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Going from my other thread Worst GF entertainment in history, which entertainment was the best, this will be a short list
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Wolfmother saved the whole fiasco last year.
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Lionel By far the best IMO with The Killers 2nd.
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The Killers.
And by a huge margin and it isn't even close.
And by a huge margin and it isn't even close.
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I'd say Meatloaf because it was by far the most entertaining, which is what you want at the end of the day. The acts usually suck, so may as well have them be funny.
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That was diabolical
Who thought this was a good idea?
Should be arrested and gaoled.
Even now.
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Shame The Killers weren't 2018. Pre-match entertainment/game quality double would never have been beaten.
I thought Bryan Adams was pretty cool!
Chicken Parma
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If Riewoldt hadn't gotten up on stage afterwards, that would have been the bit that everyone remembers.
Cleavy
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the best GF entertainment was when we had 2 curtain raiser games before the main game, and didn't focus on all the other crap like we do now.
The Killers 100%
Ok Band the killers - but we all know recent (past 20 years) acts pale to the 60s 70s 80s 90s even I mean Simple Minds would have been awesome- the Killers would not have made any chart in the 80s. Little River Band, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil..now we are talking great Oz bands that would have been great at a GF!
Anyone have a list of say the last 10-20 years?
The main issue with any GF pre-game entertainment, aside from the fact most of the crowd simply aren't interested, is the acoustics with the permitted and deployed sound systems.
Ed Sheeran and Tom Jones were great in 2014, but as with most GF live performances their on stage amplification and speaker systems, which might sound great in pub type venues, struggles with a crowd 80m away and even though they pipe the sound via the stadium's PA system, you could still barely hear it.
Ever wonder why you can usually hear the national anthem as clear as bell - that's simply because most of 100,000 crowd are not chatting away...
Comparatively, the yanks during their half time Super bowl shows deploy these massive pre-configured plug and play systems on mobile platforms that also include remote mixing and lighting control booths etc.
Sure, the AFL won't/shouldn't spend $10M on 15 minutes of entertainment but while Mr Loaf was absolutely awful, he did have a valid point about the acoustics...
Ed Sheeran and Tom Jones were great in 2014, but as with most GF live performances their on stage amplification and speaker systems, which might sound great in pub type venues, struggles with a crowd 80m away and even though they pipe the sound via the stadium's PA system, you could still barely hear it.
Ever wonder why you can usually hear the national anthem as clear as bell - that's simply because most of 100,000 crowd are not chatting away...
Comparatively, the yanks during their half time Super bowl shows deploy these massive pre-configured plug and play systems on mobile platforms that also include remote mixing and lighting control booths etc.
Sure, the AFL won't/shouldn't spend $10M on 15 minutes of entertainment but while Mr Loaf was absolutely awful, he did have a valid point about the acoustics...
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Swanks McSwankserton
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This. Lucky enough to go to 19 and 20, and in 19 I had to really strain to hear anyone was even there playing at all (which I'm not unthankful for, absolute shocker lineup). But 20 was an exception to this, they set up speakers ~every 20m around the boundary (and like you said, only what was it 30k? there), could hear it all perfectly. Wouldn't be the very best entertainment but it was good stuff.
Feel blessed to have gone to two grand finals, and got to see both the typical shitty entertainment in 2019, and also the miracle good year in 2017. Best of both worlds.
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