Cut up Milk Gold Coast: Chaos over crowd management, sound, illness

They complained about “harmful” crowd management, shaky sound high quality and a pandemic outbreak plaguing the huge gigs within the Gold Coast and Canberra.

Self-titled pageant heads at Spilt Milk on the Gold Coast took to social media to air their complaints, claiming the $150 one-day occasion was introduced down by chaos.

Issues with crowd management

Greater than 35,000 folks packed into occasion on Sunday, and issues have been rapidly off to a rocky begin. Organisers refused to open the pageant gates, leaving a whole lot of attendees ready for greater than an hour.

“(Opening act) Peach Fur performed to nobody,” attendees vented to Tiktok. “There higher be a great motive for that.”

Organisers blamed security issues for the delay.

“Should you’ve been on the Gold Coast this final week, you’ve in all probability skilled the hectic wind,” they stated in a publish to Spilt Milk’s official Fb web page, saying the pageant would open “no later than 12pm” – a full hour later than the marketed begin time.

One other 45 minutes later they issued an replace: “The gates at the moment are open.”

With just one highway into the pageant, vehicles have been seen backed up for greater than a kilometre into the Gold Coast important avenue, inflicting visitors chaos. Tiktok person @billierosewhite stated she was pressured to pay $180 for an Uber simply to get to the gate.

Ms White, a self-described “pageant girly”, accused the organisers of overselling tickets and claimed she was pressured to decide on between a 45-minute wait for a loo.

“I felt like cattle getting herded,” she stated. “The moshers have been moshing. It was so squished that folks have been fainting, I might barely breathe.”

Sound high quality at pageant blasted

Different followers stated they couldn’t even hear the music amid the chaos.

The occasion’s two headline acts, Australian DJs Fisher and Flume, have been scheduled to play on the similar time, forcing followers to decide on between the celebs.

Tiktokker @keirashley1 claimed Flume’s audio system “weren’t on”.

“It was simply probably the most poor planning ever, EVER,” she stated.

One other video confirmed attendees packing into shuttle buses as they fled the gig.

“Half of the gang leaving earlier than 10 as a result of even proper in entrance of the Flume stage all you would hear was Fisher,” a textual content overlay on the video learn.

Followers cop $800 fines

Attendees slammed the $800 fines they claimed to be handed for bringing booze into the occasion – whereas Spilt Milk’s inside venues charged $25 for a vodka Redbull.

“There have been no (drug detection) canine, however in the event you have been caught with alcohol on you, you weren’t solely getting it confiscated, you have been additionally getting an $800 effective and getting kicked out of the pageant,” Ms White stated. “Once more, there have been no canine. The place are your priorities Spilt Milk?”

Authorities warn over illness outbreak

In the meantime attendees of Spilt Milk sister occasion in Canberra – held the week prior – have been warned of each a fireplace and a deadly disease break out on the gig.

Well being authorities urged attendees to maintain an eye fixed out for signs of meningococcal illness, with one constructive case in hospital.

ACT chief well being officer Kerryn Coleman stated meningococcal, though unusual, may be extreme and result in lifelong problems or loss of life.

“Individuals can carry meningococcal micro organism of their throats and never have signs, however go it on to shut contacts,” Dr Coleman stated. “Should you suspect signs of meningococcal illness, please search medical overview instantly.”

Authorities have been additionally referred to as to the Canberra occasion over a grass hearth that broke out within the pageant carpark. One particular person was injured and a number of other vehicles broken, Hearth and Rescue stated.

“I’m simply over the organisations at festivals being so cash hungry,” White slammed, calling for higher organisation earlier than the occasion goes forward subsequent 12 months.