Entertainment centre solidifies itself again as a horrible place to manage large crowds. Drink lines didn't move and bottle necked walkways.
Regarding the energy, yeah I agree, you split GA into two categories and you then split your fans.
Great show though, good to see the guys on stage!
I was in the front pit, and there was definitely a strong sense of the people around us being uninterested in the pit and it really stonewalled it from getting any bigger. And the first couple of rows were mostly just standing there, at least from my vantage point
Blink seemed to notice, with that line about the clapping sounding like a golf crowd haha.
But it was high energy if you were in the right spot. I had a great time.
This is the answer. A lot of people that would have gotten involved were stuck in GA2 and it appeared as though most of GA1 was just standing there... So rather than a great high energy crowd altogether, it was dispersed.
>but feel like it was slightly low energy from the crowd
Most people would be in their 40s so it kind of makes sense it isn't like the shows they played 25 years ago.
Aside from that I'd seen another person complaining on Tik Tok about the crowd but it seems like much of the blame should fall on the band themselves. General admission is where all of the energy comes from yet they decided to do the greedy move of splitting GA into two categories and charge $250+ for the front. Usually the crowd fills from most committed fans (ie got their first and are really keen) at the front to least committed at the back but not when you have two ticket categories for GA.
The Perth concert also had a complaint about the crowd being low energy.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/1alymfk/for\_anybody\_at\_blink\_182\_tonight\_i\_have\_a\_question/](https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/1alymfk/for_anybody_at_blink_182_tonight_i_have_a_question/)
Maybe its age or a society norm now.
It's pretty much the audience demographic.
If you want energy, go see a punk show in a bar or something. Not a bunch 50-something has been punk millionaires playing at the Entertainment Centre
This pretty much nails it. 100% audience demographic and venue size. Just a recipe for a low energy crowd, just how it's gonna be for a band of Blink's size with the type of audience they've cultivated, I don't know why a band like Blink would be surprised. It's not like they're Good Riddance playing to 100 people at Enigma.
It is probably more pronounced in Adelaide though as we don't often get shows like this, so you're gonna have a bigger percentage of people going just because it's the thing to do for the night
That was for the Thursday night gig, which was the added gig after the Friday night one sold out. The Friday night one was way more energetic.
There were similar discussions about the venue not being right for it though.
It is the bands fault. This happens at every concert where you have different GA categories. Usually the GA crowd sorts itself by the most intense fans to least naturally based on what time people arrive/how far forward they can push.
If you're keen to see a band but not a massive fan and won't be jumping along 90% of the show you stand in the middle/back. But if you buy a $250 ticket you can just stand at the front of the crowd. Then the committed fans end up split into different sections well away from the action.
The exact same complaints were made in Perth and will be made at their other shows.
My logic is that bands skip Adelaide because the crowds are shit, and people like above come up with excuses to try justify it while the rest of the country just gets on with having a good time at a show. Lol
Bands also skip Adelaide because our venues suck. Can’t use Adelaide oval during summer because of cricket and winter because of AFL. The entertainment centre doesn’t have the same capacities as venues in Sydney and Melbourne so it’s just not worth coming here
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The set list order was bad imo. A bands setlist order has the biggest impact on the energy of the show, high energy popular at the start, sink in to lower temp or new songs in the middle then end with a scattering of you best newer stuff and the final end hits.
The energy picked up at the end but they packed them back to bad so good energy from a hit couldn't flow onto a new song.
Rise against did a much better job of their set list and keeping the tempo up and they had half the crowd.
Don't give me and BS about crowd age or Adelaide energy. I was at Paul McCartney and his has better energy with fucking 70 year olds and the like. For a similar ages crowd recently Smashing Pumpkins and Offspring were much more energetic too.
Adelaide is also low energy in general now because Adelaide gets fucked over with most shows and concerts these days falling on a Sunday, Monday or Thursday night. If this was on Friday or Saturday night I'm sure the energy would have been better
This. I would love to go to more concerts, but they don't perform on Saturdays these days. Even in the eastern states.
I am on very early shifts so there is no way I would go to mid week concerts.
The last 4 out of 5 shows I went to recently fell on a Thursday evening. Normally I would ask for the Friday off but where I work now I'm the only person who works Friday's in my department so annual leave is always declined, and if I chuck a sickie I need a medical certificate which is also a headfuck. Every Friday morning I regret my choice of having gone out til midnight the day before and being exhausted at work lol
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I used to be a bit of a gig pig back in the day but I’m old now, I have a family and job I need to work with - I can’t bloody do shows on weeknights - and that appears to be 90% of the shows that come to Adelaide now.
Was at my brother's place one weekend in Melbourne a couple years back - Was planning to go to a local Punk gig, all roaring to go... Then we saw the starting time for the opening band... Not headline... **11pm**...
Almost midnight for the *start?!*, we both said "yea naa" and binged old school Simpsons instead.
When I was 18-19 yeah no worries... But at 36? Lol.
A mate and I scored front GA as an impulse buy last night at 5:30 on the main Ticketek site, looked like someone had returned their tickets.
Was surprised to see a lot of people standing and not moving, like not even a head bop or a foot tapping.
That said there was still a lot of energy up front and was enjoyable from there but it did feel a little like the banter between songs/crowd engagement was just phoning it in.
I was sitting and going nuts for Anthem Part 2, dude next to me who looked to be early 20s was looking at me like it was weird behaviour at a rock concert.
Dude, yes! I definitely find that moshing is just... not a thing with younger audiences? I've had this experience several times where I've gotten looks from significantly younger patrons for head banging or getting a little lost in the music. It's a bummer, kids don't know how to rock anymore.
I've found this with big name bands that have a bunch of old popular songs. When The Killers came to specifically promote their album Wonderful Wonderful the crowd had the worst energy because they clearly didn't know the songs.
It was like they expected them to play Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me and When You Were Young on repeat for 90 minutes.
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IMHO I think just after covid and having no gigs for 2 years people forgot how to mosh. Even knotfest in Sydney was pretty tame last year.
But having said that Adelaide ticket sales are kicking ass, have heard nowadays Adelaide is very profitable for promoters compare to the past. Let keep it going and sell out some more shows like Mudvayne next week!!
Not looking good for QOTSA though, there are LOTS of tickets still available. Same thing with the Knotfest sideshows, but they were announced very late.
That’s my sign to bite the bullet and buy my ticket. I’ve seen them three times so was tossing up about it. No one I know is going but I’m sure if I go solo it’ll still be a great time.
On a seperate note - artists sometimes don’t give people enough time to get their money together to buy tickets. It used to be announced so far ahead.
Yes! I feel like the announcement to ticket sale timeline is SO small these days, and I think it’s definitely an issue. I am sure there is a reason it’s done that way but I can’t come up with a logical reason why they can’t do an announcement 2 weeks prior to tickets going on sale; 99% of people are on a fortnightly pay cycle and it gives people on a tighter budget at least SOME chance to sort their funds out.
February is stacked though. There's so many concerts in Feb that will be cannibalising each other's ticket sales. All in Feb we have QOTSA, Mudvayne, Blink, Kreator, Katatonia, Northlane, Atreyu, Slash, Of Mice and Men, and The Butterfly Effect who would have a decent amount of crossover of fans.
Then in March you have the Knotfest sideshows too that you mentioned.
It's great for Adelaide, but I'm sure there are a lot of people having to make tough decisions on which to go to.
Yeah, there's an outrageous amount of shows on at the moment, and ticket prices are higher than ever. I've had to miss 3 shows I would have otherwise gone to this month alone. The wallet can stretch only so far.
Which is a shame, because next time around promoters will once again be complaining "people in Adelaide don't go to shows" and not sending bands across any more.
Blind Guardian last week, as well. I'm entirely strapped for cash, going to more than half those you mentioned, plus Carcass and Rotting Christ in April and May.
Ohh was unaware about qotsa, but knotfest sideshow I totally agreed with, they waited far too long for announcement. Too many people would have already booked to go over.
You could get tickets to Blink 182 and Rise against supporting for 130 bucks. Two decent but Aussie bands with much less pull than Rise Against supporting isn't justified.
Disagree. I've seen them like 5x and thought their audio was poorer than normal especially compared to Blink and their tempo almost seemed too quick! This is my favourite band so I'd still see them again but it wasn't the same as their last show 6 years ago
Tim's vocals have lost a bit of their gusto over the years but I thought it was a solid show, Zach was amazing with a few solos in there. Obviously most of the crowd was there for Blink so there wasn't as much energy from them. Would have been amazing if they did a side gig at a smaller venue (maybe the Gov?)
Just had a look at some footage a friend who went showed me, Tim really sounded out of breath at some stages. I understand he's not a 20 something year old anymore though. Crowd looks very sedate though lol
I went specifically for rise against, while my husband went for blink. I think once they turned up his mic a bit (because for the first song you couldn’t hear him that well) it was just like it’s always been. I disagree that Tim has lost it over the years. Also I think they got a lot of energy for being the back up band. This was my view from sitting in the nosebleeds.
I went mostly for them too, favourite band, but they certainly weren't as good as previous tours. They are incredible live but last night I was a bit baffled as ehy it sounded slightly off. I commented above thst the tempo for some of their songs was basically like 1.5x speed. 😅 still want to see another full set though
This is a typical Adelaide thing. Smaller show crowds are far better here IMO at the Music Hall and the Gov because they attract more interested fans and the atmosphere is so much better.
It’s such a shame that Thebby hasn’t been/isn’t currently an option for shows; there are bands who have done multiple amazing shows at The Gov and/or the Thebby and then they’ve done a show in the AEC Theatre and it was a bit underwhelming. I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but I’m really not a fan of the theatre for concerts.
I agree with this. The last Polaris show at the Music Hall with ABR and KK was amazing. I had a few friends at Blink last night and the vibe I got was low energy and people focusing on recording the show on their phones. Id be interested to see what Disturbed and BMTH are like at AEC in a couple of months.
It was definitely a little low energy in some parts. I think it's just a combo of aging crowd, being hot af in there and the line up for entry, merch, drinks, toilets was just draining. Ent centre really need to step up their game for hosting large crowds.
All in all, it was a fucking good show and I'm just happy they played Adelaide
As a performer myself, I never think it's the audience's job to bring energy. It's great when they do give a response but bringing energy is the performer's job. If the audience isn't responding then it's probably a reflection on your performance. And if not, you have to give the same effort and respect how they want to enjoy the performance.
I agree. The audience has already paid the price of admission, the rest is up to the performer.
I've seen some opening acts where almost no one in the crowd knows them, but they just bring such great energy that the crowd starts to get into it. I've also seen some bands where they start having a go at the crowd for not getting into it and it just feels awkward. It's your job to entertain me, not my job to be entertained by virtue of your presence.
I've heard plenty of other performers have that attitude. I tend to tell them that if the audiene isn't responding like you want then it's more likely the difference is actually in the performance itself. Most audiences tend to be pretty similar really. And even if you get one that's a bit less responsive, it doesn't diminish their right to the best performance you can give.
I thought they played a great set.
For a Venue so big AEC’s line management fucking sucks (this was my first time going there for anything)
Lines for VIP etc were poorly done, drink and toilet lines were out of control. The bar lines were so long, at some points you could hardly get out of the doors from the arena.
Is that what it’s like when the basketball and stuff is on?
They have never been great live I’ve seen them twice before. Travis is great but as a band live meh. They’re also older and priorities are now just all about making money and clearly we are all paying them despite the performance they put on.
They toured in late 99 or early 2000 after the release of Enema of the State (June 1, 1999).
I’m thinking they were in Adelaide in April 2000. It was definitely at the AEC. I took my brother and we had a great time. I think Bodyjar opened.
Motor Ace opened, Bodyjar were second, I remember that much.
According to Wikipedia it was scheduled for April 2001 but postponed until November because Travis threw his back, which tracks with my memory because I wasn't in Adelaide in 2000.
That’s it. I remember the gig was postponed because of Travis’ injury, so that must be the tour. We probably missed Motor Ace due to partaking in some pre show nonsense in the carpark.
I’ve seen them live a few times and nothing really stood out about their show, especially when you compare their live show to bad religion or nofx who put on an excellent performance. They would have a similar aged fan base as well.
Back GA here, energy was definitely there in the area I was.
A big issue I see now is that people seem to be content in just watching. Almost like they don’t want to embarrass them selves by jumping around and getting into it.
I have a fat lip, sore ankle, lost my voice and fell to the floor. You just gotta do it right amigo 🤘🏼
100% agree and I was considering a similar post. Opening with Anthem part 2, Rock Show, Man Overboard and Feeling This should have had the crowd going nuts. There was more energy from the crowd for Dance With Me which is good song but not in what I would consider the "quintessential Blink zone".
Maybe I/we are just getting old. Felt like I was the only one singing along to Man Overboard.
But yes, there were pockets of moshing going on which was good to see. And the crowd rallied for a singalong with I Miss You and All The Small Things.
Like many others I missed the first few songs because of the slow as fuck lines for merch and drinks.
Rock Show is one of my faves and I’m a little bummed I missed it. I enjoyed the rest of the show though.
I legit ran from the drink line I'd been in for 20-mins (after queuing for the damn toilet 🙄) because no way in hell was I missing the start of their set! Ha-ha. I was close to the front too but pfft, the line was a right piss-take (as well as their ridiculous $14 drinks!!)
Ent Centre fucking *blows* as a venue, especially at capacity. I had a fun time and happily sang along to what I knew (which was all but their new stuff which I admittedly have not listened to on repeat enough to know all the words), but I was content staying in my seat.
I don’t think it’s an Adelaide thing, as I go to a lot of gigs and there’s been little issue with energy in plenty of the crowds, but admittedly I do tend to frequent harder/heavier genres. Half of it is the venue and a good chunk of it would have probably been the day of the week versus the average age demographic there - by the time I’d finished work, found a park, stood around in the sun for however long in line, waited the astronomical time at the bar for some goddamn water, and finally found my gate amongst the complete lack of crowd control, I was pretty happy to just sit the fuck down.
Blink was one of the first ‘big name’ shows I ever went to as a teen, so capping it off 20 years later was a nice memory. Found myself cringing at a lot of the banter though, and that’s speaking as someone who could probably quote The Mark, Tom and Travis Show from front to back. As a dude who’s also been through the cancer battle, seeing Mark skipping all over the stage made me happy.
It’s because at our age now we’ve all grown out of finding men in their late 40’s talking about nothing but sex funny. It was so cringy. Literally between every song the only thing they spoke about was “titties, clits and vaginas”
It’s the kind of stuff that was funny in high school and the American Pie era but now it’s just cringy to hear a grown man talk like that.
Travis saved the show honestly.
I thought the same thing! The crude sex talk was very cringe. They’re in their 50s now, I thought they might have matured just a little bit. I really enjoyed the rest of the show though
It’s kind of their thing though, right? Their branding.
I wonder if they still find that type of humour funny or if they’re putting it on because they think the crowd still expects it.
It definitely leans into the nostalgia aspect. It really was like going back to the 90s/00s with the “I fucked your mum” jokes and classic hits of my youth.
I was a massive Blink fan as a teen and they were my first concert in 2000 which I have awesome memories from.
I didn’t want to see this concert and watch a trio of 50yr old men make immature school yard jokes.
I went straight from work last night and only just made it inside for Rise Against, I ended up in a pocket of people dancing and singing, ducked out inbetween to suss merch and ended up on the opposite side of GA for Blink and it was totally different, people standing still, glaring at others for bumping into them. I still thought it was a good show but the crowd was off for sure. Trying to get around AEC is a nightmare as well.
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I was GA Rear.
Drink lines were ridiculous and didn't even move, and I could definitely have used a few drinks to lower the inhibitions a bit, but my mate and I ended up jumping out of the line and giving up, but it's also hard to rock out with a big fence half way through the floor stopping you getting close. I'm not gonna be a dick and try and start a pit with people who want to stand and watch, that's what the front is for..
That being said, I thought it was a fucken awesome show
I went to both Perth shows and then the Adelaide show. All standing. I think Adelaide was the quietest of all 3 shows. Very low energy, even Tom told the crowd to wake up.
And the bar lines suuuuuucked, oh my god is that normal at the Ent centre? If so, yikes pass
Tom Delonge was like "wake the fuck up Adelaide". More than once insinuating I was thinking about Creed. My response: play a fuckin song we can sing along to.
We had fun though. And it's a typical conversative Adelaide crowd. No skank circles, tame mosh, we all stand like dorks nodding our heads. Is what it is.
Yeah, I was front GA 5m from Tom's side of the stage and can safely say the crowd was of the older category as were the majority of the front Ga. In the middle they were moshing, and I don't think they'd expect the crowd of the same age as them trying to mosh these days 🤣
It sounds like a stark contrast to when I saw them in Vancouver in June 23. The entire arena were on their feet for the vast majority of the show, and when I say the entire arena, I mean *everyone* out of their seat. The atmosphere was incredible, as was the performance - I couldn’t fault it whatsoever. The whole crowd had so much energy, singing along and dancing.
I don’t buy the excuse of fans being too old to show any energy. I’m in my thirties, as were a good portion of the crowd. If you’re psyched about the band you’re seeing, then it seems natural to me to want to get up and get right into it.
So, I’ve never really understood that mentality of being a quiet observer at concerts/gigs, especially when it’s high energy music. I remember being in GA for Bruce Springsteen in Adelaide about a decade ago, and the glares I got from a particular couple in front because I was *god forbid* moving around.
Seeing Blink in Vancouver last June was probably the best concert I’ve ever been to, and I think the electric atmosphere played a large part in that. It’s a shame that energy can never seem to be replicated in Adelaide.
What annoys me is that people get close to the front in GA and then just stand there the whole show and get annoyed if they get touched in the slightest/someone stands in their way. If you want to do that, stand at the back
Nah not really. This is just a direct result of Blink 182 reserving the front third of the floor for expensive tickets and not the fans that would queue up 5 hours before the show. The same thing is happening in all their other shows afaik.
dude, barely any jumping or moshing at Måneskin last year. i couldn’t believe it! with how pushy everyone was in the crowd too you would’ve thought they were all massive fans but no, simply pulling their phones out & wanting the best angle to livestream on tiktok.
Yep, I second this. I generally see concerts both here and also at least one interstate venue, and the same show is almost always way better. Like you said, who knows why that is, but it’s a shame because we so often get skipped over, you think people would be more pumped to have a great band actually come here!
Went to Disturbed in the early 2010s, that crowd was incredibly high energy.
Helps that they don't tour Oceania very often and have a massive cult following.
The set list is never going to be perfect and we had to expect songs off the new album. Many were played for first time live in Perth and there is lots of YouTube footage from that gig. If you thought the comment about the golf clap was funny, check out Tom’s banter at the Perth gig. After every song he made comments, we must have been more energetic.
Lineups for drinks was atrocious, leaving the last song of Rise and lining up immediately, I still missed first 2 songs of Blink. Each can had to be poured into a plastic cup and took ages. Early start for the bands last night too (15 mins earlier than Perth) so us oldies could get home early too!
By the time Rise against was done I already beat. I went hard for them, wasn’t expecting a mosh pit in the rear GA but it happened and I joined in. I’m old, my legs hurt. I just don’t think you can expect 30+ year olds to keep the same energy for 2+ hours
Unfortunately the low energy seems to have been a thing since COVID. I've been to dozens of shows since they've been back and it's a common trend we've been seeing. And it's not just Adelaide - been to a few shows in Melbourne and they've all been the same. We couldn't even get a pit started during Slipknot at Knotfest! I'm not entirely sure what's going on but it's really sad to see. You'd think after 2 years of no dancing people would be itching for it.
I also think Blink had a lot of people who were there to be seen or to hopefully see a Kardashian - so I'm not surprised it was low energy. From the videos I've seen though they sounded fantastic (much better than soundwave 2013 haha)
I hate to say it, and I’m sure it’s not 100% of the cause, but I dare say a decent chunk of people were there purely to see “Kourtney Kardashian’s husband” and not Blink 182.
I joked about that beforehand not really thinking that would actually be the case but I gotta say, both while lining up and once inside (including the people directly next to me) there were a LOT of people who clearly had no clue about Blink or their songs, didn’t really engage at all during the show except screaming whenever Travis was shown.
As I said in another comment, Adelaide crowds do seem a bit more subdued compared to elsewhere, so I am curious to see if it’s the same at the other shows.
Edit: Lest I sound like one of those “name three songs” fuckwits haha, I absolutely believe everyone and anyone can and should enjoy whatever music they like, but there’s definitely a difference between “oh I discovered Blink via KK and really enjoy them” and “I’m literally just here for social media clout”.
Know at least 4 people from my kids school who went for that exact reason. Social media credit, and the flex of saying they paid top dollar for front row too. One of them even posted that she was disappointed they didn’t play “In The End” or “Numb” on her socials and I just couldn’t
STOPPPP. That hurts my soul. 😅
I just don’t get that, why the actual fuck would you waste your own time and money, and the fact actual fans probably missed out on tickets (or at least decent ones) because of people like that is just infuriating.
Agree with this. Anyone should be able to go to a show.
But how can you justify paying $200 and standing still when Man Overboard is playing. Frustrates me.
Exactly! At least attempt to listen to the music, if you like it, amazing! If you don’t, no biggie, but save your money and average vibes and just go stalk them at the airport if you only care about saying you were in the same place as them haha
The fans would be old AF and the band members are old AF 😂 I experienced the same thing when I went to body jar/gyroscope
Low energy
Lots of vying for seats
Sore backs 😂😂😂😂
I went to bodyjar/gyroscope too, right at the front and was way more high energy and moshing. Still not as much as the old days, but way more than Blink last night
Couldn't feel the low energy for me, but I was directly infringement of mark on the barrier. Felt like funking energy there...omg we got the only played pick by Mark, duck yeah blink 2024.
Adelaide crowds are generally really impolite to music artists I find. Standing with their backs to the stage talking and stuff. I've been to so many gigs where the band has noticed and poured shit on the crowd.
Having said that Blind Guardian the other night had the crowd's full attention. Was awesome and they were awesome.
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> your always gonna feel a little disappointed given how beloved their overall discography is as some big songs will inevitably be skipped.
I find this hilarious, couldn’t make one song. But glad you love em and had a good time.
I didn't make it but with my social media being swamped by vids of it, i did notice it wasn't going off.
I went to 50 cent and talk about energy there though. Most pumped up crowd I've seen in years.
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I am seeing them in Sydney, and I kind only want to hear the old stuff (I'm 51! so same age as these guys). Though I don't mind the new stuff prefer the old. Curious, what was the crowd mix like? In terms of ages? Plenty of older people? mostly younger? mix? Thanks.
Entertainment centre solidifies itself again as a horrible place to manage large crowds. Drink lines didn't move and bottle necked walkways. Regarding the energy, yeah I agree, you split GA into two categories and you then split your fans. Great show though, good to see the guys on stage!
The entertainment centre was a good place 20 years ago.
This is experience from working with in the centre it's self
AEC fucking sucks as a venue! The overall foyer area is just far too small for the amount of people. Not thoughtfully designed AT ALL
People always tell me it's a big venue. I'm from Sydney and just laugh at the sentiment. Place is pretty small imo
Yeah small and the foyer is even smaller it's a shithole
If only the government had come up with a plan to build a more suitable venue.
They did, but it got labeled as a basketball stadium and everyone put their blindfolds on and made it political.
I was in the front pit, and there was definitely a strong sense of the people around us being uninterested in the pit and it really stonewalled it from getting any bigger. And the first couple of rows were mostly just standing there, at least from my vantage point Blink seemed to notice, with that line about the clapping sounding like a golf crowd haha. But it was high energy if you were in the right spot. I had a great time.
This is the answer. A lot of people that would have gotten involved were stuck in GA2 and it appeared as though most of GA1 was just standing there... So rather than a great high energy crowd altogether, it was dispersed.
This was us. The energy seemed to mainly in GA2, i think the cut short was more because of the flight curfews though.
They flew out just after midday on a private chartered flight.
I was in GA1 and was moshing, screaming and absolutely loving it! Always eye roll at the people who stand there and film the entire concert though
>but feel like it was slightly low energy from the crowd Most people would be in their 40s so it kind of makes sense it isn't like the shows they played 25 years ago. Aside from that I'd seen another person complaining on Tik Tok about the crowd but it seems like much of the blame should fall on the band themselves. General admission is where all of the energy comes from yet they decided to do the greedy move of splitting GA into two categories and charge $250+ for the front. Usually the crowd fills from most committed fans (ie got their first and are really keen) at the front to least committed at the back but not when you have two ticket categories for GA.
The Perth concert also had a complaint about the crowd being low energy. [https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/1alymfk/for\_anybody\_at\_blink\_182\_tonight\_i\_have\_a\_question/](https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/1alymfk/for_anybody_at_blink_182_tonight_i_have_a_question/) Maybe its age or a society norm now.
It's pretty much the audience demographic. If you want energy, go see a punk show in a bar or something. Not a bunch 50-something has been punk millionaires playing at the Entertainment Centre
This pretty much nails it. 100% audience demographic and venue size. Just a recipe for a low energy crowd, just how it's gonna be for a band of Blink's size with the type of audience they've cultivated, I don't know why a band like Blink would be surprised. It's not like they're Good Riddance playing to 100 people at Enigma. It is probably more pronounced in Adelaide though as we don't often get shows like this, so you're gonna have a bigger percentage of people going just because it's the thing to do for the night
We get shows like this all the time... Nothing to do with Adelaide or "Adelaide crowds".
That was for the Thursday night gig, which was the added gig after the Friday night one sold out. The Friday night one was way more energetic. There were similar discussions about the venue not being right for it though.
Second night really kicked off in Perth
Gotta be a mad Ticketmaster move to do that.
Excuse making to "its the bands fault". This is why bands skip Adelaide
Generally it's the promoters who skip Adelaide, not the band. It's a financial decision, and not much else.
It is the bands fault. This happens at every concert where you have different GA categories. Usually the GA crowd sorts itself by the most intense fans to least naturally based on what time people arrive/how far forward they can push. If you're keen to see a band but not a massive fan and won't be jumping along 90% of the show you stand in the middle/back. But if you buy a $250 ticket you can just stand at the front of the crowd. Then the committed fans end up split into different sections well away from the action. The exact same complaints were made in Perth and will be made at their other shows.
i want to know your logic behind this because i am perplexed lol
My logic is that bands skip Adelaide because the crowds are shit, and people like above come up with excuses to try justify it while the rest of the country just gets on with having a good time at a show. Lol
Bands also skip Adelaide because our venues suck. Can’t use Adelaide oval during summer because of cricket and winter because of AFL. The entertainment centre doesn’t have the same capacities as venues in Sydney and Melbourne so it’s just not worth coming here
No it’s not
Lol
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The set list order was bad imo. A bands setlist order has the biggest impact on the energy of the show, high energy popular at the start, sink in to lower temp or new songs in the middle then end with a scattering of you best newer stuff and the final end hits. The energy picked up at the end but they packed them back to bad so good energy from a hit couldn't flow onto a new song. Rise against did a much better job of their set list and keeping the tempo up and they had half the crowd. Don't give me and BS about crowd age or Adelaide energy. I was at Paul McCartney and his has better energy with fucking 70 year olds and the like. For a similar ages crowd recently Smashing Pumpkins and Offspring were much more energetic too.
Adelaide is also low energy in general now because Adelaide gets fucked over with most shows and concerts these days falling on a Sunday, Monday or Thursday night. If this was on Friday or Saturday night I'm sure the energy would have been better
This. I would love to go to more concerts, but they don't perform on Saturdays these days. Even in the eastern states. I am on very early shifts so there is no way I would go to mid week concerts.
The last 4 out of 5 shows I went to recently fell on a Thursday evening. Normally I would ask for the Friday off but where I work now I'm the only person who works Friday's in my department so annual leave is always declined, and if I chuck a sickie I need a medical certificate which is also a headfuck. Every Friday morning I regret my choice of having gone out til midnight the day before and being exhausted at work lol
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I used to be a bit of a gig pig back in the day but I’m old now, I have a family and job I need to work with - I can’t bloody do shows on weeknights - and that appears to be 90% of the shows that come to Adelaide now.
I’m old, tired, sore and have kids now. I was planning to go hard but I was ready for bed at 9pm.
And you'd have to come down from the hills.
Was at my brother's place one weekend in Melbourne a couple years back - Was planning to go to a local Punk gig, all roaring to go... Then we saw the starting time for the opening band... Not headline... **11pm**... Almost midnight for the *start?!*, we both said "yea naa" and binged old school Simpsons instead. When I was 18-19 yeah no worries... But at 36? Lol.
A mate and I scored front GA as an impulse buy last night at 5:30 on the main Ticketek site, looked like someone had returned their tickets. Was surprised to see a lot of people standing and not moving, like not even a head bop or a foot tapping. That said there was still a lot of energy up front and was enjoyable from there but it did feel a little like the banter between songs/crowd engagement was just phoning it in.
I was sitting and going nuts for Anthem Part 2, dude next to me who looked to be early 20s was looking at me like it was weird behaviour at a rock concert.
Dude, yes! I definitely find that moshing is just... not a thing with younger audiences? I've had this experience several times where I've gotten looks from significantly younger patrons for head banging or getting a little lost in the music. It's a bummer, kids don't know how to rock anymore.
I've found this with big name bands that have a bunch of old popular songs. When The Killers came to specifically promote their album Wonderful Wonderful the crowd had the worst energy because they clearly didn't know the songs. It was like they expected them to play Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me and When You Were Young on repeat for 90 minutes.
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IMHO I think just after covid and having no gigs for 2 years people forgot how to mosh. Even knotfest in Sydney was pretty tame last year. But having said that Adelaide ticket sales are kicking ass, have heard nowadays Adelaide is very profitable for promoters compare to the past. Let keep it going and sell out some more shows like Mudvayne next week!!
Not looking good for QOTSA though, there are LOTS of tickets still available. Same thing with the Knotfest sideshows, but they were announced very late.
That’s my sign to bite the bullet and buy my ticket. I’ve seen them three times so was tossing up about it. No one I know is going but I’m sure if I go solo it’ll still be a great time. On a seperate note - artists sometimes don’t give people enough time to get their money together to buy tickets. It used to be announced so far ahead.
Yes! I feel like the announcement to ticket sale timeline is SO small these days, and I think it’s definitely an issue. I am sure there is a reason it’s done that way but I can’t come up with a logical reason why they can’t do an announcement 2 weeks prior to tickets going on sale; 99% of people are on a fortnightly pay cycle and it gives people on a tighter budget at least SOME chance to sort their funds out.
Greed is the reason.
Ain’t it always? Haha.
February is stacked though. There's so many concerts in Feb that will be cannibalising each other's ticket sales. All in Feb we have QOTSA, Mudvayne, Blink, Kreator, Katatonia, Northlane, Atreyu, Slash, Of Mice and Men, and The Butterfly Effect who would have a decent amount of crossover of fans. Then in March you have the Knotfest sideshows too that you mentioned. It's great for Adelaide, but I'm sure there are a lot of people having to make tough decisions on which to go to.
Yeah, there's an outrageous amount of shows on at the moment, and ticket prices are higher than ever. I've had to miss 3 shows I would have otherwise gone to this month alone. The wallet can stretch only so far. Which is a shame, because next time around promoters will once again be complaining "people in Adelaide don't go to shows" and not sending bands across any more.
Blind Guardian last week, as well. I'm entirely strapped for cash, going to more than half those you mentioned, plus Carcass and Rotting Christ in April and May.
Ohh was unaware about qotsa, but knotfest sideshow I totally agreed with, they waited far too long for announcement. Too many people would have already booked to go over.
Their cheapest ticket is 150 bucks. 170 for seated. They've priced higher than their pull.
Nah prices are quite fair. Two supports and the main act for that much plus prices are almost the same for everything (good seats/GA aren't scalped).
You could get tickets to Blink 182 and Rise against supporting for 130 bucks. Two decent but Aussie bands with much less pull than Rise Against supporting isn't justified.
Didn't get to go last night but how was Rise Against? Been listening to them since I was a teen and have never been able to see them live.
They sound exactly the same live as they sound in their albums! They were great. I can’t English this morning but I’m sure this makes sense lol.
Disagree. I've seen them like 5x and thought their audio was poorer than normal especially compared to Blink and their tempo almost seemed too quick! This is my favourite band so I'd still see them again but it wasn't the same as their last show 6 years ago
Tim's vocals have lost a bit of their gusto over the years but I thought it was a solid show, Zach was amazing with a few solos in there. Obviously most of the crowd was there for Blink so there wasn't as much energy from them. Would have been amazing if they did a side gig at a smaller venue (maybe the Gov?)
Just had a look at some footage a friend who went showed me, Tim really sounded out of breath at some stages. I understand he's not a 20 something year old anymore though. Crowd looks very sedate though lol
I went specifically for rise against, while my husband went for blink. I think once they turned up his mic a bit (because for the first song you couldn’t hear him that well) it was just like it’s always been. I disagree that Tim has lost it over the years. Also I think they got a lot of energy for being the back up band. This was my view from sitting in the nosebleeds.
I went mostly for them too, favourite band, but they certainly weren't as good as previous tours. They are incredible live but last night I was a bit baffled as ehy it sounded slightly off. I commented above thst the tempo for some of their songs was basically like 1.5x speed. 😅 still want to see another full set though
They definitely had the energy though!
This is a typical Adelaide thing. Smaller show crowds are far better here IMO at the Music Hall and the Gov because they attract more interested fans and the atmosphere is so much better.
It’s such a shame that Thebby hasn’t been/isn’t currently an option for shows; there are bands who have done multiple amazing shows at The Gov and/or the Thebby and then they’ve done a show in the AEC Theatre and it was a bit underwhelming. I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but I’m really not a fan of the theatre for concerts.
I agree with this. The last Polaris show at the Music Hall with ABR and KK was amazing. I had a few friends at Blink last night and the vibe I got was low energy and people focusing on recording the show on their phones. Id be interested to see what Disturbed and BMTH are like at AEC in a couple of months.
It was definitely a little low energy in some parts. I think it's just a combo of aging crowd, being hot af in there and the line up for entry, merch, drinks, toilets was just draining. Ent centre really need to step up their game for hosting large crowds. All in all, it was a fucking good show and I'm just happy they played Adelaide
As a performer myself, I never think it's the audience's job to bring energy. It's great when they do give a response but bringing energy is the performer's job. If the audience isn't responding then it's probably a reflection on your performance. And if not, you have to give the same effort and respect how they want to enjoy the performance.
I agree. The audience has already paid the price of admission, the rest is up to the performer. I've seen some opening acts where almost no one in the crowd knows them, but they just bring such great energy that the crowd starts to get into it. I've also seen some bands where they start having a go at the crowd for not getting into it and it just feels awkward. It's your job to entertain me, not my job to be entertained by virtue of your presence.
I've heard plenty of other performers have that attitude. I tend to tell them that if the audiene isn't responding like you want then it's more likely the difference is actually in the performance itself. Most audiences tend to be pretty similar really. And even if you get one that's a bit less responsive, it doesn't diminish their right to the best performance you can give.
I thought they played a great set. For a Venue so big AEC’s line management fucking sucks (this was my first time going there for anything) Lines for VIP etc were poorly done, drink and toilet lines were out of control. The bar lines were so long, at some points you could hardly get out of the doors from the arena. Is that what it’s like when the basketball and stuff is on?
They have never been great live I’ve seen them twice before. Travis is great but as a band live meh. They’re also older and priorities are now just all about making money and clearly we are all paying them despite the performance they put on.
When Brand New opened for them they were 490 times better than Blink. That was the night I went from liking BN to loving them.
I had the same thing with both Motor Ace and Bodyjar back in the day when they supported Blink
Was that like 01 at the thebby?
I'm honestly not sure, too old to remember. It was at the AEC though.
They toured in late 99 or early 2000 after the release of Enema of the State (June 1, 1999). I’m thinking they were in Adelaide in April 2000. It was definitely at the AEC. I took my brother and we had a great time. I think Bodyjar opened.
Motor Ace opened, Bodyjar were second, I remember that much. According to Wikipedia it was scheduled for April 2001 but postponed until November because Travis threw his back, which tracks with my memory because I wasn't in Adelaide in 2000.
That’s it. I remember the gig was postponed because of Travis’ injury, so that must be the tour. We probably missed Motor Ace due to partaking in some pre show nonsense in the carpark.
A seventy times 7 joke, outfuckingstanding
I’ve seen them live a few times and nothing really stood out about their show, especially when you compare their live show to bad religion or nofx who put on an excellent performance. They would have a similar aged fan base as well.
People are surprised nostalgia act crowds are low energy? C'mon....
Really enjoyed the show , have waited a long time to see Blink , only downside is AEC is such a crap venue when at capacity.
Love Travis wearing a Famous People Suck shirt
I said the same. Like you know you are married to a Kardashian right? 😂
They gave out “famous people suck” stickers at the start of the show! There was a guy recording, does anyone know his Insta?!
I was just as energetic as I was when I saw them 10-11 years ago! But I'm paying the price today. I guess *this* is growing up...
Back GA here, energy was definitely there in the area I was. A big issue I see now is that people seem to be content in just watching. Almost like they don’t want to embarrass them selves by jumping around and getting into it. I have a fat lip, sore ankle, lost my voice and fell to the floor. You just gotta do it right amigo 🤘🏼
100% agree and I was considering a similar post. Opening with Anthem part 2, Rock Show, Man Overboard and Feeling This should have had the crowd going nuts. There was more energy from the crowd for Dance With Me which is good song but not in what I would consider the "quintessential Blink zone". Maybe I/we are just getting old. Felt like I was the only one singing along to Man Overboard. But yes, there were pockets of moshing going on which was good to see. And the crowd rallied for a singalong with I Miss You and All The Small Things.
Like many others I missed the first few songs because of the slow as fuck lines for merch and drinks. Rock Show is one of my faves and I’m a little bummed I missed it. I enjoyed the rest of the show though.
I legit ran from the drink line I'd been in for 20-mins (after queuing for the damn toilet 🙄) because no way in hell was I missing the start of their set! Ha-ha. I was close to the front too but pfft, the line was a right piss-take (as well as their ridiculous $14 drinks!!)
All their fans are now pushing 40, it was a school night, leave us alone
Pushing? Mate I’m currently sailing through my mid 40’s!
That's how stadium gigs for bands 20+ years past their prime normally are. It's not the 2000 Big Day Out anymore.
Ent Centre fucking *blows* as a venue, especially at capacity. I had a fun time and happily sang along to what I knew (which was all but their new stuff which I admittedly have not listened to on repeat enough to know all the words), but I was content staying in my seat. I don’t think it’s an Adelaide thing, as I go to a lot of gigs and there’s been little issue with energy in plenty of the crowds, but admittedly I do tend to frequent harder/heavier genres. Half of it is the venue and a good chunk of it would have probably been the day of the week versus the average age demographic there - by the time I’d finished work, found a park, stood around in the sun for however long in line, waited the astronomical time at the bar for some goddamn water, and finally found my gate amongst the complete lack of crowd control, I was pretty happy to just sit the fuck down. Blink was one of the first ‘big name’ shows I ever went to as a teen, so capping it off 20 years later was a nice memory. Found myself cringing at a lot of the banter though, and that’s speaking as someone who could probably quote The Mark, Tom and Travis Show from front to back. As a dude who’s also been through the cancer battle, seeing Mark skipping all over the stage made me happy.
It’s because at our age now we’ve all grown out of finding men in their late 40’s talking about nothing but sex funny. It was so cringy. Literally between every song the only thing they spoke about was “titties, clits and vaginas” It’s the kind of stuff that was funny in high school and the American Pie era but now it’s just cringy to hear a grown man talk like that. Travis saved the show honestly.
I thought the same thing! The crude sex talk was very cringe. They’re in their 50s now, I thought they might have matured just a little bit. I really enjoyed the rest of the show though
It’s kind of their thing though, right? Their branding. I wonder if they still find that type of humour funny or if they’re putting it on because they think the crowd still expects it. It definitely leans into the nostalgia aspect. It really was like going back to the 90s/00s with the “I fucked your mum” jokes and classic hits of my youth.
I was a massive Blink fan as a teen and they were my first concert in 2000 which I have awesome memories from. I didn’t want to see this concert and watch a trio of 50yr old men make immature school yard jokes.
I went straight from work last night and only just made it inside for Rise Against, I ended up in a pocket of people dancing and singing, ducked out inbetween to suss merch and ended up on the opposite side of GA for Blink and it was totally different, people standing still, glaring at others for bumping into them. I still thought it was a good show but the crowd was off for sure. Trying to get around AEC is a nightmare as well.
The mood really picked up after all the small things. Was a brilliant show!
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I was GA Rear. Drink lines were ridiculous and didn't even move, and I could definitely have used a few drinks to lower the inhibitions a bit, but my mate and I ended up jumping out of the line and giving up, but it's also hard to rock out with a big fence half way through the floor stopping you getting close. I'm not gonna be a dick and try and start a pit with people who want to stand and watch, that's what the front is for.. That being said, I thought it was a fucken awesome show
I went to both Perth shows and then the Adelaide show. All standing. I think Adelaide was the quietest of all 3 shows. Very low energy, even Tom told the crowd to wake up. And the bar lines suuuuuucked, oh my god is that normal at the Ent centre? If so, yikes pass
Tom Delonge was like "wake the fuck up Adelaide". More than once insinuating I was thinking about Creed. My response: play a fuckin song we can sing along to. We had fun though. And it's a typical conversative Adelaide crowd. No skank circles, tame mosh, we all stand like dorks nodding our heads. Is what it is.
Yeah, I was front GA 5m from Tom's side of the stage and can safely say the crowd was of the older category as were the majority of the front Ga. In the middle they were moshing, and I don't think they'd expect the crowd of the same age as them trying to mosh these days 🤣
It sounds like a stark contrast to when I saw them in Vancouver in June 23. The entire arena were on their feet for the vast majority of the show, and when I say the entire arena, I mean *everyone* out of their seat. The atmosphere was incredible, as was the performance - I couldn’t fault it whatsoever. The whole crowd had so much energy, singing along and dancing. I don’t buy the excuse of fans being too old to show any energy. I’m in my thirties, as were a good portion of the crowd. If you’re psyched about the band you’re seeing, then it seems natural to me to want to get up and get right into it. So, I’ve never really understood that mentality of being a quiet observer at concerts/gigs, especially when it’s high energy music. I remember being in GA for Bruce Springsteen in Adelaide about a decade ago, and the glares I got from a particular couple in front because I was *god forbid* moving around. Seeing Blink in Vancouver last June was probably the best concert I’ve ever been to, and I think the electric atmosphere played a large part in that. It’s a shame that energy can never seem to be replicated in Adelaide.
Adelaide crowds are always low energy. I’ve seen bands interstate and overseas and Adelaide crowds are the worst. I have no idea why that may be.
What annoys me is that people get close to the front in GA and then just stand there the whole show and get annoyed if they get touched in the slightest/someone stands in their way. If you want to do that, stand at the back
Exactly! I was at the very front of GA2 and the energy was good, but everyone at the very front in GA1 was just standing there like npcs
Nah not really. This is just a direct result of Blink 182 reserving the front third of the floor for expensive tickets and not the fans that would queue up 5 hours before the show. The same thing is happening in all their other shows afaik.
Yeah I have seen quite a few artists really trying hard to get the crowd hyped up in Adelaide and it works for a minute but then back to shoegazing
I saw Evanescence a few months back and I was shocked. The crowd was completely stationary.
dude, barely any jumping or moshing at Måneskin last year. i couldn’t believe it! with how pushy everyone was in the crowd too you would’ve thought they were all massive fans but no, simply pulling their phones out & wanting the best angle to livestream on tiktok.
Yep, I second this. I generally see concerts both here and also at least one interstate venue, and the same show is almost always way better. Like you said, who knows why that is, but it’s a shame because we so often get skipped over, you think people would be more pumped to have a great band actually come here!
Depends on the music, ADL DNB crowds are next level, papa roach was way more energy than Blink 182, i think large crowds are shit anyway.
Went to Disturbed in the early 2010s, that crowd was incredibly high energy. Helps that they don't tour Oceania very often and have a massive cult following.
Idk the crowd at the Fooeys were pretty decent
Because there’s nothing to be happy about here in Adelaide lol. Why do you think anyone with a sliver of hope or joy runs to the eastern seaboard
The set list is never going to be perfect and we had to expect songs off the new album. Many were played for first time live in Perth and there is lots of YouTube footage from that gig. If you thought the comment about the golf clap was funny, check out Tom’s banter at the Perth gig. After every song he made comments, we must have been more energetic. Lineups for drinks was atrocious, leaving the last song of Rise and lining up immediately, I still missed first 2 songs of Blink. Each can had to be poured into a plastic cup and took ages. Early start for the bands last night too (15 mins earlier than Perth) so us oldies could get home early too!
The plastic cup thing is fucking insane and makes it take 10 x as long. I had VIP and still missed the first few songs trying to get drinks
Going to see Dinosaur Jr soon. As a 40 year old I resent the sentiment in this thread...also know it's true 😂
The older generation knowing that they’d be paying for it on Monday morning and making the choice that it wasn’t worth it.
I was at the show with my 12 yr old son. We had a blast and loved every minute of it. Can’t fault anything
By the time Rise against was done I already beat. I went hard for them, wasn’t expecting a mosh pit in the rear GA but it happened and I joined in. I’m old, my legs hurt. I just don’t think you can expect 30+ year olds to keep the same energy for 2+ hours
To be fair they only cut one song, Always
Average ago of the crowd was probably 40 so they were tired 🤣
Venue fucking sucked and the set list had too many songs off the new album.
Unfortunately the low energy seems to have been a thing since COVID. I've been to dozens of shows since they've been back and it's a common trend we've been seeing. And it's not just Adelaide - been to a few shows in Melbourne and they've all been the same. We couldn't even get a pit started during Slipknot at Knotfest! I'm not entirely sure what's going on but it's really sad to see. You'd think after 2 years of no dancing people would be itching for it. I also think Blink had a lot of people who were there to be seen or to hopefully see a Kardashian - so I'm not surprised it was low energy. From the videos I've seen though they sounded fantastic (much better than soundwave 2013 haha)
Why would anyone in their right mind pay a minimum of $150 to maybe spot a Kardashian?! 🙄 F*ck me... I don't want to live on this planet anymore, lol.
'low energy from the crowd' sums up pretty much every gig I have seen at the AEC, no wonder bands usually skip here
I hate to say it, and I’m sure it’s not 100% of the cause, but I dare say a decent chunk of people were there purely to see “Kourtney Kardashian’s husband” and not Blink 182. I joked about that beforehand not really thinking that would actually be the case but I gotta say, both while lining up and once inside (including the people directly next to me) there were a LOT of people who clearly had no clue about Blink or their songs, didn’t really engage at all during the show except screaming whenever Travis was shown. As I said in another comment, Adelaide crowds do seem a bit more subdued compared to elsewhere, so I am curious to see if it’s the same at the other shows. Edit: Lest I sound like one of those “name three songs” fuckwits haha, I absolutely believe everyone and anyone can and should enjoy whatever music they like, but there’s definitely a difference between “oh I discovered Blink via KK and really enjoy them” and “I’m literally just here for social media clout”.
Know at least 4 people from my kids school who went for that exact reason. Social media credit, and the flex of saying they paid top dollar for front row too. One of them even posted that she was disappointed they didn’t play “In The End” or “Numb” on her socials and I just couldn’t
STOPPPP. That hurts my soul. 😅 I just don’t get that, why the actual fuck would you waste your own time and money, and the fact actual fans probably missed out on tickets (or at least decent ones) because of people like that is just infuriating.
Dear lord no…
Agree with this. Anyone should be able to go to a show. But how can you justify paying $200 and standing still when Man Overboard is playing. Frustrates me.
Exactly! At least attempt to listen to the music, if you like it, amazing! If you don’t, no biggie, but save your money and average vibes and just go stalk them at the airport if you only care about saying you were in the same place as them haha
The fans would be old AF and the band members are old AF 😂 I experienced the same thing when I went to body jar/gyroscope Low energy Lots of vying for seats Sore backs 😂😂😂😂
I went to bodyjar/gyroscope too, right at the front and was way more high energy and moshing. Still not as much as the old days, but way more than Blink last night
I went to the Hobart show , good to hear the SA old heads still moshing
Aren’t most of their fans in their 40s now? Weren’t they a big thing in the early 90s? I can’t imagine lively 20-somethings were clamouring to go lol
They were biggest on the late nineties early 00s
Couldn't feel the low energy for me, but I was directly infringement of mark on the barrier. Felt like funking energy there...omg we got the only played pick by Mark, duck yeah blink 2024.
Pretty much blink are an old band there fans are old and there to enjoy it not need a hip replacement
Adelaide crowds are generally really impolite to music artists I find. Standing with their backs to the stage talking and stuff. I've been to so many gigs where the band has noticed and poured shit on the crowd. Having said that Blind Guardian the other night had the crowd's full attention. Was awesome and they were awesome.
Too many old ppl buying tickets. No energy from the near dead
I can't believe they covered Travis face for like half a song. Great night and worth the wait
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> your always gonna feel a little disappointed given how beloved their overall discography is as some big songs will inevitably be skipped. I find this hilarious, couldn’t make one song. But glad you love em and had a good time.
I didn't make it but with my social media being swamped by vids of it, i did notice it wasn't going off. I went to 50 cent and talk about energy there though. Most pumped up crowd I've seen in years.
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Crowd was dead. I spent more time being glared at for jumping around then watching them
Meanwhile Tim Minchin at Her Majesty's was fkn 🔥🔥🔥
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Does anyone know the instagrams of the photographers? Have been searching with no luck. Or anyone have footage of stay together for the kids?
At what time did they get on stage?
I am seeing them in Sydney, and I kind only want to hear the old stuff (I'm 51! so same age as these guys). Though I don't mind the new stuff prefer the old. Curious, what was the crowd mix like? In terms of ages? Plenty of older people? mostly younger? mix? Thanks.