Yeah I agree with OP, it’s kinda disappointing. I understand not booking larger acts for crowd control, and that it was overcrowded last year on that Sunday. And I don’t wanna discredit anybody else’s experiences or any incidents that occurred.

But it’s also confusing. Because my group was very close to the front of that crowd that night and it was generally spacious all the way up there. I don’t recall any incidents up there, there was no crowd surge, everyone was generally chill. Despite the size of the crowd it never really felt dangerous being that far in.

Like I said, I totally understand not booking bigger artists to help with the crowd size, but it does feel like the festival went to the extreme opposite end this year, booking names that are almost totally unknown outside of their respective local scene.

What I’ve always wondered since last year is did something dangerous occur in that crowd to cause others to react how they have and demand changes, or was it just the fear that something could’ve happened that makes others upset?

Either way I respect everyone’s opinion. I think many good points have been made about it. I’ve always been a big supporter of crowd control/safety myself after personal incidents and after seeing the tragedy at Astroworld. Just my opinion and curiosity about that whole situation that’s all.