Hard News: Big Friday Music: Counting Down at the Springs
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Two panorama shots, one from above the mainstage terraces, the other stretching from the distant Tamaki and Aroha Stages to the stadium bowl. Click to embiggen,
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The steps are new and the toilets will be handy.
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Your photos remind me of the video for Better be home soon. And why on earth do they have two stages right next to each other?
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Heather Gaye, in reply to
The schedule alternates between stages throughout the day. While one act is playing, the next act sets up on the other stage, so there's no gap between bands.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks, Heather.
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I doubt it will sound like much to anyone not on site. There's always at least 2 stages performing simultaneously across the venue. Usually more. Unless you're right in front of one of them, it sounds like bzzzzhhhsssswwwhhhhhhhaaaaaaaoooooorrrrrrrwwwwwwwwhhhhhssssssszzzzzb. Except for maybe half an hour at the end.
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Also, they've wrapped all the tree trunks in the Lakeside area.
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Hugh Sundae has an amusing video of a tour of the site with Campbell, who is driving a golf buggy.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
so there’s no gap between bands
At the change over, a giant finger comes down out of the sky to rotate the new band into place.
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And Kirsty Johnston has a story and video on Stuff.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
At the change over, a giant finger comes down out of the sky to rotate the new band into place.
If that's what you saw Bart, then that's what happened.
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The Chow Town menu for the day is actually pretty awesome.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Your photos remind me of the video for Better be home soon.
What on earth was that pre-roll ad about?
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Richard Stewart, in reply to
Wow that looks like a nice selection of tasty food! It's evident that a lot of effort has gone into providing a high standard for this event, starting with what will be a really nice venue.
Hopefully this will carry over into in an improved beer selection? In the past it's been brown water at MOET prices. -
Chris Waugh, in reply to
What on earth was that pre-roll ad about?
Assuming the ads are the same as you saw, cough medicine (the capsule flying the helicopter and vacuuming bugs out of lungs) and some really exciting sugar-free chewing gum. But I didn't pay any attention to the ads that were on there yesterday.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Hopefully this will carry over into in an improved beer selection? In the past it’s been brown water at MOET prices.
Don't get your hopes up.
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
the capsule flying the helicopter and vacuuming bugs out of lungs
I saw some guy with a tiger mask about to use a back-scratcher for something other than his back
This is making the big finger in the sky seem reasonable ...
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Gary Young, in reply to
At the risk of appearing a blushing innocent, why?
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Rich of Observationz, in reply to
I think there's a clause in the Liquor Act that requires the bar contract for large events to be given to an industrial cleaning company that will maintain huge queues and shite beer. For our own good, obviously.
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Danielle, in reply to
Jesus Christ. I can get a PO BOY at the BDO? What sort of civilised madness is this?
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
PO BOY
Sadly it isn't an alligator Po Boy, but man that food sounds great.
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Sol K, in reply to
YUM!
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
This is making the big finger in the sky seem reasonable …
Ah, yes, Chinese advertising is great for helping one stay firmly grounded in reality. I'm sure that, being a scientist, you'd love to see how they market infant formula over here....
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Russell Brown, in reply to
I think there’s a clause in the Liquor Act that requires the bar contract for large events to be given to an industrial cleaning company that will maintain huge queues and shite beer. For our own good, obviously.
Something like that. it's great that they're not captive to venue caterers at the Springs (unlike, say, Parliament, where rooms are free for the public to book but feeding or water an audience = $$$$ to fucking Spotless), but very large-scale beer pourage is quite a big job.
There may also be a "pourage sponsor" who pays some money for the right to sell beer on the day. Or not, I don't know. Anyway, here's a picture of one of the mobile bars already on site.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
I think there’s a clause in the Liquor Act
Is there a similar clause regarding airport transit lounges? Because I distinctly remember waiting in Auckland for a flight back to China and deciding to try a Speight's lager that hadn't existed back when I lived in Dunedin, and then, upon discovering that the contents of the glass I was handed looked and tasted like it was half tap water, ordering the old fashioned, regular Speight's and being disappointed to discover it looked and tasted exactly the same.
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