I'd been looking forward to this event for ages. Arrived at the brewery around 9.30pm only to be told that EVERY person must have ID to get in despite how old they look which was fine for most of us except for 2 members of our party who had to go home in a taxi to get theirs! It took us 30 minutes to get them a taxi and we arranged to meet them in there. When they'd gone home in a taxi the bouncers just let us in WITHOUT EVEN ASKING FOR I.D!
The flyer doesn't say anywhere that ID is required!!
Then when we entered the forecourt, there was food stands, toilets, etc. and No fairground rides! Not a problem except that it is advertised on the flyer that there would be! I also didn't notice any paramedics or St. Johns ambulance there either which would have been a good idea as with large events like these, obviously, some people are going to overdo it
We go into the Old Skool room to catch the last half of Welly's set and it was fantastic!! The fella didn't hold back at all and it was tune after tune! The only problem was that the sound we could hear was coming from the DJ's booth monitors facing the back wall!! The speakers at the front of the stage facing the crowd were SWITCHED OFF!! I've been in 300 capacity nightclubs and heard louder music than that it was pathetic!!
After Welly, it was due to be a Casino live PA but some Dj or other was on playing cheesy '95 rehashes of older tunes. Typical Pianoman type stuff but a hell of a lot worse! I expect it was a DJ from Casino but his tune selection was utter pants. I went into the hardcore room after hearing 15 mins of that.
Another thing is the beer prices. £4 a bottle and £2.50 per shot! 2 cash machines on site and only 1 worked! I spent over £80 on beer alone paying for myself and my girlfriend.
The hardcore room was much larger and was kitted out with big screens, lasers etc. Only once again, the sound was extremely low and all we was hearing was the damp, muffled sound that was rebounded off the back wall into the crowd. Once again, the front stage speakers facing the crowd was switched off! You could barely make out the vocals in any track and if you stood at the back, you could only hear a muffled melody echoing around the room. It was abismal!!:|
Every bar stopped serving drinks at 2am!! Which was absolute sh!te considering it was on till 6am. But hey, the law's the law and if they couldn't get a later license then fair enough.
We caught both of Stu Allan's sets there to which he recieved a massive ovation for his prescence. Vibe's and Livelee's set was good but I couldn't make out a word Livelee was saying let alone the vocal tracks. After that, we went into the empty Vodka bar for a sit down and a natter until the most anticpated sets were due to be on. Hixxy's at 4am and Sy's at 5am.
It got to 3.50am and we made our way back into the hardcore arena only to see the house lights come on. Vibe's and Livelee were finishing off their second set. "Thanks for coming guys" (I think he said) and that was that!!
WHERE WAS HIXXY?? WHERE WAS SY & STORM??? We rushed into the old skool room only to find that was being cleared out too. There was no police rushing in there, I only saw 2 coppers the whole night and they were stood behind the barriers outside all night just keeping an eye on things.
I asked one of the guy's handing out flyers and then a friend who has worked with the promoters (Sam & Kirsty from Sankey's) before. They BOTH said that they couldn't get a 6am license and the council had told them 4am and not 1 minute over! When I asked about the poor sound, they replied that environmental health had put a strict sound limit on the event BEFORE it had begun because they were near residential area's just down the road.
It seems to me that despite the poor sound they knew they would have and the 4am license. The MISSING crew didn't bother telling the fans that they would MISS the best part of the show being Hixxy & Sy which most people were there to see. The hardcore ravers outnumbered the old skoolers 2:1. I'm sure they've just winged it and came up with the idea of saying that they were closed down by the police which is utter bollocks!! THERE WAS NONE THERE. They didn't even enter the grounds but waited outside like I said, to make sure all was OK and to be on standby if needed which you'd expect at such a large event.
Walking out of the ground, there was 5 officers, 1 van (there from the start) and 1 car. This event was not closed down I can assure you of that! I've been to many nightclubs that have been closed down over the years by the police and they turn out in full effect when that happens!
And do you know what, I don't blame any of the secondary promoters involved in this event. Compulsion, Goodtimes, etc. I know that the MISSING team are certainly not missing any spare change at the moment, whilst the clubber's that attended from all over the North West ARE!! They were robbed at this event paying anything from £12.50 to £20 for a ticket. And for what? To barely hear the music, be robbed at the bar and told to fuck off when 4am arrived without hearing 2 of the biggest DJ's the clubbing scene has to offer.
Do us all a favour MISSING, and make sure your aspirations for putting on large scale events DO go MISSING! I've never felt more ripped off and cheated by promoter's in all my life!
If you do wish to retain ANY credibility, I'd offer a partial refund to every member who has retained their ticket stubs or who you have on your transaction files. 3'000 people you disappointed that night. You should be ashamed of yourselves!
If any of the other promoter's had any sense they would NEVER work with them again!
What I say on here about the licensing thing may not be fact, but I tell you this, I will be in touch with Manchester City Council tomorrow morning and I'll find out wether they knew before the event took place if they knew about all of this.
There is no way the event event was shut down on the night. How convenient that they turned the house lights up at 3.50am in every room and there wasn't a sound to be heard after 4am and no police were inside the Boddingtons Brewery grounds with only 5 coppers stood outside. So, don't even come on here and lie to us MISSING and prove to us that you guys are missing brain cells as well as competence.
The flyer doesn't say anywhere that ID is required!!Then when we entered the forecourt, there was food stands, toilets, etc. and No fairground rides! Not a problem except that it is advertised on the flyer that there would be! I also didn't notice any paramedics or St. Johns ambulance there either which would have been a good idea as with large events like these, obviously, some people are going to overdo it
We go into the Old Skool room to catch the last half of Welly's set and it was fantastic!! The fella didn't hold back at all and it was tune after tune! The only problem was that the sound we could hear was coming from the DJ's booth monitors facing the back wall!! The speakers at the front of the stage facing the crowd were SWITCHED OFF!!
I've been in 300 capacity nightclubs and heard louder music than that it was pathetic!!After Welly, it was due to be a Casino live PA but some Dj or other was on playing cheesy '95 rehashes of older tunes. Typical Pianoman type stuff but a hell of a lot worse! I expect it was a DJ from Casino but his tune selection was utter pants. I went into the hardcore room after hearing 15 mins of that.
Another thing is the beer prices. £4 a bottle and £2.50 per shot! 2 cash machines on site and only 1 worked! I spent over £80 on beer alone paying for myself and my girlfriend.
The hardcore room was much larger and was kitted out with big screens, lasers etc. Only once again, the sound was extremely low and all we was hearing was the damp, muffled sound that was rebounded off the back wall into the crowd. Once again, the front stage speakers facing the crowd was switched off!
You could barely make out the vocals in any track and if you stood at the back, you could only hear a muffled melody echoing around the room. It was abismal!!:| Every bar stopped serving drinks at 2am!! Which was absolute sh!te considering it was on till 6am. But hey, the law's the law and if they couldn't get a later license then fair enough.
We caught both of Stu Allan's sets there to which he recieved a massive ovation for his prescence. Vibe's and Livelee's set was good but I couldn't make out a word Livelee was saying let alone the vocal tracks. After that, we went into the empty Vodka bar for a sit down and a natter until the most anticpated sets were due to be on. Hixxy's at 4am and Sy's at 5am.
It got to 3.50am and we made our way back into the hardcore arena only to see the house lights come on. Vibe's and Livelee were finishing off their second set. "Thanks for coming guys" (I think he said) and that was that!!
WHERE WAS HIXXY?? WHERE WAS SY & STORM??? We rushed into the old skool room only to find that was being cleared out too. There was no police rushing in there, I only saw 2 coppers the whole night and they were stood behind the barriers outside all night just keeping an eye on things.
I asked one of the guy's handing out flyers and then a friend who has worked with the promoters (Sam & Kirsty from Sankey's) before. They BOTH said that they couldn't get a 6am license and the council had told them 4am and not 1 minute over! When I asked about the poor sound, they replied that environmental health had put a strict sound limit on the event BEFORE it had begun because they were near residential area's just down the road.
It seems to me that despite the poor sound they knew they would have and the 4am license. The MISSING crew didn't bother telling the fans that they would MISS the best part of the show being Hixxy & Sy which most people were there to see. The hardcore ravers outnumbered the old skoolers 2:1. I'm sure they've just winged it and came up with the idea of saying that they were closed down by the police which is utter bollocks!! THERE WAS NONE THERE. They didn't even enter the grounds but waited outside like I said, to make sure all was OK and to be on standby if needed which you'd expect at such a large event.
Walking out of the ground, there was 5 officers, 1 van (there from the start) and 1 car. This event was not closed down I can assure you of that! I've been to many nightclubs that have been closed down over the years by the police and they turn out in full effect when that happens!
And do you know what, I don't blame any of the secondary promoters involved in this event. Compulsion, Goodtimes, etc. I know that the MISSING team are certainly not missing any spare change at the moment, whilst the clubber's that attended from all over the North West ARE!! They were robbed at this event paying anything from £12.50 to £20 for a ticket. And for what? To barely hear the music, be robbed at the bar and told to fuck off when 4am arrived without hearing 2 of the biggest DJ's the clubbing scene has to offer.
Do us all a favour MISSING, and make sure your aspirations for putting on large scale events DO go MISSING! I've never felt more ripped off and cheated by promoter's in all my life!
If you do wish to retain ANY credibility, I'd offer a partial refund to every member who has retained their ticket stubs or who you have on your transaction files. 3'000 people you disappointed that night. You should be ashamed of yourselves!
If any of the other promoter's had any sense they would NEVER work with them again!
What I say on here about the licensing thing may not be fact, but I tell you this, I will be in touch with Manchester City Council tomorrow morning and I'll find out wether they knew before the event took place if they knew about all of this.
There is no way the event event was shut down on the night. How convenient that they turned the house lights up at 3.50am in every room and there wasn't a sound to be heard after 4am and no police were inside the Boddingtons Brewery grounds with only 5 coppers stood outside. So, don't even come on here and lie to us MISSING and prove to us that you guys are missing brain cells as well as competence.
