SonOfKyuss Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 First of all, excuse me for my english, I don't use it very often. I'm a 16-year boy who lives in Vigo, near Santiago (Spain). Last monday tickets sales started for the Xacobeo 10 Fest (which Muse headlines), and in just a few hours 14,000 tickets (30.000 total) were sold, 30€/ticket. Good price I guess, but not for us teens. On WEDNESDAY, two days later, it was announced on the festival's official page that people under-18 could NOT enter to watch the show, not even with an adult who took responsability for them. Why? Because they're going to sell alcohol at the festival. Oh, and guess what! We can NOT give back the tickets, we have to keep them. So we just lost 33€ (3€ from taxes) and we're not getting to see Muse live. This specially hurts, 'cause I had to get up really early two straight mondays, and the second monday nobody knew about the tickets, had to call stores and all that crap for like 6 hours because the stores found out just 20 minutes before they started selling them. RIDICULOUS, what do you guys think? http://tanakamusic.com/2010/07/21/indignacion-por-la-prohibicion-a-la-entrada-de-menores-en-el-festival-xacobeo-10-para-ver-a-muse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin26 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Wow, that's messed up You'd think they'd give some kind of warning BEFORE selling tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minttu Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Well that's just wrong! VERY wrong! Since they didn't give any heads up before the ticketsales started, then least they could do is take those tickets back and fully refund them. I kinda get why they wouldn't let underage kids inside the festival areaa without parental supervision since they have alcohol there, but with parents it should be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternally mused Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 This is so unfair!I feel sorry for you:kiss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 This really, really sucks! However, I would get in contact with the promoter for this festival. There's probably very little that Muse can do, since it's all contractual crap through the promoter of the festival. I hope you get a full refund somehow! :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly_ Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 another thing... they initially said they would be selling 30.000 tickets, but yesterday they decided that the maximum crowd has to be 25.000 people... I have a friend (22) who was taking her sister with us, they bought the tix and now they doubt whether to go or not because little sis is 15! we're a big bunch of grown-ups to look after her, but still...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMan Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I dont understand why tho, is it always like that in Spain? Did they sell out the 14000 tickets yet? Also will they be seeling the remaning tickets at the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
direstraits Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Sounds good, no kids allowed at a gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Its the issue of the festival but it sounds very messed up that people have bought the tickets but told they can't access with them or sell them now they can't go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginOfGeorgia Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 That is so un-fair. I hope it changes for your sake, so you could at least get your money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Unfortunatey there is nothing Muse can do. They are simply a music act playing at the festival, it's down to the festival to create the rules and they have royally cocked up unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoanaBliss Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Yap, this really sucks. A friend of mine can't go now either Where did you get the ticket? if you bought them online(el corte ingles website) you saw the warning for sure. if you bought it somewhere else, the person selling it should have warned you. and that info is also on the ticket itself. As Olly said, there's nothing muse can do. It's not one of their shows. It's not like we can go and ask for help to Jónsi managers either. I know people have been sending messages to some muse managers, or something, but what you really have to do is send those complains to the Xacobeo organization. Ask for under 18 to be allowed in with an adult or something. If enough people do it maybe they'll consider it.. or not. We could at least try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Wow...that's totally lame. But...you can probably make some cash off of this. Since the tix are all sold out, people are going to be searching EVERYWHERE for some. You could stand outside the venue and sell them (cough like a scalper) and probably get your moola back. Then, you and a bunch of other teens can pee near the entrance. ...you didn't get the idears from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama of Time Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Thats not cool at all. specially not telling you beforehand about the age limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astronoma Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 First of all, excuse me for my english, I don't use it very often. I'm a 16-year boy who lives in Vigo, near Santiago (Spain). Last monday tickets sales started for the Xacobeo 10 Fest (which Muse headlines), and in just a few hours 14,000 tickets (30.000 total) were sold, 30€/ticket. Good price I guess, but not for us teens. On WEDNESDAY, two days later, it was announced on the festival's official page that people under-18 could NOT enter to watch the show, not even with an adult who took responsability for them. Why? Because they're going to sell alcohol at the festival. Oh, and guess what! We can NOT give back the tickets, we have to keep them. So we just lost 33€ (3€ from taxes) and we're not getting to see Muse live. This specially hurts, 'cause I had to get up really early two straight mondays, and the second monday nobody knew about the tickets, had to call stores and all that crap for like 6 hours because the stores found out just 20 minutes before they started selling them. RIDICULOUS, what do you guys think? http://tanakamusic.com/2010/07/21/indignacion-por-la-prohibicion-a-la-entrada-de-menores-en-el-festival-xacobeo-10-para-ver-a-muse/ Sorry to hear, thats incredibly annoying. You should still try and go though. Never know, security at festivals can be hit and miss and they might not I.D you. Maybe if the festival has a forum or something? Ask if security I.D much on the way in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackparker Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I was expecting a thread lock anyway i think xacobeo is making a big mistake with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoanaBliss Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 turns out it will be 16+ edit: this information is on Xacobeo's facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon_coeur_s'ouvre Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 that's outrageous!!! someone should sue them, i bet they would win don't they sell alcoholic drinks at every festival? they did at the festivals i went to and there were lots of teens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokemew Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 that's outrageous!!! someone should sue them, i bet they would win don't they sell alcoholic drinks at every festival? they did at the festivals i went to and there were lots of teens! they changed to 16+ and not 18+ anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 so they've changed it from 18+ to 16+? Prolly the best that they can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoanaBliss Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 so they've changed it from 18+ to 16+? Prolly the best that they can do. yes. +16 without an adult. everyone who is under 16 can return the tickets and have their money back. took them only 3 days to change this. seems like they actually cared and took notice of all the complains. pretty good. Xacobeo Galicia 2010 decidiu permitir a entrada ao Festival Xacobeo10 a maiores de 16 anos sen ir acompañados por un adulto. Non se permitirá a menores de 16 anos aínda que vaian cun adulto, como avala a normativa do RD2816/1982 Reg. Xeral de Policía de Espectáculos Públicos e Actividades Recreativas. Os menores de 16 ...que comprasen a entrada poden dirixirse á canle de venda e devolveráselles o importe. source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Xacobeo-2010/404225555270?v=wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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