Monday, September 24, 2007 @6:14 PM
Snow Patrol 2007, one super over due post.
So we got there 2 hours before the concert was scheduled to start. Guess what we saw?
NOBODY!!! *gua gua gua* Geezzz... what's wrong with these people man?? Maybe they get nonchalant with all these big international acts coming to sleepy Adelaide this year. But isn't Snow Patrol big enough? Considering Grey's Anatomy being such a big hit here...
And then.. only did we find out that was the gate for the seated tickets.. so people don't actually have to arrive early to get good places.
Yay! We had tickets to the free standing area! I think 3 out of 5 of us only knew one Snow Patrol song. No prizes for guessing which one.
Still not too many people queuing up to go in around 5 ish. The spirit of kiasuness just isn't not as apparent here. After sitting around for 2 hours which almost made my already non existent butt even more so , we finally could get in but not without being stopped for bag checks. Hence, still didn't manage to get the prime standing places we wanted. But where we stood wasn't too shabby either. Just that all the tall people
had to stand in front of us.. Really wish I were taller at times like this.
Waited for a while before the first opening act appeared. The Silversun Pickups which I think would be from Ireland as well. They weren't too bad... the drummer definitely looked like he was on crack. I have never seen anybody hit the drums like he does.. Look at how high he raises his arm. Oh yeah and he shakes his head damn violently too.. I think he was more of the centre of the attraction than anyone else in that band.
And the second opening act , called Ian Archer (I think) performed. Not too bad either.. Was getting restless so was everybody else. But we already knew Snow Patrol was only coming out at around 9-ish. No wonder all the people with seated tickets came so much later..
HAAAAAAAAAAAANDS OPEN!!!
Snow Patrol themselves!! Started off things with Hands Open. Love that song! Everyone kinda went ballistic.
Loads of lighting effects. But nothing too theatrical, which I liked better.
He was standing right in front of us. Was a bit hard to capture everyone on stage cos my view was always blocked by all the giants in front.
They belted out hits from the latest album as well as the previous one. They were simply awesome.. really class acts! Sounded the same if not better than their recordings. The lead singer is a pretty humourous person though he uses loads of profanities. He was poking fun at the unsynchronised waving of hands and glow stick. Quite memalukan la to have him to remind us how to do our wavings.
Who could forget the ever famous Chasing Cars? Everyone were just shouting their lungs out.
They sang other songs like Make This Go On Forever ( on Grey's soundtrack) , Signal Fire ( Spiderman 3) . How To Be Dead, Chocolate, Run, Open Your Eyes, and of course I can't remember the rest. I'd say they are really good entertainers. The Advertiser ( local newspaper) gave them a 4-star review for their efforts.
And Irish accent is sexayy!! Ireland really churns out really talented artists. Like U2! They had a concert here last year and from what I heard, it was totally worth every cent of the ticket. How unfair I wasn't here then :(
Totally exhausted after standing for so many hours but satisfied nonetheless. I think this one is more worth the money than Brooke Fraser's.
And we walked all the way back into the city cos the bus will take ages to come as well. Long day indeed. I was really exhausted especially since it was after a long day in uni. But honestly, I can't wait to go for another stand up concert again!! Wish Justin Timberlake would perform for another night.
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Loads of lighting effects. But nothing too theatrical, which I liked better.
He was standing right in front of us. Was a bit hard to capture everyone on stage cos my view was always blocked by all the giants in front.
Totally exhausted after standing for so many hours but satisfied nonetheless. I think this one is more worth the money than Brooke Fraser's.
And we walked all the way back into the city cos the bus will take ages to come as well. Long day indeed. I was really exhausted especially since it was after a long day in uni. But honestly, I can't wait to go for another stand up concert again!! Wish Justin Timberlake would perform for another night. 