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Posted: 31-August-2009 at 11:57am | IP Logged Quote king mob

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Music fans will be banned from taking flags to this weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals, with Glastonbury considering the same move next year.

Tall flags have become common in front of stages at many UK festivals.

Reading and Leeds boss and Glastonbury operations director Melvin Benn said they were "a nightmare" because they blocked the view for many fans.

He said: "The people behind them - not immediately behind them, but 20 or 30 rows behind them - can't see."

Flags would be confiscated at the arena gates, he said.

"I'm doing everything I can to ban flags this year. For some reason those that buy a flag want to be closest to the stage."

Mr Benn said he was also talking to Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis about introducing a ban there.

Dozens of flags greeted big acts at Glastonbury this year, with fans complaining about the view during Bruce Springsteen's headline set in particular.

"You couldn't see the acts," Mr Benn said. "The flags were everywhere. There have always been flags but not to the level that there has been. And the flags have become very long and tall."

He also said some people were using flags to advertise goods.

But Tony Withers, who has a flag stall at the Leeds, Glastonbury and V festivals and sells flags online, said they added to the festival atmosphere.

"To many people, it makes the event," he said.

"People use them as a tent marker and then, as the show goes on, they lift them off the ground and take them to the stage. They want to get on TV - that's the big thing now."

Reading Festival is also cracking down on crowd-surfing, where fans are passed over the heads of the audience until they reach the front.

At most concerts, fans are simply put back into the crowd when they reach the security pit below the stage.

But at Reading, they will be ejected from the arena and forced to walk back to the main entrance to get back into the site.

"Reading Borough Council Health & Safety team consider it quite dangerous and we will endeavour to try and limit the amount of times people will do it," Mr Benn said.

"They won't be ejected from the festival but they'll be ejected from the arena. What that will result in is probably around a 20-minute delay before they get back into the arena. It will certainly delay their ability to get back in to watch the band."

Radiohead, the Arctic Monkeys and the Kings Of Leon will headline Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place simultaneously between Friday and Sunday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8220105.stm

 
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Posted: 09-September-2009 at 12:08pm | IP Logged Quote BetsyBounce
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not sure how i feel about this...... flags make the site look colourful & dynamic, thy're usually fun 2 read / spot & they make meeting your mates easier. but i agree that 2 many can block the view.  i'm wondering though how much the decision will be influenced by the BBC. their coverage is probably made more difficult by the flags

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cheaper by the dozen?? only i can get a carer pass in 2013 ;)
 
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I'm all for banning them! 
 
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