Alice In Chains @ Metallica - security/overcapacity??

Kersh

Ok, here goes, I hear AiC are going to be on some second stage at the Metallica gig. Apparently this 'tent' has a capacity of 2000 people.
Now I reckon most people there will want to see AiC, and i think its gonna be dangerous. For anyone that was at Foo Fighters 1st ever gig on the second stage at Reading in the 90s, you will know what that means. Crowd surges/overcapacity by a long way, and a lot of danger and risk.
Do the organisers know that this might pose problems, or has anyone been on to them??
i think they ought to know.

psilocybe

It will have to be moved to the main stage. Hopefully this will be done when they realise they have a problem on their hands. If not it will be a very dangerous situation. Anyone concerned should email Aiken, office@aikenpromotions.com

Kersh

Done.

NIBBS

there's certainly been some emails going to them about this subject, I've brought it up on a few messageboards already, and almost everyone agrees.....so I think they would be very stupid and neglegent not to move them, should anything happen there's enough people that have warned them of the possible problems.........

Mushy

I e-mailed them yesterday bout this. 2000 is the max number that tent will hold so the chances are it'll be even less. If they ignore, and something bad happens, it'll only look bad on them and people will sue for negligence!

honru

Fúck that lads. I want to see them in teh tent.

Surely there will be security that will monitor the amount of people entering/leaving the tent when it does get overcrowded, like at any festival. No harm there.

Kersh

Reading was a big problem (Foo Fighters), had to put my sis on my shoulders, and even then we were crushed. It was real bad.

Beekay

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

Fúck that lads. I want to see them in teh tent.

Surely there will be security that will monitor the amount of people entering/leaving the tent when it does get overcrowded, like at any festival. No harm there.

How many does the rds hold,lets say 30,000.
Now my guess would be that at the least half of 30,000 metallica fans will want to go see Alice In Chains,a legendary band on a reunion tour,and there could be a chance Phil Anselmo will be on vocals for them.


Thats at least 13,000 ppl not able to fit into the tent to see them,Do you know how to stop 13,000 ppl from seeing a band they paid to see without starting a riot or crush?

honru

I seriously doubt there will be 15,000 interested punters, but that's my opinion.

I also presume Alice in Chains will be clashing with Korn?

Kersh

Think my bro said they wouldnt be.. cant remember who he said they would clash with..

Mushy

Does anyone else think bands wont clash with Metallica? I think Stone Sour will clash with Korn, then AIC with A7X. Leavin the whole crowd available for Metallica!

Beekay

Mushy wrote:

Does anyone else think bands wont clash with Metallica? I think Stone Sour will clash with Korn, then AIC with A7X. Leavin the whole crowd available for Metallica!

i think thats how it will be,its was originally Metallicas gig after all

honru

Mushy wrote:

Does anyone else think bands wont clash with Metallica? I think Stone Sour will clash with Korn, then AIC with A7X. Leavin the whole crowd available for Metallica!

That would be much better. Here's hoping.

I hear Advenged Sevenfold are popular with the kids these days, moreso than Alice in Chains anyway.

psilocybe

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

I seriously doubt there will be 15,000 interested punters, but that's my opinion.

I also presume Alice in Chains will be clashing with Korn?

There will definetely be more than 2,000 though.

Mushy

I hear Avenged Sevenfold are popular with the kids these days,

Think thats why they on main stage! Main Stage for popular bands/headliner!

Kersh

Who are they, some sort of 'RAWWKK' band..
Im sure they are popular, but more than 2000 want to see AIC, even if 'only' 1/4 of the concergoers want to see AIC thats still way too many... and trouble will occur.

cormon

the size restriction is a pain in the ass , but Alice in Chains live Dublin
thats the stuff of dreams right there !!!!!!. I'll defo be going now . Any word who's on vocals . Much an all as I respect Phil , I dont think his vocals are what AIC need .

Mushy

Who are they, some sort of 'RAWWKK' band..

Cant fully tell if your bein serious or not, most likely not, but they are an EMO*big shock smily face* band!

Any word who's on vocals

Willliam Duvall on vocals for most of it, Jerry will probably be doin his usual bits and pieces in there

Dermington

Mushy wrote:

Willliam Duvall on vocals for most of it, Jerry will probably be doin his usual bits and pieces in there

I think Cantrell's solo album was better than any AiC i have heard. Just my opinion. So i think it would be cool if he was singing.

Phil Anselmo could pull off being the vocalist no problem. And because people respect Anselmo they wont approach the gig with the idea that he is there to usurp Layne Staley's place.

NIBBS

this is very simple, there will be way more than 2,000 trying to see AIC - if they tought that they'd only get 1,000 punters interested in them there'd be a gig for them in a different venue which would hold that amount..........just my opinion.....
anyway they are still very popular, and a lot of kids will be driven to it by the fact that Duff will more than likely be on guitar and the possiblity of Anselmo on a couple of tracks will drag a lot more along, very hard to secure a tent like that........it's going to be mayhem, I know loads that are just going to see AIC and more and more people are saying that they are swinging to buying tickets just because they are playing......

honru

Just remember to get to the tent early and drink loads of water beforehand.

psilocybe

What good is drinking water going to do if thousands of people force their way into an fully crowded marquee?

cookie dough 61

Im going purely to see AIC.... to me Metallica (much as I love them) are the 'bonus' band. But Id like to come home from this (relatively) unscathed. I know TONS of people who are going just to see Jerry & the boys....

EyeDeeOne

im so depressed i missed this concert.
pearl jam concert
and incubus concert.

my favorite bands

senordingdong

Well obviously security aren't going to let more than 2000 people into the tent.

Overcrowding isn't what you should be worried about. What you should be worried about is how many AIC fan's are gonna miss them.

Beekay

senordingdong wrote:

Well obviously security aren't going to let more than 2000 people into the tent.

Overcrowding isn't what you should be worried about. What you should be worried about is how many AIC fan's are gonna miss them.

But are Alice In Chains Fans just gonna stand by while a band they have been waiting years to see is playing?

irishslipknot

theres been alot of talk down here about A.I.C been moved to the main stage..come on theyll have to be,everyone wants to see them.I think it would be stupid not to move them (as well since there so many youngesters going in now a days.theyd be trampled!!)...

also as a matter of intrest does any one now for defo whos singing..iv heared jerry or maynard(tool)..then phile from pantera????i rely doubt

senordingdong

Beekay wrote:

But are Alice In Chains Fans just gonna stand by while a band they have been waiting years to see is playing?

Well they're not going to start a riot either.
AIC fans will have to que up early to guarantee themselves a spot in the tent.

And William Duvall is singing, it's official.

Mushy

Well they're not going to start a riot either

This is gonna start the crushing though. From the outside, then people will have forced there way in, and it will be over-crowded causing more crushing. And i doubt the security will care too much cos they never seem to. Security wont realise there is a problem till its too late

Kersh

Thats the point of me posting here, to try make people aware , someone is going to be hurt.

EyeDeeOne

Kersh wrote:

Thats the point of me posting here, to try make people aware , someone is going to be hurt.

would love to go


that would make it a good concert!
loads of voilence with proper music = good atmosphere..



(probably wont check for replies)

cormon

has this been confirmed yet lads. Like alot of others else AIC are the star attraction here for me .

cormon

ignore previous post . it's confirmed ...nice one

Mushy

Have AIC been confirmed for Main Stage? Source me please

senordingdong

Mushy wrote:

This is gonna start the crushing though. From the outside, then people will have forced there way in, and it will be over-crowded causing more crushing. And i doubt the security will care too much cos they never seem to. Security wont realise there is a problem till its too late

Doubhtful, there will be security outside the tent monitoring the numbers.

shnaek

Personally I don't care what the security is. I am paying €70 to see AIC and I will see them. Satan himself couldn't stop me. Metallica etc are a bonus. So I am mailing that addy to let them know. Personally I'd prefer see them in the tent, but I think there will be too many fans there for that to work out. Sense must prevail.

kage

According to Aikens the tent hold 4,500!

Mushy

According to Aikens the tent hold 4,500!

Still not enough methinks! There is gonna be so many more people than that for them

honru

kage wrote:

According to Aikens the tent hold 4,500!

OK. That's more than enough.

That's a capacity more than half the size of the Point, and Alice in Chains are nowhere as big as they used to be.

Beekay

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

OK. That's more than enough.

That's a capacity more than half the size of the Point, and Alice in Chains are nowhere as big as they used to be.

I would say right now they might attract more ppl than when they would have back in the day

senordingdong

I'd agree that 4, 500 still isn't enough.

NIBBS

Beekay wrote:

I would say right now they might attract more ppl than when they would have back in the day

I totally agree, I think they'd get a lot of the kids to on word of mouth and with the fact that they've had so many guest musicans on the few dates they've played.........4,500 - fair enough if that's what they say, I'm not convinced, we'll see, I don't see them switching anything even if 10,000 people asked them to, it's not their way......