MUSIC fans have criticised a two-day music festival as a “disaster and shambles” - but organisers insist the event was a resounding success.

Mutiny Festival opened its doors to 15,000 revellers at Fontwell Park near Chichester on Saturday and Sunday. The likes of Snoop Dogg, Chase and Status and Knife Party entertained the crowds.

But some partygoers have accused festival organisers of poor organisation and a lack of crowd control, lambasting fellow revellers for “throwing bottles of urine”.

Louise Sharifi, 25, told The Argus: “It was so poorly organised that people were passing out in the 'queue', which wasn't a queue, but a complete free for all with 15,000 people in a mosh pit with no crowd barriers or control to keep the peace whilst queuing for a wristband.

“By 2pm people were throwing bottles of urine and the floor was a sea of glass bottles. Staff were just panicking and the police couldn't do a thing. It was dreadful.”

Another festival goer, who wanted to remain anonymous, e-mailed The Argus and said: “I was possibly there for about 40 minutes and saw a couple of tunes from Snoop Dogg, then left. I would have stayed longer but the festival was shocking.

“Hardly any of the staff ever knew what was going on or what their job role was. The whole place looked like a rubbish tip."

Tom Barber, 23, from Worthing, added: "The queuing was a shambles. I waited an hour to collect a wristband, even though I had pre-booked online. There wasn't enough staff in the the box office."

Despite the criticism, other fans took to social media to congratulate festival organisers on a successful event.

Ollie Parry said on Twitter: “Honestly the best weekend I’ve had and what a way to end it. #Mutiny.”

Hannah Leigh simply tweeted: “Had the best weekend at mutiny festival.”

Luke Betts, organiser of Mutiny Festival, said the long queues on Saturday were down to a technical fault outside of his team's control.

He added: "It was sorted by Sunday and we apologise for that. It was a new event and there were a few teething problems, but we believe they can be fixed for next time.

"I've worked on a lot of larger festivals before and looking at Twitter today, there's hundreds and hundreds of people posting positive comments about our event.

"The majority of people had a fun experience and we hope to see them again next time."