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The Big Day Out, Shihad, Tool and the Girl. (Updated with Video)

by red12b

Went to the Big Day Out yesterday, nothing beats an 8 hour shift starting from 3 in the morning and jumping straight into a 12 hour music festival, it was amazing Luger Boa was good I Am Giant was pretty awesome Airbourne were fuckin' awesome with Joel (Lead singer guitarist) climbing the scaffolding 5 feet in front of me, fucking mad bugger climbed up around 6 meters and played a solo, so fuck...

Went to the Big Day Out yesterday, nothing beats an 8 hour shift starting from 3 in the morning and jumping straight into a 12 hour music festival, it was amazing 
 
Luger Boa was good 
 
I Am Giant was pretty awesome 
 
Airbourne were fuckin' awesome with Joel (Lead singer guitarist) climbing the scaffolding 5 feet in front of me, fucking mad bugger climbed up around 6 meters and played a solo, so fucking cool 
   
Fucking cunt was mad! I was five feet from the scaffold 
  

   

Deftones were alright 
 
Lupe Fiasco... I went and got food and drink 
 
Wolfmother was basically a cover band, playing a few Who songs and Dear prudence  
 
John Butler trio... I made my way to the Orange stage in wait for Shihad,  
I was three people from the barrier for the Shihad set, the minute Trio stopped chanting from the crowd started "Shihad shihad shihad shihad"  
 
Shihad was superb playing "The general electric" in it's entirety The crowd was really intense, pushing us to the barrier and moving as one massive entity it started raining at the start of the set, which was much needed as in the front row it was absolutely packed it was so boiling hot that steam was rising from our sweat and water from the rain, it was a family of shihad  
Opening with My Minds Sedate Jon Toogood and the band gave it their all, and the crowd gave it back  
with The General Electric the crowd shouting the lyrics in perfect harmony with Jon grew louder than the PA system for which he commented on making us roar in appreciation of this amazing album 
Wait and see was incredible not only for how well they performed but it was when I started to notice how intense the crowd was and feeling the amount of pressure on my back  as I struggled to breath in the heat that the crowd was generating. 
Pacifier was welcome relief as Jon got us to wave our hands to make some space for us in the front and acknowledging our intensity as fucking awesome
after pacifier the crowed went ballistic with the rest of the set Thin White Line; Only Time; Just Like Everybody Else; Sport And Religion; Spacing; The Metal Song; Life In Cars played in succession with everybody singing   
 
Video of pacifier  
   
I didn't take this
   
 From another angle  
  
  
Then the last song of the Album, Brightest Star, with everyone singing in harmony with Jon it was amazing to be a part of 
 
Shihad then played their last song Sleepeater from their latest album and we jumped and made as much noise as as we could yelling the lyrics it was intense they thanked the crowd for being fucking awesome Jon rushed to the fence and touched the fans I was an inch from being able to grab his hand 
 
Shihad, I thank you for being awesome 

long live 

     
 
Then Iggy pop and the stooges played their set, it was good but after the madness that was shihad I needed to sit down, I looked at the toilets and eating area with much wanting but I also looked at the entrance to the "D" knowing that I had the best positions in the arena and I could hold on for another 4 hours for TOOL who were playing later, I thought to myself fuck it, hold on ya cunt. 
 
Iggy did crazy iggy that he does so well, making the security guys cringa as he told "All you crazy schizo spazzy motherfuckers who think you're crazy enough to dance with the stooges step forward on to the stage" with iggy making the "Baldie" security guard allow the people on the stage it was quite awesome. 
 
Next up was Rammstein which was crazy awesome Till Lindemann is a fucking presence man holy shit. I have to say that the only song I knew was Du hast and that's because it gets a bit of radio play and I knew that they did crazy Live Shows but fuck me sideways that was an experience, The Pyrotechnics on display were outstanding, with Till changing costumes over the course of the show, with the best song of the set Du Hast with the crowed bellowing the lyrics it was quite a sight to see and the Bow of fireworks and a zipline of sparks going over the crowd and back to the stage to ignite a fuckload of sparks that fell over the band...amazing oh and he also set a man on fire and there were fire-breathing guys with masks on connected to flamethrowers it was mad 
   
Fucking mental
  
  
They thanked us and Till told us he was honoured to play in New Zealand the Guitarist waved and clapped at the crowd,  
 

Next up TOOL! 

 
I was already in front of the stage in a good spot and with a good view before they started the crowd wanted more and it was intense the power of the crowd vying for space meant that legs were being caught in the slow rush to get a better view, as soon as they started to play though everyone calmed down to enjoy the show which was without a doubt one of the finest musical experiences of my life. 
The set list 
  • Ænema 
  • Jambi 
  • Vicarious 
  • Eon Blue Apocalypse 
  • The Patient 
  • 4° 
  • Intolerance 
  • Schism 
  • Lateralus 
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  • Third Eye 
  • Stinkfist 
  
Was disappointed to not hear 46 and 2 but happy with what they played, 
It started raining quite heavily during Schism and continued for the rest of the night,   
During Jambi a blonde girl and her friend moved in front of my, She must have been around 5"4 or something, I could tell she couldn't see very much so after the song finished I asked her if she wanted to go on my shoulders for a better view, at first she said no, kinda take aback at what I asked but halfway through Vicarious she turned around and pointed up, I knelt down and she climbed onto my shoulders, halfway during Lateralus I had to let her down as I was getting quite tired, and we pashed it was really amazing, just an all encompassing feast to the senses after the set I lost her in the crowd, but for that hour she was mine and I was hers, I don't know her name and to be honest, it doesn't matter, it was what it was, brilliance.  
 
The set ended with Stinkfist which was quite awesome everybody singing the lyrics like a chant, no words to describe it I was in awe 

Then they thanked us and left the stage, we exited the "D" and I went to get some hot Doughnuts and take the longest piss of my life  
 
Then a five Kilometre run to my car...in the rain, awesome