Hedley @ Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - August 9, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ International de Montgolfieres de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC
(International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
http://www.montgolfieres.com/en/index.asp or http://www.ballooncanada.com
Passport (access to site, all shows, the animation, the Laurentian Bank Night Glows and to hot air balloons flights during the nine days of the event): Adults (13+) $29.00 presale, $37.00 on-site; Children (3-12) $13.00 presale, $18.00 on-site; Children under 3 are free
One-Day Ticket Sold On-Site: Adults (13+) $15.00; Children 3-12) $7.00; Children under 3 are free; family package (2 adults + 2 children) $37.00; Group of 25 or more $12.00 per adult, $6.00 per child.
Location for tickets sales and more event information will be posted on the festival website June 10
Gates: 12:00 noon
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You know it.
Hedley is playing BEFORE Tokio Hotel !!!!!!!! What's that? As if Hedley was the opening act....WTF!!
Dont know if you guys love tokio hotel..i dont want to start a debate but hedley isnt more popular than TH?
I (L) Hedley :D
There's a good point Za... we wont be home really late! haha!
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One of my best friends cousin is in the opening band Creature. She's played me a lot of their music and they're very good. Very unique.
It's pretty hard to compare Hedley to Tokio Hotel. Hedley is more known in Canada and U.S., while Tokio Hotel is an international band, and the biggest band in Europe right now. (They're from Germany) They've just started releasing their music in North America and have only been here twice ( I went to see them the second time around, trust me, they're a really AWESOME band) So, I guess in a way they are bigger than Hedley since they're international?
I seriously wanna go, cause it's two of my favourite bands in one concert. Too bad I live in Ontario. LOL.
ohhh ! thanks by the way
I (L) Hedley :D
oh ontario.. yeah a little bit too far.. hope you'll get the chance to see them soon!!!really!
and the international thing is true.. they're german Za.. that's why.. but i think that with two hot bands like this they could have made two concerts... the two bands (i think) are big enough to have a lot of people to show up for them!
anyway.. we'll see how it will turn out.. the worse that can happen is that we could have fun! It's a Hedley concert! Always fun for the Twinz:D
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Was I really complaining ??
No..Of course!
I (L) Hedley :D
No..Of course!
october 30th.. that's all i got to say.. and i have picture to proove it... stop it right now Za LOLL!!!
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thank you so much for posting!!
im so out with hedley concerts news in quebec lately aha. such a shame to admit.
I'LL BE THERE
!!!.. i never thought i'd go to a tokio hotel concert in my life aha...
random french user that doesnt post cause of her bad english since 2005 <3
^ LOL. Are you not a fan of TH? Or did you just not think you'd have the chance to see them here?
I would've probably been able to convince my parents to take me to Quebec, since it's the summer, but I'm going to Europe all July and I'm getting back august 7th...so I probably won't make it to QC in time. LOL
im gonna TRY asking my mom.
but i doubt she'll let me
i want to go so bad it hurts....
or maybe i need to burp..
but still, HEDLEY AND TOKIO HOTEL.
Hedley's first cuz first is more important.
* You'll never stop me, you know it's everything to me *
haha I like it! First cuz they're more important! haha you rock!
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hey! this might be a stupid question lol but how do we buy the tickets?
kay so i asked my mom, and im definitely going
THANK GODDDDDDDDDDDD, IM SO FUCKING EXCITED :D
i wouldnt take no for an answer haha
its gonna be another beautiful Hedley experience.
who else is going for sure ?
You can buy tickets at the festival. According to a friend of mine who works at the event every year there's an unlimited amount of tickets so you can just show up and get them there the day of.
Is this show just being held in a big field? By the airport, or something?
Thank you so much!
AMMMMMMMAZING CONCERT.
can you give us more details than is was amazing? LOL
did they play any of the new songs?
hehe sure
they didn't play any new songs, sadly. i think they played almost all the same songs as they did on this summer tour, even What I Got. and i believe they played for about 40-45 min, not sure.
mostly everyone that was there in the crowd was going for Tokio Hotel. i was like "aw, they're so un-loved today" but man, when Hedley came on stage EVERYONE was jumping and screaming. im pretty sure Hedley converted some Tokio Hotel fans to Hedley fans ahahaha
How many people were there? I heard there were TONS!
Any guestimations?
oh yeah!! the show was AWESOME!!! the crowd screamed soooooo loud when they announced Hedley!! all day we've been looking for Hedley fans and didnt find a lot... soo we were SUPER suprised when EVERYONE screamed for them!! and when they played NEVER TOO LATE and FOR THE NIGHTS the crowd sang loud too! You should have seen Jake's face he was ssooooo happy!! my friend was far from the stage and she told me people were singing from front to back! this is awesome!! im sure there are new hedley fans cuz of that perfo!!! The guys were on fire and just before leaving i wanted to AT LEAST see Tokio Hotel .. what they look like LIVE ... and gosh.. they NEVER jump .. or try to entertained the crowd!i was at the back for them cuz i didnt wanna be hurt when TH go on stage! sooo the Hedley guyz looked awesome just before that performance (if we can called THAT a performance!) loll
anyway!!! it was worth the pain and the waiting for my front row!!! i was soooo proud of them:D!!!
loll
that's it!
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i'd say we were 20 000!
i heard 10 000 and 30 000! so i think 20 000people is nice!
you should have seen how much people left when Tokio Hotel began their set.. it seems like they realised how bad it was!
the journalist said that like last time they went here they weren't great and good entertainers! it's not cool for the tons of people who slept there to see them!
but Hedley got only good reviews!!!:D
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I've come across a few blogs on this and everyone was the same ... Hedley rocked and TH had no clue on how to put on a good live performance.
Way to go boys!
Good to know everyone had a good time! Glad the boys put on an amazing show. ^^
But, did no one else like TH? xD I'm a big fan and I've seen them LIVE and thought they did an awesome job. There style is a bit different when performing, Jake is definitely more interactive and crazy than Bill, but Bill is entertaining as well. But everyone has their opinion. :P
I wish I could of gone. LOL, can't wait to see pictures. :D
yep thats totally true janet.
oh and a security guard mentioned there was around 30,000 people there.
That crowd was INSANE!
I got there late. I read the 24h time wrong, so we were there an hour or so early, but that was a good thing! When we got there, there was still standing room about 30 people back from the stage, so we had pretty good sightlines.
Jacob had a little 'catwalk' to come out on stage. Of course Jacob made use of the entire area, whereas Tokyo Hotel just stood in their spot on the stage; not utilizing anything they had to interact with their fans.
I was estimating there was about 15,000-20,000 people there, but I could believe there were close to 30,000 people! When I say there were a lot of people, I mean there were people going on for KILOMETRES.
When I left my spot after Hedley, we walked for atleast 10 minutes to get out of the crowd, far enough back where the crowd dispursed enough for anyone to walk where they wanted to go. Even at the back, there were people sitting on lawn chairs; so far back I dont even know how any of those people could see a darn thing!
Hedley definitely showcased a lot of talent to new fans at that show, that's for sure! And by the sounds of it, Hedley was heads above Tokyo Hotel in earning the crowds respect! I know there were just a few people singing around me, but by the end, everyone looked like they were having a great time! There were these group of guys behind me that kept making fun of Jake and Dave's use of French. St. Jean sounded more like, "Saint John". Very cute!
Jake had a lot of trouble with his "ears". He spent half the time at the side of the stage with Dan's help, trying to get them to work! He seemed so frustrated, pulling them out a few seconds into each song, and going back periodically. There was a lot of taking off Jake's belt, feeding the wires through his shirt... Playing songs with his belt half on, swaying back and forth.
And for whoevver was far enough back, did you see the video screens? That's one great thing at a huge show like this! The videography they had was phenomenal! It was DVD quality, and the angles they were using was so neat. They'd have a close up of Jacob singing in the corner of the video screen, and in the other corner, they'd have a pretty shot of the moon, or another shot of one of the guys. The juxtapositioning was just really neat!
They did the usual set minus a few. I know they cut out Villain, On My Own, Gunnin, Paycheque, and I think there was one more. I didn't really expect them to play Nothing At All.
Jacob played For The Nights I Can't Remember from a lawn chair
I'm pretty sure that's the longest 'review' I've ever written, but going to an out of province show is SUCH an experience! Different people, the band is different towards the crowd, seeing people who didnt know Hedley sing along by the end of the song... Such a great experience! It was a unique show last night, that's for sure!
Pictures to come...