boopdedoop wrote: » Was informed thousands hopped the fence
boopdedoop wrote: » I had such a good time!! Having said that though I got a different vibe this year. It seemed like the crowd was a bit scummier, ridiculous amount of tents around us were robbed, and we heard the commotion of it as well. Heard there was a few fights around our camp. Was informed thousands hopped the fence and security wasn't able to handle it.. We were woken up by security in our tent Saturday morning for wristband checks. They said it was the only way they could find out where the fence hoppers are sleeping, by going tent to tent.. seems strange. People visibly out of their heads in the middle of the day, I didn't see much of that last year. (People were obviously out of their heads last year too but not obnoxiously so), I dunno - a tad scummier. With that said though, still had a wonderful weekend :-)
laserlad2010 wrote: » The hippie clothes are a bit much - all very superficial considering you balance your ethical and moral beliefs with snorting some unknown powder produced from a bag in a strangers underwear
wattlendaub wrote: » Sad to hear someone died during the festival -- any news on what happened to the guy?
MJohnston wrote: » Had a lovely weekend with my wife and toddler, B&S do a really nice job of making the family areas feel safe, quiet, and well organised. I'm sure my kid will appreciate some of the Soul Kids stuff in later years too, bit young this year though. Weather helped, apart from a few sprinkles on Friday and Saturday morning it was about as good as you could wish for. Chilly oul night on Sunday though with the clear skies! Music-wise, I really enjoyed Metronomy, I still say they're a middle-of-a-sunny afternoon act, not because they don't deserve to headline, but just suits them better. Also really liked Sinkane, Farah Elle, and had a fantastic time dancing to whatever the trio DJing at Wonderlust on the Sunday night were called. I wasn't really planning on seeing much of anything else, caught some of Bonobo which sounded good but I was too wrecked. Vitalic sounded good from the very loud and clear version of his set I heard from the family campervan site miles away (inside the campervan too!). Coupla complaints would be that it was insane to have only 1 ATM in the whole place, and the fact that it was out of service by not even mid-afternoon Sunday was awful (I was lucky enough to have queued for 40 minutes earlier in the day to make sure I had some more cash). With the influx of day-trippers on Sunday, and people running out of the funds they'd brought with them for the weekend, you really need to have more ATMs. Crowd-wise it all seemed really great, there was certainly a massive increase in population on Sunday, but everyone looked chilled and happy. I think B&S just doesn't appeal to the wrong crowds, whether its because of the over-20s thing, school still being on, the more obscure lineup or whatever. Next year they could do with bulking up the lineup with more mid-level and upcoming Irish acts, sorting out more ATMs, and doing their very best not to clash with Glasto.
draiochtanois wrote: » Was it Sunday Times?
draiochtanois wrote: » Body and Soul 2017. Traffic Managment & Parking - Drove straight in there, no delays whatsoever - Excellent. Us & You campsite - Lot's of space, good walkways, 20 mins queue for the shower - Excellent. (Yeah the toilets smelt bad and you could see everything but I found them pretty clean by festival standards so nothing to complain about for me) Music Highlights Friday Avalon Emerson was the reason I came here and she did not disappoint. She delivered a driving relentless high energy set. - Beyond excellent. I wish she had played longer as Optimo was a patch on her. Saturday New Jackson, probably a bit early for this but it was an interesting set. I think it would have been better to put him on the Main Stage. Elll was very good but it wasn't her best live set which may be that the sound wasn't great, I don't know whether it's the amphitheatre like set up or bad engineering but the low end was over powering the upper end. The equipment is all F1. I'd suggest someone from B&S go to Dimensions and get Void to sponsor next years festival. What little I saw of Bonobo was nice. The set of the main area was weird to me with the bleeding of the sound from the Vodafone stage, Absolut stage and Midnight Circus. Thanks Vodafone for charging my phone - I can see why your tariffs are higher with the amount you spend on PR like this! Lovely staff there though. Thanks to Meteor for the excellent coverage I had all weekend. Food and coffee - excellent choices, high quality reasonable prices. The secret wine party on Saturday was amazing, high quality free wine and amazing entertainment, glad I snagged an invite for that. Ridiculous **** from Body and Soul. The Bulmers ad app - sorry I mean Muddy - the only thing it could reliably load was the ad for Bulmers for timetables and maps it was beyond useless. Lack of any beer or cider other than the 5 lamps ****e and various incarnations of Bulmers. If you sold pints of all the usual beers for €5 most people wouldn't bother dragging cans in there. Overall I had an excellent time
DepecheHead101 wrote: » Toilets in Us & You were abhorrent. I thought the Earth nerds would get decent jacks that were at least on par with the rest of the site, nah? Metronomy were great but it was all over a bit fast. Idiotape blew the face off me. La Femme stole it. Started out smoking loads of fags in front of about 20 people and ended with one of them jumping into the pit and staying there for Sleaford Mods set. That rapper who replaced Birdy Nam Nam on the main stage was terrible. Hysterically self important. Went into the middle of the crowd then started talking about how there was only one performer when people started - gasp! - touching him. T'was a good weekend. Usual Sunday burnout of seeing thousands of people who wear hippy clothes once a year be anything but peace and love during their comedowns for the next few days.
laserlad2010 wrote: » Honestly Us & You toilets - there are no words. We arrived at 5pm on Friday, I'm not sure who had managed to turn them into a cesspit by that stage but the smell was unbelievable. A few guys walking around handing out binbags - that seemed to be the only difference between the other camps and U&Y. Considering they tried to set it apart it was disappointing. The only positive was the distance from the main camping (peace and quiet) and the space available.
IspeakcozIcan wrote: » Had a brilliant weekend. Music wise, thought the Saturday was the best, with Bonobo, La Femme, Idiotape and King Kong Co all standouts. Had to miss Vitalic due to the clashes with Idiotape, unfortunately. Took it easy on Sunday (didn't drink!), did meditation in the Sanctuary, hot tub, ate good food and drove home Sunday night. Was a different festival experience but really enjoyed that too and will probably do the same next year. My impression of the crowd was very positive. Thought everyone seemed very chilled out. Look forward to next year!
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MJohnston wrote: » Next year they could do with bulking up the lineup with more mid-level and upcoming Irish acts, sorting out more ATMs, and doing their very best not to clash with Glasto.
