Unit 36: Interview Techniques

Research Document

Order of contents:
Topic Research for item 1: Motivation for festivals
Guest Research for item 1: Nick Eade
Topic Research for item 2: History
Guest Research for item 2: Kyle Wilsnagh
Topic Research for item 3:dangers
Guest Research for item 3:jh
Topic Research for item 4 (If used):
Guest Research for item 4 (If used):

Each student takes a topic and researches it extensively. Share your finding with
your team members so they can input your findings into their booklet

You need to carry out EXTENSIVE research on your topic and guest. You need to
demonstrate why you have used your guest for this topic. You need to reference where
you found your research. (Referencing is KEY)
Interviewee:
Research of topic: Motivation for attending festivals
Key Facts:

Potential areas of interest:

Areas of concern:
Health and safety
drug abuse
Festival ticket prices and cost of living
hygene

Research of Guest

Primary Research: (Interviews with guest to find out what they know; interviews
with friends of guest to find out about guest) Insert voice recordings /notes

I've Interviewed Kyle Wilsnagh a student that Nick Eade lectures as well as read his
linked in profile
short summary of Nick Eade:
After a short time in the military I left the United Kingdom to travel the world
spending 6 months in the Middle East, over 3 years in South America and a year in
Europe. I then, whilst working in Australia Sydney, in 1998, played a minor role for
the 2000 Olympics. This gave me a keen interest in event management, especially
the industry complexity and impacts on society. I returned to UK and diversified an
arable farm into an events provider delivering incentive / motivation days, small
conferences and weddings. I then returned to education as a mature student first
achieving an HND, then a BA (Hons) and then later a Master of Science.
Some years later I then went on to complete a Master of Arts. I have always enjoyed
the fields of tourism and event management and am now working at
Buckinghamshire New University as first a Lecturer, then a Senior Lecturer and
now a Course Leader.
After co-writing the Event Management degree I am pleased to say that the course
has gone from success to success boasting approximately 150 under-graduate
students across the 3 years. This course has great employment opportunities with
100% of graduates finding industry related work within 6 months of leaving the
course. I have been fortunate to work around the world with world leading
Professors and major industry specialists delivering seminars and working on
significant projects that have increased visitor safety. Examples of these are world
leading festivals and the 2012 Olympics in London.
I am particularly keen on safety within events, cultural impacts of both tourism and
events and crowd safety / management.
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nick-eade-ma-msc-fhea/3a/475/340

Secondary Research: (Internet /books)

MOTIVATIONS :
The success of a festival is heavily dependent on the execution of a strategic
marketing plan; an understanding of the relationship between a destination event
and its visitors and the identification of target markets are critical factors in the
process (Thomson and Schoefield, 2009). Festival organizers are likely to assert that
their primary goal is to provide high quality, satisfying experiences that visitors
perceive to be good value in order to increase the probability of the visitors
returning in the future and/or recommending the festival to others in their social
circle (Lee, Petrick and Crompton, 2007). Since competition among festivals and
destinations is increasing, the need for information on festivals,
specifically analysis of motivations for attending festivals and events
(Getz, 1993), has become crucial. Actual attendance itself may be attributed to
various motives or just a single motive. In order for the event organizers to manage
to deliver a great experience, the event product definition is a vital step . The event
product is a unique blend of activities, which are the tools for achieving the overall
event aims and satisfying customer needs. Event design should be customer
orientated , and event organizers should create a mix that satisfies the largest
number of potential customers ( Salem, Jones, Morgan, 2004, pp.14,in Yeoman).
Getz in 1997 argues that many events lack of a product orientation , which means
that they attempt to promote their event with no consideration for what prospective
customers need , desire, and are willing to pay for. Hall in 1992 identifies three
important objectives of event marketing: to know what the customers need and what
motivates them ,to build up products that meet their needs and expectations and to
create a programme that communicates the events aim and objectives. Individuals,
participating as audience at a festival or special event wish to satisfy their curiosity
about place and people. Participants wish to emerge from the event with experiences
to narrate back home. These people want to avoid insecure situations , anxiety,
worries, uncertainties, embarrassment, having to make too many difficult decisions ,
or being cared as computer number and being made to feel an annoyance.
According to Yeoman et al.(2004) it is a marketing saying that people do not buy
products or services , they buy the expectation of benefits that these products or
services will provide them with.
No matter the main aim of the festival, there is a wide variety of customers , each
with dissimilar expectations , and this impacts on the management processes used
for each individual festival (Yeoman, et al.,2004). Motivations are a theoretical
construct for the driving forces of human behaviour (Kroeber et al, 2003) and
clarify why people do what they do instead of choosing another choice. Burch
(1969) states that the personal motivational drives of individuals are modified and
readdressed by their workmates, family or friends. Therefore, it is obvious that the
motives to attend a festival may evolve and differentiate throughout someones life,
which enhances the need for motives to be constantly investigated. Pointless to say,
event organizers might have false impression of their customers motivation. Wicks
and Fesenmaier (1993) examined the perceptual gap on customer expectations
between visitor and vendors, identifying those areas of the event that need
improvement. The same equivalence also has applicability to the recognition of the
motivation gap that may exist between attendees and festival providers. As Fodness

Secondary Research: (Internet /books)

The same equivalence also has applicability to the recognition of the motivation gap
that may exist between attendees and festival providers. As Fodness (1994)
highlights , the motivation stands for the major driving power in explaining human
behaviour, even though it is not the only factor(Fodness, 1994). According to Lee
and Lee(2001) dividing festival markets through motivations, allows event
managers to discover the strengths and opportunities of the market and contributes
in guaranteeing their contentment. In case festival visitors are diverse, a significant
marketing instrument is the dividing of these visitors into groups and the
comprehension of their features based on festival motivations. The segmentation
allows event organizers to develop and support event features suggested and
appreciated by specific visitor groups (Formica & Uysal, 1996).
Moreover, Crompton and McKay (1997) argue that event managers should make
every effort possible to fully understand the motives of festival attendance in order
to provide better services for them; since motives are a powerful predictor of
satisfaction and a significant aspect in the decision making process, the exploration
of the visitors motives can lead to advanced levels of attendance. For example,
Crompton and McKay (1997) explored festival attendance motivation for the
following reasons: firstly, it gives the opportunity to match the festivals content to
the visitors needs. Furthermore, it augments the visitors satisfaction levels since
their needs are met; and lastly it increases the chances for the visitors to revisit the
festival, a fact that plays a key role for the economic viability of the festival.
Schoefield and Thomson (2007) also agree that it is critically important to discover
festival visitor motivations and to measure consumers satisfaction levels from the
point of view of the consumer. They suggest that from a planning and management
perspective it is vital to determine visitor satisfaction and behavioural intention with
respect to repeat visits and to help identify the factors which affect visitor
motivation and their experiential outcomes. (Gelder, Robinson, 2009,) Bowen and
Daniels (2005) state that understanding why people go to music festivals can help
planners align their marketing efforts to emphasize the attributes that best reflect the
mission and goals of each event . Nicholson and Pearce (2001) believe that these
factors will become increasingly important as the growing number and diversity of
events, especially festivals, lead to heightened competition , in particular when
events are initiated or expanded to encourage tourism and thus boost local
economies (Daniels, 2004). Apo Glastonbury pdf Getz (1993) also emphasized the
importance of analyzing visitors motives for attending festivals and events.
Identifying such motivations is a prerequisite for planning event programs
effectively and marketing them to visitors (Crompton & McKay, 1997). Analysis of
festival motivations also helps event managers to better position their festivals
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Britain is enjoying what could well turn out to be the hottest summer for years,
which means civilised barbecues and picnics in the park, in glorious weather, never
more than a short stroll from clean toilets, running water, ice-cold cocktails and
great music; even in the bit of Brixton where I live.
What more could me and my friends ask for? Were all in our thirties, and we've
grown accustomed to a certain level of civility and comfort in our social lives. We're
not kids any more. And yet, the moment the mercury starts to rise, the same old
conversation rears its ugly head. "Let's book every single outdoor music festival the
UK has to offer."
Whether it be a lengthy stay in Glastonbury, a jaunt to Reading or Leeds, or maybe
just a single day spent at Lovebox in London, the invites clog up my inbox quicker
than a chemical toilet next to the Pyramid Stage. In fact, my friends' enthusiasm for
festivals seems to grow with each passing year.
Is it a response to our age? Is it a midlife crisis that they think will be solved by
standing around in the open air, surrounded by gurning teenagers in tie-dye?
Thats something I cant answer, because the festival is something Ive never
understood. I didnt get them in my teens, I didnt get them in my twenties and, as I
get older, I understand their appeal even less.
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I hate everything about them. The crowds of people meaning you can barely move
at anything beyond shuffling pace; the overpriced junk food; not being able to get
the drink you want (and when you do its expensive, warm and in a plastic cup); the
bands you can't even see without binoculars, or without staking your claim on a
vantage point within minutes of the festival gates opening.
But it seems the rest of the country disagrees. The latest Festival Awards report says
in 2013 a huge 1.3 billion was spent on festival tickets, transport and
accommodation, with another 914m going on food, drink and other purchases. I
can only assume the latter figure bought some poor soul nothing more than a couple
of hot dog, soggy fries, and a flat beer in a very wobbly cup.
When I politely explain to people my dislike of music festivals to my friends, they
react as though I've revealed a level of social agoraphobia that makes Julian
Assange look like a member of the cast of TOWIE. Friends simply cannot believe
my negativity, which is ironic as its most of their stories which have put me off.
Like the time someone defecated in front of my friends tent at Glastonbury.
Actually did a full-on number two, just outside the entrance to his sleeping quarters.
I'm told that when (not if) the chemical toilets become unusable, festival sites
apparently become something of a defecation free-for-all, with people feeling
liberated enough to squat and go wherever the mood takes them.
I would have to be medicated by one of Michael Jacksons private physicians before
I felt sufficiently "liberated to put up with stepping over other people's faecal
matter in pursuit of watching my favourite artists perform. Yes, even Kylie.
And yet a 2013 festivals survey found that a mere 26% of festival-goers miss clean
flushable toilets. Which suggests that a horrifying 74% dont really mind those
repugnant, disease-ridden facilities with the distinctive aroma of last week's manure.
My friends may want to spend time with these animals, but I dont.
Toilet issues seem to be a significant problem, whatever the festival. The last oneday festival I went to was Lovebox. What could possibly go wrong, spending one
day in a park with a few thousand others, I thought to myself.

Surely it takes a couple of days for the masses to go truly native, embrace anarchy
and start defecating all over each other? Surely, I could tolerate a low level of
discomfort in return for watching the living legend Grace Jones perform?
Unfortunately, I found myself pressed up against a woman in the crowd who
decided to crouch down and urinate in the middle of Grace's set. At first I wondered
what she was up to, but it soon became apparent as she squatted and relieved herself
next to me, leaving a warm puddle in the worn out grass of Victoria Park. Ill never
forgive her for permanently ruining my enjoyment of Pull up to the Bumper.
Body fluids aside, I simply dont get what drives people to want to go to festivals,
especially as most of the artists present are so mainstream, and are hardly elusive
figures on the live music circuit. On the whole, youd find more niche talent on the
latest NOW! compilation. This years Glastonbury is a case in point.
Do you really need to be knee-deep in muddy crowds to see Arcade Fire or Dolly
Parton, when both acts are performing in the relatively comfortable surroundings of
Earls Court and the O2 within the next few months?
Granted, you wont be able to point yourself out on television, caked in face paint
and waving a massive flag if you were attending in a civilised venue, but you also
wont look like a total tool either, so there are benefits.
Die-hard festival-goers will obviously tell me that I'm missing the point, and that it's
not just about the music. It's about the whole experience, man. But it seems that
some people are starting to agree (with me) that the experience isnt what its
cracked up to be. The latest International Music Festival Trends survey shows that
this year, 80% of festival goers plan on booking a luxury hotel for their stay; like
me, they're wise to the fact the tent is the only sleeping accommodation ever
invented which is freezing cold in winter and baking hot in summer, offers no
protection against noise pollution and is less comfortable than the average prison
cell.
Which leads to the inevitable question, if most people attending festivals would
prefer to stay in hotels and have access to their creature comforts, and if the acts are
becoming ever more mainstream, what is the point of going to a music festival at
all? Who are we kidding? Why not go to a venue which is cheaper, more
comfortable, has nicer drinks, and allows you to return home afterwards? Think
about that while you're struggling to find your tent in a strange field this weekend.
I'll be watching on television from the comfort of my sofa.
Cristo Foufas is a journalist, broadcaster and actor. He currently can be heard
weekends from 1am on LBC

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10922801/What-exactly-is-the-point-ofmusic-festivals.html

Hundreds of thousands have experienced it.

Days without food and water. Scorching temperatures. Difficulty finding shelter.
Sound like a life or death situation? Well it sort of is, because you're attending a music
festival. While festivals can be an insane party with 60,000 of your best friends, they
can also become a living hell of sweat, grime and body odor. Just in time for
Coachella 2014, here are the 23 reasons why America's much-hyped music festivals
can actually be the worst.
1. Solving the lineup puzzle before you attend the festival is impossible.
Releasing clues like this doesn't make it easy to guess what the lineup will be. "Hey,
Instagram followers! We're just gonna post an obscure picture of a band's artwork, so
you can go crazy for the next 15 hours trying to figure out who will be playing!" No
thanks, just give us the lineups please.
2. Getting friends to commit means 6,000 text messages.
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Once you've gotten over the fact that you're investing most of your life savings into
one purchase, rounding up friends becomes the next challenge. Enjoy those wasted
work days of group messaging, Facebook messages and threads that reach 200+
emails... and then deal with collecting money.
3. Just getting to the festival is a struggle.
You just dropped $400 on a festival ticket, but now you have to buy a plane ticket,
rent an RV and figure out which friend is going to "volunteer" to drive everyone to the
obscure festival location. Oh, and good luck fitting everyone's luggage in the trunk.
4. You will immediately lose all of your worldly possessions.
Including but not limited to: friends, phone, car, car keys, cooler, sunscreen,
sunglasses, venue wristband, wallet, everything inside said wallet, turquoise rings,
clothing, dignity, sanity, happiness, consciousness...
5. Your quest for food is reduced to scavenging.
How do you pack fresh food for a three-day festival? You don't. Those Doritos and
granola bars you packed will disappear by the time you arrive at the venue, and you'll
most likely spend your life savings on festival food.
6. Water costs roughly $45.
The price fluctuates based on the gold standard (we assume), but you can easily
secure a bottle by trading your first born or one of your vital organs once you make it
to the water station. Seems reasonable.
7. Your phone battery will die at the worst possible time.
Your phone will never be charged enough for the all the Snapchats, Instagram pics,
real pics, videos and "muploads" you want to take. Is your favorite band about to take
the stage? Congratulations, your battery just died.
8. You will never look as Instagram-worthy as you think you do.

Celebrities always seem to make music fests their boho-chic runways. But your plans
on gracing Instagram in that adorable skirt, crop top and floppy hat are foiled when
you discover your hair has turned into one giant dreadlock, your body is as red as the
surface of Mars and your face is oilier than a BP spill. And that fringe skirt?
Destroyed by mud.
9. Committing to your favorite band means sitting through five acts you don't know.
You and your friends are only at the concert to see one band -- the same band that
you've followed since 7th grade. The only problem? You have to sit through six other
acts without letting go of your friend's hand or you'll lose her forever, and most of the
time the other acts aren't even that good.
10. You're sweating like crazy... except when you're shivering.
After the sun is done destroying your body in every way possible, get ready for the
cool desert nights to set in. Your day sweat will turn to icicles just in time for you to
shiver yourself to sleep in the front seat of your car or whatever patch of grass you
end up passing out in after a 4am set.
11. You will beg for rain to relieve you, then immediately curse its presence.
Just beware that when the apocalypse sets in and your tent starts to leak, Noah's ark
won't be coming to save you and it's every festival goer for themselves.
12. Bathrooms will become your own version of the Hunger Games.
May the odds be ever in your favor, because nothing will stress you out more than
trying not to pee your jorts in a three-mile long line to the port-a-potty. Just wait until
paranoia sets in. "Will there be toilet paper? Did that man just throw up in the stall I'm
walking into? Oh my God, is that... a dead person?!" Oh, and ladies, if you're on your
period, you might as well just wait for toxic shock syndrome to set in.
13. Your shoes will be destroyed.
Gladiator sandals? Bloody mess. Sneakers? Blisters for days. If you wear flip flops,
you'll lose them in a mud pit. And that nonchalant Kate-Moss-in-wellies-atGlastonbury look? Save it for the pros (also remember she probably packed a dozen
alternative pairs of shoes to change into).
14. You will smell terrible, and so will everyone around you.
Forget showering and even the faintest notion that putting on deodorant will help your
BO. Making your way through the music festival will soon become smelling your
way through the music festival.
15. Occasionally the performances don't live up to expectations.
It's inevitable: Performers won't take the stage on time, and once they do, those
performers might be stumbling around and vomiting on stage. Oh, and there's a good
chance that they don't sound as good in person as they did on your favorite album,
recorded in a studio. That's fine... except you just paid $400 to see them live.
Awesome.
16. The celebrities will totally show you and your friends up... because they're now
being paid to attend.

The real reason those celebrities that float by you to the VIP section look amazing?
It's because of the $20,000 they're pulling in to attend the festival in their sponsored
clothing and smiles. And, as sorry as we are to say it, you'll never be ever to pull off
that Vanessa Hudgens look unless you bring your own team of people with you, too.
17. The festival lineups are all starting to look eerily identical...
Kings of Leon, Outkast, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire -- they're all headlining
multiple festivals across the globe this year, on top of the festivals they've already
played in the recent past. We hope you like the Avett Brothers -- you'll be seeing them
on multiple stages. Same goes for Vampire Weekend. Wouldn't it be nice to see some
new faces headlining these fests once in a while?
18. Crowdsurfers and hula-hoopers will make you kind of loathe humankind.
People you will likely encounter at a festival: "fairies" hula-hooping, people violently
dancing -- sorry, "feeling" the music, sweaty people with their shirts off, people who
are still really into mosh pits, crowdsurfers attempting to break your neck and
countless pushy concertgoers who you'll have to box out for three hours during your
front row adventure at Mumford & Sons. Also, special shout-out to the people
watching the concert through the lens of their iPhones (or worse, iPads).
19. But the truly special people are the ones who bring their children to festivals.
"A baby? Someone seriously brought a child to this?" Yes, they did. Perhaps the
parents can find some daytime babysitters from among the tweens in their barelythere neon rave gear. Did their parents drive them there?
20. It seems like everyone is drunk, hallucinating, high or passed out.
Everyone has their own idea of fun, but watching the guy on ten tabs of acid wig out
is never a great moment, and neither is carrying your friend who's passed out from
heat exhaustion to the medical tent. And getting thrown up on by that random drunk
girl before your favorite show? Never fun.
21. It's impossible to get sleep, and you will go crazy. Seriously. Crazy.
Get ready to sleep in places that you no one could pay you to lie down in any other
time of the year. Your other option? "Selling out" and getting a hotel room or an RV
so you can actually be well-rested and enjoy the music. Either way, try to avoid loud
crowds. Guy with the stereo blasting all night? Dead to us.
22. But giving up is not an option.
Are you tired? Feeling exhausted? Want to give up? Sick of sleeping in a van? Well,
good luck, because there is no escaping. Especially after you paid all that money...
23. But you'll be sad when the festival is over... and want to do it all again
By the end of the festival, you'll feel like you've gone through a pop cultural war zone
and somehow made it out alive. You'll have pics to prove that you went, survived and
conquered, plus more than enough selective memories to last a lifetime... or at least
long enough to ensure that you're going again next year.
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Research of topic: HISTORY

According to lots of historians, the very first music festivals were in Ancient Egypt
around 4500 B.C. These music festival consisted of religious ceremonies and
political fests which featured music and dancing The first known music festival to
be held in Ancient Greece was during the 6th Century B.C. during The Pythian
Games.
Germanys Bayreuth Festival was Founded by composer Richard Wagner as a way
to showcase his work. The festival received start-up money from the crown and was
attended by the king. the festival was attended by Hitler and he spoke about the
oncoming war between Britain and Germany shortly before the beginning of WWII.
Today, the annual festival, which takes place in the specially-designed Bayreuth
Festspielhaus Theatre, is still considered a pilgrimage for Wagner enthusiasts, who
often have to wait years for tickets.

Thought to be the oldest popular music festival still in existence, Reading Festival
first came about in 1961 as the National Jazz and Blues Festival. the founder was a
gentleman called Harold Pendleton. the event adopted the decidedly hippy vibes of
the time, offering tickets for as little as 2 for huge acts like The Jam, Sham 69 and
Penetration. The festival was originally held at Richmond Athletic Ground, but
changed both its name and location several times before finally settling down in
Richmond Avenue in 1971. The events popularity increased rapidly, eventually
forcing organisers Festival Republic to open another site in Leeds in 1999. Hence
why its called 'Reading and Leeds Festival'
The Isle of Wight Festival was founded in 1968, drawing a crowd of 10,000 to a
Farm in Godshill. It was One of the most famous early music festivals in the UK. its
popularity gradually grew when the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and The Who
took to the stage.

The worlds most famous music festival is called Woodstock it was first found at a
daory farm in new york 1969. said as three days of love and peace, the event
invited the biggest artists of the time and more than 500,000 festival goers to the
farm. Artists like the beteals were asked to play , however they turnded down the
offer thinking that it wouldnt be worth their time playing at such a small festival.
Although there were no reported incidences of violence, locals from the town
protested against the festival and the army was going to come in and move everyone
along.

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Thieves, drugs, alcohol, mosh pits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzmZ1IU4zY
After researching the dangers of music festivals and rewording it several timesalmost all of the responses are drug related. And most of these are linked to MDMA
Drug-related deaths spike along with casualties of overheating, dehydration and
accidental self-immolation -- is ecstasy to blame or is it just the cost of doing EDM
business?
nine people were crushed to death during Pearl Jams set at Denmarks Roskilde
Festival in 2000, 11 trampled at Moroccos Mawazine Festival nine years later, and
15 at 2010s Love Parade in German
Many of todays festival deaths came after revelers showed symptoms (dehydration,
overheating) associated with taking MDMA, or Molly, the purest form of ecstasy
commonly found at EDM events. In fact, while Ultra brought on additional police
for its 2013 edition, the latest casualties prompted event organizers to review
security concerns for 2015 and on,
Does the summer music festival circuit have a drug problem?
While fewer and fewer big-name acts can fill stadiums on their own any more, the
live music industry has seen a huge windfall from the exploding number of outdoor
summer festivals drawing record crowds. But disturbingly large numbers of young
people are being sent to hospital, and in some cases dying, in what appear to be
drug-related incidents.
From the Veld Music Festival on August 2 and 3 in Downsview Park, 13 people
were taken to hospital and two more died from what are believed to be drug-related
issues.
Other fests, even mainstream country artists, are seeing similar distress at their
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SURVIVING A WARPED TOUR MOSH PIT
Make sure you're dressed appropriately. Don't wear anything that has straps or
anything else hanging off of it. If someone around you falls, they may grab onto it
and rip your clothing or possibly take you down with them, which is very
dangerous.
Be aware of crowd surfers or any impending mosh pits. These can open up at any
time during the concert and unless you're up to moshing, you don't want to end up in
the middle of it.
Pay attention to the atmosphere. Make sure you know whether you're in a crowd
that's preparing to get rowdy. For example, if the lead singer of a band says, "Let's
start a wall of death!", you'd best be ready to get out quickly or get crushed.
Sometimes even crowd members will yell these orders out and others will comply,
but usually the audience only complies with the wishes of the band. Also, beware of
the people around you. Be nice. You don't want to be getting into a fist-fight with
the person next to you while you're stuck in the midst of a huge crowd. You'll end
up hurting yourself and others around you, which makes everyone mad and
unhappy.
Make sure you watch defensively when standing and watching the performance.
This means you want to stay upright at all costs. Falling down can mean being
trampled and even having broken bones. If you're new to the concert scene, you
may want to hang back in the crowd a bit. The closer you are to the band, the more
the crowd will be fighting to get closer to the stage.
Don't wear "Tripp" pants or "Goth" pants unless you're prepared to get pick
pocketed. Wear pants where you can tell if someone goes in your pocket if you're
not looking at them. Don't leave money or valuable items in your car or stuff money
in your shoes for convenience. You're going to want to buy merchandise from the
bands after a show. If you leave it in your car, you have to walk all the way out to
your vehicle, then walk all the way back. If you leave it in your shoe, then you have
to take your sweaty shoes off and hand people gross money.
Watch yourself at the "hardcore" shows! Those mosh pits can get nuts! Also watch
out for hardcore dancers! If you're not careful you might get kicked in the face and
seriously injured.

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Thames Valley Police has recorded 125 crimes at Reading Festival this year.
This is a 15 per cent drop since 2013, with 21 fewer offences recorded.
The crimes recorded at Reading Festival since Wednesday (20/8) include 17 drugs
offences, one public order offence, one robbery of personal property and 92 thefts.
There has also been one report of a sexual assault and one report of a rape. Two
people have been arrested and bailed in connection with the rape offence.
Thames Valley Police officers have arrested 51 people at the Festival. Of these, three
were people arrested on suspicion of robbery, one arrested on suspicion of fraud, and
others for drugs possession and supply offences and public order offences.
Chief Inspector Dave Parker said: Reported crime is down by nearly 15 per cent
compared to last year, including a drop in robberies from six incidents to one, and
thefts from 102 to 92.

Expert- John Humphreys

Personal experience breaking leg in moshpit
(me) lip bars ripped out after being punched in face at posh pit, knocked out in mosh
pit

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