Doin’ Lines…
Normally when I go to a concert, I write a bit of a review about my experiences there, and with this summer being packed full of musical goodness, there will be a few posts about this. This summer that (once it has finished) will have crossed Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, Offspring, and Korn off my “to see� list.
It starts with Rage Against the Machine, which actually started waaay back in 2007. Most of us were at work, but we were planning to line up overnight to ensure we got floor tickets, so we sent Ashley down at 4pm to see what the deal was, the guy suggested he line up now as people would probably start arriving soon. He pulled up a seat and within 15 minutes, there were 2 people behind him. He was going to see Grinspoon that night, so a series of tag team moves ensured we kept our spot, he got to his concert and we were spending the night camped out at the Regent Theatre in Wollongong. I wasn’t overly worried that there had been a shooting there a few years ago, though I’m not entirely sure everyone in the line knew this. I arrived about 8:30pm, after I had finished work to give the guys a toilet break. By this stage, there were about 20 or so people behind us. It was a Wednesday night in Wollongong, which meant there were loads of drunk young people roaming the streets. Everyone that walked past stared, and every 2nd person that stared asked “What are you lining up for?â€? After about 5 minutes this got old, so we then refused to tell them… “Brittany Spears… The Wiggles… The Beatles… Elvis… “. The night dragged on as many of our friends walked straight past us and into the clubs around while we sat on a cold hard tile floor having a good ol’ chat with the other people in the line.
About 10:30, I couldn’t help but laugh… 2 guys came around the corner, obviously thinking they were going to be beating the crowd and as they saw the 20 or so of us sitting there, I thought they were going to cry… they pointed, looked up, walked past a few times until they eventually asked “Are you guys here for Rage?â€?
“You bet we are!�
“oh… ok, cool…â€?
They hopped in line and were visibly shattered that there were so many people before them. I had work the next day, so about 4am, I decided to head back home and leave the purchasing up to my mates. We got our floor tickets, but the guy behind missed out, though he still got seat tickets. The guy who was shattered as he came around the corner missed out all together.
The paper was there in the morning and my 2 mates got their photo taken and unofficially named head of the Wollongong Rage fan club by the reporter. Now that we had the tickets, it was only 4 months until the concert….
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