skjuls

we were!

when we would say something, they said either

a) I have a number
b) no one told me I couldn't leave
c) we were here
d) fill in some stupid ass response

they wouldn't leave, many just showed up right at 6 pm when the gates opened.....it didn't help matters that instead of renumbering us we kept the old numbers, we had to wait until soundcheck was over to go into the pens thus allowing more people to come back into the line

When it was mentioned to the roll call people, they didn't care that people were cutting back in.

The line sucked!

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ultravioletluvv

^^^ Yep, what she said! Oh well, at least i have the peace of mind of knowing that i played by the rules and didn't do anything shady to secure a place in line. Instead of being mad at these people, i actually feel a bit sorry for them that this is what they have to stoop to. It's quite sad really.

ruffian

i'm with you--yelling at people and pointing out that they had not been in line had NO effect. Hans the Zootopian came back in line after going on the cruise and the people behind him were furious and called security because he'd been gone all day. Nothing happened, and he kept his place in line while the people behind him had been sitting on the sidewalk all day getting pelted with flying asphalt (though we all decided it was a damn good facial exfoliation ). Really, if the people running the line want to protect their 15 or 20 friends there is nothing to do if security won't act on it. I'm totally not a stickler for people leaving to eat or shower or even sleep for a couple hours if they want. But being away two days is a total outrage and abuse of the system.

Miroslava

I swore I wasn't going to get involved in this mess, cause well, I didn't. My ass didn't get there til 10:30 PM cause I was too busy enjoying our private pool, going to the beach and eating some lovely shrimp and steak from a shrimp truck off the Leeward Coast to bother with line any earlier.

I was number 630 in line. And let me tell you, not being involved in any drama ruled. Being second row didn't rule as much, but hey you win some, you lose some.

However, just wanted to point out that Hans was actually in line behind me in the second pen. So while he may have tried to reclaim his earlier number at some point, he either did get kicked out or thought about it better and moved himself back.

And sorry I didn't get to see you Ruff!!

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skjuls

Miroslava,

It was great meeting you Saturday night. Hey you still got a good spot. Boy did I need that rail..

I never thought there would be a day that I would have to help physically remove a girl from our spots but we had to protect Maddy and Darryl wanted his spot back.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

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Miroslava

It was great to meet you too Jules! And yep, I can't complain about my spot, it's just funny, cause the other couple times I lined up THAT "early") (i.e. 11 PM the night before the show) was within the first 10 people in line. Hawaii was nuts!

And that little blonde chick and her mom were

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skjuls

She was with her mom. Damn!

Gosh, her excuse was she's short. WEll I'm short too and I waited a long time. Sheesh!! We weren't having any of it. Did her mom do anything as well?

I have never been that violent before in my life at a concert!!

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mads

That little blonde chick is the one who kept trying to knock me over. You're talking about the ones who left during WOWY, right?

skjuls

well the blonde moved to be behind Lynne later on so I don't know if they finally left.

Where were you standing exactly? I was to the left of Maddy at the step and next to Darryl when he wasn't getting shoved..........

That blonde got in front of Miroslava and her friend (I can't remember her name right now!)

We were ready to smack down OTX people as well!!

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mads

I was second row right behind the step. I was standing behind the other little girl (not Maddy, but the one with the big sunglasses). The lady in front of me had red hair, and she was standing to the right of the guy who pulled Maddy up to the rail. Not sure of her hame.

At one point I think I was sitting right next to Miroslava (to the right of her), but I went to get a t-shirt before Rocko and things had shifted a bit by the time I got back.

But yes, those two obnoxious women left during WOWY. They moved in front of me about 1/3 of the way through U2's set. The little blonde held her camera up the whole time, partially blocking my view of the main stage.
The mother pushed my mom back to the third row and took her place. My mom was too tired to fight it, but I got mad and not-so-quietly yelled "well I AM ANGRY ABOUT IT." Not sure if you were close enough to hear that confrontation, but that lady just rolled her eyes at me. Bitch.

*Ally*

whoa, that's insane! i wonder if things were so nuts because this was the last night of the tour, or if *maybe* the lottery actually did help to discourage the crazy line-ups... not that i'm a fan of the lottery, but hawaii GA sounds like it was awful!

partygirlvox

I was 236 in line, and didn't get there until about 1/2pm the day before the concert. I couldn't believe people were lining up since the day before the day before. And i was quite annoyed..because as soon as some people do it, everyone has join in. If these people had left it a bit later to begin lining up them not everyone would have had to spend half their holidays in the damn line.
Although saying that I hear alot of people didn't even stay in the line half the time. That annoys me - if you want to get to the front, you work for it! And I've you're not prepared to wait in line then I'm sorry but you don't deserve to get to the front. I had travelled so far for this concert and decided I would line up for such a long time based on the fact that it was for this concert that I was even there. And it really annoys me that while alot of people hung round in the line, others got to do what the liked in hawaii and still get infront of me.

Saying that.. I think the one hour(/two hour) rule was unfair, as some people were staying far away and for them to go back to their hotels and get cleaned up would take longer than that. There needed to be a balance somewhere, and there really wasn't one!

(But it was a brilliant concert and well worth the wait for a rail spot.. )

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kafrun

Oh gawd, that was funny Thank goodness for my hoody. I was cleaning the dirt off me for days

Truly worth it. What an amazing show

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Chizip

hi kafrun

corianderstem

I don't ever want to live in a world where second row at a U2 concert is seen as a bad thing.

As someone who doesn't deal well with the this kind of thing (GA lines, drama, being pissed at the unfairness of some things), I have to say I'm kind of glad I didn't go to Hawaii now.

I probably won't do GA again until I learn how to handle such things in a zenlike manner.

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