By now everyone will have heard that Bloc 2012 was closed due to crowd safety concerns.
We are all absolutely devastated that this happened, but the safety of everyone on site was paramount.
Given the situation on the ground, we feel that it was the right decision to end the show early.
Bloc will not open on Saturday 7th July so please don’t come to the site.
Stand by for full information on refunds.
sucks man i'd be gutted if i was down there
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:21 am
by Phigure
outrageous, at least the stnuc wont be making any profit off of their overselling
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:25 am
by OllieScott
that was annoying. Enjoyed what I saw though. Deadboy, twilliamsb2bdusky, midland, nicolas jarr, then it went downhill.
Mala playing one tune then stopping cos of technical, got bored waiting so went to the boat to see oneman. Waited outside of it from 9.30ish till 12. Ended up paying £60 for a taxi home.
Staff got power mad while trying to sort everyone out, saw one of them snatch someones phone.
Heard they sold 5000 tickets over, probably bollocks though.
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:30 am
by magma
Today's emotions:
Out to The Warriors crew.
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:26 am
by skimpi
loooooooooo, this was shit, atleast I got in though and witnessed about 20dB of sound from Shackleton and Xhin
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:40 am
by Dead Rats
Well at least now they know for the future, don't they. KEEP IT THE FUCK IN BUTLINS
Feel sorry for the guys trekking from ages away. Feel slightly sorry for the Bloc guys, as they seem sort of alright but this is going to rightfully hit them hard.
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:54 am
by Dead Rats
Boy, they are eating a few buckets of shit from people over Facebook. One even threatening to SUE.
Need details and explanations plz
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:38 am
by rorz9992
Lol this is hilarious. Feel bad for the people there, no sympathy for the organisers tho. Massively poor planning by the sounds of it
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:52 am
by rankineric
Woow, I was so gutted when I couldn't get a ticket, now im slyly smug . Still my sympathy is with everyone who had to come from far to get there. Swear people already saying this was gonna be a fuck up before it happened though!
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:02 am
by droogie
Was really close to coming from dublin for this and dragging a few mates with me.Glad now i never bothered.
Feel sorry for the people that spent a shitload of cash to go.
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:10 pm
by scattybeanhead
really glad i didn't go. few of my mates went and said it was an absolute joke, couldn't get in anywhere, didn't see anything. wtf have the organisers done for this to go so wrong??? apparently they were just letting in anyone at one stage whether they had a ticket or not... good job it didn't properly kick off i guess
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:33 pm
by rorz9992
scattybeanhead wrote:really glad i didn't go. few of my mates went and said it was an absolute joke, couldn't get in anywhere, didn't see anything. wtf have the organisers done for this to go so wrong??? apparently they were just letting in anyone at one stage whether they had a ticket or not... good job it didn't properly kick off i guess
I've heard that too, apparently when the queue to get in started getting really big they didn't even check tickets and were just slapping wristbands on people. Have also heard that they were giving people with day tickets wristbands for the whole weekend instead at one point, some security bloke not realising that some people were there just there for the day and so needed different wristbands!
Stoked I went last year and didn't bother this year. As soon as I they announced it would no longer be at Butlins I declared Bloc dead. Now it looks like it will really die!
Feel really bad for the people who flew over for this from afar.
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:25 pm
by skimpi
Dead Rats wrote:Well at least now they know for the future, don't they. KEEP IT THE FUCK IN BUTLINS
Feel sorry for the guys trekking from ages away. Feel slightly sorry for the Bloc guys, as they seem sort of alright but this is going to rightfully hit them hard.
I saw somewhere, that Butlins wouldnt allow them to have it there this year
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:23 pm
by Johnlenham
Just seen this on fb
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:57 pm
by OllieScott
JACKMASTER @jackmaster
There will be a @numbers vs @swamp81 party in London soon to make up for last night. Free entry for Bloc ticket holders. Hold tight for info
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:38 pm
by magma
We're going to drink rum and listen to Cuban jazz in Clapham. Fackit.
Also, this was an SNH thread. Bun GD. Took me about 20 minutes to find the fucker!
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:52 pm
by Johnlenham
Apparently actress is playing at that thing I posted if that helps.
Il pay good money for that numbers party though!
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:20 pm
by Bo Diggidy
Johnlenham wrote:Apparently actress is playing at that thing I posted if that helps.
Il pay good money for that numbers party though!
and Martyn now as well
Re: BLOC festival
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:46 pm
by TheTornado
What's the story behind this? Did they oversell tickets?
. Still my sympathy is with everyone who had to come from far to get there. Swear people already saying this was gonna be a fuck up before it happened though!