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AC/DC fans camp out for tickets

26 May, 2009 09:18 AM
The Illawarra's most hard-core AC/DC fans have braved rain and an unforgiving concrete mattress to snap up tickets to the rockers' February tour.

Up to 30 fans slept outside WIN Entertainment Centre overnight to ensure their spot in the crowd.

They were part of what promoters claim was Australia's fastest ever rush for tickets.

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    At the front of the queue were Unanderra sisters Shahna and Kara Fairley, who secured tickets for Shahna, 20, and long-time fan father David Fairley after camping for 14 hours.

    "My father has been a very hard-core fan since his teenage years. He's got records, old T-shirts, banners," said Shahna, who was woken between 4am and 5am by a brief rain shower.

    "He delivered our breakfast this morning and was ecstatic to find we were the number one people there.

    "We got exactly what we were after. We definitely wanted to be standing and right in it. We're very happy."

    Much of the conversation in the queue revolved around which songs from more than four decades of rock, would get an airing at the February 18 Sydney show.

    The Fairleys will be hoping for Shahna's favourite - Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) - and Jail Break, a staple of Mr Fairley's playlist for many years.

    "He had blown his speakers from having it on full-ball," Shahna said.

    AC/DC sold out concerts around the country within minutes when they went on sale yesterday, prompting promoters to claim it was the fastest-selling show ever to hit Australia.

    Second and third concerts were being added to their February tour after long queues snapped up the first concerts on offer.

    The Perth show sold out in just seven minutes, while tickets to two Sydney shows were also snapped up prompting promoters to schedule a third concert.

    A second show was added in Brisbane and it is likely more shows will be scheduled across Australia due to the demand.

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    AC/DC have come a long way since I saw them when they played at Corrimal Community Hall in the early seventies as I recall admission was 50 cents Bon Scott wan't yet on the scene and their just released single was Can I Sit Next To You Girl. From the first time I heard them I knew they were destined to become famous they just had that professional edge My son has just purchased 2 tickets for my wife and I on the net for $150ea
    Posted by aj, 26/05/2009 10:27:35 AM
    Yeh i remember winning a ticket in the Saturday club (Illawarra Mercury)to see AC/ DC at the wollongong town hall with Bon Scott up front (1975/ 76 i think) Awesome!
    Posted by Home- girl, 26/05/2009 12:41:53 PM
    YAY...shahna and kara...i know them lol. i got tickets for the monday concert. yay
    Posted by ~April~, 28/05/2009 8:00:26 AM

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    Thanks to a lot of patience, Unanderra's Shahna and Kara Fairley get their hands on AC/DC tickets for the band's February tour. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR
    Thanks to a lot of patience, Unanderra's Shahna and Kara Fairley get their hands on AC/DC tickets for the band's February tour. Picture: KIRK GILMOUR

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