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Bloc Weekend shut down by police amid chaotic scenes

Overcrowding fears lead to closure of event playing host to some of the biggest names in electronic musicFears about overcrowding led to the shutdown one of the UK's largest electronic music festivals on Friday night amid chaotic scenes and the arrival of police to help facilitate the evacuation of thousands of people from the venue in London's docklands.Irate members of the public lambasted Bloc 2012 on twitter as a "disaster" and a "car crash" although its own official feed continued to genera...

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00:34 on July 7 2012

Bloc Weekend shut down by police amid chaotic scenes

Guardian Music — Overcrowding fears lead to closure of event playing host to some of the biggest names in electronic musicFears about overcrowding led to the shutdown one of the UK's larg... more info