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WHOS GOING TO BOOMTOWN?!?! Come on then...who's got tickets, and who ain't got tickets? that is the question?
(very few left at full price if you still want to come)
I canny wait! still got my wrist band on from last year and its my 21st birthday a week before!
UK : SE : Loop Project will be operating testing/harm reduction stall at 2017 event. The Loop and Chill Welfare will be providing harm reduction resources at this years event. They are looking for volunteers as well, contact Chill Welfare (link to their Twitter profile below) if you are interested in helping them.
https://twitter.com/WeAreTheLoopUK/status/821061576245604353
https://twitter.com/ChillWelfare
UK : SE : Boomtown winter gathering cancelled following incidents. A work colleagues son was caught up in the aftermath of the fire (as the car him and his friends had travelled in was destroyed) - thankfully he was unharmed; and all credit to Hants Fire and Rescue for preventing the blaze spreading to a level where it endangered lives. It is understandable the Boomtown organisers are not continuing with the winter event; the stress of dealing with this must be enormous and the insurance costs are likely to rise as a result.
The currently available info about this years death hints that it it is unlikely to be drug-related and is more likely to be the result of the young woman having a pre-existing serious medical condition (there are quite a few that cause otherwise healthy, non drug using young adults to suddenly keel over, especially during sports or recreation).
I am not a doctor so can't explain properly what these are but suggest that young adults do try and see their GP every so often for checkups (especially if they are leaving the family home and moving in to shared accomodation or University halls) - there is similar advice elsewhere from NHS England following outbreaks of measles across festivals in England.
I have my own personal concerns over multiple safety risks to young participants inadvertantly triggered by the current trend towards multi-day festivals as opposed to traditional raves and EDM events (although these are IMO more linked to road safety issues cased by the abysmal transport infrastructure of the UK than concerns over drug use).
The incident count might seem excessive (although crimes and other incidents were down in comparison to previous years) but if the UK authorities insist on balkanising music events into obscure bits of the country WTF do they expect? UK youth are still fairly affluent and have easy access to cars, they are not simply going to give up if their local rave events (both licensed and otherwise) are constantly locked off..
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/aug/19/boomtown-cancels-winter-gathering-following-festival-death
18 Year old girl dies at boomtown :( The 18-year-old was taken ill at the Boomtown Fair, near Winchester, late on Thursday, police said.
She was was taken to Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Hampshire Constabulary said the woman's death was not being treated as suspicious, but it was working with the organisers of the festival to establish the circumstances around her death.
The woman's next of kin and the coroner have been informed.
The Boomtown Fair, now in its fifth year, takes place at the Matterley Estate and has a daily capacity of about 30,000 people.
This year's event features artists such as Arrested Development, The Selecter, Lee Scratch Perry and LTJ Bukem.
BBC News - Woman dies at Boomtown Fair festival
RIP to the poor girl, very sad news
BOOMTOWN some good sets here to listen to from the bodyshop and prohibition den at boomtown
https://soundcloud.com/thebodyshop
https://soundcloud.com/kitech/kitech-live-the-prohibition
https://soundcloud.com/anorak/anorak-live-the-prohibition
https://soundcloud.com/dr-um/dr-um-boomtown-fair-2013
https://soundcloud.com/l3ft-luca5/l3ft-luca5-live-the
https://soundcloud.com/dr-bastardo/dr-bastardo-live-the
https://soundcloud.com/dwarde_tapes/dwarde-live-the-prohibition
enjoy! :bounce_fl
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Got some wicked ones at BoomTown 2013 :)
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Boomtown Whos going to boomtown tommorow then? Ive been excited for it for months after missing out on it last year :cry:.
Should be a fucking mental weekend, going down with about 30 mates aswell for one final party together before they all head off to uni etc12
Anyone going to Boomtown Fair? Well looking forward to it, not sure whether I'm going to bother working or just fork out the £93.00. Steeper than last year but still a bargain I reckon.
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