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Although this event billed itself as a 'festival', there were only 3 artists on the lineup. The organisation as a whole was such a shambles - I did enjoy this show and I'm so, so glad to have seen it but I have to draw a line between the artists who were great and the organisation which was awful. But to the artists first:
Infinite opened the show, which honestly surprised me a bit as they were the most senior group on the line-up. They're mostly in their 30s now but this was their first visit to Australia - it's taken them all this time! And they've been on such a journey (I am still a bit sad Hoya left). One member was not present (I think still in the military? not sure) so it was a 5 member group, but given how small the odds seemed of ever seeing them at all, I'm really glad I got the chance and it was so nice to see so many fans in the crowd too. Infinite performed a bunch of their hits plus their newest title, and they seemed really charming and happy to be there. Dongwoo especially cracked me up, he was so larger than life and so funny.
Be Mine
Nothing’s Over
Love Letter
New Emotions
Paradise
Man in Love
NMIXX were next and it was a real hometown hero's welcome for Lily - she is not from Sydney lol but about 30 of her friends and family had flown up from Melbourne and in the ments she pointed them out in the crowd, two row of people distinguished by their hot pink vests. She is SO adorable and I am so glad she got to perform in Australia. As for their performance, I really do think they are a good group but their first couple of songs (O.O and Tank) were the ones that appeal to me least. As they progressed through the set, ending on their two most recent titles, I was so much happier. They're GOOD! JYP just needs to give them good songs!
O.O
Tank
Dice
My Gosh
Party O'Clock
Love Me Like This
Clip from Lily's sister Amy
Friends and family
Lily on bubble, getting excited about COLES AND ALDI she's so cute
Finally The Boyz! My favourites! I have seen them before, while I was on holiday in Europe in 2022, but I did not think they would ever come to Australia. So few groups do and this is not an especially strong fanbase for them. With all the troubles with this festival, I didn't even let myself get excited about it until the members started mentioning on bubble etc that they were actually going to the airport! They were getting on the plane!
They had a day off before the show and it was just SO nice that they got to see the harbour and Circular Quay - usually they joke that they bring the rain with them, but for these few days the sun was shining and the sky was so blue, so they saw Sydney at her best.
They only did 5 songs (which seems unfair, especially since the two other groups did 6 each) but I've never see them perform Roar or Lip Gloss before, and the other songs are all stone cold bangers that I love. It was also my first time seeing Eric! He was on hiatus when I saw them in Europe. (He did have to leave the stage briefly because he had a cramp - I hope he's okay!)
They were great headliners, they got everyone up on their feet for DDD and Thrill Ride, and it was just so good! They're performers who perform, as the kids would say. I loved seeing the unchoreographed moments too, with Hyunjae, Younghoon and Sunwoo getting sunglasses from the crowd and playing around with them, Eric and Sangyeon poking at Kevin's bare arms, Juyeon and also Kevin RUNNING back to the main stage to get to their spots in time, Jacob doing the "Aussie Aussie Aussie" chant (mercifully the only one of the night lol).
They said they were looking forward to coming back for a full concert ("30 songs!" Eric promised recklessly) and, well, I've heard that one from other groups before so I'll cross my fingers but won't hold my breath. If they do, I'll be so ready…
Maverick
Roar
Lip Gloss
DDD
Thrill Ride
Thread of fancams
Sunwoo's kiss ment: "my girls, my boys, I love you so much, I want to kiss you guys"
Hyunjae saying "why no??" so cutely when he drew an empty seat in the raffle
Hyunjae giving many hearts
Eric abs
Eric and Kevin foolish pose
Younghoon's tiny Roar
Ok now all the things that were bad, none of them to do with the artists: ( long list of gripes )
Infinite opened the show, which honestly surprised me a bit as they were the most senior group on the line-up. They're mostly in their 30s now but this was their first visit to Australia - it's taken them all this time! And they've been on such a journey (I am still a bit sad Hoya left). One member was not present (I think still in the military? not sure) so it was a 5 member group, but given how small the odds seemed of ever seeing them at all, I'm really glad I got the chance and it was so nice to see so many fans in the crowd too. Infinite performed a bunch of their hits plus their newest title, and they seemed really charming and happy to be there. Dongwoo especially cracked me up, he was so larger than life and so funny.
Be Mine
Nothing’s Over
Love Letter
New Emotions
Paradise
Man in Love
NMIXX were next and it was a real hometown hero's welcome for Lily - she is not from Sydney lol but about 30 of her friends and family had flown up from Melbourne and in the ments she pointed them out in the crowd, two row of people distinguished by their hot pink vests. She is SO adorable and I am so glad she got to perform in Australia. As for their performance, I really do think they are a good group but their first couple of songs (O.O and Tank) were the ones that appeal to me least. As they progressed through the set, ending on their two most recent titles, I was so much happier. They're GOOD! JYP just needs to give them good songs!
O.O
Tank
Dice
My Gosh
Party O'Clock
Love Me Like This
Clip from Lily's sister Amy
Friends and family
Lily on bubble, getting excited about COLES AND ALDI she's so cute
Finally The Boyz! My favourites! I have seen them before, while I was on holiday in Europe in 2022, but I did not think they would ever come to Australia. So few groups do and this is not an especially strong fanbase for them. With all the troubles with this festival, I didn't even let myself get excited about it until the members started mentioning on bubble etc that they were actually going to the airport! They were getting on the plane!
They had a day off before the show and it was just SO nice that they got to see the harbour and Circular Quay - usually they joke that they bring the rain with them, but for these few days the sun was shining and the sky was so blue, so they saw Sydney at her best.
They only did 5 songs (which seems unfair, especially since the two other groups did 6 each) but I've never see them perform Roar or Lip Gloss before, and the other songs are all stone cold bangers that I love. It was also my first time seeing Eric! He was on hiatus when I saw them in Europe. (He did have to leave the stage briefly because he had a cramp - I hope he's okay!)
They were great headliners, they got everyone up on their feet for DDD and Thrill Ride, and it was just so good! They're performers who perform, as the kids would say. I loved seeing the unchoreographed moments too, with Hyunjae, Younghoon and Sunwoo getting sunglasses from the crowd and playing around with them, Eric and Sangyeon poking at Kevin's bare arms, Juyeon and also Kevin RUNNING back to the main stage to get to their spots in time, Jacob doing the "Aussie Aussie Aussie" chant (mercifully the only one of the night lol).
They said they were looking forward to coming back for a full concert ("30 songs!" Eric promised recklessly) and, well, I've heard that one from other groups before so I'll cross my fingers but won't hold my breath. If they do, I'll be so ready…
Maverick
Roar
Lip Gloss
DDD
Thrill Ride
Thread of fancams
Sunwoo's kiss ment: "my girls, my boys, I love you so much, I want to kiss you guys"
Hyunjae saying "why no??" so cutely when he drew an empty seat in the raffle
Hyunjae giving many hearts
Eric abs
Eric and Kevin foolish pose
Younghoon's tiny Roar
Ok now all the things that were bad, none of them to do with the artists: ( long list of gripes )
