LICHTENVOORDE – Black Cross last weekend has drawn 220,000 visitors. This festival was the first completely sold out. The last day tickets went Friday readily rejected.
Ceiling
Black Cross was the biggest festival in the Netherlands, but is now still at his ceiling, said spokesman Peter Holkenborg on the last day of the Cross. “We can expand even further, but it should remain manageable. Now you can still end the whole site in one day. We want to keep it. “
The terrain of the Black Cross 140 hectares and has 31 stages.
Without discord
The festival ran virtually without dissonance. Biggest disappointment was the cancellation of the stunt. Stuntman Chuck Borden would be shot with a slingshot on a big stage tent. The bad weather, however, there had been tested enough, and there were problems with the slingshot.
Beautiful weather
Two artists were not. Reggae Singer Kenny B was ill and the British band Circa Waves was stuck on the ferry. A downpour on Friday after it was all weekend beautiful weather. Brawls, seriously wounded, seized drugs: it was not all at the Black Cross. “Everything went smoothly,” said Holkenborg
Pussy Riot
Specifically, this twentieth edition was the visit of Nadya Tolokonnikova and Sasha Adler of Russian activists Pussy Riot collective at the Black Cross. A few years ago, there was the Cross a “Naked Run” for members of Pussy Riot, including Tolokonnikova, who were in prison.
Pink Tank
On Saturday the two drove it into the cross on a pink tank “Nicht Voorde. The tank was originally Putin Go Gay. The Russian president’s name was taped at the request of the ladies. “Indeed, for the first censorship of the Black Cross,” says Holkenborg. “But I get it. For us it’s like a funny joke, but they can really have problems with Russia. And that’s the last thing we want. “
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