I spy token AC/DC snippets on the horizon.
So, the roof will be open:
Forecast for Wednesday
Cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Light winds and fresh afternoon seabreezes.
City Centre
Chance of storms. Showers.
Min
16
Max
24
Forecast for Friday
Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Winds northeasterly averaging up to 25 km/h tending southeasterly up to 30 km/h in the afternoon.
City Centre
Chance of storms. Showers.
Min
18
Max
25
Woo. Hoo.
I, for one, don't want to catch YET ANOTHER cold from concert-related rain. Love that one of the people touting the virtues of a rainy concert has never so much as been to one, Vlad.
For those of you interested in a meet-up, there may be drinks on Tuesday night, and/or on Thursday night. On one of those nights, I want to go to Borsch, Vodka, And Tears over in Windsor.
Is this just a maybe? It would be nice to meet you Melbourners, but I was stood up in Auckland last week!
I've got a room in a hostel for tomorra night (a bed! a real, proper bed!) which is close to the stadium. So if anybody is in the queue tomorra and can escape for a couple of hours for a beer then pick a pub in the vicinity and post it here!
Righto folks, here are my photos from Etihad today: Progress on U2's stage construction in Melbourne - U2gigs.com
Lovin' gate 7.
I'll be there in the GA line on both Wednesday and Friday. Hoping it doesn't rain! Couple of Q's -
I plan on getting there around midday. Does that sound about right? Surely no need to get there ridiculously early. On Wednesday I am flying in from Sydney.
What is this Gate 7 talk? Are there a bunch of separate gates = separate GA lines and you have to pick which one to be in?
Anyone know what how the GA line will operate in terms of getting stamped, going away, coming back etc.... Yeah can expect there will be the usual line nazi's but wondering if security have anything orderly in mind?
Any excuse to get shots of trams in.....
Midday will do you fine. I'm not even getting there until about 2:30-3pm, but then I'm not trying to get on the front rail or anything.
That's around when I plan to arrive, what do you suggest would the the best position to aim for if I arrive at 2.30? We wouldn't be that far back would we?
Thanks for the great photos and reports as well Ax
am keen to meet up guys - do you know if they will be doing any sound tests tonight? we should gather to hear that if they do.