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Paradise Lost - Too Lost in Bulgaria
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By Petya Sabinova
Organizational blunders caused what was supposed to be one of the highlights in this year's array of concerts -Paradise Lost in Bulgaria - to turn into a nightmarish experience.
It all started with a long, long wait in a darkened square. The audience, some 2,500 people had started gathering more than two hours before the announced beginning of the gig - 19:30. The doors didn't open before 20:15 and by that time the fans were already pretty low on the patience factor.
While standing hurdled in the dark the masses grew more and more impatient, some even releasing their frustration in loud curses aimed at the organizers New Music Agency, the bouncers and the world in general.
At a critical point in the wait, some of the people standing in the front of the queue couldn't take the escalating pressure and crashed one of the glass doors of the hall, causing bouncers to appear. Rumour has it that once inside, they were severely beaten. This information remained unconfirmed by anyone other than a couple of their female friends who were crying their eyes out in the lobby and telling the story to anyone willing to hear.
When the doors finally opened, the audience did not get the immediate satisfaction that they were hoping for. Far from it, what they got was a slow; some might even say sluggish work by the bouncers who only let in one person at a time through two checkpoints, dragging the procedure for close to two hours.
Once in, the fans did not get to the hall, like they hoped for, they again found themselves cramped in the lobby for another forty-something minutes of aimless shoving and rare shouts.
As the disappointment and yells grew, so did the insolence of the bouncers, who treated the fans like something barely higher in rank than cattle.
In the end, the concert started the record 140 minutes later than announced, with none of the supporting groups playing.
Was it worth all the wait, mean looks and shoving?
That question would have to be answered by someone else, for the bulk of the reporters who showed up were shoved from one entrance to the other and insulted by bouncers and bosses alike, only to find out after hours of waiting that their names were not on the list.
Organisers from New Music Agency had personally promised assistance, but were now conveniently unavailable.
As a whole the organization could have ruined everybody's good time, and after all isn't it the fans' level of exaltation that truly speaks of such a venue. Hopefully Bulgarian fans are sturdy enough not to let something like this get in the way of their fun.
One thing is sure, however, if New Music Agency ever plan on booking something that big in Bulgaria again, they'd better get themselves together, for this was by far the worst organized of the many concerts this reporter has visited both in Bulgaria and abroad.
Organizational blunders caused what was supposed to be one of the highlights in this year's array of concerts -Paradise Lost in Bulgaria - to turn into a nightmarish experience.
It all started with a long, long wait in a darkened square. The audience, some 2,500 people had started gathering more than two hours before the announced beginning of the gig - 19:30. The doors didn't open before 20:15 and by that time the fans were already pretty low on the patience factor.
While standing hurdled in the dark the masses grew more and more impatient, some even releasing their frustration in loud curses aimed at the organizers New Music Agency, the bouncers and the world in general.
At a critical point in the wait, some of the people standing in the front of the queue couldn't take the escalating pressure and crashed one of the glass doors of the hall, causing bouncers to appear. Rumour has it that once inside, they were severely beaten. This information remained unconfirmed by anyone other than a couple of their female friends who were crying their eyes out in the lobby and telling the story to anyone willing to hear.
When the doors finally opened, the audience did not get the immediate satisfaction that they were hoping for. Far from it, what they got was a slow; some might even say sluggish work by the bouncers who only let in one person at a time through two checkpoints, dragging the procedure for close to two hours.
Once in, the fans did not get to the hall, like they hoped for, they again found themselves cramped in the lobby for another forty-something minutes of aimless shoving and rare shouts.
As the disappointment and yells grew, so did the insolence of the bouncers, who treated the fans like something barely higher in rank than cattle.
In the end, the concert started the record 140 minutes later than announced, with none of the supporting groups playing.
Was it worth all the wait, mean looks and shoving?
That question would have to be answered by someone else, for the bulk of the reporters who showed up were shoved from one entrance to the other and insulted by bouncers and bosses alike, only to find out after hours of waiting that their names were not on the list.
Organisers from New Music Agency had personally promised assistance, but were now conveniently unavailable.
As a whole the organization could have ruined everybody's good time, and after all isn't it the fans' level of exaltation that truly speaks of such a venue. Hopefully Bulgarian fans are sturdy enough not to let something like this get in the way of their fun.
One thing is sure, however, if New Music Agency ever plan on booking something that big in Bulgaria again, they'd better get themselves together, for this was by far the worst organized of the many concerts this reporter has visited both in Bulgaria and abroad.
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