Fans complain of fainting, long queues and overheating outside Yungblud’s first Bludfest 2024

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Yungblud’s new festival and saw him perform the biggest show of his career to date.It also saw appearances from the likes of Lil Yachty, Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned, Lola Young, Jazmin Bean, Noahfinnce, Jesse Jo Stark, Landon Barker (the son of Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker), Hannah Grae, Aziya and more.However, some visitors have criticised the organisers of the event, outlining how there were reportedly long queues at the site and people had to wait for several hours in hot weather to be admitted.Speaking to the BBC about the issue, one concertgoer told the outlet that she passed out due to the heat and was unable to make it into the venue.

Others told the publication that the extensive queuing led to them missing various performances.“Many people fainted; threw up.

People went home and kids were overheating,” said a visitor called Jessica Hedges, who said she joined the queue 15minutes before the gates opened at 1pm.“We had been begging for water and were told we’d get it once we were in the venue… I eventually passed out and never made it into the venue,” she added, saying that staff were “rude and showed no empathy”.“Four hours later, after sitting with paramedics for an hour, I am now home with heatstroke and didn’t get in to see a single act.”Similarly, a visitor called Justin Dack told the outlet that he, his wife, son and two friends were made to wait nearly three and a half hours due to the “massive queues”.“[There was] lots of heat… people were overheating,” he said. “I do go to lots of concerts but have never had this experience.

We expect some delays, but not like this. We wanted to see Nessa Barrett but missed her act and some more acts due to this delay, which is disappointing.”NME has reached.