit you had to be pulled into it by the security guards which would then tag your arm so u could get in again.

i didn't get in

but i was close

sikes

point doesn't have a pit no more. oh hang on this is the rds....

well about 4 years ago i qued for a bon jovi from around 11 and got a pass when they handed them out. different things happen for different bands but you just have to q early.

good luck

Whywontitwrok

So the guys that crowdsurf up and get pulled down by the security aint told to FO instead they get put into the pit!! I thought they got shifted to the back!! Iv seen security pull people out but I thought thats cause they being crushed and studd. I was at that gig too. "sheep, sheep, sheEP,shEEP,SHEEP,SHEEP"

D-Generate

No, the people who are up at teh front of the barrier and are being crushed get pulled over in to the mosh pit. Crowd Surfers still do get thrown to the back

Whywontitwrok

So the only way in the pit is to get in first and get right up to the barrier?

lodgepole

Originally posted by sikes
point doesn't have a pit no more.

Yes they do, they just don't use it for every gig. It's a removable barrier.

Whywontitwrok

My question hasnt been answered!!?

How I get into the pit for metallica?

Töpher

Turn up at 9am 2 days before, keep an eye out for where they start building stage etc. Place tent in centre of pit area. Crawl inside. Drink.

Key items:

1 * Tent
Lots * Beer

fragile

1. Turn up early wearing an original battered Metallica t-shirt from the early 90s
2. DO NOT try to crowd surf, you will either leave the gig feeling like a fool or on a stretcher - crowd surfing is for Bon Jovi or Celine Dion concerts
3. If all else fails, Mosh like a lunatic and make your own pit :-)

Whywontitwrok

K beer and t-shirt(off e-bay needed to be autentic) have been bought, now I need some sleep on the 24th and im set

comet

what sh1t are these people talking!! To answer your question pits seem to be dying out. A lot of recent gigs have had no pit especially the Point, the Olympia has one. In general to get into a pit you have to start queuing early, if the gates are at 6:30 or something, you would need to start queing around 2:30 or 3:00, maybe earlier depending on how loyal a fan base these bands have. I was in the RDS last year for Paul McCartney, there was no pit, people just ran to the front and held their position. For a concert like this(heavy rock) I would guess there will be a pit. Once your in the gate run to the pit and get your wrist band, then you can wander around, relax until gig time. (Note: Crowd surfing to the front is one sure way of getting thrown out of the gig by security)

Whywontitwrok

K well I think gates are around 4 so ill turn up at 11 or 12 with my mates and rush up to get my pass. nice one;)

comet

Yeah you should be sorted with that, theres nothing worse though than queuing early and finding out theres no pit when you get in, its happened to me, still at least you'll get up the front, you'll just have to hold your position!!

minority

for that one you better turn up at 6am

Fozzy

To get a pit pass, all you have to do is be one of the first 1000 to queue up or whatever (I think it was 1000 in the pit at Metallica last year, or it might have been 4000). Just make sure you're near the top of the queue, they'll hand them out before you get into the venue.

seamus

Originally posted by Fozzy
To get a pit pass, all you have to do is be one of the first 1000 to queue up or whatever (I think it was 1000 in the pit at Metallica last year, or it might have been 4000). Just make sure you're near the top of the queue, they'll hand them out before you get into the venue.

It would have been 1000. There was no way 4000 people in that pit. We turned up about an hour after the gates opened and got some pit bands thanks to a very generous boards member.
****ing rocked.

It wasn't me!

On a side note, how early will I need to be outside the Phoenix Park next week to get up into whatever semblance of a pit there is for Chilis/Pixies?

Lainey

Originally posted by seamus
It would have been 1000. There was no way 4000 people in that pit. We turned up about an hour after the gates opened and got some pit bands thanks to a very generous boards member.
****ing rocked.

would this very generous boards member get me pit band for the chillis.. :

my plan is go up on early train to dub.. be there 8ish.. get fed.. queue and once have pit band, drink..

po0k

this boards member has a "factor" named after them.

comet

Was there a pit for the Chilis/Pixies gig?

p.pete

Yep, I've a mate who got in:)

lintdrummer

Ok. Here's how it happened for me last year. Gates were like 4 O'Clock (but they opened early). I started Q-ing around 12. If youve been to RDS b4 You'll know that there is a large enough area inside the gates that lead on to the street. Well even though I wasn't that early I got into this area. Main gates were obviously not open at this stage. They had set up barriers to make a Q like ****ing disney land where u had to go over and back, over and back etc.
It was weird coz they kept opening some of the fences to let a bunch of ppl up the front of the Q and they made the ppl up the front walk to the back (???). Anyway before I got to the top of the Q they gave out a bunch of the pit bands to the ppl that were up the front. So, basically ya gotta b there early.
However, I did get my hands on a pit pass. Ya just gotta find a Security guy with a bulge in his pocket and give him a tenner. Really. That's how I did it. They keep about 20 each for themselves to make money.
Hav a tenner handy and ya shud get one. They give change anyway. Actually its quite an efficient, morally wrong business wen u think about it.
Oh, and without a doubt, there WILL be a pit. Metallica always have a pit. It just wouldn't b the same without one.
Enjoy the gig!!!!!

comet

Originally posted by emmettogara
Ya just gotta find a Security guy with a bulge in his pocket and give him a tenner. Really. That's how I did it.

I know people are desperate to get into the pit but god thats sick !!! Did ye head into one of the portaloos or something?

lintdrummer

Ahem, it's a bit embarassing, but he just asked me to walk along with him in full view. He slipped it into my hand and it was over very quickly. I gave him a score, he gave me ten change.
Of course I am talking about PITBANDS causing the bulge in his pocket. He had twenty PITBANDS in his pocket. He slipped one of the PITBANDS into my hand. I paid him for one of the PITBANDS which were causing a bulge in his pocket coz he had so many.

Sicko. Wash your mind out with soap.

comet

Oh pitbands.....oh thats a different matter entirely, fair enough so

abaddon1666

****in Brilliant!!!!:D

Ardent

Originally posted by comet
Oh pitbands.....oh thats a different matter entirely, fair enough so

Brilliant, comet, absolutely brilliant. I'm still trying to stop laughing...!!

Blisterman

I queued for 3 hours in below zero temoerature at Iron Maiden to get into the pit. Turns out there wasn't one, so we hung around the lobby until the concert started and were way at the back.