Down the front

[purplehaze]

Me and my daughter were down the front as we always are, you expect to be shoved as it's always rough, we usually have a good laugh and a dance,but this time my daughter had to get lifted out by security as some idiot man was literally pinning her to barrier and we couldn't move or dance as he refused to move his arms or to even step back,he told her she needed to move with the crowd ,but she was literally pinned to the barrier,he was really quite nasty to her,then after she got lifted out it ruined the gig for me as I was worrying about her. But after being reassured by security that my daughter was fine I stayed in my place as I refused to be pushed to the side by some idiot tosser who enjoyed ruining the night for a teenage girl,sorry for rant,he just pissed me right off and loads of other lovely people who were so nice standing up for us ,specially beccy and  her husband. Thanks Becky if your reading this.☺jane and jaz
My daughter

[purplehaze]

Sorry down the front at Leeds stylus on sat😁

[Sheena]

That's a shame, purplehaze.  I don't know why some people think it's ok to behave like that.  I was at Stylus too,  near the back and my friend had an altercation with someone.  There was a lovely man called Paul who helped us; if you're on here Paul, thank you x
Thank goodness for the good people

[orange223]

Leeds is always a good gig but it always brings out the "macho men"  pha = tossers !

[purplehaze]

I felt so bad for my daughter jaz , she has grazes on her arms and bruises up one leg and a nip mark where her skin got pinched between the barrier and the idiot tosser who was ramming her ,when it's your baby getting hurt  you get angry, specially when it's a middle aged man hurting a young girl, even when we asked him nicely to step back or move his arm as he was hurting her,he refused and said we shouldn't be at the front,well I've bin at the front for every gig for 23  years and before now have made friends with so many nice people, never has anyone bin nasty like this  ,a bit of pushing  I even enjoy but this was just mean😣

[des]

I too was at the Leeds gig on Saturday night & witnessed a couple of altercations all involving one particular guy upsetting a lot of people. I was near the back to the right & it was a pretty tight setup on that floor because of the layout of the venue everyone was kinda boxed in, but this clown was bouncing into me from behind, eventually he bounced into the pit & started smashing into people pretty hard including a couple of younger teens. He was pushed out of the pit & towards the front by some of the lads but he kept coming back hitting into anyone that wouldn't shove him back including girls & some of the younger fans. I'm no shrinking violet but I didn't want to get aggro with this idiot as things could have turned out a lot worse. My concern was the lack of security in the Stylus & the fact that this bloke could go on bullying people on the floor for as long as he did. As I was saying to my friend, if it was Rock City or some of the other regular venues the security would've know what the score was with Army fans & this fool would've been ejected well early on. Hope your daughter was ok after the incident Purplehaze & it didn't ruin her experience. Des.

[purplehaze]

Thank-you, she is fine it was just a shock cause she has been coming along with me  quite a few times and nothing has happened like this before,it was probably the same guy who you saw causing bother all over ,the man next to us was saying to him nicely could he back off ,then the idiot threatened to stove his head in . At least the good people at army gigs outweigh  the bastards 😃

[Shush]

Sorry to hear about this Jane. I know you like to do your own thing at the front and you should be able to do so without some tool telling you otherwise. Hope its not put you off future gigs. As you say,most people at NMA gigs are there together as one enjoying the same thing as one body. Problem is, every body has an arsehole 

[purplehaze]

I don't think there would be much that would put me off new model army gigs,i usually go to three a year it's my thing to look forward to it's about the only place where I don't feel out of place, as my whole life I've never really fitted in ,so I wouldn't give that up ,I think I'd rather give up my right hand😄

[df]

Sorry to hear you had Jaz had a bad time

If leeds was anything like Buckley, the set was quite charged and  it may have lead to a few being a bit over excited. I love being on the barrier and tbh I got a few hard hits from the same guy who'd had a few too many shandies when the classics cracked up.

Won't be stopping me being on the rail at Rock City though

[punkjunkie]

Shoddy this whoever did it to this young girl wants to sort himself out . Nothing wrong with a bit of pushing and shoving but at Boro a few years back blokes in their forties and fifties were lumping seven bails out of each other and getting teeth knocked out , that's just ridiculous

[purplehaze]

I know it's ridiculous everyone would have a much better time without the aggressive macho bullshit  of some 😁

[Adrian]

Sorry to hear that, there's always some tosser about. Hope your daughetr is ok and hasn't been put off. Well done done for  standing your ground. Peace X

[purplehaze]

Jaz has just ordered tickets for rock city  and we will be down the front as always 😊 also thanks to everyone on here who has asked after jaz and been really nice😘 it means a lot

[TheJester]

Hi Jane,

Becky's other half here. We're glad that Jaz wasn't put off and is going to rock city.
The chap in question was quite something else wasn't he? Becky had bruises all over from where he had purposefully elbowed her, and he told her he was going to deck me after the concert.
He disappeared when I called him out for it though.

Nice to chat to you both and see you down the front again sometime.