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"As you know back at the start of April when West Coast first aired we faced two days of downtime. This was because our server wasn't able to cope with the huge load of people trying to access the forum (over 50,000 people trying to access the forum on April 14th) We expect the demand to exceed this when Ultraviolence is finally released and the events leading up to it. We have now agreed with our server provider to allow the server spec to grow automatically when the demand meets exceeds our current specifications."
This was back in the Ultraviolence era, since then the growth of the forum has skyrocketed. In the month of July alone we're had 750,000 people try and access the site which led to multiple instances of regrettable downtime... So far in August, just under 1 million people have tried to access the forum... The server that we are currently on isn't able to keep up with this demand, and the further demand that the new era will bring.
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I got there at 1 a.m! I waited for 20 hrs to get front row! I attented the House Of Blues show back in August of last year. I only waited 12 hrs for that show, & I got to meet her, talk to her, get an autograph, & take a pic with her. This show was very different of course. I had to wait double the time. I checked on twitter and saw people waiting in line since 8pm. I rushed right away and drove to the venue and got in line around 1am. I was 7th in line. I met some new friends there. I even saw people that were there for the house of blues last year too. It was so freaking cold and it was raining. The good thing people were very nice to hold our spots to go warm up or use the bathroom at starbucks. I met really nice people. Around 10 am that's when they seprated the people who had credit card entry and will call tickets into 2 lines. I was will call! I knew Will call people were going to go in first since my friends from the Atlanta show said that will call people go in first. I kept it to myself so I won't make people mad. As of that time I knew I was 3rd in line! I was happy! I just knew that when the doors opened, it was going to be a giant mess. I was right. As soon as they got the will call people to go in. I printed out my confirmation order so i can just go right in without a problem. I left my bag and my jacket prior to go inside since security will take up more time searching your bags. I only had my phone, my picture of Lana & I from last year. I wanted her to sign it! I went in and I gave the people my order number and my I.D They took at least like a min trying to find it. Then I got my ticket and then the guy took his time to scan it. I saw people just running and walking past me. I was like hurry up and give me my ticket. As soon as he gave me my ticket. I started walking up the stairs to the stage. I hurried my butt but I didn't run since they said we'll get kicked out. I walked so fast. I saw people already lining up at the front barricade. I walked even more faster and found a spot right on the right side of the barricade in front of the stairs that Lana came down from. Yes I had front row! I was relieved that all those hours waiting in the rain and cold, it all paid off. I get to see my Lana front row. So many people who waited long hours with me had problems with their tickets. The staff couldn't find their names or thier tickets. So a lot of people walked past them and some didn't get to be front row. I felt so bad. Once inside, more people started forming behind us. The crowd behind us were wild. They were calm before lana came out. During the opening act. A few people fainted and some got into fights. Security took charge and got them out ASAP! The crowd were crazy. Once Lana came out it turned into chaos. People were shoving and pushing. During the begining , the crowd were crazy. During the last portion of the concert people were trying to cut me and my cousin. We of course teamed up with the people who were with us in front row, we didn't let them through. They were so eager to go front row. I'm sorry but if you want front row you had to wait 20 hrs like me. I wasn't going to let anybody go past me. It was a mess. Security spotted the girl who was trying to go in front and told her to stop and move back or he'll grab her and take her out. The security for this venue did a very good job in handling the crowd. The girl stopped trying to cut. I still had to keep my elbows spread out during the concert. I enjoyed Lana so much! She did incredible!!! Once National Anthem started playing, the crowd went nuts. As soon as she came down, everyone started pushing us against the gates. Lana came down and went to the right. She took a good 5 mins there. I took my picture of us that we had taken last year. I wanted her to at least sign it for me. Lana started walking to the front of the stairs and stopped right in the front and started waving to people. She spotted my picture right away and walked towards me. She was right face to face. I gave her the letter I wrote her. she grabbed it and put it under her arm. She looked at our picture and she signed it. She has this glow that I can't explain. She's so beautiful!! As soon as she finished signing my picture. she signed a few more by me. I had my phone out in my hand. She grabbed my phone and told me lets take a picure. She said was I ready. I said yes!! She took 5 selfies. My face came out funny in them since everyone were pushing me forward. She handed my phone back. I said thank you lana, she said you're welcome and told me I love you as she walked away!! I was the only she took a selfie with in that section. I was so lucky!!! All that suffering I had encountered waiting was freaking worth it!!!! I got a chance to see lana front row, touch her, get an autograph and a picture with her! It was incredible!
Sorry if it was long but I wanted to share my experience with everyone!!
Here's my instagram. I have vids and the pics I took with Lana at the show!!!
http://instagram.com/mrbritster#
I want to wish everyone the best of luck in future shows!
You want front row, then get there early!!! Best of luck!!
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