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#72445 26-Nov-2010 08:31

Anyone else go last night? OMFG it was epic!! The big claw thing is amazing, big screen moving up and down and getting bigger and smaller....awesome songs, jayZ as the "opening" act. Wow...just wow.

If you are thinking about last minute tickets for tonight I can so reccomend it!!!

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#409741 26-Nov-2010 08:44

I am going tonight

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#409751 26-Nov-2010 08:55

Me too

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#409759 26-Nov-2010 09:09

We had tickets, but my wife has just had a major ankle operation and is in a cast, so we sold our tickets for the show last night. (To friends at face value! I hate people who buy and resell for a profit)

The fact that JayZ is the opening act makes me kinda glad I'm not going. I had to sit through Kanye West last time and honestly, I was ready to start biting my arms off it was that terrible.

But yes, opening "act" aside, I'm quite sad (as is my poor wife) we're not able to go. They certainly put on an amazing show, glad to hear it was as awesome as always.

Audiophiles are such twits! They buy such pointless stuff: Gold plated cables, $2000 power cords. Idiots.

OOOHHHH HYPERFIBRE!

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#409769 26-Nov-2010 09:26

have to say i wasnt a jayZ fan before hand but did enjoy his set. Couldnt really understand what he was saying but the beat was good.

Bummer about not going though....

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#409772 26-Nov-2010 09:33

I'm > 30 so I don't understand this new fangled hiphop. :)

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#409773 26-Nov-2010 09:33

@Muppet would you rather have Jayz or Justin Bieber?

I know what I would pick

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#409774 26-Nov-2010 09:34

Well at least JayZ makes music.

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#409786 26-Nov-2010 10:05

gjm: have to say i wasnt a jayZ fan before hand but did enjoy his set. Couldnt really understand what he was saying but the beat was good.

Bummer about not going though....

I had a similar thing happen to me when I took my daughter to a Warriors game that was followed by a J. Williams and Dane Rumble concert. I didn't enjoy Mr Williams that much, but was quite surprised by how much I enjoyed Dane Rumbles set. He was helped by the fact that J. Williams seemed to be not much more than a glorified Karaoke performer, whereas Dane had a full live band filled with actual musicians (remember those, kids? The ones that play those old fashioned things called guitars and drums?)

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#409811 26-Nov-2010 10:53

Went Last Night just absolutely fantastic. Jay-Z surprised me far better than Kayne west. Told the teenage about Jay-Z and how I thought his hit about his Home was good and she said DUH That song was like on Flava every 5 mins I hate it.

Anyway just bought some $40 tickets and we are going tonight TOO WAHOO !!!!

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#409820 26-Nov-2010 11:05

johnr: @Muppet would you rather have Jayz or Justin Bieber?

I know what I would pick

You still have that Bieber ringtone on your mobile John?

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#409825 26-Nov-2010 11:14

I'm going tonight. this is my first time go the Mt Smart Stadium. I'm coming from North Shore, is parking alright there? what time should i get there the best? Cheers guys

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#409836 26-Nov-2010 11:23

Superb concert, as you'd expect from the rock gods. I'm no fan of rapping/hip hop, so can't comment on Jay Z, but U2 proved again why they're the best showmen IMHO.

Having said that, the sound quality wasn't great. I hadn't been to Mt Smart before but it seemed overly loud at the expense of quality. My ears are still ringing, something they weren't doing after the Popmart tour which I saw at the Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona.

But the concert itself was everything you expect from the band and more. I wasn't overly familiar with the latest album, but there's a good selection of their repertoire. The audience's average age would be maybe 35 and I saw a lot of silver haired seniors - not sure how they coped but St John's were on hand for anyone who found it a bit much.

Having had a 4.50am wakeup to get back to Wellington this morning (never let your wife book tickets for that hour...), I'm a bit jaded.

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#409841 26-Nov-2010 11:32

CBSYS: I'm going tonight. this is my first time go the Mt Smart Stadium. I'm coming from North Shore, is parking alright there? what time should i get there the best? Cheers guys

parking....wouldnt go to close as the cars that were trying to leave afterwards were going no where fast because of all the pedestrians.

We parked on Rockfield road down the far end (bout 20 min walk) and it was fine although we shot round the back of 1 tree hill and got on motorway at greenlane as ellerslie was stuffed.

Also make sure u walk to the correct gate. We went to the wrong one and had to walk all the way round the other side before they would let us in...extra 20 mins walking.

hope that helps

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#410242 27-Nov-2010 17:12

Got there early (about 4ish). Had a bit of a walk finding a pub but that just made the beer more refereshing

Wasn't too impressed by Jay-Z but then we were in the cheap seats (behind the stage) and his act wasn't 360.

U2 put on a good performance - the preaching came out near the end of the set.

Didn't realised how old they are now (and that makes me pretty old then too :-()

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#410245 27-Nov-2010 17:30

I went after jayz finished on purpose

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