Yesterday we headed down to Sydney, but unfortunately for us toyvoyagers - there was no sightseeing to be done... we came down mainly for one reason... to see the Foo Fighters concert, thought to be the biggest concert of the Summer... it was just that! It was AMAZING! Not only did we see the Foo Fighters, we saw Tenacious D (also known as Jack Black and *two* supporting bands... Stonestreet and F*cked Up... it was a MASSIVE night, which started at 4pm, entering the stadium, and the main show started at 7.50pm... as you can imagine - Sara's feet were hurting a little bit - haha...
Unfortunately we weren't allowed in, not only did we have tickets, but because they were in the mosh pit, they were afraid of loosing us since it can get pretty intense in the middle. So instead, we got a bit of a run down when they came back out - and then spent an hour to get out of the car park since Sara, her husband Daniel and us were around 45,000+ people also ready to head home... and in very central Sydney...
So here's how it all went down... The Foo Fighters came out and they played a massive set list, a lot of old and a lot of new ones... so it was a really awesome concert all together... the set list consisted of:
All My Life, Rope, The Pretender, My Hero, Learn to Fly, White Limo, Arlandria, Breakout, Cold Day in the Sun, Long Road to Ruin, Stacked Actors, Walk, Let It Die, Monkey Wrench, These Days, This is a Call, In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd cover), Best of You
...and the encore consisted of:
Wheels (Acoustic), Times Like These (Semi Acoustic), Generator, Tie Your Mother Down (Queen cover) (with Tenacious D) and Everlong
It was a very long concert, and very awesome... Sara was up against the runway, against the gate, so no people pushing and shoving as much... and it rained a bit through the concert so she was able to stay cool - she tells us that mosh pits tend to get very very hot... especially in the Summer... so she was very happy with her location... she was lucky enough to have Dave Grohl run by a few times, and even stopped in front of her... she got a few photos - although very blurry since it was getting dark and clearly he was moving a lot... as you would expect... it was very neat to be so close to a big musician though!
One really neat thing though... during the song Monkey Wrench, he stopped in the middle and said he wanted to do something... all the lights in the stadium went dark and everything went quiet. We waited, and people started raising their phones and lighters to make the entire stadium light up... after about 5 minutes of this, while it was still dark he came on the microphone and stated "that is so f**king beautiful"... from where Sara was, she said it was probably one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen...
Very soon after, he began to play These Days, saying it was one of his favourite songs he had ever written... explained that he was approached to make a video for it - and him and the band threw around a lot of ideas... and then he decided to bring a bunch of cameras down to Australia with him... and said to us that he hoped we all signed the waiver form, just as a camera man was walking along the stage filming us... throughout the rest of the concert we had people filming us to go into the video... because of where Sara was situated... she may be in the music video! Here's hoping... none the less, that's an amazing thing to have as a memento that's for sure... Sara and Daniel believe the lights out with lighters/phones in the air is going to be part of the video... we shall see when it comes out I suppose! :-)
Well, since we obviously couldn't go to the concert, even though we wished we could have... Sara got a photo of us on the concert t-shirt she bought, with the tickets and the wrist band she had to wear to get into and stay in the mosh for the night... what an amazing experience... now I just hope that video will come out soon, I can't wait to see the professional footage!
Sara did get a video... between Best of You, during the encore, Dave Grohl came onto the video screen on night vision... it's not the best, and the sound definitely isn't much better (since it was filmed with her mobile phone)... but it shows part of the concert from where she was lucky enough to stand... she then kept the camera rolling as he ran onto the stage and ran right past her! How cool!
You can see that video if you click here!
The other photos include a photo before the concert started, Jack Black from Tenacious D, and miscellaneous photos from the Foo Fighter Concert... this is a really long post, but Sara was very very excited to tell everyone how it went... I hope you enjoyed it!
Write again soon!
