The gig was awesome. I took a few photos, but I think they're blurry... and then my camera battery died.

hey, anyone who has any pics, POST THEM HERE!! please

Yes, please! Blurry Craig is better than no Craig.

Here are some pictures I took. First time I'd seen them in concert and it was amazing!

^ Thank you so much! Do you have anymore?

Ooohhh verry nice.

here are a few others









sorry there aren't any of the rest of the band! it was hard enough getting photos of Craig

No complaint here.

I think it may have been the harsh lighting on stage or something, but my pictures of the show didn't turn out so great..


He blinked :/ he even said after "I hope I didn't blink" but I didn't think to check of course. When I realized I went back for another but just missed him and he disappeared



Uploading videos now.. even though the entire thing will be shown on tv. still..

This is the setlist i got from the gig. Might put some pics on my myspace too

I think it may have been the harsh lighting on stage or something, but my pictures of the show didn't turn out so great..


He blinked :/ he even said after "I hope I didn't blink" but I didn't think to check of course. When I realized I went back for another but just missed him and he disappeared

Brad's uber nice. Just though I'd comment on his friendliness

Lots of drink was spilled..

Uploading videos now.. even though the entire thing will be shown on tv. still..

Yes, please do. Lol @ Craig blinking. Aw, bless 'em.

I remember seeing you! I was about a row or two behind and a little to the left

edit: damn wish I hadn't left after the show, I could've met them!

thanks for the pics

you look very nice here unfortunatlly he blinked. you kinda look like a couple

cute pics! and they played animal machine!!
shit quality but whatever:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=O_tknd5Pa9k

Some videos I took (don't expect the best quality..)

A.S III

Vision Valley (or at least some of it )

Braindead

^ Your videos ain't working

I fixed up the links, I think they'll work now I hope

great vids, thanks!! second 0:25 in AS III was sexaayyy...

0:06 of that vid is a nice little moment too

thanks for the vids.braindead is Awesome

Most of my pictures were pretty crappy, but these are the best of them. A lot of Craig because it's so hard to get decent ones of the others. I tried multiple times for Ryan, but they all turned out kinda blurry















































My sister has a crapload of pictures too, but I haven't got them yet. If they're any good I'll post them later.

^ yeah do that please
the pictures are great, thanks for posting!

Totally. I rewound it a few times to get some bare back {oh, God} action. M'm, exposed skin.

we need some more topless action again...!!

You're so pretty. And Brad is very sweet and cool.

Glad you got to meet them.

thanks

Some more pictures.. they really aren't so good ..

Those pics are great! And I'm remembering how bright the lights were that night now... It was a bit much for photos and things, but it'll look really great on TV when they air it.

some really great pics are up on the triple j gallery:
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/gallery/the_vines_160708/

it will air on tv? someone record it?! please

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eo1Vv8uSZdQ
animal machiiiinnne...love it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XJCiikvxwY&NR=1
and outtathaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUf-THHwRgY
highly evolved
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM5Chi-KSBI
a bit of winning days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk6aIYbAoKs
dlttr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gpq4I0m7jc
hes a rocker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFqwbhRUAqY
true as the night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM5lbepMdAg
get out

Review, from fasterlouder:

Manning Bar is moving up on the radar as the place to be for larger bands seeking a strong sound system and support crowd. Triple J chose this very place for their filming of The Vines’ Wednesday 17 July gig, to be broadcast nationally for JJJLive. The Vines have been trialed and tribulated throughout their rocky last few years, with a diagnosis that doesn’t need to be repeated infecting their third album, Vision Valley. Its dark and sombre tone proved too bleak for many previous fans. Craig Nichols lacked the energy and grit that he had become renowned for, and it was hard enough to keep him stable, let alone making marketable music.

But from the ashes, a phoenix always rises. The original promise of The Vines’ live shows has been restored in the wake of the vacuum they left. Watching their MTV interview, it’s good to note that Nichols’ issues are not the only that they speak of when discussing the long wait for their new album. It’s also great to hear how happy Nichols is to be back on stage and doing what he loves. Maybe I’m a cheese, or maybe it’s the effect of having family members with the same disorder, but I really do think that Craig and his story are inspirational for young struggling teenagers – especially when you consider how lauded their music is. The Vines are not a band to capitalise on bad press, but instead seek to create a new product that can stand on its own feet and prove itself worthy.

Indeed, first support act Dukes Of Windsor were keen to prove themselves as starting act for the night – understandably, they were dealing with big expectations from the nine hundred strong crowd. The dense and heavier numbers were received well by the already-stacked-down-the-front die-hard fans. Well-popularised by their Cop-esque sounding It’s A War, it was slower and more ‘roomy’ numbers (echo/distortion pedals, anyone?) that made for the deep intensity in some of their less-watched songs. A mellow start to an expectedly energetic evening.

redsunband have a reputation, but frantic ferocity is definitely not what they bring to the stage. It was a little disappointing to see such a calm act right before the Vines. Not that they don’t deserve their praise of 2004, but the new album is very transcendental and far-away. Trying to do the calm thing as a precursor to a rock-heavy gig is like someone banging a spoon on a kettle instead of a saucepan – for a while it’s new and original but after a while it just becomes the same old thing. That being said, it was nice to have three totally different styles of bands throughout the night, but the crowd drifted during this set – inside, outside, back again.

Apart from the sound guy’s bass-heavy mixing and a few pitch problems, The Vines delivered. The crowd was revved, the cameras were rolling and Craig was simply fucking stoked to be back on stage – smoking through songs in typical show-off style (dude, the last thing you need is nodules!), amply using pedal effects to muck around and have fun, and just generally grinning and bantering like a kiddie on his first line of coke. Drummer Hamish Rosser was relaxed and smooth as ever, even through older and grittier numbers such as Outtatheway. Ryan Griffiths and Brad Heald were having fun posturing about in tight T-shirts and cute hats – in a self-reflexive nod to single He’s A Rocker, perhaps? Now, if only bassist Brad could remember when he needs to harmonise…the chorus of Get Free was lacking of harmonies until about the third repeat.

Newer stuff included the extraordinary instrumental Jamola, which abides by the Vines’ ‘short and sharp’ credo. Other songs such as Manger used echo and distortion nicely to amplify Craig’s simply guitar solos. The hi-fi and low-res sound of their album was mirrored with a little more room for denser sound. Craig seemed happy to fill the space with full sound in songs such as the attitude-filled Get Out. However I must say, as a true sentimentalist, the romantic True As the Night did it for me – a little happier, a little calmer, a little-more old-fashioned than what we’re accustomed to from the Vines. Tonight was as good an introduction to Melodia as you could’ve hoped for.


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There's also a nice little article/interview with Hamish here

And some pictures of the show from trisb on Flickr, here

this was an awesome show, im so glad i finally got to see the vines

My sister's pictures

They are completely awesome photos!!!!
I love them all!

Good job

I see Brad got a haircut...

Ooh baby.

it was such a good gig!!! so glad i was there.... =]

oh whaaat?? i didn't know that people got to meet them later!! i left pretty soon after they finished the gig! i did meet the dukes of windsor outside when they tried to steal my taxi. haha. awww... bummer. and hamish was standing near me when the dukes of windsor were playing. i basically spent the whole time staring at him. he was surprisingly extremely good-looking. LOL.

when did everyone get to meet them?

Brad came out pretty quickly. He's usually first out. Followed by Hamish, who was a couple of minutes after Brad. Ryan came out about 20 minutes after Hamish, and Craig another 5 or 10 minutes after that. We only really waited around for 45 minutes to an hour.

And I agree, Hamish is quite handsome up close.

yeh it was so nice of them to all come out to mingle I didn't see Hamish though :/ but I've seen him before.. my face was far from his face level so i couldn't observe it well.. he's a giant! or I'm a midget..

So crushed my dad was tired and insisted we leave after they finished the set, would've been perfect otherwise

totally feeling your pain... my cousin wanted to leave as soon as they finished... *sniffles*
damn.

The Vines will be interviewed this Saturday morning on:

triple j tv with The Doctor
9.00-10.00am ABC1

I will be working so will miss out

Damn. Is it going to be put online?

...and who wanted to leave basically straight after?

I hope so, their interviews usually do

I wanted to get the train home so I didn't fall asleep and CRASH AND DIE on the way back from Morisett.

how could you fall asleep whilst I was singing?
seeing as i'm so brilliant and all.

Singing such as that has the power to knock a person out cold.

Do they ever air the whole gig? Or just a couple of songs? I don't watch Triple J TV that often... Is ABC1 the free to air one and ABC2 is digital or something? Sorry, I have no idea...

I dont' think they're going to show the triple J gig on Saturday. I think it's just an interview with them. When they do show the gig though, they'll probably show the whole thing. And I'm pretty sure ABC2 is also a free-to-air channel