@chedwardcoolcat said:

"Ultimately, the decision to play the daytime set in the extreme heat and humidity was far more dangerous (not to mention musically unproductive) than it would have been to keep the original start time and just get in whatever music they could in before curfew."

The storm was very intense and while it is lucky it broke around Dover - there was never any guarantee of that. To say it was more dangerous to perform in the day is incorrect. Not sure if you were at the campground but there were times the wind was fierce - and a pretty heavy rain did rip through around 6. Now consider that's just the outer edge of the storm, if the eye of it goes through the camps, you have the potential to have tents, easy ups, and unsecured items flying everywhere, or worse, people loaded up onto the Ferris Wheel in a lightning storm.

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I know it's not the final set we wanted, but to call it more dangerous than trying to hold a show with a massive lightning storm approaching is uninformed.

Fully agree with your take on this. I think people fail to appreciate the amount of planning, monitoring, risk assessment, and liability involved in massive events like this. Being aware of what it looks like behind the scenes helped me appreciate the fact that they erred on the side of caution to ensure we got something, rather than nothing - and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

Also, the claim that people being in the midday heat was more dangerous than risking exposure to an intense lightning storm is pretty wild. There are hundreds of summer music festivals that have bands playing all day. Wear sunscreen, take breaks, drink water, sit down as needed, wear appropriate clothing. Sun/heat can be managed, and Mondegreen gave ample heads up for us to adjust accordingly.

Most of us would prefer the two night-sets, but in the context of the entire 4-day run, the schedule change feels like a minor footnote if I'm recapping the fest for someone.