Big Day Out 2014– Aust&NZ– Pre-partys, Travel Info&Roll Call

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  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    edited January 2014
    woops. mis-post. can't delete.
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  • Hawk Jam
    Hawk Jam Melbourne, Australia Posts: 121
    Good to see the timetable out, now to make sense of the map! What the heck are tokens for, rides? Who goes to this for rides??????
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    idiots. rubes.
  • smunno
    smunno Posts: 48
    Suziemay said:

    goldrush said:


    Melbourne:
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    All that empty space! I would have totally slotted in lesser known bands between the big acts, especially at the Blue Stage. I don't know who Steve Angello is, but would someone really make the decision to miss Pearl Jam or the Deftones (or Major Lazer, whoever they are) to see him?
    The orange and the blue stages are side-by-side. One band plays on one while they set the other up for the next one. So there's no space. Just band after band on the two stages.
  • smunno
    smunno Posts: 48
    Hawk Jam said:

    Good to see the timetable out, now to make sense of the map! What the heck are tokens for, rides? Who goes to this for rides??????

    Tokens are for beer. Buy tokens, redeem them for beer. Saves time at the beer line.
  • bazzer
    bazzer Posts: 3,126
    edited January 2014
    The only unknown for me is how the D barrier will be different this time. Otherwise I assume it'll be the same as every other year. If you don't get into the D before the late afternoon, it will be very hard to get in later.

    I was intending to hit the D at Primus at the latest. Judging by the rest of the lineups I will probably just go there all day I suppose. I don't need to be right on the barrier to have a good time. 2nd-3rd "row" is OK for me. I assume some people will be there all day.

    I don't see how a PJ group at the front can work. You jsut end up being douchey to the rest of the crowd and some people will make a big deal out of it. Usually the bulk of the crowd switches fom side to side anyway (with the stage that is currently in use) so shouldn't be too bad. I'd like to watch th Hives and Arcade Fire from in front, but seen them both before, so I'd rather stay in front of PJ for a spot.

    Sun could be a factor, but if you're close enough to the front, could be some shade from the stages. Also, merch, not sure what to do about that?
  • Hawk Jam
    Hawk Jam Melbourne, Australia Posts: 121
    Good views Bazzer. This shit is making me nervous, maybe I need to get there (Melbourne) when the gates open, grab merchandise, some tokens for beers and go back and forth between PJ's stage and the beer tent. Wouldn't mind seeing Mudhoney too so will see how the crowd is building around the PJ stage early afternoon
  • Kiwi Jammer
    Kiwi Jammer Posts: 200
    Cheers Bazzer, dumb question but I'll ask anyway - once the D barrier fills up late arvo you can't go out and get back in can ya,, the ole loo issue!
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    You can get out but in previous years once it's full they don't let anyone else in. The D barrier has ruined many a BDO for me. I really don't wanna have to be there all day.

    I don't think anyone meant the PJ group would be an unstoppable force. I visualised a happy home base/group of people who you could enjoy with.. not exclude others.
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    It would be really helpful if the BDO people would just tell us now how the stupid barrier works. So dumb if we only find out on the day.
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    Actually, I guess this answers that..

    Am I guaranteed to see every band?

    Please note there are restricted capacities at some Stages and other tented structures. Once the maximum capacity is reached in these areas there will be no further admissions. Your purchase of an event ticket does not guarantee admission to these areas in such cases.
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    I guess getting there mid afternoon is the sensible thing to do.
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    bazzer said:

    Also, merch, not sure what to do about that?

    Only possible because how stink am I offering her services, but my friend coming with me is 5 months pregnant and won't be coming into the D so has dubbed herself the bag lady.

  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    edited January 2014
    the thing that puzzles me is that i thought it had been strongly implied by campbell smith that there wasn't going to be a D barrier and that the barrier system was the PJ one... which personally i think is way better than the D. If the D is there for safety - easy accessibility to anyone in trouble - SURELY the pj barrier system is even safer. it limits how many people can get to the front, but it allows escape from the side, through the middle, at the back.

    hopefully the D in the fly over is just.. a prototype.
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  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    ok. i guess i made up the part about the PJ barrier. this is what he actually said (and hey, look who asked the question!)


    So excited about Pearl Jam headlining!! Will the D barrier be back this time or will it be like it was at the last Auckland BDO?
    by lostrocker815 August 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM


    barriers yes, but of a different kind you aint seen yet. punter friendly. PJ are big on punter safety. so are we.. ok, i'm out. goodbye, buy tickets, see you all on jan 17 2014. i'll be the one driving the TQ midget. its a speedway after all.....
  • Noel B
    Noel B Posts: 73
    doom_pony said:

    ok. i guess i made up the part about the PJ barrier. this is what he actually said (and hey, look who asked the question!)


    So excited about Pearl Jam headlining!! Will the D barrier be back this time or will it be like it was at the last Auckland BDO?
    by lostrocker815 August 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM


    barriers yes, but of a different kind you aint seen yet. punter friendly. PJ are big on punter safety. so are we.. ok, i'm out. goodbye, buy tickets, see you all on jan 17 2014. i'll be the one driving the TQ midget. its a speedway after all.....

    My uncle drove a TQ back in the sixties , at the local speedway. All they raced back then were TQ,s , Sliders and Sidecars. Those were the days.
    Newcastle 19 11 2006 Sydney 22 11 2009 Eddie Vedder March 16 2011 Civic Theatre Newcastle Australia Eddie Vedder Perth 2011x2. I will stare the sundown until my eyes go blind, hey I wont change direction and I wont change my mind.
  • bazzer
    bazzer Posts: 3,126
    Seems a lot of the earlier comments were "indicative" in nature. We'll probably just have to see how things go on the day. The D is not so bad, as long as you are inside it. It's really just to stop more and more people trying to squeeze into a small area for a short time. PJ's barrier wasn't that great (as shown by the mutliple reminders from Ed in Auckland 09) and with a BDO crowd it could be worse there.

    Is it true the D last year had a barrier down the middle? That would work in our favour because you wouldn't get that sideways push you get between bands usually. People on the Arcade FIre side would have to exit and reenter.
  • lostrocker815
    lostrocker815 Posts: 354
    doom_pony said:

    ok. i guess i made up the part about the PJ barrier. this is what he actually said (and hey, look who asked the question!)


    So excited about Pearl Jam headlining!! Will the D barrier be back this time or will it be like it was at the last Auckland BDO?
    by lostrocker815 August 1, 2013 at 2:45 PM


    barriers yes, but of a different kind you aint seen yet. punter friendly. PJ are big on punter safety. so are we.. ok, i'm out. goodbye, buy tickets, see you all on jan 17 2014. i'll be the one driving the TQ midget. its a speedway after all.....

    See, I was obsessing about it even back then! haha
    Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Pearl Jam!

    I'm looking to buy a single ticket to Ed's Sydney Opera House show, PM me if you've got a spare! I don't care where the seat is! :D
  • unforgiven
    unforgiven Posts: 380
    edited January 2014
    I've never found the D barrier to be much of a problem. I usually just hang out near it until the lights change to green, which means they are letting people in, and then move through. When I saw Soundgarden at a few BDO shows they played in2012 I went in a couple of hour before they started, and as people leaved to watch the other stage or left the area completely after their band finished moved closer to the stage. By the time My Chemical Romance finished (man I hate them) I was lifting all their fans over the front barrier and claiming my spot on the rail dead centre in front of Chris Cornell.
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  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    good point chris.. but the problem with pj's security barrier was they were letting people from the backspacer field into the fixer area... it wouldn't have been so bad (on stone's side) if that hadn't been happening. apparently they weren't even checking tickets.

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