*** EV Solo - Sydney 3 Fanviews Here 02/13/14 ***

E.K

-Emma- said:

Great show, loved the setlist and the view from my seat in Circle row C was better than I thought it would be.

I may sound like a whiner, but I've had some really negative experiences with the Sydney audience members sitting near me. Last night the lady next to me vomited all over herself and continued to sit there for quite a few more songs before moving. I had to try and enjoy listening to Blackbird with the overwhelming stench of vomit before I could move out of my seat without disturbing those around me during Blackbird. I stood in the aisle for quite a few songs until there was a pause where I could ask somebody who had a couple of empty seats near them if the seats were taken.

Right behind me there was also a very aggressive woman threatening to fight another woman seated behind her. They did not stop arguing for ages, at least 4-5 songs. WTF is wrong with some people?! They were at an amazing venue, seeing an amazing performance!

Geezus .. doesn't sound like you're having much luck lately . Unbelievable. :-O

-Emma-

E.K said:

Geezus .. doesn't sound like you're having much luck lately . Unbelievable. :-O

The lady who puked wasn't from Sydney and she had travelled from QLD. At the very least she should have apologised and left immediately to go and clean herself up. It was f**king disgusting :(, plus because it was obviously dark there, I had no idea if any puke had ended up on me (thankfully it didn't!).

The ladies sitting on the other side of me were nice to me, but the one next to me was very loud...lots of "whoooo" screaming at the top of her lungs and she kept on screaming out to Eddie, even when loads of people were telling her to shut-up nearby.

Then the woman who was arguing with another woman (I could only hear the aggressive woman's voice though, was saying stuff like "I'll find you out outside, etc"..."give me your name & number and I'll f**k you up"). I could hear a man nearby pleading with this woman, saying "ladies...please!"

The acoustics in the Opera House were very different to other venues, and when people were constantly talking and arguing, it was easy to hear every word they were saying. I was the 3rd seat in from the aisle, and with the lack of legroom in the seating, it was not easy to get past people without disturbing them. I think if I had the aisle seat I would have gone and complained to security quite a few times!

Argh, so frustrating!

fanofed

-Emma- said:

Great show, loved the setlist and the view from my seat in Circle row C was better than I thought it would be.

I may sound like a whiner, but I've had some really negative experiences with the Sydney audience members sitting near me. Last night the lady next to me vomited all over herself and continued to sit there for quite a few more songs before moving. I had to try and enjoy listening to Blackbird with the overwhelming stench of vomit before I could move out of my seat without disturbing those around me during Blackbird. I stood in the aisle for quite a few songs until there was a pause where I could ask somebody who had a couple of empty seats near them if the seats were taken.

Right behind me there was also a very aggressive woman threatening to fight another woman seated behind her. They did not stop arguing for ages, at least 4-5 songs. WTF is wrong with some people?! They were at an amazing venue, seeing an amazing performance!

That's a bummer can people not be Cool...Glad I was not near the "Hurler"

fanofed

I took my 14 year old Daughter ,her first concert, and what a Fantastic one... Eddie Vedder@ Sydney. Opera house. I think she will always remember it fondly. Even though it was a little loud for her young ears .Thanks Eddie a Fantastic night. And row 10 thanks 10c.

TenVsRhys

Feel very fortunate to have seen the 3 Sydney gigs. All very different......1 was largely PJ, 2 was more EV solo then PJ in the back half, 3 was stacked with covers. 90 odd songs of excellence with some hilarity thrown in.

Thanks to the great man and thanks to 10C for row 3 last night.

What to do with myself now?

TJ25487

Holy Shitakis what a setlist!!! I was not there but have seen Ed in the states 3 times and looking at this setlist makes me ache as it is so good. A whole set of highlights IMO. It sucks that the few can ruin it for the many. I took my wife and 2 kids to the PJ Portland show and a 40 year old lady a few seats down from us yacked all over the seats/people in front of her and then slumped over in her seat for quite awhile as her husband kept rocking out. We had to smell that shit for the rest of the show.
Fucking losers!

wolfamongwolves

Great setlist. I'd love to hear Bugs on pump organ. I don't understand why he lugged the damn thing all the way to Europe in 2012 and didn't use it. I wonder if he'd ever attempt to play The Wolf on it. That would be incredible.

As for his Uke Hunt joke - there's a little plagiarism going on there. Uke Hunt is a well-known (and very excellent) ukulele website. http://ukulelehunt.com/

Christel

wolfamongwolves said:

Great setlist. I'd love to hear Bugs on pump organ. I don't understand why he lugged the damn thing all the way to Europe in 2012 and didn't use it.

He did use it. He sang Bugs for Mirella in Amsterdam in 2012.

PRIESTY

DonJon said:

PRIESTY said:

Never been a yeller at all...... But im stoked the first time i ever did yell a request that it was perfectly timed..... And met with a smile and 'fuck yeah' response from EV..... Thanks for 'Blackbird' Ed..... Another tick off the bucket list.... 3 great shows in Syd.

Holy sh*tballs that was you??end of row 4 or 5? Was standing right next to you (in the doorway) and didn't even recognise you....heard it all though...nice work.

Got there a bit late after work . Missed Glen which was a shame.

3rd row centre - thanks 10c. Closest Ill ever get at a PJ/Ed concert.

Golden State knocked me about - couldn't ask for more than that. Society, Blackbird......great night.

Maybe Im getting old (most likely less grumpy!!) but I do all I can to avoid Sydney concerts but I must say Sydney BDO and last night restored some faith.

Some dude yapped away at us outside about how big a fan he was and knew everything about ed/band etc (didnt stop) and camped out for 24 hours and got 5th row.. Asked where we were sitting and I had to say row 25 or something....couldn't do itto the poor bloke. Thanks 10c.

Just as a said note (and trivial point)....the lady that came out at the beginning and said no phones/cameras etc....was that Kat? aka Keyser Soze

Damn..... That was me brother.... would have loved to catch up with you DonJon!!! Nice Seats!! I was with Mick P aka Joe Dirt... lol

til Next time

kg162716

Whats in the merch booths? Haven't heard too much...,

goldrush

All 3 Sydney posters were available at the Opera House show (no poster tubes though). Some cool t-shirts - the black guitars line up, a grey NSW Ed Ved number plate and 3 or 4 others ($45), a hoodie, a singlet/vest top, iPad cover, EV playing cards in a tin, the 'Corona' style keyring and state-specific stickers. They also had Glen Hansard's album and Drive All Night ep on cd and vinyl

It's not a very good pic but it's all I could get:

kg162716

goldrush said:

All 3 Sydney posters were available at the Opera House show (no poster tubes though). Some cool t-shirts - the black guitars line up, a grey NSW Ed Ved number plate and 3 or 4 others ($45), a hoodie, a singlet/vest top, iPad cover, EV playing cards in a tin, the 'Corona' style keyring and state-specific stickers. They also had Glen Hansard's album and Drive All Night ep on cd and vinyl

It's not a very good pic but it's all I could get:

Thx!!