http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html en-gb 30 Mon 21 Dec 2009 01:40:40 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=17#comment7 Couldn't agree more about the expense. T in the park now costs the same as Glastonbury, but at Glastonbury you get 3 and a half days music, with a much more varied line-up, you can camp for a full week at no extra cost, you get a full programme and a card with all stage times and you can take your own alcohol if you wish. I couldn't believe that having already paid out a vast amount of money, I had to pay a further £8 to find out when the entertainment (that I had already paid to see) was due to take place. Every other festival puts this information on it's website and also gives you a free programme with stage times Having been to Glastonbury and other various European festivals in places like Barcelona, Belgium and Sweden, T in the park is by far the most expensive, and usually has the most conservative bill.I admit that I'm usually tempted when it comes around, but only because it's local for me. Tue 15 Jul 2008 13:22:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=15#comment6 I agree that TITP is too expensive, prices for 2009's TITP start from £150 after fees if you get an early bird ticket without camping. And yes, it's also mega expensive for food and drink on the site. Also £20 for parking per day is a joke since you can get in for free after 6pm !Basically it all comes down to who's playing and TITP will need to bring in better acts or it will no longer compete with the other festivals. REM closing the festival this year was very poorly attended, just as they were when the headlined in 2005. There are too many "filler acts" like shed 7 on the bill for my liking. The promoters need to get their fingers out and book better bands our music fans will go to the other events.However, I have just bought 2 tickets for next year, that £297.95 without knowing who'll be on. I guess TITP can't be too bad after all. Tue 15 Jul 2008 12:10:45 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=12#comment5 though id add too that with this stabbing business, i heard on sunday morning from the security team the guy stabbed was working for security and was stopping someone peeing on tents. Was also told that a 15 year old girl was raped. The security teams have some serious crossed wires and this was causing a great deal of tension in the camp!I have seen numerous fights at t in the p and this year was probably better for there being less fights.Am i not correct though that a good few years ago someone went on the rampage with a machete? that wasnt even that long ago. Tue 15 Jul 2008 11:33:40 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=10#comment4 t in the p is now the biggest corporate festival in the world!i was disgusted with the prices of everything from the lager (£3.80 a pint) to the bacon rolls in the campsite (£3.50)the spirit of former years at t has gone. If tennents decide to put up the price of a pint at an event they sponsor then i can see the event falling flat on its face.for me i wont be returning to t in the park again and ill be looking at the smaller festivals now!t in the park is now becoming a joke!get the prices sorted out for everything! Tue 15 Jul 2008 11:26:43 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=7#comment3 T was great as always this year. We camped in the Blue section where the guy was stabbed and only heard on the Monday morning. We have never seen any trouble at T. The campsite is very friendly and good natured.One thing they need to look at the is the entrance to the campsite. The queue was massive and if they continue to allow more people to camp, they need to expand the entrance of make another one.All told, another great year at T and I have just got my tickets for next year. Even more so as I proposed to my girlfriend in the campsite on Friday afternoon and she said yes! wonder if I can talk her round into having the wedding reception there... Tue 15 Jul 2008 11:26:05 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=5#comment2 It's easy to take the kneejerk reaction that Scotland's biggest music festival is awash with drink, drugs and violence but that's really not the case. you say, apart from the violence, there is lots of drugs and even more drink, especially the cheap lager you talked about.T in the park is a Lager advert after all. Mon 14 Jul 2008 20:29:09 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=2#comment1 T does need to look seriously at the prices.Asking an extra £11 or so for the Thursday camping was a total rip off.You have a weekend camping ticket, and they still want more? That was just wrong.I never made it this year - no time off work on the Friday meant I missed 3 acts I really wanted to see, yet they still put Feeder on at the same time as the Stereophonics. I'd hazard a guess a fair few people would have wanted to see both.Why did they not try and schedule them when some popish act was on? Mon 14 Jul 2008 20:22:31 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/paulinemclean/2008/07/music_festival_mix.html?page=0#comment0 I only heard about the stabbing on the radio while driving home. Have been a few times now and have never had a problem on the campsite. Yeah, people can be loud, drunk and obnoxious - but that can be the case on any friday and saturday night in any town.I love T, but my gripe is now the fact it is the most expensive festival in the country (if not Europe). Everything in the park now feels like it is just geared up to make money, rather than make the festival better.I may not, for the first time in a while, buy tickets tomorrow because of it..... Mon 14 Jul 2008 14:31:50 GMT+1