I had the pleasure of going to Stereosonic last weekend in Melbourne at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds. I got some free tickets from the lovely people at Passion Pop and City Beach. So I took my friend Stacey and her fiance Dan for a full on day out. It was a gloriously sunny day which caused a lot of problems when you combine alcohol, drugs and sunburn it tends to make people drop like flies.
Despite this it was a great day. I got to see the like of Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Major Lazer, Yolanda Be Cool, John Course and Carl Cox among other great DJs. There were 8 stages around the place including the One Love Stage which was like Container city and even a DJ in Brown Town aka the toilets.
Although I loved the event I would find myself very reluctant to fork out the price of the ticket $100+ especially when there's a chance it could be a day of rain. Plus there were times when I feared for my safety when a gang of men pounced on someone in the stands and continued to punch him whilst racing through the stands and forcing everyone sitting there to run from the chaos. I have never seen an event with such useless security who aren't around to stop someone getting bashed or stopping an idiot drunk from climbing 20 metre high structures. I was amazed no one died it was that chaotic.
Through the madness I enjoyed the chaos and I learnt an important lesson on appropriate festival going wear. Don't wear a short, tight dress because it will cause you to flash on a regular basis.
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