A BBC Breakfast live report from the Download festival was gatecrashed forcing the hosts into an emergency return to the studio. Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were forced to cut short an interview from Download Festival in Leicestershire due to the incident this morning.
The festival is taking place this weekend celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special four-night festival, compared to the usual three nights. This means that extra traffic has been expected - and according to reports there is widespread gridlock in the area around Donington.
East Midlands Airport, Download Festival, and Leicestershire Police all issued warnings to expect delays - and there were three-hour queues reported yesterday. On BBC Breakfast today reporter Hannah Miller was reporting live from the scene of the campsite. She said people had been partying until: “Really really late into the night only just going to bed some of them. There are a few early risers also coming round.” Then a man with a can in his hand came into the shot and said “I love my prescription speed provided by the NHS.”
Hannah tried to head him off and block him from the shot but it was too late - he was pushed out of the shot by the BBC crew. Hannah added as he was pushed away: “There’s a lot of people who want to have a lot of fun.”
The newsreader profusely apologised to viewers on the breakfast programme as she swiftly wrapped up the programme before she threw the show back to Naga and Charlie in the studio.
People took to twitter today to complain about the parking. One user wrote: “Why issue car park passes, announce they’ve sold out, issue more, then OFFER THE CHANCE TO PAY WHEN YOU ARRIVE ANYWAY?! Absolutely chaotic this year compared to the past…”
Another said: “We are all still queueing too. We have weekend arena only tickets and not even in the car park yet. We’re already missing bands... You should have started letting people onto campsites Tuesday to give campers two full days to travel in and pitch up.”
A third added: “You’ve oversold parking. Should have been pre-purchase only, no exceptions. There wouldn’t have been any capacity issues then as you’d know how many vehicles would be on site. But common sense is too much it seems.”
