It was now about 10 p.m and the last act before DAUGHTRY was due to go on..........there was a delay because of the rain, so DAUGHTRY didn't come on until after 11 p.m. The crowd never did thin out......we tried to get back inside to see the guys, but it was impossible. We had to stand way off to the side and way, way back from the stage. We could hardly see them, but we could hear them really well. As I said earlier, they were AWESOME. This just was not a real DAUGHTRY concert............the majority of the people there were not really DAUGHTRY fans. They either hung around because they were too wasted to realize the other bands were done, or out of curiosity about what DAUGHTRY would be like. There were some seriously scary people at this concert, some biker types, many, many druggies, lots of kids and teeny boppers. Chris and the guys did their utmost to get the crowd involved, but they were just kinda standing around. The bunch behind us never shut up yakking once..........all they could talk about was how much they wanted to eff Chris, and how effing hot he was, and on and on. It would have been funny if it hadn't been so pathetic.
After the guys played, we went over to the fences that cordoned off the bus area to see if we could catch a glimpse of them. The mounted police were everywhere, and after about 15 minutes, they told us we had to leave. We started walking off and they were right behind us on the horses, close enough that we could feel the horses' breath on our necks!!!!!!!! They were very ugly to us and we hadn't done anything wrong at all. They kept inching the horses closer and closer to us trying to make us walk faster........it was completely unnecessary, but kind of a fitting end to a very frustrating day.
I will not attend another concert where there are heavy metal bands on the bill. This was, IMO, badly mismanaged by security and the police.........had they taken care of business when all this first started, we would not have had to leave and we could have seen the guys much better. I do not mean to sound whiny or to complain, but I paid good money to see my favorite band and I was rudely treated and put in danger by the lack of security provided by the venue. This is by no means meant to cast any aspersions on DAUGHTRY or DO...........the guys could not have done a better job..........they came through like they always do. It was a matter of poor judgment on the part of the people in charge of security at this particular venue. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it
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BayFest Review - BayFest - conclusion
It was now about 10 p.m and the last act before DAUGHTRY was due to go on..........there was a delay because of the rain, so DAUGHTRY didn't come on until after 11 p.m. The crowd never did thin out......we tried to get back inside to see the guys, but it was impossible. We had to stand way off to the side and way, way back from the stage. We could hardly see them, but we could hear them really well. As I said earlier, they were AWESOME. This just was not a real DAUGHTRY concert............the majority of the people there were not really DAUGHTRY fans. They either hung around because they were too wasted to realize the other bands were done, or out of curiosity about what DAUGHTRY would be like. There were some seriously scary people at this concert, some biker types, many, many druggies, lots of kids and teeny boppers. Chris and the guys did their utmost to get the crowd involved, but they were just kinda standing around. The bunch behind us never shut up yakking once..........all they could talk about was how much they wanted to eff Chris, and how effing hot he was, and on and on. It would have been funny if it hadn't been so pathetic.
After the guys played, we went over to the fences that cordoned off the bus area to see if we could catch a glimpse of them. The mounted police were everywhere, and after about 15 minutes, they told us we had to leave. We started walking off and they were right behind us on the horses, close enough that we could feel the horses' breath on our necks!!!!!!!! They were very ugly to us and we hadn't done anything wrong at all. They kept inching the horses closer and closer to us trying to make us walk faster........it was completely unnecessary, but kind of a fitting end to a very frustrating day.
I will not attend another concert where there are heavy metal bands on the bill. This was, IMO, badly mismanaged by security and the police.........had they taken care of business when all this first started, we would not have had to leave and we could have seen the guys much better. I do not mean to sound whiny or to complain, but I paid good money to see my favorite band and I was rudely treated and put in danger by the lack of security provided by the venue. This is by no means meant to cast any aspersions on DAUGHTRY or DO...........the guys could not have done a better job..........they came through like they always do. It was a matter of poor judgment on the part of the people in charge of security at this particular venue. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it
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