*** Big Day Out - Auckland Fanviews Here 01/17/14 ***

PJForceofNature

Would love to see a pic of the merchandise-thanks for posting when you get home!

morello

The blue women's singlets only go up to a size 12 & it's TINY. The black one with the sticker image on it is Auckland specific obviously with just the Ak sticker image on it. There weer the stickers & koozies(? I think that's what you clal them. Beer can holder things) & a cap. The black t-shirt with the lightning bolt image on the front says "Australia tour" above "Pearl..." on the back so yeah, I didn't buy that one. B-) Anyway, pretty cool merch I thought.

Enzed

-Emma- said:

GirlLovesPJ said:

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Your nanny??? H

nanny = Grandma

Actually, nanny as in someone who looks after small children. Kind of like the bad 90's show with the bird with the annoying voice.

-Emma-

Enzed said:

-Emma- said:

GirlLovesPJ said:

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Your nanny??? H

nanny = Grandma

Actually, nanny as in someone who looks after small children. Kind of like the bad 90's show with the bird with the annoying voice.

Oops!

BrainofBGA

How was the crowd!? In the Black video on you tube they sounded pretty good!

doompony

I only just got home after driving all day. So exhausted. Gonna get my photos off the camera and upload the videos (Sirens and Habit.. though I fucked up Sirens because I thought it was over, then they did the singalong.. plus the crowd was really rough and it was hard to hold still).

STILL.

Incredible show. Mike McCready is my hero. He signed a setlist with a little note and had one of the crew bring it and a bunch of picks over to me. So cool

doompony

oh man. just watched habit. so shaky (I guess i was a bit too excited?) and pretty much it's me and the dude next to me singing. but it's still entertaining.

ldent42

I got like half of habit on video. Not sure about quality. I'll upload it from a nearby coffee shop as soon as my phone charges. Been a rough day for me.

doompony

big day out itself was horrible and badly organised in my unsurprised opinion. they didn't warn people that you couldn't take bags into the main area and they didn't offer an alternative. so thousands of people in the hot hot sun without the things they'd brought along to keep themselves happy and safe. and you couldn't get to the PJ side of the surrounding area without being over 18 with an age verification tag. which they didn't ID you for anyway.

Kiwi Jammer

insertpjreference said:

I would like to thank whoever requested Footsteps. You are my hero.

That was me, happy to be a hero, just for one day :-) It was an amazing moment and then for Eddie to give me his harmonia, unreal!!

southerncross

I'm going to Melbourne BDO and haven't been to a festival to really only see one band before. How hard was it to get a decent position for the gig ? Like, get to the grounds at 6am, line up and run to the stage kind of hard?

Did the crowd there have a good vibe?

ldent42

doom_pony said:

big day out itself was horrible and badly organised in my unsurprised opinion. they didn't warn people that you couldn't take bags into the main area and they didn't offer an alternative. so thousands of people in the hot hot sun without the things they'd brought along to keep themselves happy and safe. and you couldn't get to the PJ side of the surrounding area without being over 18 with an age verification tag. which they didn't ID you for anyway.

Really? That's so weird. I saw people hanging their bags up and stuff but I walked right in with my purse on and no ID tag and no one said a word to me. Must be cuz I'm so intimidating. ;-)

doompony

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11188666

article about the Black dedication. Naww.

morello

Kiwi Jammer said:

insertpjreference said:

I would like to thank whoever requested Footsteps. You are my hero.

That was me, happy to be a hero, just for one day :-) It was an amazing moment and then for Eddie to give me his harmonia, unreal!!

=D> Yay mate!!

doompony

ldent42 said:

doom_pony said:

big day out itself was horrible and badly organised in my unsurprised opinion. they didn't warn people that you couldn't take bags into the main area and they didn't offer an alternative. so thousands of people in the hot hot sun without the things they'd brought along to keep themselves happy and safe. and you couldn't get to the PJ side of the surrounding area without being over 18 with an age verification tag. which they didn't ID you for anyway.

Really? That's so weird. I saw people hanging their bags up and stuff but I walked right in with my purse on and no ID tag and no one said a word to me. Must be cuz I'm so intimidating. ;-)

you are pretty imposing with your innocent wide eyed look and height.

doompony

southerncross said:

I'm going to Melbourne BDO and haven't been to a festival to really only see one band before. How hard was it to get a decent position for the gig ? Like, get to the grounds at 6am, line up and run to the stage kind of hard?

Did the crowd there have a good vibe?

I got front row (by luck.. the crush forced me from 2nd row to front.. not that I'm complaining) and I went up to the front during Primus (at the end of it). Probably would pay to get there earlier than that as NZers are notorious for being casual. In fact, the people at the front looked to have been largely Australian from what I could tell.

doompony

Anyway, now that I've had a day to compose myself...

The only band to have a delay coming on stage - it was a really weird way to start. Normally with BDO the acts start a minute after the band on the opposite stage finishes, but we were standing there confused for 15 minutes!

The setlist was unreal. I say this as someone who has now seen 3 shows - for me, seeing Release, Go, Habit, SOLAT, Nothingman, Save You, Baba and Footsteps was like a dream. Nothingman made me tear up. Footsteps was gorgeous. That version of Black we got was amazing (and unlike last time I was fully present and not screaming inside my own head). To finally hear Release live after almost 20 years of loving this band was amazing.

Liam Finn was a welcome addition to the stage - a shame Neil couldn't be coaxed out despite Mike's best efforts.

The highlight for me was relating to the dorky banner I took in - because.. it seemed like the right thing to do.



Mike asked for it quite early on and there was some hand gesturing between us to determine when he would take it. After a while he got my attention again and made a "I'm going to sign something for you" motion. Well! He also let me know what I looked like singing along by pointing to me and then mimicking me, eyes closed, head wobbling, pretending to sing along in blissful joyousness.

At the end of the show he came back on stage with his setlist with a little note on it for me and sent it down to me in exchange for the banner. Thankfully the guy behind me told me that the setlist had McCready picks stuck to it or I might have lost them. He was rewarded with a pick that security had given me. Then I had a spare which I gave to the son of the woman who agreed to hold up the banner for me when I thought I was going to be stuck in the second row all night. Thanks to the nice people around for making the experience fun. You're all good eggs.



Once again, Mike McCready made the experience. I didn't think he could get any cooler than he was in 2009 in Auckland, but I can't thank him enough for all the interactions and my little surprise gift at the end. I even had a kiss or two blown to me.

My photos are on flickr - or Facebook if you know who I am.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratpony/sets/72157639890008384/

Still waiting for Youtube to upload some videos................i'll post em when they're done

Miss Colada

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratpony/sets/72157639890008384/

Nice pics, esp love the smiling Jeff pic... awww & great story, sounds like you had a blast

doompony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd7nn01GX3I&feature=youtu.be

this is a really bad video.. i was trying to just hold the camera to film it without actually watching it through the camera.. hence the heads being cut off and the jerky movements. but .. it's not as bad as the habit video.

-Emma-

doom_pony, that is a great video!