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That seems a little more extreme than we had in Birmingham. My wife strolled in with a handbag full of the kids stuff, Pom bears, crayons and a fruit shoot she happened to have in there. We had a pretty good pat down but I suppose the guy didn’t feel anything that felt too out of place so wasn’t fussed. Maybe they were on higher alert in Leeds for some reason?
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03-05-2018, 19:30
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Saying that, Birmingham let me keep my ticket with the wristband. I'm generally baffled by these policies. Not allowing medication? Where the hell has that come from?? Surely staff can read and use their brains? Medication will have labels. Unless the medication was a liquid? You'd think they were going through airport security not an arena. Good point about names on tickets. Hadn't thought of that. Can't remember now if my manchester ticket had my name on. Got it through eventim or gigsandtours.
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Cheers guys. Everyone got some great shots - guess its because it was such a good gig!
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I was stood front centre just 4 rows from the barrier, and unfortunately next to one of the most despicable concert goers I’ve ever known.
There was a big empty space in front of her and her friend, so I stepped into the space to have a chat with somebody I know on the barrier. She then starts giving me attitude about how I’m now ruining her view. After a little heated discussion I take my place behind her again to shut her up, but I added that she needs to fill that space in front of her or somebody else will. It seemed that she thought she had the right to a one metre exclusion zone in front of her to get the best possible view. Inevitably a couple move up to take this big empty space, so she tried to fight them off to protect it but did not win that battle. I couldn’t help saying I told you so at that point. Then somebody comes bouncing forward during Slash ‘N’ Burn and she gets very irate about being pushed around a little. Finally she gets a little bit of beer spilled on her and is in full rant mode with security trying to get people thrown out, but they just ignore her. I would have loved to have seen that snowflake at the front 10 or 20 years ago. It’s because of people like her I will be attending less Manics shows in future.
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05-05-2018, 16:18
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On a positive note though I did get the following collection of pics, the best I've ever taken at a concert.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9gjo13aoa...HfrUob9Wa?dl=0
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05-05-2018, 20:31
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 And I'm fine with beer....I wouldn't let it stop you going to other gigs though. Not at all.
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It's not just her behaviour that makes me reluctant to go in future, it seems the whole front section has been hijacked by people with no energy. I miss the old days too much when it wasn't a good gig unless I left soaked in sweat. Maybe I just need to grow up
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I don't see why they can't apply a little common sense. Some people going in might be a little nervous, everyone wants to enjoy the night why can't security work a bit more towards ensuring that rather than treating everyone as suspect ..... give some people a little bit of power
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No rucksacks of any kind or size were allowed at Llandudno either; it seems to be a more common policy since the Manchester attack. People behind us in the queue there were told they would have to put them in their cars/hotels etc. before doors opened. I think some of the tickets for this tour had a no rucksack symbol on them too.
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Was a great gig and really enjoyed the new songs and the Stay Beautiful acoustic. Was a bit of a shock though at the extreme security measures for getting in as haven't been to an arena in a couple of years. A sign of the times sadly. A shame that the gig was nowhere near a sell out either, though we did manage to get moved to seats closer to the front so that was a bonus
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I wonder if shit like that is partly to do with people staying away from the gig. I'd gladly never go to an arena again, yeah it's the world we're in and security is going to go into overdrive but suspect that more often than not it's more to do with stopping people smuggle in a hip flask than a bomb. Or fucking medication, can't believe that happened, what the fuck were they doing rationalising that? If it were me, I'd have kinda hoped for something to happen and for them to be held accountable. The first lot of security we dealt with were fair enough, quite apologetic and I got the impression that they were embarrassed by their own rules. Security supervisor, by fuck he was one arrogant prick. Aye, nail on head there again, everyone wants to enjoy the night, but yeah we're all suspects and there'll always be some member of security who'll regard each and every one of us with contempt, just made me feel like I was in a toxic atmosphere before we were even in.
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