Is anyone going to Antiworlds 07/07/07 event?

[RDR]

My girlfriend and I paid £200+ for 3 days of music and to see the following DJ's and Live PA's at Antiworld:

Speedy J Live
Technasia Live
Digitalism Live
Blackstrobe Live
Adam Beyer
Ade Fenton
British Murder Boys
Chris Finke
Green Velvet
Nick Grater
Pendulum
Freestylers
Aquasky
Seb Marx Live
Jimige Live
DJ Rush
Valentino Kanzyani
Marco Nastic
Chris Liberator
Mark EG
Zebedee
Pat Hurley
Animatek
Julian Gas
Product 19
Layo & Bushwacka
Alloy Mental Live
Utah Saints Dex N FX
Tokyo Acid Crew Live
Plaid Live
Robert Hood
Ben Sims
Ben Long
Shade Of Rhythm Live PA
Nicky Blackmarket
Slipmatt
Isotonik Crew - Perry K, Lukozade & MC Ice
Billy 'Daniel' Bunter
Niki Dimensions
Squirrel
The Spinsterz
Jack Bass
DJ Devious D

Instead we had 2 days of music as it got shut down, were kicked off the site by the old bill and we did NOT see the following DJ's as they were NOT booked:

Speedy J Live
Technasia Live
Digitalism Live
Blackstrobe Live
Adam Beyer
Ade Fenton
British Murder Boys
Chris Finke
Green Velvet
Nick Grater
Pendulum
Freestylers
Aquasky
Seb Marx Live
Jimige Live
DJ Rush
Valentino Kanzyani
Marco Nastic
Chris Liberator
Mark EG
Zebedee
Pat Hurley
Animatek
Julian Gas
Product 19
Layo & Bushwacka
Alloy Mental Live
Utah Saints Dex N FX
Tokyo Acid Crew Live
Plaid Live
Robert Hood
Ben Sims
Ben Long
Shade Of Rhythm Live PA
Nicky Blackmarket
Slipmatt
Isotonik Crew - Perry K, Lukozade & MC Ice
Billy 'Daniel' Bunter
Niki Dimensions
Squirrel
The Spinsterz
Jack Bass
DJ Devious D

The whole thing was a joke and a rip off. Too many things going wrong there all the time, I can't even be arsed to go into anymore detail.

The promoter is a fu*king cunt.

END OF.

Im not suprised you're annoyed. I would be to.

[Si the Sigh]

Mate, I'm fu*king fuming...

[Louk]

ah man that sounds horrible!!!

[Si the Sigh]

I will never EVER attend an Antiworld event again.

[robin m]

I will never EVER attend an Antiworld event again.

I second that... not a chance. Bollocks to them. The way they tried to deal with the lack of punters and cash by cutting every single cost they could while still trying to wring whatever money they could out of us was disgraceful. They knew what was going to happen well beforehand.

It's especially harsh for the many people who had come from abroad and had had to pay for plane tickets - and I feel gutted for the other promoters they misled, screwed over and dragged down with them... interesting how they still managed to put on a shitload of psytrance though they pulled the plug on literally everything else.

Waste of a beautiful weekend :grr:

[Si the Sigh]

I felt so sorry for the people we met from all over the world as well. People had travelled far and wide for this.

Really wanna hear what the promoters of Atomic Jam have to say about the whole thing as their names been dragged through the mud as well.

[Si the Sigh]

Funny how the forum on the Antiworld websites not available all of a sudden...

[basslinejunkie]

sounds like a blantant rip off to me.flase promises to get more through the door.

[Si the Sigh]

Deffo.

We turned up and there was 4 of the 8 advertised stages / tents. Ok we thought, fu*k it, the weathers awesome, we'll take Friday as it comes and hope for some techno on Saturday.

Saturday arrived. Plenty of sun. No techno though. Ok we thought, fu*k it, the weathers awesome, we'll take Saturday as it comes and hope for some techno on Sunday.

Sunday arrived. Plenty of sun. No techno though. Ok we thought, fu*k it, the weathers awesome, we'll take Sunday as it comes...

Nope. Old bill are steaming in and the sites being shut down at 10am. The promoter(s) are no where to be seen. People with day tickets are turning up from all over to find the place deserted.

The weather was awesome though...

[Si the Sigh]

Best act we saw all weekend was The Human Pete Box.

Utterly amazing! :)

[MARK ANXIOUS]

I don't see why negative comments should be kept quiet cos this is a public forum. That seems bizarre. There's no place for mindless insults or attacks on the organisers (calling them "tw*ts etc) but if people have simple factual complaints, then they SHOULD be aired in public, no?
Nothing wrong with that, and no need to keep it secret.

i agree completely. it's only the fact that h and me started to mention payments and crap when obviously enrico is not here to justify himself, that's all ;)

[MARK ANXIOUS]

Deffo.

We turned up and there was 4 of the 8 advertised stages / tents. Ok we thought, fu*k it, the weathers awesome, we'll take Friday as it comes and hope for some techno on Saturday.

Saturday arrived. Plenty of sun. No techno though. Ok we thought, fu*k it, the weathers awesome, we'll take Saturday as it comes and hope for some techno on Sunday.

Sunday arrived. Plenty of sun. No techno though. Ok we thought, fu*k it, the weathers awesome, we'll take Sunday as it comes...

Nope. Old bill are steaming in and the sites being shut down at 10am. The promoter(s) are no where to be seen. People with day tickets are turning up from all over to find the place deserted.

The weather was awesome though...

seems like you enjoyed the weather then si?

[teknorich]

fair do's mark, you're right there.

[robin m]

i agree completely. it's only the fact that h and me started to mention payments and crap when obviously enrico is not here to justify himself, that's all ;)

Normally I'd agree - but where and when do you think he is he going to pop up and justify himself?

Nobody told us anything particularly useful at the actual event, just kept telling porkies about the lineup. The antiworld site is completely down and I haven't seen one statement from any of the organisers posted or linked to on any of the forums I've looked at (squatjuice, psyforum, festivalweather). If they're not saying anything or responding to anyone's whinges we shouldn't just shut up about it! It was an inexcusable waste of people's money.

[Si the Sigh]

seems like you enjoyed the weather then si?

Yea mate, got a nice tan! :)

[Si the Sigh]

Normally I'd agree - but where and when do you think he is he going to pop up and justify himself?

Nobody told us anything particularly useful at the actual event, just kept telling porkies about the lineup. The antiworld site is completely down and I haven't seen one statement from any of the organisers posted or linked to on any of the forums I've looked at (squatjuice, psyforum, festivalweather). If they're not saying anything or responding to anyone's whinges we shouldn't just shut up about it! It was an inexcusable waste of people's money.

110% agree ^

The weather was good though, etc...

[davethedrummer]

well i can only go on my own experience. i've been paid all the time apart from alexandra palace and even then it was me who told him not to bother cause he'd obviously lost out. anyway, a forum is the wrong place to get into this surely?? :;

it's a shame, cause the uk does need more events like glade and the like. hopefully we'll get someone else taking the risk in the future, but obviously with a bit more thought about promotion...

sorry mark maybe you're right about it being on a forum , apologies if its too harsh ( or too true )
but i have spoken my mind directly to enrico and to many others involved in antiworld
they know my views on it so i don't feel wrong in saying it here
i've got nothing to hide here
you would have got payed along with most "guest" djs most of the time as that was the way they did things at antiworld.

no the reason i am so sore is largely down to the way us "resident" djs were treated over the years

and boy do they know it.

just a little more respect would have gone such a long way

[davethedrummer]

*paid*

[Si the Sigh]

Just found this...

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,
Enrico Sorbello
Antiworld

[eyeswithoutaface]

everyone ring the number

that would be funny