7 November 2006 Brisbane QSAC Stadium

Chewbacca · 11-10-2005, 07:32 PM

Now that Australia has finally been given confirmation that the Vertigo Tour will come here next year,

Hands up all people who want to attend a pre concert party in Brisbane?

Chewie.

Axver · 11-10-2005, 07:49 PM

I'll try to be there. Brisbane may be the "take family and friends" show for me though, so I don't know if I'll necessarily have any time for any other meetups.

stagman · 11-11-2005, 02:21 AM

I might be a chance... although again I'll probably be going with a few friends.... it will be my first U2 show!

JulioArca · 11-11-2005, 08:16 AM

Im flying all the way from Norway to visit friends when they play in Brisbane, Im in!

Mr. BAW · 11-11-2005, 12:33 PM

The BAW's will think about this.........

Axver · 11-12-2005, 03:19 AM

Well, if there's going to be a decent crowd, I may be in.

How would we plan this for those of us who go GA and want to queue all day?

Tania · 11-12-2005, 08:36 AM

Meet up after the concert!

Axver · 11-19-2005, 01:57 AM

Well, the show's going to be at the Queensland Sports And Athletics Centre, which I take is ANZ Stadium. I've never been there before myself. Is it near any railway stations? And near any good meeting points?

Carek1230 · 11-19-2005, 05:00 AM

I got this info tonite from someone on one of my U2 message boards...passing along the good word...

If anyone's interested, there's some serious rumours on U2Australia at
the moment. Sydney date's have been locked in apparently for March 30
and/or 31. Melbourne's are March 25 and 26 (that's a huge weekend in
Melbourne - for those that don't know, that's the date's for the final
of the Decathlon, 100m men's and women's sprint and the closing ceremony
for the Commonwealth Games - the Ausies usually clean up at those games
as we only have to compete with the member nations of the Commonwealth)
It'd be a real shitter (sorry for the swearing) if you'd bought tickets
to the closing not knowing U2 where playing and that you where wanting
to see them now wouldn't it! If anyone's asking why that's the date -
there's a bit of a story behind it. As the venue (Telstra Dome) is
being used for some of the events of the Commonwealth Games, they
couldn't get in there any earlier. The following weekend is the start
of the AFL season and the ground's required for that. This apparently
is the only weekend they have that fits the schedule and is available.

Brisbane I heard a rumour is March 22 but is not definite. Only one
date for us too, yet they promised us two initially so I'm a little bit
stressed about getting tickets! Still unsure what sort of format
they're using up here as they're going with the European setup for
Sydney and Melbourne. There's only one venue in Brisbane they can use
if they go that way - ANZ Stadium (where they played for ZOO TV and
POPMART), and recently there's been some serious sound restrictions
placed on that venue due to residential increases in the area, so it's
going to be very interesting. In some ways it would be sensational if
they played at Suncorp Stadium (this is the newest stadium in Brisbane
and was the host of the Rugby World Cup Games in 2003). I also hope
they play the Entertainment Centre and give us Brisbanites the arena
format.

They come here straight from New Zealand (they play Auckland for St
Pat's day as Joe O'Hearli-what's-it (I can never spell his name)
mentioned recently. Apparently official dates are being released this
coming week and ticket sales are scheduled for December 5 - what a great
time of year to have to find an extra $150 for a ticket yes that's also
the quoted price for tickets. I'm not complaining, I'm just relieved
that we're finally seeing them. 8 years is a long time to be sober from
a U2 gig I can tell you!

jessi-ma-ca · 11-19-2005, 10:14 PM

is the staduim near transport?
does anyone know how big it is?
cause i think im going to go to Brisbane just for the concert and i dont really know my way around the place
any info would be great

Oh, i am interested in meeting up before/after the concert too!

i think it will be great! im so excited

jessi-ma-ca · 12-05-2005, 04:30 AM

i have got my tickets....
and by the sounds of things i was lucky....
but i missed out on sydney tickets... at least i am seeing them

Chewbacca · 12-05-2005, 06:27 PM

I have my ticklets, there'll be heaps of transport me thinks.
there was last time!

bono_man · 12-06-2005, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jessi-ma-ca
is the staduim near transport?
does anyone know how big it is?
cause i think im going to go to Brisbane just for the concert and i dont really know my way around the place
any info would be great

Oh, i am interested in meeting up before/after the concert too!

i think it will be great! im so excited

you can catch a train to a station near the stadium. from there, a shuttle bus will take you to the stadium.

the easier option would be the special bus service that will run from the city centre (usually the bus station under the queen st mall) to the stadium. for the 1993 and 1998 shows, they had regular buses out to the venue and back again.

i hope this will help

im sure i will be in some irish pub in the city calming my nerves before the show!!

also after!

jessi-ma-ca · 12-08-2005, 06:49 AM

thanks for the tips bono_man, i am actually a sydney gal, and i am only now feeling a little daunted by going to brisbane, where i know no one and nothing.... i have no idea how to get arround, and importainty where to go!!!

any notable pubs i should visit, and drag my best friend to while where up there??

bono_man · 12-08-2005, 06:25 PM

no worries. if you are a sydney girl im sure you'll be fine!! brisbane is pretty small compared to sydney.

o'malley's irish pub in the mall is pretty good. i'd stay stick with irish pubs to stay in the spirit!!

11-10-2005, 07:32 PM	#1
Chewbacca The Fly Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: QLD Posts: 94 Local Time: 09:27 PM	Brisbane Australia - Pre Concert Party Now that Australia has finally been given confirmation that the Vertigo Tour will come here next year, Hands up all people who want to attend a pre concert party in Brisbane? Chewie.

11-10-2005, 07:49 PM	#2
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,903 Local Time: 10:27 PM	I'll try to be there. Brisbane may be the "take family and friends" show for me though, so I don't know if I'll necessarily have any time for any other meetups. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

11-12-2005, 03:19 AM	#6
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,903 Local Time: 10:27 PM	Well, if there's going to be a decent crowd, I may be in. How would we plan this for those of us who go GA and want to queue all day? __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

11-19-2005, 01:57 AM	#8
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,903 Local Time: 10:27 PM	Well, the show's going to be at the Queensland Sports And Athletics Centre, which I take is ANZ Stadium. I've never been there before myself. Is it near any railway stations? And near any good meeting points? __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

11-19-2005, 05:00 AM	#9
Carek1230 Playing Grandma with Noah Premium Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The best vitamin for making friends...B1 Posts: 50,633 Local Time: 03:27 AM	I got this info tonite from someone on one of my U2 message boards...passing along the good word... If anyone's interested, there's some serious rumours on U2Australia at the moment. Sydney date's have been locked in apparently for March 30 and/or 31. Melbourne's are March 25 and 26 (that's a huge weekend in Melbourne - for those that don't know, that's the date's for the final of the Decathlon, 100m men's and women's sprint and the closing ceremony for the Commonwealth Games - the Ausies usually clean up at those games as we only have to compete with the member nations of the Commonwealth) It'd be a real shitter (sorry for the swearing) if you'd bought tickets to the closing not knowing U2 where playing and that you where wanting to see them now wouldn't it! If anyone's asking why that's the date - there's a bit of a story behind it. As the venue (Telstra Dome) is being used for some of the events of the Commonwealth Games, they couldn't get in there any earlier. The following weekend is the start of the AFL season and the ground's required for that. This apparently is the only weekend they have that fits the schedule and is available. Brisbane I heard a rumour is March 22 but is not definite. Only one date for us too, yet they promised us two initially so I'm a little bit stressed about getting tickets! Still unsure what sort of format they're using up here as they're going with the European setup for Sydney and Melbourne. There's only one venue in Brisbane they can use if they go that way - ANZ Stadium (where they played for ZOO TV and POPMART), and recently there's been some serious sound restrictions placed on that venue due to residential increases in the area, so it's going to be very interesting. In some ways it would be sensational if they played at Suncorp Stadium (this is the newest stadium in Brisbane and was the host of the Rugby World Cup Games in 2003). I also hope they play the Entertainment Centre and give us Brisbanites the arena format. They come here straight from New Zealand (they play Auckland for St Pat's day as Joe O'Hearli-what's-it (I can never spell his name) mentioned recently. Apparently official dates are being released this coming week and ticket sales are scheduled for December 5 - what a great time of year to have to find an extra $150 for a ticket yes that's also the quoted price for tickets. I'm not complaining, I'm just relieved that we're finally seeing them. 8 years is a long time to be sober from a U2 gig I can tell you! __________________

11-11-2005, 02:21 AM	#3
stagman War Child Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Sunshine State - Australia Posts: 775 Local Time: 11:27 AM	I might be a chance... although again I'll probably be going with a few friends.... it will be my first U2 show!

11-11-2005, 08:16 AM	#4
JulioArca Acrobat Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oslo Norway Posts: 349 Local Time: 12:27 PM	Im flying all the way from Norway to visit friends when they play in Brisbane, Im in!

11-11-2005, 12:33 PM	#5
Mr. BAW ONE love, blood, life Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Life's too short to drink cheap wine! Posts: 11,212 Local Time: 03:27 AM Images: 23	The BAW's will think about this.........

11-12-2005, 08:36 AM	#7
Tania Refugee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 2,482 Local Time: 08:27 PM	Meet up after the concert!

11-19-2005, 10:14 PM	#10
jessi-ma-ca The Fly Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 259 Local Time: 09:27 PM	is the staduim near transport? does anyone know how big it is? cause i think im going to go to Brisbane just for the concert and i dont really know my way around the place any info would be great Oh, i am interested in meeting up before/after the concert too! i think it will be great! im so excited

12-05-2005, 04:30 AM	#11
jessi-ma-ca The Fly Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 259 Local Time: 09:27 PM	i have got my tickets.... and by the sounds of things i was lucky.... but i missed out on sydney tickets... at least i am seeing them

12-05-2005, 06:27 PM	#12
Chewbacca The Fly Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: QLD Posts: 94 Local Time: 09:27 PM	I have my ticklets, there'll be heaps of transport me thinks. there was last time!

12-08-2005, 06:49 AM	#14
jessi-ma-ca The Fly Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 259 Local Time: 09:27 PM	thanks for the tips bono_man, i am actually a sydney gal, and i am only now feeling a little daunted by going to brisbane, where i know no one and nothing.... i have no idea how to get arround, and importainty where to go!!! any notable pubs i should visit, and drag my best friend to while where up there??

12-08-2005, 06:25 PM	#15
bono_man Thom's Bitch Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,097 Local Time: 09:27 PM	no worries. if you are a sydney girl im sure you'll be fine!! brisbane is pretty small compared to sydney. o'malley's irish pub in the mall is pretty good. i'd stay stick with irish pubs to stay in the spirit!!

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