PITFEST 2024 - TRAVEL & FIRST IMPRESSIONS + THE PRE PARTY - EPISODE 1
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- 🤘🏻Pitfest 2024🤘🏻
I have to get this off my chest as the "Post-festival blues" are kicking in HARD! This festival was Amazing and by far the best organised I've ever seen. I've personally attended nearly 60 festivals and it's been forever since I felt so sad to leave one! Everything was absolutely excellent, from the Staff, Punters, Camp site, Food & Drink, Vendors, Security, Volunteers and Facilities - I've never seen a group of people get everything spot on and listen to their fans. Truly blown away and I can see why people buy their tickets blindly the year before!
Me & Bartek started our journey to the Netherlands, straight from a very messy ACDC gig in London. Which wasn't the best start 😂 Aston picked us up and we had 5 hours to get back to Dover & get the ferry to Pitfest Festival! Huge thanks to John Vugteveen for hooking us up with tickets and making sure we felt welcomed the entire weekend, and a big shoutout to Maik Reuvers , the Broski behind this incredible event. We managed to speak to literally everyone at some point I'm sure!
Our squad for this one was Ruby, Aston rocking his replacement iconic blue squid hat, Jade , and Bartek, who kept us on our toes by constantly going missing and getting lost at one point walking to Germany for cigarettes! 🤣
The band lineup was pretty cool and advertised a lot of Dutch bands that I hadn't heard of before, I was given tons of recommendations from fans and staff which created some of the best memories I've had at a festival. Going in blind to see people losing their shit to bands that are 30 years in has given me some musical homework! 🤣
But alongside that surprising aspect, there was still incredible performances from Hatebreed, Napalm Death and my personal highlights were also Neuk! - absolutely mental crowd!, Sabbat, Skroetbalg (Which I still cant say), and Salatious Gods - which definitely woke us up from the morning hangover! But the late replacement for Sick of it All - Napalm Death (a swap which actually suited me) set featured the most continuously active pit I've ever seen-absolutely intense! And featured staff at points & I loved every second!
The festival's staff were excellent and very friendly, making the experience even better.
The facilities were top-notch, the best toilets I've encountered at any festival. Plus, the attendees were incredibly polite, helpful and friendly, always up for a chat. After a few beers we were all mates and there was absolutely no language barrier - despite my inability to speak any other language! I need to thank the camping lot for welcoming us, from showing us their campervans to offering us cooked breakfasts - it's truly next Level!
We even squeezed in watching 3 football games on the big screen! Featuring games from Dull England, and Holland - The moment Memphis got subbed got the biggest cheer which killed me and Aston!
And, of course, we tried all the food, drinks and cocktails, which actually leaves me missing having a blue tongue 😂 - if you know, you know!
From our group road trip shenanigans to the old school mosh pits & stage dives, we captured it all!!
Our videos will give both an inside look & keep the POV of a punter for this festival's best moments. Showing a real experience of the adventure we had, highlight a few of the unsung heroes at Pitfest and show you how a festival should be run when people actually care!
I will be creating them straight after I'm done with the Graspop stuff!
Thanks for sticking around!
We will definitely be back!
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Will we survive another foreign festival with Bartek? 😂 Stay tuned...
Bartek talking nonsense is probably the reason my ears chose to go Deaf!
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Your festival Set up episodes are excellent bill! I had never heard of Pitfest until last year n
12mins in to this vid n I'm gutted we didn't go already! Lol
Thanks for everything you do for our scene m8 👍🏻 get well soon x
Ahhhh thanks mate!! 🖤
Unfortunately I'm still fucked, I'm really struggling with the edits as I'm totally deaf. I've uploaded the files and I'm relying on the automated subtitles to edit. It could be a very big issue with this stuff unfortunately 😔
But I'll give you a shout Tuesday, when I'll know more.
Thanks as always for your support!! 🤘🏻
Oh dang I just got the notification of a new vid , just gotta watch an old school movie ( Beverly hills cop 3 ) and then we will be tuning into your vid Billy 😊
I'll take that!!! 😂
Imagine what we'd do with their budget!!!
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Those toilets look elite!
I was just writing
"Cleaner than mine" and he said it straight afterwards looool
They were immaculate for the entire festival the cleaning lady was so nice as well
They were absolutely spotless the entire weekend which I'm astounded by!
I've done nearly 60 festivals now and have never seen attention to detail/ pride like that before...
Oh shit. I sing in Neuk! Loved this festival for all the same reasons you mention; the easy security, the fans, the bands, the whole thing was great.
@@zeikerd you guys were awesome
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Awesome mate!! 🤘🏻😎🍻
In the final episode you'll see some great footage of yourselves killing it with the Crowd surfers and the Staff all rocking out from the side stage!
I have never seen a crowd go wild, and then stay that wild before! The Crowd surfers were nuts haha, they took some insane falls, but would get straight back up! 😂 I absolutely loved it!
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@@billymayhem man, that's fuckin'awesome. I had a great time there and loved the crowds reaction. had to get them going in the beginning but after that it got loose. Excel was my highlight. I love that shit.
Ahhh nuts missed the live 😂 I’m invested in this series of vlogs Pete shall invade it next year like a Viking 😝
Ahhhh bro I had to skip it as unfortunately I still can't hear anything. But yeah I'll tell you all about this when we grab some beers at Bloodstock!!!
It was excellent! 🤘🏻😎🍻
Off to a great start! That place looks super fun!🍻🍻🤘😎
Mate it was excellent!
So many happy people, and the crazy thing is, is that their all polite!! It's absolutely nothing like the utter snobbery we have in the UK 😂
Super neat and convenient venue/facilities to start with! Poor Ruby! Can't wait to see more of Pitfest! 😎😎😎🤘🤘🤘
It was by far my favourite festival experience in absolutely ages! So I hope it comes across on camera how fun it actually was!
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Belgian here.
We got absolutely insane drivers. I tend to drive really carefully and look around a lot.
1 advantage is if you are used to it, you can usually predict stupidity before it happens.
Truly never seen anything like it!!! 😂
You have the best manners of any country I've been too and by far the worst drivers! Haha
Hey man, I was the dude at the camping entrance giving you instructions on where the festival site was. It was awesome talking to you, thanks for putting me in the video like you promised😊
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Ahhh thanks for making our festival so welcoming mate!
We'll see you next year!!
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"It's the other way Ruby" killed me ahah
Almost killed her too!!
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Thanks for the video Billy, hope you Ruby and Bartek a well. 🤘🖤
Hey bro!!!
I've been having trouble with my hearing, but otherwise all's well with us!
I hope you are doing alright!!
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@@billymayhem Take it easy, not too bad thanks 🙂🤘
Billy Mayhem is the bomb!!!!
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Even though I was only there the last day because I live in Spain it was awesome meeting you dudes after hatebreed 🤘🤘🤘
You too mate!!!
Thanks for getting involved with us!!
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You guys are the funnest people ever, would be great to hang out with you 🤘🤘🤘
Thank you mate!
If we ever make it over there 🍻🍻🍻🍻
If this was a TV show Aston would definitely be my favourite character :D His chuckle cracks me up
Definitely mate!!!
By far the most likeable out of all of us! Ha
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Great vlog as always, love watching them :)
How is your ear ? Do you feel better ?
Thank you! 🖤
Unfortunately I'm still Deaf, 😔 I can't hear anything out of my left ear at all and there's damage to the drum on the good ear... I'll find out Tuesday to what extent.
- It's made editing nearly impossible! As I'm doing it relying on automatic subtitles & lip reading!! 😂 So I'd have no chance with Joe! Haha
@@billymayhem Oh man, so sorry to hear that ! (no pun intended lol)
I hope it will get better for you and that you'll still be able to enjoy some more metal festivals in the future :)
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I hope so, We have Bloodstock in like a week!!!😂 So it'd be nice if I'm good to go for that!!
Otherwise no Vlogs 😬😅 kinda nervous about that!
Y'all need to come to Muskelrock Festival in southern Sweden next summer. You would absolutely LOVE it.
I'll look into it! 🤘🏻
Looking forward to the next installment
Thank you!!! 🖤
You guys absolutely own the last episode!
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@@billymayhem hahahaha! Looking forward to it.
When will you throw it online?
I'm hoping your episode should be online by Next Wednesday latest🤘🏻
Yahoo. so epic travel,adios! 🎥
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'have not seen a good Belgian driver yet' hahaha, I am glad even the English notice this
I was terrified!!! 😂
i feel seen as voulenteer by you. thank you for your kind words. the public of this festival is the best in holland. i do voulenteer loads of festifals and there is no better festval goer then pitfest goers. .
That's really great to hear, and these things wouldn't happen at all without people like yourself who are making things happen in the background.
Thank you! 🖤
Haha so cool billy, you were driving trough where i live 🤟🏼 love the video so far, are youw well again?
Ahhhh that's pretty awesome!!
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I will find out health wise tomorrow when I've seen a specialist, tbh I'm really nervous about it all!! But hey at least I don't have to hear Barteks shit anymore 😂
Haha hope you will feel better mate, hahaha yeah Bartek can talk a lot of good crap man hahahaha 🤟🏼🤟🏼
Brilliant vlog.... my one take away is your perfect assessment of how bad uk roads are lol
You've checked out enough Dashcam videos to see the quality of our roads right?!? 😂
What the fuck do we pay tax for? Haha
next year we are proud to annouce a new festival in maastricht in the netherlands. called south of heaven. maybe a good one.
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Billy don’t kill yourself now we need your content Lol and nice speech from princess. You guys make a cute couple🖤.
I'm working on it!! Haha 🖤
& Thank you!, she's absolutely perfect! So it's easy loving someone who you look at like that every day!
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I know you're not coming to Dynamo metal fest Netherlands but you went to pitfest in Emmen where I've never been 😂. So how have the Dutchies been treating you lot ?
The hospitality was absolutely excellent mate! From the campsite, to the staff right to the locals they were next level
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@@-soundwave-8141 I want to go to dynamo next year
I'll do it if you do it!! 😂
If Dynamo has a good line up next year I'll go again , this year I'm mainly going for Dimmu and Saxon and flotsam & jetsam @@TheAston316
Also you can't bring your own tent you will have to rent one ,their campsite is a protected nature site they don't want people to just randomly leave their tents etc .
Also idk just a question wouldn't it be easier to take the ferry from Harwich to Hoek Van Holland or is your region not in that area ?
I've never actually heard of that until just now! Ha Ruby is our Logistics manager so she'll be looking into it now 😂
The 2hr drive to Harwich from Folkestone, the irregular ferry numbers compared to Dover - Calais the much longer ferry crossing time from Harwich to Hoek of Holland (and the extra cost as well) all adds up to being time poor and a financial nightmare
does bartek have a real job 😂
He does! He's been there 13 years too!
I have played a few large festivals and there's never been toilets like that for artists! Let alone on the camp site! Loool
Stupid question
Did they actually stay that clean? Or get destroyed with graffiti?
HI Shawn
I remember 2005 download and the artist snickers/skate stage had shit on the door and handle And they were paid artists and staff.
It's easier to watch vlogs than work in that conditions again!
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Download is the worst!
Live Nation caused us no end of issues! We were refused another ticket at DL for our third guitarist! So had to pull him out the crowd before the set on a standard band lol absolute joke
There's so many better options where the conditions are better I'm going to Wacken this week only as a punter so fingers crossed for Europe attention to detail
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We are getting old lol
My son went to download this year alone and he hated it
They stay that clean all weekend 🎉
They were absolutely spotless the entire weekend mate! which I'm astounded by!
I've done nearly 60 festivals now and have never seen attention to detail/ pride like that before...
What was the band you played in back then? 🤘🏻
I used to go to dynamo festival back in the day that was a superb festival mate! Have a look at some of the lineups. Was a coach from Victoria with argon events. They are still going. They do trips to hellfest and wacken. Looks like a great small well run festival. Graceless are phenomenal did you see them? Killer shit as always from my brother from another mother 😉🤘🏻🍺
@@HM2dylanpowell ahhhh man!! I just love the roadtrip though, I'd feel like a massive part is taken away if I never got to drive there! - it'd be nice if it wasn't always just me driving though 😂
Bloodstock Party in literally DAYS mate!!! 🤘🏻
@@billymayhem I know mate all my European festivals have been on the coach bar one wacken. 1998 second year missing bloodstock gutted man. I will pm you with a band list to check out bro 😉🤘🏻🍺
@@HM2dylanpowell
Wait you're not coming this year??? 😭
FFC flag needs to be flying though Midgard bro!!! Fuck 😔
@@billymayhem mate I just can’t afford it and I have no transportation it’ sucks the lineup this year is the best for years!
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I suppose seeing as its unlikely i'll be going back any time soon to download I have a confession... where the village is now theres a set of toilets that are always fenced off up by the red bleachers. well, each year i'd keep a 2p piece and i'd walk up and sneak round the side out the eyes of security and use the 2p to open the toilets door and use these toilets as they were fresh and clean porcelain and they had hot running water so i could have a good wash etc. We always cleaned after ourselves and never got caught, but the trick was to not tell anyone as itd soon get rumbled! so yeah, unless i really had to go and endure the blue bogs i literally had toilets that were definitely better than the VIPs 😆
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There's always something!!! Hahahaha
That's quality!!!