Super Furry Animals headline Beachdown

[butchy]

I'll be attending Creamfields the same weekend. Hopefully lineup will be as good as last year!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I was hoping they would do day tickets for the Beachdown thing but sadly not. Would like to see SFA but not sure I want to spend all weekend at Beachdown.

 

[priesty]

Anyone got leaks or links to any of their new songs from the upcoming album?

 

[CHAPPERS]

It's gonna be shit....

Bosses of a music festival which attracts thousands of people to Sussex have been ordered to stick to nearly 100 strict conditions.

Organisers of the Beachdown Festival have been told to improve security and ensure that live music stops at 11pm after police raised a series of concerns.

Up to 10,000 revellers will be banned from taking alcohol into the site while bar staff will ask for ID from anyone they believe to be under 25.

The 95 conditions were imposed on Beachdown, which is held over the August bank holiday at Devil's Dyke, after licencing meetings with Mid Sussex District Council.

Festival bosses said the conditions were not unusual and the event would go ahead as planned.

But Jean Irving, Sussex Police’s licensing and public safety manager, warned that officers would not hesitate to close the event following a number of incidents last year.

She said: “The police will not shrink from closing it down before it even gets started if public safety or any of these things are compromised."

Sussex police said the conditions are required after last year's festival because organisers had not finished constructing the arena by the time festival-goers started arriving, meaning environmental health officers could not inspect and sign the safety certificate.

Meanwhile about 4,000 people jumped over the fence to gain entry, meaning 50% more people were at the festival than was predicted.

As a result conditions imposed on organisers this year include more security at entry points, the site being reduced by a third, a £50,800 bill for policing, to be paid six weeks in advance and one in 20 people to be searched on entry.

Acts this year include Grace Jones, The Zutons and Super Furry Animals.

Organiser Joe Pidgeon was not phased by the development.

He told The Argus: "We are as concerned with health and safety as the police.

"The fencing at this year's festival will be a solid shield field rather than the wire fencing we had last year.

"It's true the site wasn't complete by the time people started arriving, but we were dealing with horrific weather conditions and this year we have given ourselves an extra week to set up.

"There will be a dedicated 10,000 gallon tanker of water for the fire brigade and we have also spent £10,000 on a private fire brigade as we did last year.

"There are lots of positive changes for Beachdown 2009 - the site of the performance field has been reduced but the camping area is bigger and although we have an 11pm cut off for live music we have two extra hours or non live music and bar licences which will go on until 4am."

No live music after 11pm and nothing after 1am?

f*** that.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I must agree. Pretty poor of the council in my opinon. I appreciate locals dont want to be kept up all night by distance noise but one weekend of the year doesnt hurt. If they have a right to peace equally we can have a right to a music festival. The Downs are for everyone to enjoy.

Seems to me there is an atitude down here which says you can do something...as long as it doesnt impact on a single person is any shape or form.

The Speigeltent was ruined last year by similar problems.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

..and what is the issue with bringing your own booze?

 

[Lush]

I must agree. Pretty poor of the council in my opinon. I appreciate locals dont want to be kept up all night by distance noise but one weekend of the year doesnt hurt. If they have a right to peace equally we can have a right to a music festival. The Downs are for everyone to enjoy.

Seems to me there is an atitude down here which says you can do something...as long as it doesnt impact on a single person is any shape or form.

The Speigeltent was ruined last year by similar problems.

What locals? A few posh houses with swimming pools at least a mile away? If you can run an event like, say Guilfest, in the middle of Guildford, with no problems including bringing booze along I can't see what the issue is.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

What locals? A few posh houses with swimming pools at least a mile away? If you can run an event like, say Guilfest, in the middle of Guildford, with no problems including bringing booze along I can't see what the issue is.

Totally agree. NIMBYS and a Mid-Sussex council...that is what the issue is.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

What locals? A few posh houses with swimming pools at least a mile away? If you can run an event like, say Guilfest, in the middle of Guildford, with no problems including bringing booze along I can't see what the issue is.

In Mile Oak there were heaps of complaints....its not the music per se, its the bloody bass booming around, especially late at night.

that was the issue

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

In Mile Oak there were heaps of complaints....its not the music per se, its the bloody bass booming around, especially late at night.

that was the issue

Fair enough but one weekend a year isnt an issue is it?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Fair enough but one weekend a year isnt an issue is it?

not ordinarily, however it wasnt just a weekend as there was testing music etc etc...it started on the Thursday and ended Sunday ( or may have been Monday)

At 2 in the morning when our next door neighbors kids are kept awake, then it is too much.

At the time I had great sympathy with falmer reidents

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

not ordinarily, however it wasnt just a weekend as there was testing music etc etc...it started on the Thursday and ended Sunday ( or may have been Monday)

At 2 in the morning when our next door neighbors kids are kept awake, then it is too much.

At the time I had great sympathy with falmer reidents

Testing can be done during the day I agree. But I disagree on the 2am comment. A bit of tolerance here and there would not go amiss. One weekend out of the entire year really is not an issue. As long as everyone knows what to expect. It's no different to when neighbours forewarn you about a party they're having.

Have your peace and quiet for 51 weekends.....but allow others to use the city and its surrounding areas once in a while.

I used to live in Finsbury Park and had the festivals there as well as the football to deal with. It was an inconvenience but I just accepted other people had desires and interests different to mine.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Think I'll scale the fence with me own beer though. Might even have a huge piss in a Withdean garden en-route.

 

[Pantani]

Also, heard it from a friend of a friend/close confidante of the band (yes I'm showing off) that SFA will be doing other festivals but won't be touring with the new album. In case that's of any interest...

It must be really weird being a friend of a radio station. 6 music have been reporting this news all day.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

It must be really weird being a friend of a radio station. 6 music have been reporting this news all day.

Yes, but he reported it over a MONTH ago.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

It's gonna be shit....




No live music after 11pm and nothing after 1am?

f*** that.

The last sentence of the piece you quoted says stuff until 4AM, not 1.

 

[CHAPPERS]

The last sentence of the piece you quoted says stuff until 4AM, not 1.

No music though.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

What is the issue with bringing your own alcohol on site?

 

[CHAPPERS]

What is the issue with not being able to bring your own alcohol on site?

They probably want Pinxto People and the Pimms Bus to makie a load of money.

God, I would literally HATE Beachdown I reckon. *snob*

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

They probably want Pinxto People and the Pimms Bus to makie a load of money.

God, I would literally HATE Beachdown I reckon. *snob*

It's the council who have put the ban in place. The organisers were happy for limited amounts to be brought on site.

I must admit my enthusiasm for this festival has now gone.