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Arctic Monkeys - will I get covered in wee?!??

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FusionChefGeoff · 02/09/2018 21:58

Looking at getting tickets for the Arctic Monkeys but only 2 together at reasonable price are in standing,

Will I get covered in thrown pint glasses full of wee!!?!

Don't know what the crowd are like and I've heard some horror stories...

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CaoNiMa · 02/09/2018 22:35

Grim! Human beings are such absolute fucking animals.

thinkfast · 02/09/2018 22:37

Its not the wee you need to worry about.....
Repressed memories of shit followed by a bottle of bleach at a muse concert. The bleach was fucking dangerous. I didn't go to a concert for about 10 years after that

thinkfast · 02/09/2018 22:37

Ps if you stand at the back you should be on

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BoiledFrog · 02/09/2018 22:41

Jesus, I have been to many many gigs Nd never experienced anything like it Confused

finkplamingo · 02/09/2018 22:54

So glad I haven't been to a festival since the 90s. That is fuckingdisgudting! Didn't happen then!

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FusionChefGeoff · 02/09/2018 23:01

Oh dear this doesn't sound too good.

Mind you, I have no intention of being anywhere near the front so maybe it won't be too bad???!

I am hanging onto the 'it doesn't happen in arenas' posts and closing my eyes and going 'la la la' to the others!!

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ThanksItHasPockets · 02/09/2018 23:22

So glad I haven't been to a festival since the 90s. That is fuckingdisgudting! Didn't happen then!

It did at Reading, especially on the Sunday. It was absolutely notorious. Then there was the year that Daphne and Celeste were bottled off the main stage...

Gardeninginsummer1 · 02/09/2018 23:27

I remember wondering why folk were chucking away their beer at a biffy clyro concert....until dh told me🤢

obviousNC101 · 02/09/2018 23:35

It's not going to help being at the back because the people at the front throw the bottles backward in my opinion. My advice is to go to the sides of the stage. You can usually get closer (side on views can be great photo ops) and you are at way less risk of thrown pee

JaniceBattersby · 02/09/2018 23:41

Yes, this happened to us at an Arctic Monkeys gig about 10ish years ago at Old Trafford cricket ground. Not only were we covered in wee, but there was a ‘competition’ where a big space was cleared by some louts and they were seeing who could skid the furthest, face down in the lake of piss on the tarpaulin floor. Sad

We left after an hour. Couldn’t bear it any longer. Shame, as I like the Arctic Monkeys but we won’t ever go to another of their gigs.

duchesswigtower · 02/09/2018 23:43

Why why why would they throw it?
This thread is making me remember that Alex from Blur threw his beer over me in 1994. Made my blue glitter eyeshadow run in my eyes! Was not impressed!

Haworthia · 02/09/2018 23:47

WTF? I was a regular gig goer from the late 90s to about 2010 (guess when I got pregnant) and piss throwing was not a thing. Beer sometimes, but never piss. Jesus.

NellieBee · 02/09/2018 23:48

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. I feel like I can never unlearn this. Why, just why?

firehousedog1 · 02/09/2018 23:49

No. They are sold out long ago. It will be full of your Radio 2 types these days.

SPOFS · 02/09/2018 23:53

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! Piss only in bottles for the next week and get ready to fight back!

(Joke!)

SinisterBumFacedCat · 02/09/2018 23:53

I went to loads of gigs and festivals since late 80's. NEVER got pissed on for it. Honestly what the fuck is wrong with people?

Bumbl · 02/09/2018 23:54

I would stand near the very back to be safe! And more room to dance!

CherryCherryCherry · 03/09/2018 00:01

Was at the front at a fest in the 90s and cos some of the girls didn't want to lose their places then down came their undies and they weed on the ground! I wanted to go then needless to say I couldn't bring myself to do the same and toddled off to the loo much to the disappointment of my then bf as it was a fave band of his and he thought I should pee where I stood too!! Blerghh...

Davros · 03/09/2018 00:11

I was a punk in 1976/77 (and all the following incarnations), not even punks threw piss

BakedBeans47 · 03/09/2018 00:17

Omfg. How gross

actualpuffins · 03/09/2018 00:18

That is really disgusting. Anyone caught doing that should be banned from going to a gig ever again and charged with assault.

0range99 · 03/09/2018 07:38

God that is vile.why throw it? Yes piss in a bottle if you’re desperate but throwing it 🤮🤮🤮

BobbinThreadbare123 · 03/09/2018 07:43

I have been to a lot of gigs, mostly metal, and only once have I seen piss being chucked about. That was a Leeds fest and Blink 182 were playing. Although there was beer chucked about by two idiots at a Neil Young concert a few years ago. That surprised me. Maybe metal crowds are more polite than indie!

SellFridges · 03/09/2018 07:47

It’s a thing at festivals (and always has been - I went to my first in 1997). But I’ve never known it happen at an indoor gig. And I’ve been to a lot, including the Arctic Monkeys several times.

Doobigetta · 03/09/2018 07:50

Wtf is wrong with people? Why do we allow pigs like this to take part in normal life?

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