Little Mix

[Not1SuperMum]

AIBU to think that when you being physically and verbally abused over a period of time at a Little Mix concert, call for security support, they come and they tell you they can't do anything as they can't get you out. Does this country never learn, large crowds must be managed, particularly when people have too much alcohol.

We didn't see the bars closed, we were told that by security. It certainly wasn't an argument, as an argument is two way. Perhaps if I share all your comments with the children concerned, it'll make it all better, as they are still shook up over it. Some of these comments are very unfair. It was a very frightening experience and some people are trying to make out it didn't happen or was in some way our fault.

Why didn't you just move?

What actually happened?

Lots of my friends were at the Lincoln gig and they all said how great it was (apart from the queue to get out of the car park but that’s another thread)

If you read the other replies, you'll see we couldn't move, part of the intimidation was preventing us from moving backwards but pushing us all further and further into the barrier.

I think this is awful , I took my dd to see Little Mix a few weeks ago for the third time and we saw parents and groups of adults getting smashed in the sunshine . It’s an odd place to get drunk as an adult I think but I agree it can be frightening and the security should have helped you.
I hope your children are ok

Are you sure it was deliberate intimidation?
I never go to the front at concerts due to the crowd pushing forward when the band are on as it makes me feel claustophobic. I would certainly never take kids near the front.

We went to the Brighton one. No problems at all. There were police wandering through the crowd looking for any trouble.

I personally would never take kids to the front of concerts but my experience has been at things like The Prodigy and The Stone Roses where piss often gets chucked about!

Brendatheblender my newphew was with us and he has been to Iron Maiden, ACDC concerts and he said he had never experienced anything like this before. He was gobsmacked by her behaviour. He is 13 years old and said "heavy metal gets a bad reputation, but the people who go and see these bands are far more civilised than this."

Was it anyone in particular behaving this way or was it a crowd of people?

Completely missing/ignoring the point here but waves I live in Lincoln

No one should ever take children to the front at a standing gig. You must be crazy to have taken them to the front and need to take responsibility for what happened. What on earth were you thinking?

Anyone with children should stay around the sides/back so that they can get out easily should there be any pushing/dangerous behaviour. I would have thought that was common sense??

We saw Little Mix recently. Lots of drunk people about but all good humoured except one who physically and verbally abused my 13 year old dad and myself. Security were pretty good but couldn’t really do much except move her away. I was more concerned about this woman when we left but plenty of police around. I realise people like a drink but I don’t know why they feel the need to drink so much at a child heavy event. And how they can afford to be so drunk at those prices is another question altogether!

Little Mix are dire in my opinion. However, if you go to a large event it should be properly managed and security should be able to move drunk or otherwise undesirable people away, or others from them.

That should say dd not Dad. And we were standing well back in plenty of space. She was just an idiot.

I think it's so sad, the tickets aren't cheap, the children get so excited and then it ends up absolutely ruined for them. I think for mine it was the feeling of being trapped by these women. There were other children very close to us and one was shouting "please stop them, they're ruining it for us". If we ever do it again it will be a seated event, you just can't rely on security to manage these events.

I totally agree. It was a lovely event which was ruined by one particular person and a few overly excited (tipsy) others for us. Seated is much better. I think it’ll be a while before my daughters want to go standing anywhere now and they have been to a couple of other events. Such a shame.

Were you part of the two families arguing (or as you say being intimidated by the other family) OP? So it was just them making trouble not loads of people?

I have been shocked at the state of some parents taking their kids to Little Mix gigs. This is the one reason I won’t do standing at these summer gigs. Last time they were done up my way there was a lot of negative feedback.

The album tours are a bit better, organised seating. We’ve been front row, and even then it was a pain because the barriers were at a level that blocks kids views - I had to hold my DD the whole time (I’m lucky my job is strength based 😂)

Anyway, yes, a percentage of adult attendees at Little Mix gigs will be wrecked and arseholes. Its expected