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Old 24-02-2010, 23:48
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Do they sell out really quickly or do people buying online have a chance of getting tickets on Friday? I was only wanting to attend on the Saturday but i dont really understand this site too well. How long would it take me to leave the field and get to one of these buses?

http://www.citylink.co.uk/e_tpark.php#fares1

Basically it is gonna cost me £100 so i will need to think hard over the next day or so. Do you need to get there really early to get a good view or do people come and go througout the day? I would only be going for the...the main attraction that day. I can't stand indie music and i don't drink and i really don't wanna be standing in the mud but i will make the effort to go. I just need to know beforehand if i am gonna need to wait and stand for many hours or if i could arrive later in the day.
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Old 24-02-2010, 23:56
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You can arrive later in the day. It will be heaving but you can get close to the front pretty easily. Getting out after the end of the main stage headliners can take a while but the buses keep running pretty late I believe. If it has been raining you'll have no option about standing in mud if you want to be anywhere near the stage though.

It's not all indie music by the way. There is the Slam tent with more dance/electronic orientated stuff if you prefer that and don't mind loads of fannies with their tops off out their faces on buckfast and bad Es.
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Old 25-02-2010, 00:08
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No no no. No dance music for me. I'll need to look into this a bit more i think because the website says something about when your booking a return bus ticket you need some other number from the ticket you bought or something like that. Of course they would never make it as simple as just buying a ticket to go..and buying a ticket to get there would they? I suppose its just to make sure that everyone who gets on the bus is actually attending rather than just making a trip.

Realistically how big is it? Is the stage really that big in person? Even if i could have got closer to where the cameras are. You know how the cameras are sort of half way up from the stage. That seems like a good enough view. I can't imagine what it must be like from the back lol. I suppose youd need to rely on the screens then.
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Old 25-02-2010, 00:32
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I've never gone on the bus, I've always camped for the weekend so I don't really know about the ticketing system. I have friends who bus it though and they've stayed until the end and never been stranded.

It is big. If you're just in front of the BBC rig/disabled seating area you'll get an alright view in that you'll be able to see the performers moving about and stuff but you'll still be looking at the screens to see their faces. When I first started going back in the late 90s we'd try and get right near the front of whatever stage we were at but got fed up of getting covered in suspiciously warm 'beer' so now, if watching a main stage act, we'll generally hang around that sort of area.
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Old 25-02-2010, 00:35
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Disabled seating? Do you need to buy separate tickets for that or do you need to show that your not able to stand? Is it easy to get to that area were the cameras are and how do you get into it, are there many entrances or is it like one big entrance at the very back and you just need to push your way through. Do people get annoyed when you try to push through?
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Old 25-02-2010, 00:46
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You don't need a special ticket. A guy we were with twisted his ankle two years ago and got it strapped up by the medical people and was allowed in. You don't get into the area where the cameras are but you can get just in front of it. You have to basically get through the crowd to get anywhere but as long as you're not being a dick about it you don't get any trouble. I've been there 12 times and never had any hassle from anyone despite the number of completely wasted people around. The vast majority are just out to have a good day.
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Old 25-02-2010, 00:55
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Oh your a bit of a veteran. The disability thing might be worth looking into. I'm only judging it from TV footage and the view seems ok from there. I suppose in my mind i think that if people could get to the front....why dont they? You see all these people at the middle and back and you think....if they had the choice to go forward and get closer, why wouldn't they take it? Why just stand there and accept your position. Just standing there and saying this is me. I'm here and this is were i shall remain for the next 9 hours lol. Maybe people are happy but in my mind if it is possible to move past people and get closer then i'd do it. The other option was maybe staying to one of the sides were the railings are and slowly trying to get forward but i doubt the view would be any good.

Basically i'm not a festival goer, i've never been to anything like this so if i'm gonna go i wanna make sure i can actually see what's going on onstage and hopefully be somewhere were i'm not huddled together with a load of drunk people. I want the freedom to move around.
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Old 25-02-2010, 01:05
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There are loads of stages and usually bands I want to see on all of them throughout the day. It takes a bit of time to get near the front and then more time to get away again if you want to get somewhere else to see another act so I don't stand around thinking 'this is me for the next nine hours'. Plus, it's a lot more cramped (and smelly) near the front. If you don't like being around drunk people it's maybe not the best place to go. Most people will be drunk (or stoned or both) but in all the years I've been I've only met two or three people who I found really obnoxious which isn't bad considering the 10s of thousands of people there.
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Old 25-02-2010, 01:09
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I don't mind being around them i just don't wish to speak to them.I just want to go and enjoy it on my own without people falling all over me .So if i wanted to see the headline act could i arrive later in the afternoon and get a good enough view while other people are still at other stages or do they all stop at a certain time and everyone makes their way to the main area to see the main acts at night?
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Old 25-02-2010, 01:19
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Disabled seating? Do you need to buy separate tickets for that or do you need to show that your not able to stand?
The disability thing might be worth looking into.
Do you have special needs? That is the purpose of having special needs veiwing platform and you do have to purchase a disabled/special needs ticket which entiltes you to use the platform by means of a special wristband.

Disabled places are limited, it's not just for people who fancy trying to get nearer the stage on the day!

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Old 25-02-2010, 01:27
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I would never fake such a thing. I was only enquiring.
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Old 25-02-2010, 03:09
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Oh your a bit of a veteran. The disability thing might be worth looking into. I'm only judging it from TV footage and the view seems ok from there. I suppose in my mind i think that if people could get to the front....why dont they? You see all these people at the middle and back and you think....if they had the choice to go forward and get closer, why wouldn't they take it? Why just stand there and accept your position. Just standing there and saying this is me. I'm here and this is were i shall remain for the next 9 hours lol. Maybe people are happy but in my mind if it is possible to move past people and get closer then i'd do it. The other option was maybe staying to one of the sides were the railings are and slowly trying to get forward but i doubt the view would be any good.

Basically i'm not a festival goer, i've never been to anything like this so if i'm gonna go i wanna make sure i can actually see what's going on onstage and hopefully be somewhere were i'm not huddled together with a load of drunk people. I want the freedom to move around.
Have never been to T in the Park but can tell you I learnt my lesson the hard way about venturing to the front when the headline act is on.

Saw Soundgarden several years ago at the Big Day Out in Australia thought we would be smart and get up the front while the 2nd to last band was playing on the other stage - yep didn't take into account that when Soundgarden came on 20,000 people behind us all decided to push forward I swear my feet couldn't touch the ground.

Only way to get out was to go over the barrier.

Anyway hope you enjoy your show!
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Old 25-02-2010, 03:43
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I don't mind being around them i just don't wish to speak to them.I just want to go and enjoy it on my own without people falling all over me .So if i wanted to see the headline act could i arrive later in the afternoon and get a good enough view while other people are still at other stages or do they all stop at a certain time and everyone makes their way to the main area to see the main acts at night?
The main stage at any festival is always the most heavily populated area of the site. It will be busy all day, guaranteed.

The other stages stay open as late sometimes later than the mainstage so not everybody at the festival will be at the main stage watching the headliner.

You say you don't want to be there all day so your best bet for getting to the front is waiting for the penultimate act of the night to finish and making your way to the front then, the crowd always thins out for a little while between acts when people use the toilet, get a drink etc.
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Old 25-02-2010, 03:44
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Old 25-02-2010, 09:52
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For the past couple of years the Main Stage at T has operated an area at the front of the stage which has a barrier going back several feet. To get into that section you queue at the side of the stage after each act has been on. It stops having a crush from the back of the crowd all the way forward as there is only a certain number allowed in. It is not a "golden circle" which requires a special ticket. Just get in the Q and see if you can get in.

I have read some shocking stories of what has been seen "down the front" at T but I suppose it's the same at most big festivals. Just remember if you feel something wet hit you on the back don't assume it's water or beer!!

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Old 25-02-2010, 10:02
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If you are going for the music go to a festival in Europe. Better weather, better line-up and not full of drunks. That's why the line-up is deteriorating every year at T in the Park - the organisers know that they can put on any old rubbish because it has long ceased to be about the music.
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Old 25-02-2010, 10:38
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I anticipate that the tickets will sell out very quickly online. If you don't get thru within the first half hour, you probably won't. I say that as someone who has been buying these tickets for the last 6 years! I too will be desperately trying to get tickets tomoro so fingers crossed
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Old 25-02-2010, 11:03
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Have never been to T in the Park but can tell you I learnt my lesson the hard way about venturing to the front when the headline act is on.

Saw Soundgarden several years ago at the Big Day Out in Australia thought we would be smart and get up the front while the 2nd to last band was playing on the other stage - yep didn't take into account that when Soundgarden came on 20,000 people behind us all decided to push forward I swear my feet couldn't touch the ground.

Only way to get out was to go over the barrier.

Anyway hope you enjoy your show!
That worried me aswell. Just being in the middle of it all and having thousands of people push forward to get to the front and not being in control and possibly getting crushed lol. That's why i mentioned about possibly standing nearer to one of the sides but if there is a Q for people to try and get to the front i imagine the Q will be a bit more relaxed wont it?
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Old 25-02-2010, 16:55
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I quite fancy one of those "The Residence" packages but they are very expensive starting at over £400 and going up to over a grand !
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Old 25-02-2010, 18:55
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Don't, its populated by drunken, pilled up neds who are spoiling for a fight.
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Old 25-02-2010, 20:08
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To be absolutely honest, if you're going on your own and you're not big on pushy crowds and you want to get a really good view, it's a bit of a gamble to pay all that money. You might get a decent view, as people have already said it is possible to get near the front as the crowd disperses a bit between acts, but then again you might not. If you go I recommend trying to make it to the front for the band before so that you're there and ready - not for the whole day just an act or so before. The bigger the act the more people will hang around without leaving.

While the majority of people there are good people, there are like 100, 000 people there so there are still plenty of absolute dicks. I spent a lot of the time last year wandering on my own as I split from my friend so we could see different bands and you get a lot of arseholes pushing past and swearing at you for no reason and so on.

You would be better going with at least somebody else, that's the bottom line as far as my opinion goes
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Old 28-02-2010, 16:37
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I am trying to find out about buses as well. Does anyone know if there are any bus/coach companies other than Citylink running shuttles from T in the park into Edinburgh? Also, does anyone know what sort of time the headliner Eminem will be playing on the saturday?
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Old 28-02-2010, 16:38
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My advice would be dont go. I stopped going years ago, it's full of neds and this year will be worse curtesy of Eminem.
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Old 28-02-2010, 16:41
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That worried me aswell. Just being in the middle of it all and having thousands of people push forward to get to the front and not being in control and possibly getting crushed lol. That's why i mentioned about possibly standing nearer to one of the sides but if there is a Q for people to try and get to the front i imagine the Q will be a bit more relaxed wont it?
As I said haven't been at T in the Park but in my experience you can get a good view from the sides and i doubt those trying to get to the front will be in a queue.
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Old 28-02-2010, 17:03
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Go to rockness, a much better festival than T in the Park and not full of neds. Or head for a festival in europe.
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