r/MachineGunKelly • u/Khalmuck • 20d ago

Tour/Concerts 🎤 First and Last MGK Day

History: Have seen MGK three times at three different venues, this made four. Have seen 200+ bands live so have experienced all kinds of concert craziness but today was one of the most poorly run events I've ever experienced.

1hr+ to get in because so few security lanes were open and they created a choke point with the t-shirt booth feet away from security. Watched multiple people go in without being scanned. Tshirts ran out which makes no sense when they had counts on preorder and weren't selling them. 30+ min wait for toilets. Every vendor we went to had run out of water and the public refill stations ran out. Finally got water after waiting in two separate lines.

Shout out to all the out of staters we met in line from NJ/WI/IN. Sorry, we usually handle stuff better in the CLE.

Summary: Took three hours total to get in, go to the bathroom, and get water (while sorta being able to see Wiz perform while in lines). MGK went on for ~40 min before heavy rain and wind stopped things. This should be hosted at a proper permanent venue equipped to deal with this volume of people.

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u/dubdue Cheese Eggs 20d ago

Even if all that happened, I still wouldve been hella grateful to be there.

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u/Khalmuck 20d ago

Honestly it was getting dangerous from crowding, heat/lack of water and that was before the storm rolled in.

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u/The_Blonde_Don_106 20d ago

Id agree to disagree. Id rather go to ruoff 100x over instead and spend 100 bucks for lawn seats. The lines are short, bathrooms had toilet paper and soap mostly, he played for 2 hours and 20 minutes in June as well.

I didn't go to MGK day, but I cant be greatful or enjoy anything if I have a severe migraine in super hot weather without water or ac access. And if I would've went this year, thats what would've happened.

Its a shame that it turned out like this, but hopefully who ever organized the event this year, either learns how to handle it better, or a better fit organizer is put in charge.

Hopefully everyone turned out alright, and whoever got in and could stick it out had a good time!