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Nice! FatnessFirst , good to hear an account from someone in standing, yeah I know what u mean with the signs, arms, cameras etc of randoms being in the way of shot, ironically looking over my fancam, the worst was for SNSD when they were up front I had one guy right in the middle of my shot, his arm and his camera lol such is the way concerts go eh. You're so lucky as u said getting some of the things they threw, on the way back to Parramatta on the train I was next to a young white guy who was holding a rose and I asked him, "bro who threw you your rose?" and u know what he said? "I have no idea" ... :/ D: !!! I felt like taking it off him as he clearly didn't deserve it lol who pays $300 to go to a concert when they don't know the top artist performing??? I just had to laugh.

It's a shame about your lack of expertise with your cam at the time, my cam seemed to have a mind of its own at times too altho it's not a DSLR lol so I can only imagine how frustrating it was for you being that close and not being able to get the shots you wanted, I bet you'll practice with it for next time eh?

Soooo Jealous you had Goo Hara and Seung Yeon in front of you!!! My 2 fav members of Kara...

Can't wait to buy the DVD of the concert when it's released

This was my experience
I flew from N.Z. to see the concert, it was my only chance after missing out on SNSD and 2NE1 concerts in Seoul when I was there. After seeing the line up and realizing that I am a fan of every female artist performing I just couldn't miss out lol
Having booked my tickets from ticketek in aus I wasn't allowed a specific view of seating just a rough floor plan for the concerts design. I paid for Gold V.I.P. seating and was surprised that they were just plastic lawn chairs grouped into sections and tied together with plastic ties lol I thought it was gonna be something a lil more distinctive to separate standing from seating because once someone came out everyone in V.I.P. seating automatically stood up lol so in the end I spent most of the concert standing without the benefit of being that close to the stage which to me kinda negated the whole purpose of having the distinction within the ticketing option.

Even though the Stadium wasn't full I was still impressed at the turn out and the atmosphere was really great. Luckily enough for me some people didn't turn up in my row letting those left behind with a bit more room to move out and enjoy our space. Since the only info I had was it began at 7, I was unsure how they were gonna work it there being 12 acts in total, but I was a lil disappointed that it was only 3 hours long, giving each act a total of 3 songs, I mean for the ticket prices and for the distance they traveled to perform my guess was it would'ave been longer, then again I suppose if I had my pick not all 12 acts would'ave played and I could'ave seen more of my favs but wouldn't every fan feel that way too? lol

I had a bit of a dilemma too, I wanted to get some fancam and pics, but I was still quite far from the stage for my lil camera lol and just how much time did I want to spend with my arms straight up in the air capturing the show staring at the lcd screen instead of actually watching the show :/ I'm glad I got the footage I did, but at times I had to tell myself to stop recording and take a look at my fav Idol stars... right there! in the flesh, performing, being in the moment or capturing memories, it was a tough balancing act lol

SHINee up first was cool, but I felt sorry for them doing only 3 songs and then having to wait almost 3 hours before the Arirang farewell lol Speaking of the farewell where were the rest of SNSD? Does anyone know? I wanted to see Taeyeon, wave and smile like only she can

The special stages were cool, I think MBLAQ and TVXQ were really charismatic, I think Miss A and 4 Minute looked sexy in their outfits and that SNSD and Kara were gorgeous in theirs. Seeing Hyorin was awesome, as my like for her has skyrocketed because of Immortal Song 2, I always thought she was sexy, but her raspy powerful voice and playful personality really has endeared me to her. I'm glad 2AM sung 'This Song' because it was the only song I knew of theirs lol so that I enjoyed. I couldn't actually believe it when SNSD came out, it was a very surreal feeling. My only regret was that I didn't sit on the left hand side, cause that was the side Taeyeon walked down so I missed out on a closer up view of her, Sooyoung and Sica.

In my opinion tho CNBlue stole the concert, their stage really got everyone around me moving, and Yonghwa surprised me from how I've come to know him thru WGM, he was an awesome leading man lol I really enjoyed their stage. It was all far far to short tho, I was just starting to get into each act when they were hurried off the stage in preparation for the next lol Just gave the whole concert a very rushed feel, even with Yuri and Fani's MC'ing thruout.

All in all I had a great time, next time if I ever get to another concert I'll make sure I go as close to the stage as possible lol While the acts were extremely professional and polished as only all of our fav Idol stars can be, I felt the concert itself could'ave been better, sound was patchy in parts and had complete vocal cutouts in others, the lighting was awesome and the set design was very cool with each acts own personal style for their stage. A great memory to put away and cherish again and again, until we meet again, SHINee, Miss A, Sistar, 2AM, Secret, Beast, MBLAQ, 4 Minute, TVXQ, CNblue, Kara and of course SNSD, saranghae!! and Fighting! ^^

Hey guys, what a great idea! Thnx for putting all this together soy, I'd be happy to help out in the lil way I can. One question tho for I am a noob with paypal. I just went into my account and it doesn't give me an option for a "personal" gift, it does however give me the option for me to pay the fee and make sure u recieve the whole amount I'm donating, is that good enough? Or am I missing something? D: