Was up in Wola last night to see Sigur Ros at the Sowinskiego Park Amfiteatr. Despite finally getting to see Sigur Ros, and the pleasant setting of the Sowinskiego Park Amfiteatr, the (at times) shambolic organisation of the event almost detracted from the beauty of Sigur Ros' music.
First, I got into the place at about 7.20 and ended up waiting till 9.00 for the band to get on stage, but, of course, this kind of thing can happen anywhere:
However, what seemed especially strange about the Sowinskiego Amfiteatr was that there almost appeared to be as many 'security' personnel as concert-goers, a little bit exaggerated for a Sigur Ros concert, I would suggest. Indeed, dare I suggest it, the ticket price might've been a lot more reasonable without so many superfluous 'security' staff hanging around.
But the biggest 'piss take' was the beer stand with three people serving a multitude of thirsty concert-goers. This inevitably lead to people waiting 20-30 minutes to get a 'pint', and then they weren't allowed to take their 'prize' into the Amfiteatr. Yes, this was a full on 'taking the piss out of people' who'd paid 179 złoty a shot to get into the concert.
Anyway, enough of the moaning, Sigur Ros were the melodic and crescendo-building dreamscape that I expected them to be:
Moreover, they did enough of the famous stuff (e.g. 'Hoppipolla', Svefn-g-englar' etc.) for me to recognise most of the set, so I was happy about this. It's also great to see that people are already sharing their filmings of the event on Youtube:
Yes, I enjoyed Sigur Ros, but I would seriously think twice about going to Sowinskiego Park Amfiteatr for another concert, as the place (as a concert venue) seemed somewhat deficient in organisational skill. Still, at least the huge white canopy covering the place stopped people from getting drenched, as it was throwing it down:
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