For Brisbane 2, despite plans to get there early and take advantage of the shorter GA queue, I was lazy and didn't arrive until 5pm. Anyway I went inside and went into the inner circle, getting a stamp on the way in.
At this point I was not sure at all as to where I wanted to stand during the show, so I 'tested' out some spots, like behind red zone, outside the outer rail and of course had a look as to where I could stand in the inner circle, but strangely didn't really feel like going in there.
So here I was standing around getting fairly bored as I knew Jay Z would be a while still, so I decided I would grab a passout and head back to my hotel to grab my camera. I had purposely left it there so I would in theory enjoy the show more and not be tempted to take photos, but figured if I didn't get it something really good would happen. Plus it took up some time.
I arrived back just as Jay Z's countdown was into its final minute, and so stood on the level 1 concourse with hundreds of others to have a look, but unsurprisingly the suncorp staff gave us the hurry up to our 'seats' (don't mess with me, I'm GA bro
)
Anyway I got back to the field and stood in the middle of the field to watch Jay Z (another great performance). However, since there were countless tipsy people with the intention of getting drunk during the night, and a lot of casuals, not to mention some loud as annoying girl behind me that laughed like a horse-hyena cross, I decided I did not want to stay there.
So since I had my inner circle stamp, I decided I would stand next to the band entry stairs and watch them come on. It was very fun there, there was about 7 of us on Edge's side of the stage, and we got visits from Dallas and Rocko. But it just seemed to open my eyes up to how close a bond the whole crew share, and how fun it is for them (look at their job afterall
). Oh and almost everyone elses eyes were opened when some woman decided her breasts belonged outside her clothes, right in front of the police (I think someone here already mentioned her).
Anyway the came on and it was awesome to see them up real close. So then for the rest of the night I ran back and forward from the back area of the stage to the side of it, depending on the band member's locations. It was a good area, it had a relaxed atmosphere and some fairly dedicated fans, which made it a very fun show to watch.
Highlights for me included Mercy->Bad of course, Bono's band intros, and while not part of the show, it was great to get to see the underworld 'naked' as they began dismantling the stage, until they security guys, including what I thought was a very close John Farnham look a like dragged us out with their yellow caution tape.
Sorry about the length of this, I just talk a lot of boring useless info and am not very comprehensive, but anyway.