• whatisthislifeilead@aussie.zone
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    Was hearing stories of people ‘queuing for 10 hours’ for Taylor Swift tickets only to realise they meant somehow queuing online for that time? You know *back in my day * I camped outside the ticketek office overnight to get Nine Inch Nails concert tickets - ah how times change!

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      Hah… My glory days story is camping out for Neil Young tickets at some random chemist/Ticketmaster outlet in the north. Ended up 5th town centre at the Myer Music Bowl and it was the jam. That and happening upon a free ticket to RATM as I walking around Festival Hall. That was a life changing show …

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        It was a simpler time! I remember my housemate had came home from a night out and I convinced her to stay up and queue for last release Big Day Out tickets at 6am. I think she regretted it once she got there but she ended up getting a ticket and we all had an awesome time so - worth it in the end! Pretty sure it was when Beastie Boys were headlining.

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          Oooh, I remembered another one. I went and saw Tool (at Festival Hall I think), then went straight to a formal-ish house party/dinner party afterwards in swanky multi level place in East Melbourne. I stank, my shirt was ripped, I had one shoe on, and I couldn’t hear a thing so was talking really loud apparently. I was not a hit at the party.

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          That was a great show. I saw some incredible bands at BDO - White Stripes, Beasties, Franz Ferdinand, Polyphonic Spree, the Hives, Evermore, Eskimo Joe, Sleater-Kinney, the Grates…good times.

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            The Grates! I once met the leader singer (Patience?) at Ding Dong Lounge in the toilet. I was drunkedly looking for something on the ground and she came up to me and was like “I don’t know what it is you are looking for but I really hope you find it one day…” That has always stuck with me.

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        wandering through Myer to find the ticket outlet tucked away in one weird corner at the back…

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          I remember lining up at Eastland in the very early hours of the morning for tickets to Green Day. The Ticketek counter was on the top floor of Myer. You had to go to the weird 3rd floor mezzanine and wait for Myer to open that one particular door and then rush up 2 or 3 escalators to get to the top floor. It was madness.

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          It was the Greendale tour which was 2003 I think. Second set started with an epic intro to Like A Hurricane…I remember seeing a keyboard being lowered from the roof for a perfectly timed solo.

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            I saw that tour back in Toronto. Absolutely amazing. Did he do the whole stage show behind him during Greendale out here too?

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              Yeah. First set was Greendale, and very amateur theatre night! It was great. Second set was 2½ hours of back catalogue.

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                I think he started the 2nd set with Rockin in the Free world and the entire arena went absolutely off. Good change of pace from an album that probably no one listened to.

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                    Indeed a very special concert. I think he played some covers from Canadian bands that no one expected.

                    The audience was all over the place too. Me and my mates (early 20s), people in their 40-60s. Probably the most diverse crowd I’ve ever seen. There were two couples in their 50s sitting near us, getting absolutely wrecked off the weed fumes. Kind of funny to see.

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      My sister got into those tickets but it timed out early so she wasn’t able to buy them in time! So close but missed out!