Fans rave about Moby

Tonio Lombardi

Jul 2nd 2009, 12:37

It is in times like these when I must say that I am ashamed to be Maltese. I can only imagine what foreign people think and say when they attend such an event and witness first hand the chaos us Maltese are capable of! In my opinion the authorities should be reponsible of imposing strict regulations on event organizers and make sure they adhere to them before they even think about issuing a permit for an event like this. Come on guys, we have seen decent events organized in this country. Must us music lovers be forced to leave our shores to attend a decent concert?? It was such a shame to treat such an artist's guests with such a horrible greeting !! 

richard borg

Jul 1st 2009, 12:01

Was there a cat when Deadmou5 performed? Coz he was totally dead and so was the crowd. Thank God for Tribali and Moby. I was lucky to have been there on time and although i was totally disgusted by the organization , security and bars..... the live concerts were top notch . In Malta and i guess most Mediterranean countries we tend to go out late. There's no way people arrive late at a concert in Wembley , even tough the gates are numerous where to go in from. The venue is really not meant for numbers more than 4,000 people. Yes there were other events at Gianpula but nothing of this calibre so one can't even compare. It seems that young people in Malta have a problem!! . God forbid we ever had an Ibiza coz the government would be scratching his head and yet at the same time they complain about young tourists. Hello??

smith sharom

Jul 1st 2009, 01:38

For those of you who asked who were the organizers now HIDING behind the good old cream brand to fledged my pocket and yours.. Its Fresh Music Agency.. please see there website and comments posted on their site. Most of which are being deleted by the admin. Shame on you! Last time i was tricked by these people.

Michelle Heller

Jun 30th 2009, 23:06

I came to Malta on holiday - Moby was good once we got into the field but I couldn't breathe when queuing to get in! Why was there was only one entrance with scary bouncers and no security. Thank you to the two lovely Maltese people who checked that I was ok.xx

Sarah Spiteri

Jun 30th 2009, 22:12

better parking facilties or shuttle bus and a clear schedule of when the artists would be playing. The least they could do now is offer an apology to all the people they ripped off. Unfortunately since I do not have any proof of purchase/receipt for the tickets I am unable to ask for a refund. Only God knows how much the organisers have profited from this event and how little they will declare to the tax department. I will NEVER attend any of your events again.

Sarah Spiteri

Jun 30th 2009, 22:11

I had the misfortune of attending this event, which turned out to be a very sour experience. The traffic and lack of parking meant that me and my boyfriend arrived much later than we would have liked to. Upon arrival at the "field" we were greeted with a horrific scene - people all over the place, attention clearly not focused on Moby, who failed miserably to engage his audience. The sound was totally substandard,the field littered with pebbles making it dangerous to get from one place to the other and lots of discontented people who were complaining because it was so difficult to get a drink. Thankfully we never got any tokens and left barely three quarters of an hour after arrival at the "event". What was also disappointing was missing most of the Moby gig - I have been to numerous events overseas over the past decade and never has the headliner played before the last couple of hours of the event. I think the least the organisers could have done was offer a safe area,

Benjamin Tonna

Jun 30th 2009, 20:07

Completely disappointing !!! Been a fan of Moby for years !!! And i didn't even get to see him coz i was stuck in a queue for ages, after walking miles on foot.. i only heard his last song !!! So angry so mad !!! Altough the event featured the Cream name & logo it was purely organized by maltese promoters FRESH EVENTS. Can i sue them in any way? Im fed up of being ripped my money, had the same problem at one of their events about 3 years ago when they had an event which was boiling hot indoors in August with no AC, sent them a couple of emails but no reply. Im ready to take them to court. Utterly disgusted. Rip off.

I Gatt

Jun 30th 2009, 15:03

I agree the organisers should be fined - all those thousands of fans were ripped off. I still have 8 tokens left as there was no chance of us getting a drink. The same organisers are fully aware of this lucrative flaw and that is why they only set up a minimum of bars. We should claim compensation for our left over tokens ipso facto.
We would also like the organisers to be identified by name as for sure we would take a mental note of their organisational abilities and avoid them like hell fire on earth!
If something similar to what we experienced last Sunday happened elsewhere in Europe there would certainly have been blood shed and it is probably only through divine intervention that this did not occur.

Tony Xuereb

Jun 30th 2009, 14:38

Moby performed well but Deadmau5 really rocked the place with his amazing live performance! Deadmau5 was the king of the night! It was a night to remember!!!!

john xuereb

Jun 30th 2009, 14:38

Just arrived from London after watching Neil Young playing at Hyde Park, it was simply magnificent........i paid 45 sterling to watch 14 different groups : the Pretenders....Fleet Foxes....Seasick Steve and others. I arrive in Malta on Sunday and i have tickets to watch Moby , my wife bought me the ticket for 45 euro but beleive or not i could not arrive to the venue.....it's a bloody disgrace...not well organized.....and a rip off......my only souvenir of the concert are my tickets.

R. Buttigieg

Jun 30th 2009, 14:37

Galea L.
In reality I very rarely attend such events, especially events which are attended by thousands in Malta. However, it is besides the point. If an event is organised in the first place, we should make sure it is organised appropriately and meets standard regulations. And just for the record I am not critising all similar events held in Malta since not all organisers come up with such disorganisation and chaos.

C. Spiteri

Jun 30th 2009, 14:36

The organisation was indeed horrific, but i am surprised that Deadmau5 barely got a mention. Moby is without doubt a very good musician and DJ, but equally so is Deadmau5. I attended this concert mainly to hear him. During Moby's performance, some ppl were even shouting, "Fejn hu Deadmau5?" On top of that, when Joseph Armani took to the decks, the sound system began to malfunction, not once but several times. Add to this the ridiculous 40euro price and this concert really was a ripoff. Moby played for only 90mins. In my opinion, Deadmau5 prevented this concert from being a disaster.

Alex James

Jun 30th 2009, 14:01

I was also pretty disappointed that i spent 40eu on a ticket and was welcomed with a que of that size, luckily the performance was brilliant and its good to see top class artists over here in Malta which was the main reason for going - i just hope publicity like this doesn't affect them coming back again. Organisation was a complete joke, how could they expect to cater for even half the amount of people that turned up with about 12 staff? - probably to save themselves money i expect, although if they weren't so tightfisted with the availability of beer and staff they probably would have earnt 1000's more that night as I, like many others didn't even bother to get a drink for most of the night.

vfarrugia

Jun 30th 2009, 13:46

The organizers knew that Moby was very popular, they should have chosen a larger venue. Luxol parade grounds would have been more appropriate than Gianpula. As for traffic management, a park and ride system should have been implemented with several parking areas reserved in Siggiewi, Zebbug and Rabat. This was a large concert, it should have been treated as such, not as a relatively small party.

Galea. L

Jun 30th 2009, 12:41

R. Buttiigieg
I don't know why time and time again people like you continue to attend when this always happens as evidenced by the complaints we read on the media.
Why do you keep feeding those who are only fattening their pockets at your expense?

R. Buttiigieg

Jun 30th 2009, 12:33

I was totally disgusted by the lack of professionalism in the organisation of such an event, I would have never expected such outcome from supposedly experienced organisers. Thousands of people were expected to attend the event, however amazingly enough there was only one entrance. We ended up spending over an hour in the 'queue' , more like stampede, were health and safety precautions were unheard of. After such an ordeal to get in, few enthusiasm was left to enjoy the music and party! Hopefully such disorganisation will not be allowed in the future!

C.Camilleri

Jun 30th 2009, 11:49

my opinion and thinking : SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO TO SUMMER FESTIVALS AROUND EUROPE WHERE WITH THE SAME TICKET PRICE YOU COULD HAVE WITNESSED 10 ARTISTS THE SAME LEVEL AS MOBY!!!

Clive Brockdorff

Jun 30th 2009, 11:36

What makes these "celebs" think that we give two hoots about their political opinions (whatever they may be)?
They are not better informed on these subject than most people - They should stick to what they are good at - entertaining. Shut up and sing mate!

Joe Galea

Jun 30th 2009, 11:32

Part 2: The you go in after a stupid treacherous entrance feud. You go buy tokens at 15Euros for 6 tokens. i,e, water, beer or alcoholic drink cost you 2.50Euros each. Energy drink 5Euros each. When we got in at about 10pm the arena was almost 3/4 empty, so what was the problem at the entrance? My other friends managed to get in after more than an hour too while MOBY already started his act which was shortened to 1.5hrs instead of 2hrs. There were only 4 bars and at max 12 barmen to serve all those thousands of ppl. After MOBY played, the sound started to cut off for even 15mins intervals. No wonder all the people started leaving asa Moby stopped. Overall conclusion IT WAS A COMPLETE FLOP and RIPOFF. The organisers should be fined heftily for such as they should be held accountable.

daniel zahra

Jun 30th 2009, 11:29

Cant think of any other adjectives but maybe aweful and appalling can shed some light on describing the shameful organisation of the event. Simply disgusted!

Joe Galea

Jun 30th 2009, 11:14

PART 1: Moby was great, but the party Cream in general was a total rip-off, disgustingly disorganised. It took us well over 1hr to get in People were starting to get nervous and tried to push squashing eachother witht he risk of someone getting hurt. The security are really beasts without any ethic. They are just there to show off their male hormonial surplus. They are aggressive, brainless and dangerous. My friend who is big in body couldn't pass well between the 2 bouncers blocking the entrance and people were pushing forcedly and he was hit badly in his throat by the bouncers and kept forcing him and almost choked. i had to shout at them to let him pass and make space. The police were there just doing nothing, even when another guy was being beaten by the bouncers.

I. Gatt

Jun 30th 2009, 10:48

Whilst Moby was great the organisation was nothing short of a cataclysmic disaster. Traffic getting into Gianpula fields was jam packed and in fact cars were seen parked as far off as the cemetry below Mdina. Teenagers were already drunk or stoned out before they entered the concert venue and the security personel should simply not have allowed them into the venue. I witnessed numerous minor scuffles and the fact that there were so many people litterly packed like sardines prevented security from witnessing these incidents. Queing was an absolute nightmare and whoever thought up the idea of funneling hundreds of fans into a labyryth single file (5 patrons at a time) arrangement should be given a knighthood from Mickey Mouse country. The dust we endured was horrific and I am sure Moby must have been overwhelmingly impressed by these dessert like conditions. Waves of dust clouds just kept rolling in throughout the evening, we ere covered in a fine layer of white dust - absolutely great for asthma sufferers. Never again will I subject myself to such conditions in the future and I am sure my thoughts are shared by many.

Christine Tonna

Jun 30th 2009, 10:46

The biggest disappointment ever!! Had been waiting for two months to see him and never made it through the gates. Hundreds of people pushing, swearing and becoming aggressive. We had to leave as we feared for our own safety. We could hear Moby from the car park. The worst organisation I have ever seen for an event!!

Kenneth Bonnici

Jun 30th 2009, 09:36

Very good concert but awful organisation - i dont think it could have been worse...... after Moby the music was a start/stop thing, it was impossible to buy a drink!!!!!! They were serving warm beer before Moby started, then later on you had to wait at least 30mins to buy a drink - only to tell you that beer is finished!!!! EXTREMELY BAD ORGANISATION.