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Antiworld Outdoor Festival: Antiworld 070707.UK

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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 06:29
Enrico certainly owes some of us ALOT of CASH - was it a good fest? did you dance alot to the same DJ who wore different clothes and played the same set on another stage?

Did you dance when the rig was turned down cos you were too spannered to notice?

The ice cream van was the best part of the fest - 300 people dancing to 'Mary had a little lamb' until the OB made the van turn the sounds off in case everyone wanted a 99 flake or a strawberry mivi - everyone moved onto a car alarm - 500 people dancing to that - when the fire engine turned up - it was chaos - best tunes all weekend - nee naw - and 1 2 3 4 </lsd25 + pills>
Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 15:19
Get your tissues ready
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Antiworld would like to apologise to all festival goers, artists and crew who attended last weekend’s 070707 Festival at Rushmore Arena and thank them for their support and understanding. We are very sorry about the early closure of the festival and the problems that occurred. We’re going to try and address some of your concerns below as we are well aware that there’s more than a few rumours being spread and we would prefer that people know the truth.

The festival opened around two hours late on Thursday afternoon after passing all its health and safety checks. We were scheduled to open at 3 pm but gates finally opened at 5 pm after a later fire inspection took longer than anticipated. We apologise to the people waiting at 3 pm, but we could only wait until the council carried out their vital checks to ensure the site was safe.

On Saturday at 2.45 pm the company responsible for waste disposal pumped raw sewage into a pipe near the top of the festival site. We would like to stress that this company had been paid a substantial deposit to provide the portaloos around the site and dispose of the waste at a facility nearby, and given their many years of experience at other major UK festivals, there was absolutely no reason to doubt their ability, nor that they would take shortcuts. Unfortunately however the pipe the sewage was pumped into exploded and the sewage surfaced in the backstage area, specifically the artist and crew kitchen and catering area, which was immediately shut by the council.

On Saturday evening we managed to deal with this situation by arranging meals for artists and crew through the various stalls on the site, and with so many of the public already on site waiting for the main headliners, the decision was taken that it was too dangerous to evacuate at this time with little or no public transport and not much chance of it being safe for people to drive. We’d like to thank all that helped out here, especially the Veggedelic stall who saved the day and provided great wholesome food throughout and all the other crew who did more than their fair share. We can only apologise for the stress and extra work this caused. We appreciate that you all worked far more than had been agreed and will be in touch with you individually about your refunds. We would like crew to know that we had actually spent thousands of pounds on food and supplies to get us all through the festival, but due to regulations we could not actually cook or start fires on the site ourselves once the crew kitchen had been closed.

By Sunday it was evident that we couldn’t feed all the crew and the environmental health issues were growing. There were concerns that if it rained the sewage would get into the water table and contaminate the festival area, putting the health of festival goers, artists and crew at risk. The festival was closed around midday on Sunday after a council inspection showed that there was no way that the environmental safety issues could be resolved in the time we had left. We couldn’t feed the crew we had left and the medics had left thanks to the health and safety issues, so the police recommended we close the site or else they would be forced to take further action. However with so many party-goers still in festival mode it was impossible to evacuate the entire area in a hurry, although we couldn’t start cleaning up or doing any work until the public were off the site.

If we hadn’t shut when we did Skazi and Talamasca would have played. They were waiting and were just as disappointed as the rest of us that they didn’t get to play in the end. Whether artists play or not, they still need their flights and hotels paid and it’s a long way to come and sit in a hotel room.

Another point that should be addressed is that we placed too much expectation on our ticket sales when planning the festival. Originally our plan was to stage a 5,000 capacity camping festival, but we then found out it needed to be bigger if we wanted to use the awesome Rushmoor Arena site. The licence was granted for 15,000 campers — another mistake, because there was no possible way for Antiworld to sell that many tickets in today’s current climate, despite the great efforts of the many promoters, artists and crew involved.

By April 2007 sales were still slow and the festival should have been cancelled and tickets refunded, but we still felt we could move forward with the help of sponsorship and more advance sales. By June 2007 sales were steady but not in the numbers we had hoped and sponsors were not available due to commitments made to other festivals. By this time, we had spent a lot of money in advertising and in fees toward artists to secure the dates. Many of the artists who didn’t turn up to perform had already received 50% of their fees in advance but decided not to turn up because the remaining 50% due had not cleared into their account on time. We know this was a big disappointment for some of those who came to the festival hoping to see a favourite act; again we can only apologise.

After years of planning and preparation we are devastated by the outcome and can only apologise to the many festival goers, artists and crew who were as sorely disappointed as we are after losing out on the final seven or so hours of the festival. We’re also aware that there were some organisational problems with the festival itself and due to there being lower numbers than expected, some artists and stages were cancelled. The cancellation of the stages/artists was down to agreements between the specific artists and promotions involved: as explained above, deposits had been paid.

We’d like to thank the council for making sure the festival opened in the first place and for helping us provide a safe yet beautiful venue for people to party in. We all had the welfare of festival goers at heart and did our best to make sure things were as safe as possible at all times, especially given the extreme recent weather conditions. We’d also like to thank the police for their help closing the festival on Sunday afternoon. Closing a busy festival at its peak was always going to be a challenge and the police made sure festival goers and crew were informed and able to stay on site until they were ready to move — leading to many saying that Sunday was their best night of the festival, with so many groups of chilled out festival goers and crew making the most of their time left.

Most of all though, we’d like to thank the 5000 party-goers, artists and crew that made this such an incredible event. Yes there were a few things that went wrong, and the people involved will be contacted over the next couple of weeks to discuss their individual situations and try and make amends. Overall however the crowd, site, stages, music and production were fantastic.

We hope that festival-goers, artists and crew and anyone else who has suffered as a result of this event can bear with us over this difficult time and ask you to please understand that we are not doing this for the money: we have lost everything — the income from many successful events, years worth of planning and hard work and any goodwill we may have built up over the years from party goers, artists and last but by no means least, our crew.

Please direct your feedback to e303power@hotmail.com or text 0779 321 9497. Don’t call or leave a message but text and we’ll get back to you over the next couple of weeks. We realise that many people need refunds and compensation for the money that have lost, but this is a situation that is going to take some time to sort out. We need to hear your suggestions and concerns, especially if anyone has any video footage of the waste that ultimately led to the site being closed, as we will need as much evidence as possible for our legal proceedings.

Thanks again to all the festival-goers, artists and crew who made this one hell of a festival.

Peace and love,
C
Antiworld


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John
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 18:17
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did you dance alot to the same DJ who wore different clothes and played the same set on another stage?



Any ideas which stages? My mate played on the mainstage on fri lunchtime and the Pendragon stage on sat night... but he reckons he played psy on one and techno/trance on the other & I doubt he changed his clothes!!
Guinea Pigs
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 18:48
Quote:

Antiworld would like to apologise to all festival goers, artists and crew who attended last weekend’s 070707 Festival at Rushmore Arena and thank them for their support and understanding. We are very sorry about the early closure of the festival and the problems that occurred. We’re going to try and address some of your concerns below as we are well aware that there’s more than a few rumours being spread and we would prefer that people know the truth.

The festival opened around two hours late on Thursday afternoon after passing all its health and safety checks. We were scheduled to open at 3 pm but gates finally opened at 5 pm after a later fire inspection took longer than anticipated. We apologise to the people waiting at 3 pm, but we could only wait until the council carried out their vital checks to ensure the site was safe.

On Saturday at 2.45 pm the company responsible for waste disposal pumped raw sewage into a pipe near the top of the festival site. We would like to stress that this company had been paid a substantial deposit to provide the portaloos around the site and dispose of the waste at a facility nearby, and given their many years of experience at other major UK festivals, there was absolutely no reason to doubt their ability, nor that they would take shortcuts. Unfortunately however the pipe the sewage was pumped into exploded and the sewage surfaced in the backstage area, specifically the artist and crew kitchen and catering area, which was immediately shut by the council.

On Saturday evening we managed to deal with this situation by arranging meals for artists and crew through the various stalls on the site, and with so many of the public already on site waiting for the main headliners, the decision was taken that it was too dangerous to evacuate at this time with little or no public transport and not much chance of it being safe for people to drive. We’d like to thank all that helped out here, especially the Veggedelic stall who saved the day and provided great wholesome food throughout and all the other crew who did more than their fair share. We can only apologise for the stress and extra work this caused. We appreciate that you all worked far more than had been agreed and will be in touch with you individually about your refunds. We would like crew to know that we had actually spent thousands of pounds on food and supplies to get us all through the festival, but due to regulations we could not actually cook or start fires on the site ourselves once the crew kitchen had been closed.

By Sunday it was evident that we couldn’t feed all the crew and the environmental health issues were growing. There were concerns that if it rained the sewage would get into the water table and contaminate the festival area, putting the health of festival goers, artists and crew at risk. The festival was closed around midday on Sunday after a council inspection showed that there was no way that the environmental safety issues could be resolved in the time we had left. We couldn’t feed the crew we had left and the medics had left thanks to the health and safety issues, so the police recommended we close the site or else they would be forced to take further action. However with so many party-goers still in festival mode it was impossible to evacuate the entire area in a hurry, although we couldn’t start cleaning up or doing any work until the public were off the site.

If we hadn’t shut when we did Skazi and Talamasca would have played. They were waiting and were just as disappointed as the rest of us that they didn’t get to play in the end. Whether artists play or not, they still need their flights and hotels paid and it’s a long way to come and sit in a hotel room.

Another point that should be addressed is that we placed too much expectation on our ticket sales when planning the festival. Originally our plan was to stage a 5,000 capacity camping festival, but we then found out it needed to be bigger if we wanted to use the awesome Rushmoor Arena site. The licence was granted for 15,000 campers — another mistake, because there was no possible way for Antiworld to sell that many tickets in today’s current climate, despite the great efforts of the many promoters, artists and crew involved.

By April 2007 sales were still slow and the festival should have been cancelled and tickets refunded, but we still felt we could move forward with the help of sponsorship and more advance sales. By June 2007 sales were steady but not in the numbers we had hoped and sponsors were not available due to commitments made to other festivals. By this time, we had spent a lot of money in advertising and in fees toward artists to secure the dates. Many of the artists who didn’t turn up to perform had already received 50% of their fees in advance but decided not to turn up because the remaining 50% due had not cleared into their account on time. We know this was a big disappointment for some of those who came to the festival hoping to see a favourite act; again we can only apologise.

After years of planning and preparation we are devastated by the outcome and can only apologise to the many festival goers, artists and crew who were as sorely disappointed as we are after losing out on the final seven or so hours of the festival. We’re also aware that there were some organisational problems with the festival itself and due to there being lower numbers than expected, some artists and stages were cancelled. The cancellation of the stages/artists was down to agreements between the specific artists and promotions involved: as explained above, deposits had been paid.

We’d like to thank the council for making sure the festival opened in the first place and for helping us provide a safe yet beautiful venue for people to party in. We all had the welfare of festival goers at heart and did our best to make sure things were as safe as possible at all times, especially given the extreme recent weather conditions. We’d also like to thank the police for their help closing the festival on Sunday afternoon. Closing a busy festival at its peak was always going to be a challenge and the police made sure festival goers and crew were informed and able to stay on site until they were ready to move — leading to many saying that Sunday was their best night of the festival, with so many groups of chilled out festival goers and crew making the most of their time left.

Most of all though, we’d like to thank the 5000 party-goers, artists and crew that made this such an incredible event. Yes there were a few things that went wrong, and the people involved will be contacted over the next couple of weeks to discuss their individual situations and try and make amends. Overall however the crowd, site, stages, music and production were fantastic.

We hope that festival-goers, artists and crew and anyone else who has suffered as a result of this event can bear with us over this difficult time and ask you to please understand that we are not doing this for the money: we have lost everything — the income from many successful events, years worth of planning and hard work and any goodwill we may have built up over the years from party goers, artists and last but by no means least, our crew.

Please direct your feedback to e303power@hotmail.com or text 0779 321 9497. Don’t call or leave a message but text and we’ll get back to you over the next couple of weeks. We realise that many people need refunds and compensation for the money that have lost, but this is a situation that is going to take some time to sort out. We need to hear your suggestions and concerns, especially if anyone has any video footage of the waste that ultimately led to the site being closed, as we will need as much evidence as possible for our legal proceedings.

Thanks again to all the festival-goers, artists and crew who made this one hell of a festival.

Peace and love,
C
Antiworld




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I really think it was lots of bad luck. Sewage pipes explosion, bad weather etc.
There is no doubt that there were some organizational errors, but they are trying to amend and fix the situation although the festival is over... a thing not a lot of organizers would have done.
Bad luck happens to every one of us. Don't judge too fast. Let them work and fix things.
I can assume they are much more upset and disappointed than the people that came to the festival.
Best of luck for the next one.
Cheers
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Aris


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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 21:42
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I really think it was lots of bad luck. Sewage pipes explosion, bad weather etc.
There is no doubt that there were some organizational errors, but they are trying to amend and fix the situation although the festival is over... a thing not a lot of organizers would have done.
Bad luck happens to every one of us. Don't judge too fast. Let them work and fix things.
I can assume they are much more upset and disappointed than the people that came to the festival.
Best of luck for the next one.
Cheers






what are you telling us man???do you know what really happened there?the half line up wasent there,everything was SHIT...fix the things?like what give back the money to the pl?yeah right...and was no explosions,it was a fake from the promoters...
Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 22:19
Mate...we know Antiworld quite well, that missive is bollocks.

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DJ Buju
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 22:52
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On 2007-07-12 21:42, Aris wrote:

what are you telling us man???do you know what really happened there?the half line up wasent there,everything was SHIT...fix the things?like what give back the money to the pl?yeah right...and was no explosions,it was a fake from the promoters...



Aris if i was you i'd keep quite after no mans land. i still here you guys owe A LOT of money to a LOT of people
Not saying antiworld is any better. but sometime its good to stay out of things you don't know much about.

@ Justin any point for going round n round in any possible thread posting these comments?
Bordom must be @ it's pick...
Aris


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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 22:56
i didnt know that this guy had such a bad name in london night--a lot of pl didnt like what he is doing/how he is doing it..i understund it from this acts of him...

for me 1of the best line ups in techno,i was thinking about it,but thank god i didnt went to this 1..

Aris


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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 23:00

On 2007-07-12 22:52, DJ Buju wrote:
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Aris if i was you i'd keep quite after no mans land. i still here you guys owe A LOT of money to a LOT of people

[/quote]

.....i think its nothing to do with this one buju..here almost 100acts didnt show up and about 3000pl got ripped off....as you know very well..

and as i know nml will start paying in a few weeks(3-4)....chears for youre good words...but dont give me shits,ok..

DJ Buju
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 23:17
@ Aris,

Take care of your stuff first then critisize others.
Everyone are counting on the future no ?
Bad season for the festival promotoers or just over ambitious.

Lux
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 23:32
Still buju you forget one very important detail mate. Leaving aside all the financial problems that NML had (or has) the festival was still a success as all of the people who attended had nothing else but good words to say and most of the headliners still played. Despite all the problems (two bloody storms in two successive nights) they still managed to pull it through and everyone had a great time. I don't know if you went to NML but the storm was more of a tropical storm, I've only seen this kind of storm when I was travelling in China...

Antiworld on the other hand was a representation of failure & misery on all levels. Wouldn't you agree considering all the fuck ups @ Antiworld in the progressive stage and the festival as a whole?

So I wouldn't mention NML and compare it with Antiworld in any way. You compare two entirely different situations. I would agree that by referring to the money that NML people owe to artists is the only common factor betwen the two festivals but the result was entirely different.

And I've been to both festivals by the way...
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robnep


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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 23:39
shanti......shanti........om.....
DJ Buju
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Posted : Jul 12, 2007 23:56
@ Lux

I wasn't compering the two festivals at all.
To compare the two festivals without being to them both would be a silly thing to do imo.
I do think though that everyone should look into their plate first before going to bash others.
By the way, I did hear great feedbacks about NML and probably if i wasn't too busy working my ass off for 070707 I would have been there as well.
Regarding the progressive stage, like i mentioned we are really just trying to recover at the moment from everything and our feedbacks will be posted soon.
All in all for sure it was far away from being ideal but never the less we did manage to have some fun + good music during friday, saturday and short time on sunday.

Lux
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Posted : Jul 13, 2007 00:37
That's fair enough mate.

As for the proggy stage it wasn't directed towards yourself specifically. Most of the things that happened at the festival were beyond the control of many people.
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outer

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Posted : Jul 13, 2007 02:24
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On 2007-07-12 23:56, DJ Buju wrote:
All in all for sure it was far away from being ideal but never the less we did manage to have some fun + good music during friday, saturday and short time on sunday.




erm...no Listening to some good music in an empty tent does not amount to a festival by any stretch of the imagination. Like i said before i can have a good time with my friends at a much better price im sure its shit if u ve worked your ass off just to see it crashing down but that is exactly what happened, a good lesson for all of us in terms of who we support by our work, or name, or money. NML...no comparison...made the most of very adverse conditions...sure it let some people down-not party-goers but artists-but i put my money on them for making it up and certainly not Enrico. In their case it was unfortunate obstacles (and they s t i l l pulled it through) in Antiworlds case it was the only possible outome it seems.
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