Concert Week #2...

I know!  I've been really busy trying to get my Financial Accounting problems done for my final exam, so cut me some slack!  :-)

Concert #2 was the one I was looking forward to for months - Billy Joel!  LIVE!  At Acer Arena!  We had "OK" seats in that we were pretty square (face on) to the stage, but we couldn't have been farther back.  The seats we had were $130 each and I guess I'm a cheap-o but I couldn't justify paying $200 or more to sit on the floor.  Maybe it's just me.

The show was a Tuesday night and traffic getting across Sydney in work rush hour is abysmal, so Clarice got off work at 4:00 and we drove over early.  The show started at 8:00, but we arrived in Sydney Olympic Park (where the arena is located) about 5:45.  That may seem a bit early, but we both agree if we had left at 5:00 we would not have gotten to the arena until almost show time and had to park who knows where!

We walked around the park for a little bit, I grabbed a hot dog at a little stand, we people-watched, then went in.  First stop...  Parents any guesses???  The T-Shirt stand, of course!  Picked up a "T" to go with the "Only the Good Die Young" shirt I still have from high school.  Clarice passed, and I can't blame her.  There was only really 1 version I liked.  Another was OK, but who wants a grey concert shirt?  Anyway...

Billy played a lot of his hits and a few "album tracks" like Zanzibar, but with over 30 years of songs he was never going to play everything.  Missed out on Pressure, but I think he hit all the ones I really really wanted to here.  The show lasted 2.5 hours with no opening act and the only "intermission" was when one of the "guitar roadies" named "Chainsaw" came out and did Highway to Hell with the band.  Billy played guitar.  Chainsaw was actually pretty good, but he never stood still - just stomped from one end of the stage to the other.

We had a great time, got home late and only Clarice had to get up to go to work the next day!  My kind of evening!

Jon