Total Mess at Beyoncé Concert?

[Anonymous]

It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

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https://dcist.com/story/23/08/07/inside-the-chaos-beyonce-concert-fedex-field/?fbclid=IwAR07m_rsCn0XFXqb36a-QqQDdRP5ASf3A6sjw4Pw26tsTVRhFJvJn8fW2uI_aem_AW94QBHRPJUwRDk9a_8yJULClFK2tWqynN_lHY7JrnAMlHpnULHU-6PH2L2vD2LWgxE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

Why sorry beyonce? Taylor has not taken anything away from Beyonce. Why can't people just appreciate both artists for who they are individually? What's with trying to make a divide?

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Anonymous wrote:Unless there is some other bigger story, I think these are typical situations and have nothing to do with that particular facility. Also, people were sheltering in place because of the storm.

Merriweather had a major issue a few years ago during a storm. Outdoor concerts in DC are a no go.

There’s room under cover for people at FedEx and other football stadiums. Merriweather is a totally different thing.

Wrong. I was there last night and there were far too many human beings in the entryway space) where the concessions are. There were thousands upon thousands of us jammed in there with no air circulating, heat and humidity, dehydration. They would not allow us into the stadium until after 9:30 pm when at least half the stadium was there—in that tight space. Fed ex field holds 67,000 people at least. It was far past capacity in the hall area. People were fainting and panicking and passing out. Read my
Yelp review today for more details.

There was no order, no directions. Before they let us in at all “security” stopped admitting people and had the nerve to suggest we return to our cars. Not.

The worst concert venue ever. I will never return. The concert didn’t start til 10 cause it was pouring rain. There were no announcements made. We just sat in the outing rain waiting.

This zero percent Beyonce's fault. If it were not raining everything would have been fine. The venue handled this piss poorly. This is 100% their fault.

I think Beyonce is the one who let concert goers down. Think about it, a football stadium is not the place for a concert. But it is convenient when you want to make as much money as possible by packing as many people as you can into one place who think they are participating in a special experience. You can't even see the artist from the far majority of the seats. She could have held a number of, not one, concert dates in a more approriate venue, but no, she wanted to do her one date in DC, generate as much income as possible, then peace out.

This is on her and her people. They wanted the big bucks but didn’t care about safety.

[Anonymous]

This zero percent Beyonce's fault. If it were not raining everything would have been fine. The venue handled this piss poorly. This is 100% their fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

Exactly this. She a total professional and she doesn't screw up, at least in when it comes to touring and performing (no comment on her personal life).

Beyonce, on the other hand, only appears to pay attention to the details that relate to HERSELF, not her fans.

[Anonymous]

I really cannot believe how lucky Pink concert seemed to have escaped this same horrible rain etc stories.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor’s w tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

While I agree, I think it was interesting to place this next set a concert in Miami in October. There is a reasonably good chance there tomorrow will be a hurricane or storm coming through during that time.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

Exactly this. She a total professional and she doesn't screw up, at least in when it comes to touring and performing (no comment on her personal life).

Beyonce, on the other hand, only appears to pay attention to the details that relate to HERSELF, not her fans.

Like when she paid 100k to Metro to keep the entire train system operating for an extra hour on Sunday night?

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Anonymous wrote:I really cannot believe how lucky Pink concert seemed to have escaped this same horrible rain etc stories.

So true w the tornado warning and storming. I had thought about buying a ticket to see her last minute but could not after enduring fed ex field the night before. I’m still exhausted.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

Exactly this. She a total professional and she doesn't screw up, at least in when it comes to touring and performing (no comment on her personal life).

Beyonce, on the other hand, only appears to pay attention to the details that relate to HERSELF, not her fans.

Please stop this ridiculous ranting. Just stop.

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Anonymous wrote:https://dcist.com/story/23/08/07/inside-the-chaos-beyonce-concert-fedex-field/?fbclid=IwAR07m_rsCn0XFXqb36a-QqQDdRP5ASf3A6sjw4Pw26tsTVRhFJvJn8fW2uI_aem_AW94QBHRPJUwRDk9a_8yJULClFK2tWqynN_lHY7JrnAMlHpnULHU-6PH2L2vD2LWgxE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

What she describes is accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

Exactly this. She a total professional and she doesn't screw up, at least in when it comes to touring and performing (no comment on her personal life).

Beyonce, on the other hand, only appears to pay attention to the details that relate to HERSELF, not her fans.

Not a fan of either as musicians, so there's no bias either way when I say:

PP, if you really think Taylor Swift her own personal self is eyeballing details of venues in advance as her tour gets planned--you really are naive. Helping choose cities, maybe some thought on venues? Sure. But "she doesn't screw up" should really be "She chooses good management." So does Beyonce, apparently. Stop trying to make everything seem as if these two performers, themselves, are deeply involved in daily details of every show and venue.

And as someone else pointed out, Beyonce's tour paid $100k to keep Metro open after her show ran so late. Not that Swift's tour wouldn't do the same in similar circumstances. But in neither case is the artist herself making that call personally. Someone else comes up with it and maybe she is told about it, but the idea that these elevated artists are involved in venue details is just unrealistic. That is not a diss toward either Swift or Beyonce. It's just reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet another reason why I don't want a new stadium in Virginia. Let DC and MD deal with these messes...

Jiffy Lube live has its own terrible issues.

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Anonymous wrote:It's sort of common sense. Taylor did the storm prone cities earlier. Now she's in LA.

Taylor's tour is setting the bar for all genres in terms of professionalism and planning. Sorry, Beyonce. I know she's popular too but I think Taylor's tour is in a league of its own.

Exactly this. She a total professional and she doesn't screw up, at least in when it comes to touring and performing (no comment on her personal life).

Beyonce, on the other hand, only appears to pay attention to the details that relate to HERSELF, not her fans.

Not a fan of either as musicians, so there's no bias either way when I say:

PP, if you really think Taylor Swift her own personal self is eyeballing details of venues in advance as her tour gets planned--you really are naive. Helping choose cities, maybe some thought on venues? Sure. But "she doesn't screw up" should really be "She chooses good management." So does Beyonce, apparently. Stop trying to make everything seem as if these two performers, themselves, are deeply involved in daily details of every show and venue.

And as someone else pointed out, Beyonce's tour paid $100k to keep Metro open after her show ran so late. Not that Swift's tour wouldn't do the same in similar circumstances. But in neither case is the artist herself making that call personally. Someone else comes up with it and maybe she is told about it, but the idea that these elevated artists are involved in venue details is just unrealistic. That is not a diss toward either Swift or Beyonce. It's just reality.

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