To sneak alcohol into a concert ?

[willwetalkinthemorning]

Going to a concert tonight in a large stadium
Prices are extortionate
Your looking at £10 for a gin
I have a foldable wine bottle holder which I plan on putting gin in and putting it in back of jeans
Buying lemonade from inside with a glass than adding my own gin
Would you do it ?

Maybe they don't want to.

I hear you OP. I can afford a drink but the extortionate prices just get my back up. I was at a gig in the Roundhouse pre covid and for a double vodka and ginger beer they charged me £17! The amount of vodka in a double in the UK, you'd need 20 to get mildly tipsy.

I have been smuggling booze into gigs and concerts for decades now. Never been caught. You just need to get creative.

A few weeks ago a group of us (over 50s) were at a day festival. All searched going in. The only once who had anything confiscated was my 62 year old mate and his pork pie.

We went as a group once to the O2 and one of the girls had tried to sneak it in her bra, she got through security fine but a member of staff saw her putting it in her coke, she got chucked out, £100 ticket wasted 😔 so I wouldn’t risk it myself but I know plenty of people get away with it.

No. I love a drink but not to the extent I'd sneak one in. I'd wait til after go to a pub.

Not so much stadiums, but theatres etc I'll often chuck a premixed G&T can in my bag - never been questioned.
One theatre recently paused at a can in my bag, but weren't bothered as that one happened to be non-alcoholic.

What damage could he have done with his pork pie?!

Thanks to those stuffing things in their bras

The last gig I went to I felt rather groped as the (female) security was checking my size

Horrible experience

This

No, not this. Don’t be so bloody foolish.

I would if I thought I could get away with it. I don't know what the searches are like, so I probably wouldn't attempt it as I would be gutted to get caught and miss the concert.

Pink or Sam Fender? You'll be lucky to get into SJP or the Stadium of Shite with booze. I wouldn't risk it!

Been to two stadium gigs in the last fortnight. Searched at both. You’ll need to hide it better then in your back pocket.

I do it. Pouches in bra. Also have a 'hairbrush' that you unscrew the end and it is a small flask. Got it off amazon.

stadium gig may do body search and scanners

Yes do it. I have a few times.

Those bags for freezing breast milk are good, don’t leak and you can mould them round your boobs 🤣

I went to a festival last year. I have various joint conditions so had enough high strength painkillers to take out half a field in my backpack. They confiscated my twirl bar.
I laughed.

Oh who gives a fuck? Life's short. You may wish to lie on your deathbed recalling all the moments in your life in which you were classy. Me, not so much.

We do this on occasion, we pick our times and have never been found out.

Its not about being an alcoholic, or a scruff, or not enjoying yourself without alcohol, it’s just an option to help you avoid the expensive, often crap drinks that are on offer at the end of a huge queue.

If they are only serving Turkey twizlers for £40 are you being unreasonable to sneak in a Pret sandwich that a) youll
enjoy, b) hasn’t cost you a fortune, and c) that you can eat when you fancy it rather than after you’ve missed 30 mins
of the show.

Depending on what the place allows we’ve taken spirits in water bottles that we’ve kept the lid seal intact on, snuck a hip flask in a pocket, or hidden stuff in with food in a rucksack. At Leeds Festival they searched our rucksack as far down as the tartan picnic blanket (not sexy but waterproof and comfortable) and decide we’re not likely to be trouble makers.

Me doing this impacts on nobody else at the festival, apart from the organisers who will make slightly less money from me. People who smoke tobacco or weed inflict the smoke on everyone else, run the risk of burning other people with their cigarettes, and stop copious amounts of litter, none of which I do. I don’t really see how
anybody else is that bothered whether I have a couple of gins in my pocket or not.

@thenightsky genius!

I take an empty bottle, all that's allowed and drink (free) tap water, I don't enable them by even paying for lemonade. I don't need alcohol to enjoy myself! Smaller gigs at places like the o2 academy I just pay if I fancy a beer, it's not that much more than normal prices. Btw, it £9 for a g&t at my nearest pub anyway we don't normally go there (no surprises there) we go the extra 5 minutes walk to a lovely fairly priced free house

The prices at gigs are high - it’s about making money yes but also about crowd control. The more expensive the drinks, the less drunk people which in a stadium is a good thing. I wouldn’t sneak in drinks no, I’d just buy a couple of drinks and include the price in my budget for the night. I wouldn’t condemn anyone for doing it, it’s their choice. Do be prepared to get put out if you are caught though!

This is mental! Do you know the rationale behind it?!

I'm not sure smoking weed somebody grew at home is much worse than wasting the resources of staff trying to prevent terrorist attacks etc.

My friend does ( but she just sneaks water/pop to take her meds!) not been caught yet

@gingercat02 pink ,I was at beyonce last week and there was no searches on body just bag
I'm hoping it's the same for pink