bohs punks
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Imagine having to listen to running riot on the hard shoulder of the M1
- better leave early eh?
Robbie fans miss gig due to gridlock
02/08/2003 - 10:19:19
British police were reviewing their handling of the Robbie Williams gigs today after thousands of fans got caught in traffic jams and missed last night’s show.
Many had to make do with listening to muffled music from the hard shoulder while others who saw the show spent more than five hours trying to get out of the car park.
The spokesman said the “sheer volume of traffic” descending on the venue caused chaos at the opening night of Robbie’s three-night show.
“It was the sheer volume of people trying to get in,” he said.
“There were some pinch points where people could not get into the car park quickly enough and there was a question of access from the roads.”
Trouble arose when people ignored the signs restricting concert- goers to the inside lane, stayed in the middle and fast lane and then could not cut in at the concert exit junction.
Tailbacks developed along a 10-mile stretch of the A1 in Hertfordshire from Baldock to Stevenage.
Press Association photographer Yui Mok said he set out from Walthamstow, north London at 4pm and had spent more than five hours in traffic jams.
He said many of the cars in the jam had been heading for Knebworth and missed the gig, prompting many drivers to sound their horns.
Mok said: “There was terrible organisation. There were no police or stewards to explain what was going on. I am gutted to miss the gig and so are my colleagues.”
Robbie Williams fan Paul Glover was “gutted” after paying €57 to hear a muffled version of his favourite song, Angels, from the hard shoulder of the A1.
The 31-year-old from Kent set off at midday with five friends to watch his pop idol perform live, but the group spent nine hours stuck in traffic on the A1 between junctions six and seven.
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- better leave early eh?
Robbie fans miss gig due to gridlock
02/08/2003 - 10:19:19
British police were reviewing their handling of the Robbie Williams gigs today after thousands of fans got caught in traffic jams and missed last night’s show.
Many had to make do with listening to muffled music from the hard shoulder while others who saw the show spent more than five hours trying to get out of the car park.
The spokesman said the “sheer volume of traffic” descending on the venue caused chaos at the opening night of Robbie’s three-night show.
“It was the sheer volume of people trying to get in,” he said.
“There were some pinch points where people could not get into the car park quickly enough and there was a question of access from the roads.”
Trouble arose when people ignored the signs restricting concert- goers to the inside lane, stayed in the middle and fast lane and then could not cut in at the concert exit junction.
Tailbacks developed along a 10-mile stretch of the A1 in Hertfordshire from Baldock to Stevenage.
Press Association photographer Yui Mok said he set out from Walthamstow, north London at 4pm and had spent more than five hours in traffic jams.
He said many of the cars in the jam had been heading for Knebworth and missed the gig, prompting many drivers to sound their horns.
Mok said: “There was terrible organisation. There were no police or stewards to explain what was going on. I am gutted to miss the gig and so are my colleagues.”
Robbie Williams fan Paul Glover was “gutted” after paying €57 to hear a muffled version of his favourite song, Angels, from the hard shoulder of the A1.
The 31-year-old from Kent set off at midday with five friends to watch his pop idol perform live, but the group spent nine hours stuck in traffic on the A1 between junctions six and seven.
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