Has anyone found the kites?

shika · 11-18-2006, 11:50 PM

I'm guessing they've disappeared into the never-never, but I am curious to know if anyone has spotted even remnants of the kites that have been released at the end of the shows in Australia? (A few were lucky to even make it out of the stadiums!)

kennerado · 11-19-2006, 12:16 AM

I was talking to someone about how it would be funny if they ended up on Ebay. Last night's kite made it out of the stadium, well out of the roof anyway.

Ukendrick2 · 11-19-2006, 05:30 PM

haha.. i was thinking the exact thing as last nights was released... if someone did find it, no doubt.. it would end up on ebay!

annabelle · 11-19-2006, 05:52 PM

Melb II Kite came back into the stadium and was caught by some lucky punter!!

cdb657 · 11-19-2006, 06:10 PM

The kite from the Melbourne 2 show landed right behind me. It just drifted down and some guy started to pull on the string. The guy who caught was a big fan, even wearin an original War Tour tshirt. So it was great to see a guy like that get it. I think he hid it under his jacket as he was leaving.

The ballons were also taken down and carried out by fans.

Oh yeah, kick ass gig too.

annabelle · 11-19-2006, 06:42 PM

quadcaster · 11-19-2006, 09:05 PM

a guy in adelaide caught it about 20-40 meters out of the elipse

he then pulled it down, took the kite off it and let the balloons fly away into the night

powerhour24 · 11-20-2006, 11:47 AM

Some people are going to be making some cash on ebay no doubt.

belbird · 11-20-2006, 08:28 PM

wow... that would be awesome... i think bono seemed to make an effort for it to fly off into the night at melbourne1.. and it did!

greety · 11-22-2006, 03:12 AM

Band nor crew are too pleased with ppl pulling down the kites!!!

From Willy's diary (16.11.2006
Show day, Adelaide.)

Quote:

The only real downer for me was at the end of ‘Kite’ when some tosser in the audience grabbed hold of the kite string. As the band came to the end of the show and took their bows, said tosser slowly pulled the string in, so the kite sank slowly, humiliatingly and embarrassingly back to earth where it’s probably now on eBay. It only takes one to spoil it for the whole class.

Alisaura · 11-22-2006, 04:46 AM

Yeah, that does seem a bit thing...
You wonder why they didn't put more balloons on if one kite didn't float high enough?

(I apologise for my dismal grammar, but my head has seriously been a disaster zone since Saturday!

)

shika · 11-24-2006, 12:19 AM

hmmmm, when I started this thread I never imagined that someone would actually "steal" the kite from the stadium (I hadn't read about the Adelaide experience) - that just goes against the whole spirit of the gesture, doesn't it? And you can tell how clueless I am when I didn't even consider the possibilty of someone selling said kite/s on e-bay.

What is the point??? I guess if people feel they are that 'desperate' for money they should just go ahead and do what they need to do - me, I'm a bit of believer in karma and stuff like that just reads baaaaaad news to me.

Someone asked me the other day if I was going to sell any of the photos I took in their shows..... I mean, whaaaaat? Why should I??? I don't get it....

AndrewCowley · 11-24-2006, 04:57 AM

The Sydney 2 kite definately left the stadium. Who knows where it landed, but the Olympic precinct is huge so I'm guessing it didn't find its way into someone's back yard since that would be too far away.

Hawkmoon26969 · 11-25-2006, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AndrewCowley
The Sydney 2 kite definately left the stadium. Who knows where it landed, but the Olympic precinct is huge so I'm guessing it didn't find its way into someone's back yard since that would be too far away.

Not before it almost got pulled down into the ellipse though. Some people are idiots....I visibly say Bono wince. It was awful. Thankfully they let it go again. Unlike Adelaide...wankers.

coolian2 · 11-26-2006, 02:36 PM

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instr...n-79027654.htm

11-18-2006, 11:50 PM	#1
shika The Fly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 228 Local Time: 03:17 PM	Has anyone found the kites? I'm guessing they've disappeared into the never-never, but I am curious to know if anyone has spotted even remnants of the kites that have been released at the end of the shows in Australia? (A few were lucky to even make it out of the stadiums!) __________________

11-19-2006, 12:16 AM	#2
kennerado Refugee Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lovetown aka Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,906 Local Time: 04:17 PM	I was talking to someone about how it would be funny if they ended up on Ebay. Last night's kite made it out of the stadium, well out of the roof anyway. __________________

11-19-2006, 05:30 PM	#3
Ukendrick2 Babyface Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: melbourne Posts: 9 Local Time: 03:17 PM	haha.. i was thinking the exact thing as last nights was released... if someone did find it, no doubt.. it would end up on ebay! __________________

11-19-2006, 05:52 PM	#4
annabelle New Yorker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a dry and waterless place Posts: 2,815 Local Time: 04:17 PM	Melb II Kite came back into the stadium and was caught by some lucky punter!! __________________

11-19-2006, 06:10 PM	#5
cdb657 Babyface Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11 Local Time: 05:17 AM	The kite from the Melbourne 2 show landed right behind me. It just drifted down and some guy started to pull on the string. The guy who caught was a big fan, even wearin an original War Tour tshirt. So it was great to see a guy like that get it. I think he hid it under his jacket as he was leaving. The ballons were also taken down and carried out by fans. Oh yeah, kick ass gig too. __________________

11-19-2006, 06:42 PM	#6
annabelle New Yorker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a dry and waterless place Posts: 2,815 Local Time: 04:17 PM	^ __________________

11-19-2006, 09:05 PM	#7
quadcaster Refugee Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,605 Local Time: 03:17 PM	a guy in adelaide caught it about 20-40 meters out of the elipse he then pulled it down, took the kite off it and let the balloons fly away into the night __________________

11-20-2006, 11:47 AM	#8
powerhour24 ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 10,688 Local Time: 01:17 AM	Some people are going to be making some cash on ebay no doubt. __________________

11-20-2006, 08:28 PM	#9
belbird The Fly Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 66 Local Time: 05:17 AM	wow... that would be awesome... i think bono seemed to make an effort for it to fly off into the night at melbourne1.. and it did! __________________

11-22-2006, 04:46 AM	#11
Alisaura Penguicactusaur Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 29,810 Local Time: 03:17 PM	Yeah, that does seem a bit thing... You wonder why they didn't put more balloons on if one kite didn't float high enough? (I apologise for my dismal grammar, but my head has seriously been a disaster zone since Saturday! ) __________________ Things: 04/01 - 65daysofstatic @ The Corner \| 09/02 - MSO: Frozen Planet \| 18/02 - Paul Kelly & Neil Finn @ The Palais \|02/04 - Dropkick Murphys @ Festy Hall \| 18/04 - Ross Noble @ Hisense Arena \| 04/05 - MSO: Thus Spake Zarathustra \| 15/06 - MSO: Night On Bald Mountain \| 14/07 - MSO: LotR - Two Towers \| 07/08 - MSO: The Firebird \| 13/08 - MSO: The Rite of Spring \| 05/10 - MSO: Fantasia \| 07/12 - MSO: Dvořák's New World -- Even the last of the Time Lords is helpless against kittens.

11-24-2006, 12:19 AM	#12
shika The Fly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 228 Local Time: 03:17 PM	hmmmm, when I started this thread I never imagined that someone would actually "steal" the kite from the stadium (I hadn't read about the Adelaide experience) - that just goes against the whole spirit of the gesture, doesn't it? And you can tell how clueless I am when I didn't even consider the possibilty of someone selling said kite/s on e-bay. What is the point??? I guess if people feel they are that 'desperate' for money they should just go ahead and do what they need to do - me, I'm a bit of believer in karma and stuff like that just reads baaaaaad news to me. Someone asked me the other day if I was going to sell any of the photos I took in their shows..... I mean, whaaaaat? Why should I??? I don't get it.... __________________

11-24-2006, 04:57 AM	#13
AndrewCowley Refugee Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,263 Local Time: 03:17 PM	The Sydney 2 kite definately left the stadium. Who knows where it landed, but the Olympic precinct is huge so I'm guessing it didn't find its way into someone's back yard since that would be too far away. __________________

11-26-2006, 02:36 PM	#15
coolian2 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: auckland Posts: 39,312 Local Time: 06:17 PM	http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instr...n-79027654.htm __________________

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