So...what happens when youre a rammstein/lindemann fan and you decide to go on vacation the same week till lindemann is scheduled to do a performance near your travel route? Well, you consider going to see him. Consider it at least. That's all I did. I researched blue ridge rock festival and noticed they had some serious logistical issues with bussing, porta potties, etc. and given the logistical needs of my vacation party, I was sad to say I couldn't realistically go.
MAN, DID I DODGE A BULLET!
On Tuesday (9/5), Till Lindemann, my sole reason for wanting to go, cancelled due to being sick. Would've been stuck with tickets regardless.
Apparently on the day before the festival started, on Wednesday (9/6), people spent like 12 hours trying to get in to set up their camp sites.
On Thursday (9/7), extreme heat and limited water stations caused life threatening circumstances for many festival goers. Then a severe storm rolled through and peoples' tents got destroyed from wind and hail. The rest of the night's shows were canceled due to damage from the storm stopping people from performing.
Friday (9/8, the day Till would've been there) things went smoothly, but people still waited in line for 6 hours to get into the venue due to the bussing system. And then they were turned away if they didn't get in.
On saturday, they basically cancelled the rest of the festival. Apparently conditions behind the scenes were horrible and people quit. The official reason was the weather, but they cancelled both saturday and sunday.
People over on the subreddit (where ive been following the situation) are livid. Apparently the entire festival was unsafe, from the lack of watering stations to poor EMS response to lack of preparedness for severe weather to people now coming down with food poisoning symptoms (from possibly contaminated water) and COVID.
Speaking of which, the porta potty situation was appalling, they were overflowing, and there are pics all over the sub of that (literal) crap everywhere.
The entire situation is, shall we say, a dumpster fire. And honestly, I'm talking about this because honestly, this sort of stuff should never happen.
Ya know, when you host an event, you should have standards to ensure peoples' safety? Evacuation plans in case of severe weather? Environmental standards to prevent water contamination? Also, most people are probably entitled to a straight up refund if they missed shows they were promised. All of lindemann's fans who bought tickets probably should be refunded, as should virtually everyone who attended the thursday, saturday, and sunday shows. people weren't given what they were promised. But it seems like the owners are likely going to take the money and run. If they do, I hope there's a class action suit against them.
For all of the people who think the world would be a utopia without government, this is the kind of stuff you could expect to be normal. These people dont care. They screw people over and take the money and run. Ethical standards are something that only exists in religious texts. You need a government to ensure people are treated fairly and that those standards are enforced. This isn't a personal morality either, this is public morality, morality regarding how people treat others in conducting business transactions. Standards exist for reasons, without them, stuff like this becomes commonplace.
Honestly, I hope they get sued into oblivion for this. I dont care if there's ever a blue ridge rock festival ever again. If they dont get their crap straightened out, the world is better off without it. Even if it means America doesn't get to experience the glory that is Till Lindemann.
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