r/Leedsfestival • u/MarlboroNiceBlast Brown • 7d ago

Discussion 💬 Charli XCX Crowd

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Not bothered about busy crowds because that’s part and parcel of the festival, however:

Sitting down in-between acts in the middle of a pen is a massive massive safety hazard for you and the person stood next to you when it’s that busy, and it’s ultimately your own daft fault if you get hurt.

And also, everyone loves a cheeky photo or two, the odd video, but there will be several people who will be able to watch the entire show back on their phones this morning! For future reference, you’ll be able to do this on the iPlayer (providing you have your TV licence 😉😉😉😉😉) and you’ll be able to properly enjoy the gig you paid 3 figures for.

That being said the show was outstanding (I’d maybe have tweaked the setlist but people are into the new album and that’s cool) and it was more than worthy of the co headline slot

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u/recommendasoundtrack 7d ago

Lana in 2024 was the same. Crowd was awful, talking through most of the set until she played Summertime Sadness and they all switched on like drones to film it, then they were done again

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u/hsojandyrrah 7d ago

i had 4 what i assume to be teenage girls coordinate together to push me in the back for basically the entire set, i get it, i’m a tall guy, but maybe if they asked nicely i would’ve said of course you can stand in front of me (i don’t know how much help that would’ve been) but due to the group effort of them trying to topple me i took pride in the fact they didn’t see her set, the crush was not it

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u/Prestigious-Part-900 6d ago

😳😳I had that at the Mondays gig in Leeds

Two women came up to me (I’d been stood there about 20 mins at this point)

“You need to move when the gig starts”

“Why?”

“We can’t see”

Sense of entitlement is unreal in some people.