December 1st and 3rd 2010 - Etihad Stadium - Melbourne

[bono_man2002]

Its False. (I'm 99.9% Sure)

See the Red Zone Section? you can't get into there. the rest is fine with regular GA.

 

[ultraviolet92]

thanks bono man thats the etihad stadium map right?

 

[bono_man2002]

thanks bono man thats the etihad stadium map right?

No Problem. Also, its the Sydney stadium map. Although the map for melbourne in terms of stage position is pretty much the same!

 

[bono_man2002]

U2 to play on in Melbourne, even in a storm | Herald Sun

 

[ultraviolet92]

haha wow im family friends with cameron adams thats random
pumped for this weather at a concert

 

[Axver]

a stupid question for most of you.
but a lot of my casual u2 fans that are coming with me belive we cant get into the inner circle with normal GA tickets
please tell me this is false?

Don't worry, it's false. Speaking personally, I've been in the inner zone three times already this tour, and I'd never purchase anything but a normal GA ticket.

U2 to play on in Melbourne, even in a storm | Herald Sun

Unfortunate tidbit at the end:

Music fans will be hoping Kanye West, in town on a low-key visit to record an album with Jay-Z during down time from his U2 commitments, will join his fellow rapper on stage in Melbourne.

Yeah, or not. Kanye was bad enough last time, and by the sounds of it, Jay-Z was even worse in Auckland, so I'd rather not see the two together.

 

[bono_man2002]

Yeah. I like how he said "Music Fans" not U2 Fans!

 

[coolian2]

auckland loved jay-z. i daresay that probably will be the best reception he'll get on this stint, unfortunately.

 

[bono_man2002]

Ok then, Most u2 fans!

 

[Axver]

auckland loved jay-z.

Not quite what the people I know who went said ...

"He stank and almost nobody around us cared" was roughly what one of them said.

 

[quadcaster]

This is false. Casuals think he inner circle is the red zone. Caused a lot of drama at Auckland 1, cause people ran for the outer rain and stayed there. Front row in inner circle was empty bar 1 person for 5 minutes.

 

[ultraviolet92]

hahahah thats weird as where abouts around the rails of the circle* is the entry to get inside?

 

[coolian2]

Not quite what the people I know who went said ...

"He stank and almost nobody around us cared" was roughly what one of them said.

from my viewpoint in the stands, at the very least the majority of the field was interested the whole time, and some of the stands were interested at times as well.

This is false. Casuals think he inner circle is the red zone. Caused a lot of drama at Auckland 1, cause people ran for the outer rain and stayed there. Front row in inner circle was empty bar 1 person for 5 minutes.

again, from my point of view in the stands it really helped that the ga entry was the stairs diagonally opposite the entry to the inner zone - everyone was coming in and going to stage right and staying there, while there were great spots outside of the circle, and inner circle access was practically guaranteed up until space oddity.

 

[Axver]

from my viewpoint in the stands, at the very least the majority of the field was interested the whole time, and some of the stands were interested at times as well.

If I'm not grossly mistaken, the folks I know were on or near the outer rail, and near the soundboard. I was hardly surprised the people around the soundboard didn't give a shit; my own experience from hanging around the soundboard is that some people there barely even pay attention during U2.

Interestingly enough, the majority opinion of the folks I know is that Kanye was better.

inner circle access was practically guaranteed up until space oddity.

This has been surprisingly true for most of the tour. People kept asking Matt how early he had to queue to get spots to film his U2gigs videos ... I think some people thought he was intentionally bluffing them when he said he'd often just show up around 6pm and walk into the inner zone.

 

[coolian2]

If I'm not grossly mistaken, the folks I know were on or near the outer rail, and near the soundboard. I was hardly surprised the people around the soundboard didn't give a shit; my own experience from hanging around the soundboard is that some people there barely even pay attention during U2.

Interestingly enough, the majority opinion of the folks I know is that Kanye was better.

often what you perceive about an act is usually what you expected going in. if you expected nobody to care and for him to be crap, that's probably what you saw. i didn't really have an opinion either way about jay-z (although i was hopeful of something good because you don't hang around long these days if you're crap), and i was pleasantly surprised, and was glad to see the good reaction. a bit like kanye in 2006, auckland seemed more open to him than australia was.

funnily enough, i enjoyed kanye more as well.

 

[coolian2]

This has been surprisingly true for most of the tour. People kept asking Matt how early he had to queue to get spots to film his U2gigs videos ... I think some people thought he was intentionally bluffing them when he said he'd often just show up around 6pm and walk into the inner zone.

and re: this, people are sheep. they come in the one ga entrance and see people in front of them and they give up. up until u2 came on you could have got to maybe five back from the outer rail by the leg of the claw in front of me, and like i said, unobstructed path to the inner circle, whereas on the other side of the field where the entrance was you couldn't dream of getting close.

 

[bono_man2002]

I expected to dislike kanye. I ended up fucking hating it.

I'm expecting to dislike Jay-Z.

Thats no disrespect to either Artist. It's just a genre of music that I have absolute no interest in.

 

[Axver]

often what you perceive about an act is usually what you expected going in. if you expected nobody to care and for him to be crap, that's probably what you saw. i didn't really have an opinion either way about jay-z (although i was hopeful of something good because you don't hang around long these days if you're crap), and i was pleasantly surprised, and was glad to see the good reaction. a bit like kanye in 2006, auckland seemed more open to him than australia was.

funnily enough, i enjoyed kanye more as well.

I was about to say, expectations are very much a self-fulfilling prophecy. I'm trying to go into the gig tomorrow night with a clean slate but we're all subconsciously biased. That said, saw a gig a couple of weeks ago when I expected one of the bands to be really shit and they actually were pretty decent (and one that was vice versa), so who knows.

 

[Axver]

and re: this, people are sheep. they come in the one ga entrance and see people in front of them and they give up. up until u2 came on you could have got to maybe five back from the outer rail by the leg of the claw in front of me, and like i said, unobstructed path to the inner circle, whereas on the other side of the field where the entrance was you couldn't dream of getting close.

Yeah, my rule of concertgoing is, unless you want to be on a specific person's side of stage, just make for the side away from the entry. Even if it's just in a small club and not many people are rocking up early. Not only is it easier to get a spot, but it's less crowded and uncomfortable when the band's on.

Though not sure how this'll work in Melbourne. Gate 7 is in the centre of one end of the ground, looking straight at the stage. I can't remember how the GA crowd is funnelled down to the field from the gate.

 

[bono_man2002]

Though not sure how this'll work in Melbourne. Gate 7 is in the centre of one end of the ground, looking straight at the stage. I can't remember how the GA crowd is funnelled down to the field from the gate.

From Memory, they used two entrances. A left and right-hand side of Gate 7. And we all went in "slowly"

 

[Axver]

From Memory, they used two entrances. A left and right-hand side of Gate 7. And we all went in "slowly"

Haha, all I remember from night 2 is "walking" down one side of the field and somehow finding myself by you on Edge's side.

 

[ultraviolet92]

haha wow one of my friends is travelling from mount gambier and coming with me just to see jay-z
i reckon he will be alright
not sure if hes in the right place though

 

[bono_man2002]

Haha, all I remember from night 2 is "walking" down one side of the field and somehow finding myself by you on Edge's side.

Haha yeah that was funny. Not that I was hard to spot. We were only like 3-4 rows back too....

This is what I was trying to explain before: (I'm in this photo actually)

 

[bono_man2002]

haha wow one of my friends is travelling from mount gambier and coming with me just to see jay-z
i reckon he will be alright
not sure if hes in the right place though

Pretty much my thoughts. He's obviously good at what he does. I just don't think be belongs.

 

[bono_man2002]

So the stage is set up at the Coventry end. Perhaps I should wear my Collingwood jumper!

 

[Axver]

So the stage is set up at the Coventry end. Perhaps I should wear my Collingwood jumper!

You'll get bashed even worse than I will if I wear one of my All Blacks/Black Caps shirts!

 

[bono_man2002]

I Have Liverpool shirt packed as well, but I may be a little too embarrassed about that.

 

[Axver]

I'm using the shows as an opportunity to give otherwise little-worn U2 shirts an airing.

Wonder if the merch will be decent for this leg ...

 

[bazza]

When is the sound check today?

 

[Axver]

When is the sound check today?

Did you not read my reply to you earlier? There will almost certainly not be one.