At around 14:00 me and my 3 mates (Emese, BS Baxxter and Fonix) left from Budapest to the concert location - which was a nice 250km drive. The trip was quite pleasant, we picked up Zita on our way, so the posse squad of five arrived in Tokaj at around 18:00. We were a bit late for our schedule so I rushed to the VIP cassa to get my press pass. I had to queue for almost an hour, and then BANG! - I'm not on the list. WTF? I arranged the interview last friday. We tried to reach the press manager, but she didn't respond, so I got kicked out of the queue. That was a nice experience to start the evening, really... had no other option than quickly buying a regular ticket (28€). I hereby send a nice warm F*CK YOU to the festival's press crew.
My friends Baxxter and Alex were at the press pavilon - they had pass as representatives for an online newspaper, so I gave them my questions, and asked them to ask the guys some of those too - if they manage to do the interview. As it turned out, they also went through hell to get their passes - Alex said Scooter's press manager was fucking around with the Hungarian staff, and he didn't want anyone near the guys, except major TV crews. They said the Hungarian management granted interview rights for about 20 people, while Scooter's management only allowed 15 minutes of press conference - what a load of crap?? I don't know if they managed to do an interview, since I didn't meet them later.
It was around 19:30, so I rather went inside to check out the place. It was a big grassy field in a small valley, so there wasn't any problem with the location. A lot of people were loitering around, and the stages' fronts were filled with smaller crowds. I walked around and sold the Hungarian Posse passes to the fans that wanted one. At 21:00 we walked up to the main stage, and occupied the 1st and 2nd rows without problems. One of Hungary's most successful rock bands, Edda Művek was about to start their gig. I like a lot of songs from them, so I really enjoyed the show. It helped me forget about the press & interview thing. We sang along their big hits, and danced a bit until 22:30. Scooter was to start at 23:00, but they had the usual 10 minute delay. At this point, the location was filled with so much people you couldn't see the back of the mass. At 23:10 they switched off the lights, and the show begun - so did the pushing, moshing and the giving of elbows. It was a real battle against the idiots, but it wasn't THAT hard. I've had worse in 2009, so I "held my fort" throughout the whole concert. I promised myself that I won't let anyone or anything ruin my fun, so I tried not to care, and at the same time, protect the girls in front of me from being splattered on the fence. Zita couldn't hold on till the end, the security picked her out at around the 6th track - later she told me she met Pim at the side fence, and that the show was completely enjoyable there. We stayed front until the end, and during the finale (Coldwater - Ass - Hyper - Summer) I managed to forget about the people around and was just jumping hard without control - ah, the good old days :P
After the show I gathered the posse and went for fresh cold water, and had a small talk discussing the concert. We all agreed that it was far from our best experiences :P but it was still good. No such thing as a bad Scooter concert anyway.
At 02:00 we left. Took 4 hours to get home, and I only managed to sleep 2.5 hours, but it still worth it. Nice trip, nice show, idiot people. That's 2:1 for the positives.
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