The logistics of a "just in case" backup for an event with three simultaneous stages and 10-15,000 fans is basically impossible. Would be nice, and I feel horrible for the promotors and the people that have traveled from all over the globe.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 April 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link
probably the tornadoes and extensive straight-line wind damage from tuesday night's storms made the county a little more conservative in their judgement... same conditions are forecast for friday night and the ground is pretty saturated.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:03 (eight years ago) link
bummer. i was contemplating heading out to at least one day of this. i think they obviously made the right decision.
― ryan, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
XPS Wow, did not realize they were drawing that much. A just in case scenario there would only work if they were at a venue were they could just move everything inside and, you know, wasn't a three-day deal. (Many years ago a Houston date of the Warped tour got hampered by a huge rainstorm. The venue was the then-new Reliant Park--they were gonna do a half and half indoor outdoor setup but had move everything inside and just made the end time much much later (from 8:00 PM to 11-12-ish). Perhaps the venue took exception, because the a similar weather thing happened to the event a couple years later, and it was cancelled outright.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
it seems like the brunt of the bad weather will be tomorrow evening, I'm surprised they didn't try to run on Sat. and Sun.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:25 (eight years ago) link
on the website they explain that they had to clear out of the grounds and wont have time to set up again.
― ryan, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
Plus the grounds themselves will be muddy as fuck--not a problem for hippies, natch--but they'll have to re-sod the whole place afterwards (a similar thing happened to Zilker Park after an ACL Fest iirc).
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:36 (eight years ago) link
i was at that ACL, got there early because i was volunteering and got to watch the grass slowly turn to sludge throughout the course of the day. it was pure mud -- i remember everyone walking around barefoot and thinking it was a bad idea and low and behold a good number of people got some weird skin condition!
― ryan, Friday, 29 April 2016 01:38 (eight years ago) link
two friends just flew down for this from NY...
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link
all that scary weather everyone was panicked about is looking less and less likely to materialize, very typical Austin weather paranoia
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 April 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
All the scary weather went up I-35 to DFW.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
and all the backup shows sold out instantly
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 April 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Pictures from the Sleep, Boris, SunnO show show amplifier stacks worthy of MBV if not more. Worth searching instagram for picts.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 1 May 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link