1. The entry to the Summer Garden area and the hassle-free entry and view guarantees a relaxed day at Hyde Park. Worth it, I think.
  2. Originally posted by Papo:The entry to the Summer Garden area and the hassle-free entry and view guarantees a relaxed day at Hyde Park. Worth it, I think.
    When I saw them at HP in 2013, we had GA tickets but the crowd getting towards the barrier was solid, no chance of getting even remotely close to the stage unless you had been there at opening time. We ended up watching it on a big screen and couldn't even see the band.
  3. Shows in a big field suck if you're not near the stage
  4. Originally posted by Bf2142:[..]
    When I saw them at HP in 2013, we had GA tickets but the crowd getting towards the barrier was solid, no chance of getting even remotely close to the stage unless you had been there at opening time. We ended up watching it on a big screen and couldn't even see the band.
    May have seemed like it, but...we have been there in 2013 as well, did enter GA area not before 6 p.m. , maybe 6.30 and found a spot some 5 metres from the barrier at Ronnies Side.
    The trick is to move forward at the sides. There was a bulk of people where the food trucks and bars stood, very crowded. Once you're trough them, there is lot's of space. It's the same in nearly every stadium.
    We could walk freely to the barrier besides the stage and then slowly and respectfully made our way to the center and than back. As I am small, I am blocking nobodys view.

    This time, it might be harder, as there is a Golden Circle on the left side, whereas in 2013 it was GA:
  5. Was there again for Bob Dylan / Neil Young in 2019 and enjoyed the Summer Garden and the easy entry to the so called "Golden Circle", as I am physically not able anymore to stand in a crowd for much longer that the duration of the show.
  6. GA can def be a tough experience when you get older, especially if you arrive early and have to try and hold your spot at the front. At the last U2 show at Twickenham a drunken guy started a fight right behind me. I can't be doing with it. I just want to watch the show.
  7. Originally posted by Bf2142:GA can def be a tough experience when you get older, especially if you arrive early and have to try and hold your spot at the front. At the last U2 show at Twickenham a drunken guy started a fight right behind me. I can't be doing with it. I just want to watch the show.
    I think that mind set of ‘your spot’ is part of the issue tbh. Your spot is only the place you’re standing in at any given moment. If you leave for the toilet or a beer then sure work your way back to where you were, I know I would but it’s not your given right to claim where you were back. There’s nothing on your ticket that says you get to leave where you were and then claim that spot back. I’d give you your spot back but don’t expect it of everyone as they aren’t obligated to do so. I can understand someone not wanting to give a spot back either tbh, there’s a space they walk into it and have paid the same amount of money for the same ticket as you that allows them access to the same area of the venue (anywhere on the pitch) hard to argue really.
  8. You're absolutely right but fans being fans plus the nature of GA does lend itself to everyone getting very territorial.
  9. Originally posted by Bf2142:You're absolutely right but fans being fans plus the nature of GA does lend itself to everyone getting very territorial.
    True, I tend to think if people conduct themselves sensibly then it usually works out ok for everyone. Again going back to the GA spot thing if someone just says ‘my mates there can I just get in front of you?’ I’d say no problem. But if someone walked up to me and said ‘move that’s my space’ there’s absolutely no chance I’d be moving just because of there attitude, wouldn’t really bother me being a few feet back but giving someone a spot who spoke to me like that would bother me. Generally though I’ve had good fun in GA and been around good people.
  10. No, it's very far from being sold out.