04/04/08 - Festival Hall, Melbourne, VIC

[blue_june_destroyer]

CAMERA/RECORDING POLICY
From the venue:
Cameras are permitted into the Venue for The Smashing Pumpkins, providing that they are not of professional quality and do not disrupt other patrons viewing. Festival Hall reserves the right to refuse entry of any cameras.

[de-tec-tive]

what door number is everyone? what time do you plan to arrive? i'm door 6, i'll probably show up around 2pm.

[middleearthguy]

I'm pretty sure door 6 is for all the GA and i'll be there around then too

[Glassy]

yep GA is door 6. well if youse are all there at 2 *stamps foot* then i'll be there at 1!!!


teehee nah, cyas at 2 *puts on oz.com wristband*

[untitled2284]

I'll be there at 7 I'm stuck working all day and had to swap a shift just to be able to go. I really need to start making some more money out of music so I can quit

[brendo]

i don't know what time i'll be working that day, nor where. but i was wondering if there was going to be some sort of meetup at all beforehand?

[Josh]

hmmm don't know about the day... depends on peoples plans on lining up at the venue and catching the soundchecks. i think there is talk of drinks after the show!

[milan]

Hmm, well i'll be arriving back in Melbourne (from Adelaide) at about midday, so I don't think i'll be getting to the venue until about late afternoon. Door 6 btw.

You guys meeting up somewhere beforehand?

[Josh]

please refer to meetups in the "meetup" thread in General Banter

[brendo]

Ahh... when did that get put there? Haha. I never check that forum, y'see.

Something worth reiterating in this thread is that there is confirmed to be no support act before SP come onstage at Festival Hall. I wonder if this is the same in all the other locations?

[Steve]

Queens are playing with them in Adelaide

I have a feeling Sydney is SP only also?

[sunky]

Yep the 3 shows of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne have no support acts.

[jo33]

Im coming over from Perth for the Melbourne side show, Ive never been to a gig at Festival Hall, can someone tell me is it any good?

[middleearthguy]

yep i like it, possibly my fave live venue over 5000 ppl

do you have a GA ticket? assuming ur over 18 that is cuz the GA is the best view there or the balcony at the back above the GA.

Sounds like there will be a few of us there from 2 pm on wards , when does your flight get in?

[brendo]

festival hall... don't wear any clothes you don't want drenched in your own and other people's sweat. it's like a sauna in there.

[boelsen]

yeah, ratm was rediculous. and even when there isnt a mosh you sweat like a .. incredibly sweaty thing

[de-tec-tive]

jo33 said:

Im coming over from Perth for the Melbourne side show, Ive never been to a gig at Festival Hall, can someone tell me is it any good?

it's alright. it used to be my favourite venue, but i've come to realise it's pretty much shit unless you're in the front two rows.. but that could just be cos i'm short. the sound quality just isn't that great, and the place is pretty old/falling apart.
there's plenty of space to spread out though if you're in GA, the floor space is wider than it is deep, so i guess it has that advantage over arena shows.

for anyone who doesn't want to get there super early, i've found in the past that 6pm is a good time to arrive and will still get you up close. i know it varies for each show, but that's generally the time i show up for most shows there and i'm almost always in the front few rows.

[brendo]

boelsen said:

yeah, ratm was rediculous. and even when there isnt a mosh you sweat like a .. incredibly sweaty thing

Like a paedophile at a wiggles concert.

[boelsen]

haha, i was gonna say wetter then a priest at kiddie confessions

[mymindhaswings]

I'm going but i can't go in the GA because I'm under 18
So i'm flying to the Adelaide show to see them as well to make up for it
2 shows from a crappy view point = 1 good show, right?

[boelsen]

good thing is, as your seeing adelaide first, you'll love it so much that you'll buy tickets for melbourne the next day

[hypersomnia]

festival hall is a shit box in terms of heat - i just about dropped flat in the ratm mosh and had to down 4 poweraids after the gig before feeling vaguely normal. still, A fucking awesome gig.

i'm up for a melb post-gig catch up.. should have abotu 15-20mates going to it so i'm not sure if i'll be lining up early or pre-emptively celebrating at a pub somewhere.

not all GA entry is through door 6 either so check your tickets. i was seperated from my mates at RATM because we weren't allowed to enter through the one doorway.

also, i got to RATM just as Anti-Flag were ending their support slot and i managed to get 3 or 4rows back from the front. not too shabby when you consider i didn't wait 5 hours in line. ie.. it's fairly easy to get in amongst it even if you arrive late.

[brendo]

yeah, getting to the front at festival hall is easy. ESPECIALLY if you have a female, you just put her at the front and then conga line it in.

[boelsen]

lol, true. or else just be a dick, piss everyone off, and barge your way to the fron through the crowd

[absof]

boelsen said:

haha, i was gonna say wetter then a priest at kiddie confessions

or... like a whore in church

[boelsen]

what is this world coming to

[brendo]

Like a netphorian in billy's dressing room.

So, are we going to try and stake out the band exit out of Festivus Hall like I assume most of us did at the TFE gig?

[boelsen]

as long as its not like RATM, couldnt go down the back cos of security. otherwise i'll be there

[de-tec-tive]

brendo said:

So, are we going to try and stake out the band exit out of Festivus Hall like I assume most of us did at the TFE gig?

definately. unless we catch them entering before the soundcheck and get to meet them then =)

[Glassy]

hopefully we can hear soundcheck, door 6 is out the front, opposite the stage, there are also doors 5, 4, 3, which are literally next to the stage