BLOODSTOCK 2024 - TRAVEL, ENTRY & FIRST IMPRESSIONS - EPISODE 1
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Well it's finally here guys!!!!
😁 Bloodstock 2024!!!
BUT
The Edit on the first 2 Videos was a nightmare!!! I had provisionally made 2 "Rough Cut" style Videos for Patreon and the program I use to make them Capcut downloaded an update removing features I had used in the transition effects! & not only that, it has taken out 90% of the features I use in every single video to add to the Premium/PRO version! - Midway through an upload. This killed the first video, and made the second one nearly impossible to watch because it had a loud audio click during every single transition!/camera change & there's around 350 on this episode alone.
So basically I've remade both episodes in another program and I'm hoping for the best with the third now.
Now that's out the way! 😂
Bloodstock Festival
Bloodstock 2024 was full of unforgettable social moments that myself & the Crew will remember forever. I live and breathe our Metal scene, & Bloodstock is always our yearly highlight, so here's our episodes "Ups & Downs".
Our Campmates:
The camp this year was a massive mixed bag of characters that made the experience even more memorable. Without namedropping everyone here it was a fantastic turnout for our group and because of the extra day a fairly simple carpark meet up & festival entry.
We kicked off the festival on a bittersweet note, saying goodbye to our dear friend Vyte, who passed away at last year’s Bloodstock. Amon Amarth’s Sunday set was a particularly emotional moment for us all, as it was a band Vyte would’ve loved.
Staff and Security
The staff and security this year were top-notch. They really got our sense of humour and usually partied alongside us while keeping us in check. It was a refreshing change from previous years and incomparable to my experiences at Download. This made the Midgard campsite atmosphere excellent.
Vendors & PDQ Machines
FINALLY!!!, all the vendors I visited showed prices every single time at the bars and stalls! This is something I’ve waited for and it's been a long time coming. No more “accidental” overcharges! - which I have caught a few times previously.
The Optional Extra Day
The extra day was perfect for catching up with mates and settling in before the real madness began. It also eased the stress on the entrance staff and reduced queues both inside and around the local area traffic wise. Keeping this optional is a great call.
Merch Queues
On arena day 1, the click and collect queue was brutal! And a lot of other merch was instantly sold out.
Card Machines & signal going down
This seemed to be an issue all weekend randomly, on the first day we were allowed in it wiped our night at Lemmys as I don't carry cash anymore.
Toilets
Compared to European festivals like Graspop and Pitfest with their flushing porcelain toilets, Bloodstock’s loos were less than desirable. But I get it, those would be costly to hire in the UK and British crowds are definitely going to destroy them... Just don't look down! Along with The obvious, I saw a bank card, phone, piece of hand bag, wallet and hat throughout various visits... poor guys!
Campsite Vegan Options & Food Contamination
More vegan options on the campsite itself would be great. I also noticed some cross-contamination issues that could easily be fixed with training for the staff, using the same gear for both Meat & Veg.
Bin Jousting
This has unfortunately lost its edge hasn't it? Keeping Top Hat Bill & the team involved was fantastic nod to Midgard tradition, but somethings definitely missing. With a little more work, it will return to its former glory and isn't a lost cause by any means. Just attempting this to please us Midgard lot is something that no other festival would attempt so its still a win in a way.
UA-cam Collaborations
One of the standout moments was meeting other UA-cam personalities in the scene, like "Mead and Metal", "The Alt Couple", "Dippy Doughnutters" & "Pete Devlin" & a few more. It was awesome to connect with fellow creators and share a few drinks, laughs, and stories. - PLEASE TAG THEM IN THE COMMENTS IT WONT WORK ON MY PHONE! :(
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Aw me and my boyfriend made the vlog.. we didn't even see a camera filming.. crafty! 😜 Was lovely to meet you! X
@@emmarori5346
There's always a camera rolling with us lot!! 😂🍻
I hope you had fun!! 🤘🏻
Wow! Awesome beginning! I knew this is gonna be good stuff with the early Joe-Cam!🎥 I love Mead and Metal, and the Alt Couple! Cheers for balancing the challenge of being in festival mode, and respecting the memory of your mate. Looking forward to the next one!🖤🍻🤘
@@stevesteele8836
That's exactly it mate, ye first few days was a balancing act of emotions. But it was all good and I can finally let things rest.
All of us got on great and it's great to catch up with them! There's some awesome stuff coming up in the next episodes involving us all 😁
Worst celebrity death?
Ryan dunn. 100%
@@Fr0styMilkshake22
Oh man!! 😔 That one hit, I remember thinking at the time it was a prank and then more details slowly came out... We were all absolutely crushed! A massive influence on myself & Joe especially! 🖤
Got a RIP Dunn tattoo on my leg!
@billymayhem this is Craig BTW. The sticker provider. 😆
@@JoeSurkitt
At least that's what it used to be!! 😂
@@Fr0styMilkshake22
It's so hard with YT usernames!!! 😂
absolutely gutted i missed this years bloodstock, looked like another top tier year as per. Great Video!
@@xtant5711
Thank you so much!
Next year will be even better!
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The old school joke at 37.49 was hilarious, poor Bartek 😂😂
i got him back later on ofcourse he probably didnt record it
@@hellscreamer666 he didn’t unfortunately. Save it for the future when you can coordinate it properly, and get your own back on camera. 😂😂
@@hellscreamer666
You & Joe got me a few times!! 😂 especially the last day!
& There's even one in this episode where I'm holding the camera!!! You Fuck! Haha
@@mattscfc849
It didn't stop all weekend! We were always on edge!! 😂
Was good to see you even if briefly looking forward to the vlogs mate!
@@CheddarPaul
I have just found that footage 😂
Mid Hatebreed pit!! Haha
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@@billymayhem literally the only time i saw you all weekend! 🤣 Banger weekend keep smashing the vids mate beers up at some point
Bloodstock = Guess the price of the make up. 💄Loved this part Ruby 🖤. Loving the Vlogs 🤘🏻🥃🍻🖤
RIP Vyte 🤘🏻
Thank you 😊❤
@@Oyenstikker76
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
For me it was a mix of Joey Jordison (childhood and drumming hero), I cried and listened to everything he had released or had been a part of as a tribute to him and also Chris Cornell, mainly because of the way I was told it. I was in High school and my English teacher said to me “Did you hear that Chris Cornell died?” I had no idea! And I sat there in class for the rest of it just in a state of disbelief! Crazy stuff man!
@@jordanstrang8056
Ahhh Joey!!! Fuck that was hard!! I remember so many of my mates all messaging each other in absolute shock.
Such a fucking legend!!! 🤘🏻🖤
This was wonderful to watch yet so upsetting. Second year running I’ve missed bloodstock! And the best lineup in years! Oh well nice to experience it with you bunch of reprobates. Look forward to seeing the rest of these videos mate. 🤘🏻🍺 and joes puking will never match my epic projectile vomiting at vomitory!! 😝🤣🤘🏻
@@HM2dylanpowell
It was a tough few days mate! I was scared it'd really affect me tbh. But it was good to mentally put it to bed and leave those thoughts.
There's some pretty mental moments coming up lets say that haha 😂🤘🏻 miss you dude!! 🤘🏻
@@billymayhem will look for ways to watching the rest of the episodes dude. It’s a state of mind mate. Positive thoughts. Yeah miss you too bro 🤘🏻
my uncle is mates with the guitarist of Motorhead, still leaves in Pontypridd
@@danielvenables8301
Absolute Legend 🤘🏻
"It looks deceptively small but its quite long" 😂
@@JoeSurkitt
Classic!!! 😂
Thursday Joe was something else! He looked loads better next day but Thursday he definitely needed shades 😂. The merch was daft for the click and collect. Took us about 5 mins queuing and we got what we wanted then we had a beer near esp and the queue wasn't moving. Bin joust was pure shite and then they removed all the bins to stop the unofficial 😢.
@@Phil.Oakley
Ahhh man the unofficial Bin jousting still happened 😂 it was just harder to sort!
& yeah Joe was something else all weekend!! 🤣 There's some pretty heavy stuff coming haha
Sir, was a pleasure to ramble on at you on Saturday evening 🍺🍺🤘🤘
@@richiegunner3398
Loved it mate!!! Truly!!!
Great to chat properly!!
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bloodstock was gonna be my first festival but sadly couldnt make it. living vicariously through you mate🤘
🖤
I hope we're still giving you some laughs?
& there's always next year mate! It'll be tons better!!! 🤘🏻
Chester, Alexi or Kyle Pavone of We Came As Romans. Alexi personally aswell, he was the nicest guy you'll ever meet, so chill and relaxed with fans and loves to chat
He was literally an Icon mate, it's so rare to have stand out performers like that ya know? He literally had it all! 😞
Yerrrrsssss Billy! Been lookin forward to the Bloodstock vlogs! 🤘🏽😎
@@LoubyLou10
Thank you for watching 🖤
@@billymayhem Please tell me Stef Method will be in the vlogs at some point?
@@LoubyLou10
Unfortunately he had band stuff to do and couldn't make it 😭 we'll bring him back soon! 🤘🏻
Was great to be back we arrived on the Thursday, always look forward to the vlogs bro great job as always, ran into Aston this year was keeping an eye out for you 🤣 definitely next year 🤘🏻 pints on me 🍻
We'll definitely make it happen!!!
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Thanks for your support mate!!!
Hell yeahhh, love this mates 🙏🏻🤘🏼
@@MetalHoofd666
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Great start and loving the vibe already! In memoriam Vyte! Poor Joe! :(
@@Syargoth
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feels like you brought us all along with ya. love these videos \m/
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@@lazerus_Sacrifice
That's exactly what I'm aiming for!!
Love you bro!!!
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Trevor strnad has be tops. Still hurts now
@@damienvalentine3871
Such a shock 😔
Good as ever love these videos❤❤❤
@@user-yx6im4uo6z
Thank you!! 🖤
Wow dude! Looks like you are having so much fun with all your friends! Makes me want to go camping to bloodstock and become your friend next time! 🤘🏼 your videos are amazing! I’m a fan! 😅
what the fuck
@@WelcomeToOzzy
Thank you so much 🤘🏻
the death of chris cornell hit me way harder than i was expecting and certain songs (especially audiosoave tracks) get me quite emotional still. that wooden tribute was amazing we were camped not that far from you. it's mental we never bumped in to each other.
Ahh same here - Like a Stone always makes me cry! ❤️🩹
@@chidzvidz
One day we'll figure it out bro!! 😂
But yeah Ruby is a massive Cornell fan, it's always playing around our flat!
@@billymayhem that same track got me cutting onions at work about a month ago. Had to go hide for a bit 😂
Pleased to bump into you on sunday. Gutted i didn't get to party with you all this year.
@@lukesmall3197
It'll happen next year!! Haha
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Top video as always Bill, great question on the celebrity deaths. The ones who really hit home with me were Rik Mayall, an absolute legend of a man who I spent many an hour of my childhood pissing myself at, Taylor Hawkins really upset me and the others would probably be Kurt Cobain (showing my age there) I was a huge Nirvana fan around that time, one of the gateway bands on the journey to listening to heavier music. Keith Flint was a gutter too
I remember Rik Mayall mate!
At Sonisphere Airbourne mentioned it and it was still kinda shocking, the man left such an impact and could really of done massive things with the state of todays boring comedy!!! 😞
Oh mate don't, it's fucking abysmal isn't it? 'The Young One's' and 'Bottom' up against shite like 'Mrs Browns Boy's 😭
What celeb deaths affected me were Chris Cornell, heath ledger, frank sinatra, Tina turner, prodigy keith 😢
@@HornsMetal
It's weird, because of their music sometimes it feels like they're never gone!
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Great video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you mate! 🤘🏻
to your fallen Viking ,Bill🍺🍺🤘🤘
@@davidduncan2091
🤘🏻🖤🤘🏻
David Bowie, I'm still not over his passing.
@@GothicLane
Loads of memorabilia for him in Camden, it's really cool!
Chester made me sad.
@@Odin__80
Yeah that was tough!!!
Still really shocking at how things can seem okay yet not be... 😔
Hi bill when I was kid I listen to Evanescence
Jef Hanneman just crushed me!😩👏
@@frankbijnens929
Oh man I remember that!
We did the Sonisphere shows not long afterwards and I was so glad Gary Holt was chosen to be the absolute perfect stage replacement. 🤘🏻
@@billymayhem shocked and on june 10th, a month after they played in Holland and it was weird but thank god they played and with the excellent Holt!🙏👍🤘
Not sure on the sanitised bin jousting. Not quite the same.
@@lukesmall3197
I'm so happy they embraced the Campsite culture though! It might not of worked how they intended, but it's a start & they'll get it right. It's just what this place does 😊🤘🏻
10:23 hohohoho you should be scared, Billy. Makeup is expensiveee.
Paid like $28 USD for Kat Von D tattoo eyeliner that’s supposed to be waterproof, humidity resistant and do you know… shit doesn’t actually work. I went to a Metallica concert and we were in the grandstands. My eye watered when we got up there and my eyeliner was fuckin gone. 😤
So hard to find a good eyeliner, no matter how much you pay!! 😂 ❤
@@annapepple477
I just can't comprehend that level of cost!! That's absolutely insane and marketing at it's finest 😱
I'll never understand the wonders of a womans handbag 😂
@@billymayhem honestly I don’t even understand it either. Just know that I like the stuff 🤣
Worst Celebrity deaths for me, Besides Lemmy would have to be,
Bray Wyatt,
Robin Williams,
Eddie Guerrero,
Tyler Hopkins,
Joey Jordison
Carrey Fisher
Fernando Risksen
And Walter Smith.
Metal Family all the way 🤘, biggest loss for me by far was DIO 🤘 gone way to young but Lemmy also. There legacy will remain forever 🍺👍
What a voice he had!!!
Absolutely incredible!!!
💜Rip🌹 glad you both went back 7:50 did he do it on purpose?
@@z1jayjay542
Unfortunately mate yeah...
@@billymayhem much love goes out to you all mate 💙 well done for this year Bill you have battled through alot and still smiling no matter what keep it up billy the 🐐
I have some catching up to do here 😂
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Dimebag for me RIP
@@mught
That was absolutely mental!!!
I hope that never happens again to anyone 😔 what an impact that man had on a generation!
Whens the next vlog then bill I always enjoy your bloodstock videos
@@rachelsingleton8810
I have 1 good to go, but it's awaiting the YT Monetisation checks... - it's already been 3 days!
I'm working on another 2 as we speak 🤘🏻
@@billymayhem cool nice
Well....that's ruined Soreen for me forever
@@LambOfPob
Pahahahahahaha!!!!
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Did I spot a "where is Bartek?" Sticker in the bog?
Yeah!!!
& there were ones that people had made themselves there too!! 😂
@@billymayhemthat's awesome 😂
did Bartek get some balls put on him when he was sleeping.. poor guy 🤣
@@Jerrid_8675
Yeah ...& he's made me cut that footage! 😂
Why are yall not doing Wacken or Summerbreeze?
Just can't get the time off from the real job! 😔
does ruby have friends .not your friends her friends
Of course, some have been on the vlogs before, but most aren't metalheads so you wouldn't see them on here 👍🏻 I just came back from a trip to Brighton with a group of my girlfriends. now me and bill have lots of joint friends 😊
What a cunty comment Paul, wind your neck in you bellend
@@johnjames2397 she answered a simple question. you are afucken clown
@@paulhamilton1736
Haha of course, but not everything with us is on YT 😊
Why are you drinking Fosters? Jeezo h Christ surely you can do better than that. So weak it’s hardly worth drinking.
@@barryckemp907
😂
I actually like fosters!!! Haha it's my Go to traditional festival drink... Bit I'm not exactly a fussy alcoholic, I drink anything! 🤘🏻