Arse’oles
Posted: Fri 15 July, 2005 Filed under: Customer Services, Music, Photography, Sweary, Thoughts 7 Comments »Dear Brixton Academy,
You utter, utter bunch of cunts. I arrived at the venue last night to see Nine Inch Nails, which I’d been looking forward to since the tickets went on sale. When I got to the door, the security jobsworth motherfucker person searched me and my bag, and refused me access.
My sin? To be carrying a camera. To whit, a digital camera. Now, I realise that the ticket says “no professional cameras”, which is fair enough. And mine, while nice, is most definitely not a professional camera. But no, it turns out that – according to Brixton Academy – “professional” is the same as “digital”. If you’ve got a digital camera, you’re not coming in. If you’ve got a 35mm camera, you’re not coming in. Non-professional cameras would be non-digital, non-zoom, “use once” cameras. And that’s about it. Fucking hell, my bastard phone is listed as a professional camera under your classifications.
Oh, I did get told “you can leave it with us, and collect it at the end of the show“, but that comes listed under the “Yeah, right, pull the other one it’s got fucking bells on” scheme of things.
So, all told, that’s £40 up the swanny. I don’t know if the “no digital cameras” is the policy of the venue or the band, or if it’s just that you have utter fuckwit bastard cunts for doormen. Quite honestly I’ve no intention of finding out. Because I won’t be going back to Brixton Academy again.
You cunts.
Sincerely.
Lyle.
UPDATED : What really rankles is then seeing other people’s photos from the gig.
Wankers, that really sucks. Did you at least flog your ticket outside?
Christ on a bike! That is terrible (and how bad do I feel about putting up photos taken on someone else’s camera phone). You really need word from the management about that. Tossers.
Tossers.
There are ways of managing this. I have seen it managed at Earls Court, Albert Hall, Festival Hall, Covent Garden, Colisseum, all of which have overtly stated ‘Photography is strictly forbidden’. At Earls Court stewards approached people and told them to stop; at the middle three there is an unstated agreement that they leave people alone if they use the cameras during the applause. Everytime I go to Covent Garden I have my bag searched, everytime I think they will refuse admission to my camera, everytime they smile and say ‘have a nice evening’.
When I was at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham earlier this year, I noticed their large signs stating “No photography blah blah blah” – just as staff were wandering around flogging cameras.
I didn’t comment on this earlier bcos I kinda couldn’t believe that they would do that to ppl, I bet they dint even give u a refund! Promoters should be shot on sight in my opinion and bouncers or so called security are arrogant wankers who cause more trouble than they solve.
That is so out of order! I’ve seen loads of people take photographs at gigs – no wonder why you were so pissed off.
What happened to your original Nine Inch Nails post? I clicked on July archives (I think)… hang on…