Selfie sticks banned from Splendour

By creammagazine, April 16, 2015

The joy that comes with attending Splendour In The Grass is right there in the festival’s title. And judging by the line-up issued yesterday – which includes the awesome likes of Blur, Mark Ronson and Florence & The Machine – punters are going to sense plenty of splendour this year. One genre of punter, though, who won’t be feel so much joy is the self-indulged, infatuated selfie-taker. The reason? Splendour has placed a ban on selfie sticks from the venue.

The potentially dangerous weapon (imagine being poked in the eye with one) now joins a long list of items not allowed into the music festival, which include skateboards, recording devices (other than those built into mobile phones), and the more obvious dangerous likes such as fireworks and firearms.

Splendour is the latest in a host of festivals banning selfie sticks. But danger seemed far from another festival promoter’s mind when he tweeted his disgust for the annoying selfie stick recently. Soundwave founder AJ Maddah confirmed they would not be permitted within the grounds of all upcoming Soundwave events in a tweet that read: “Dear people with those fucking camera sticks: please have some consideration for people behind you trying to enjoy the show. Thank you.”

A little harsh, yes, but we couldn’t echo your sentiment more. After all, music festivals are about communities joining in on the love of particular music. It’s about the performers on stage. Not. Always. About. You.  Antonino Tati

Florence & The Machine: Say NO to the selfie stick at Splendour!

 

ITEMS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE SPLENDOUR:

·         Alcohol brought in from outside of event bars

·         Illegal drugs

·         Glass

·         Cans and metal water bottles

·         Full or partly full plastic bottles of water, soft drink etc

·         Fireworks, flares, fire twirling paraphernalia (sticks, balls etc)

·         Metal water bottles

·         Skateboards

·         Boogie boards

·         Milk/bread crates

·         Chairs (folding, portable, camping)

·         Anything studded (i.e. belts, wristbands etc)

·         Weapons of any kind

·         Containers of liquid fuel

·         Video and audio recording devices, including GoPros (other than mobiles)

·         Professional still cameras (small still cameras are allowed)

·         Laser lights

·         Umbrellas (use a plastic poncho or a raincoat instead)

·         Selfie sticks

·         Water pistols

·         Protest paraphernalia and banners

·         Any other items considered illegal or dangerous

·         Strictly no animals (with the exception of assistance animals, such as guide dogs)

 

Note: these are just the things you can’t bring into Splendour – there are even more no-nos in the campground rules…

 

ITEMS NOT ALLOWED IN THE CAMPGROUND AREA OR CARPARK:

·         Alcohol brought in from outside of event bars

·         Illegal drugs

·         Fires, fireworks, flares, fire twirling paraphernalia (sticks, balls etc)

·         Containers of liquid fuel (kero, petrol etc)

·         Couches or large furniture items

·         Anything studded (i.e. belts, wristbands etc)

·         Weapons of any kind

·         Professional still cameras (small still cameras ARE allowed)

·         Laser lights

·         Any other items considered illegal or dangerous

·         Strictly no animals (with the exception of assistance animals, such as guide dogs)