All Gone Wrong - Bloc. P2

In part 2 - the music stops.In the conclusion of our story, we go inside the night the dream collapsed at the London Pleasure Gardens. This isn’t just about a cancelled festival; it’s a look at what happens when the thing you love becomes a machine you can no longer control.

Alex and George go on the record for the first time about the “original sin” of the build, the visceral pressure of the contingency site layout, and the devastating morning they woke up to “terror sweats” and a panorama of their failed dreams.

In this episode, we discuss:

* The Friday Night Call: The “softly-slowly” strategy used to dissipate a 15,000-strong crowd without a riot.

* The Megaphone Moment: Alex on taking his “medicine” and the humbling reality of facing a crowd that felt betrayed.

* The Rehabilitation: How they rebuilt from zero - from running out of diesel on the way to the administrators to buying second-hand urinals on a credit card to get a new venue open by New Year’s Eve.

* The Closure: The “miraculous” return to Minehead and why recovery is always possible if you act in good faith.

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