[kj] Auckland gig: FYI

[bongo]

It was sold out according to the sign out front... I might try write a
review, won't be as good as brendons one he's gunna write tho!
 On 15 Jun 2013 02:02, "Rheinhold Squeegee" <kjlist at live.com> wrote:


> Multiple other reports confirm a full, but not oversold, show in Auckland

> and that the original blogger was just whining.

>

> I love the venue's response, however (bolded below):

>

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>

> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10890512

>

> Fans had to be carried out of last night's Killing Joke gig after being

> crushed inside the "oversold" venue, a reviewer says.

> Gary Steel of Witchdoctor<http://www.witchdoctor.co.nz/index.php/2013/06/killing-joke-the-studio-auckland-thursday-june-13-live-review/>said the main floor The Studio on Auckland's K-Rd had been packed too tight

> for last night's show.

> He said the bottleneck that developed at the venue's main entrance was a

> "risk to life and limb".

> "The truth is that there was such a crush that several people were carried

> out, that tempers were frayed and scuffles ensued. The truth is that I

> almost fainted... And when I decided it was time to get out of there, the

> crush was so great that it was almost impossible to do so."

> Steel said he was forced to watch the show on a television screen set up

> outside the main hall.

> "I don't know if the blame lay with the venue management, the tour

> management or with the band, but someone should be held accountable. It

> just ain't good enough."

>  Studio spokeswoman Marie Lawrence said Steel was wrong about the concert

> being oversold.

> There were about 1000 people there and The Studio's capacity was 1200, she

> said.

> *"To add though we all noticed it was cramped last night. We have put

> this down the fact the crowd was a lot older so in the main room they are

> less prepared to move closer, creating cramped areas further back by the

> bottle neck and staircase areas. *

> "It is very important to the venue that everyone attending concerts gets

> to fully enjoy the experience so we have decided to advise a lower capacity

> rate with ticket sales not to exceed 850 for these type of events in the

> future."

> Lawrence said the police visited during the night and left satisfied that

> the venue was within its capacity limit.

> - nzherald.co.nz

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