Split Enz: Second Auckland Show

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When:

Sat 29 Mar ’08, 8:00pm

Where: Vector Arena, 42-80 Mahuhu Crescent, Auckland

Ticket Information:

Adult: $96.00
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.frenz.com/splitenz

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Split Enz

Due to overwhelming demand the Split Enz concert on Friday 28th March at Vector Arena in Auckland has sold out!

As a result Split Enz will now play a second and final NZ show at Vector Arena on Saturday 29th March.

We have one pair of tickets to the second Auckland show to offer to our Eventfinder friends. To be in to win, please tell us a story: You're stuck for six months in a leaky boat. Who would you like to spend that time with and why? Extra points for clever inclusion of lyrics. Please post your stories in the Comments section below.

Supporting Split Enz onstage at all four shows are New Zealand’s proudest indie sons The Phoenix Foundation. Three albums and the soundtrack to last year’s film success Eagle vs Shark has seen the band’s popularity increase to worldwide notoriety. The Phoenix Foundation live with Split Enz, most definitely a night to remember!

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spicegirly72 5 years ago

OMG Gina - was there mention of a deadline?? Damn, I just did this one ... never mind :-)
In a boat, out on the sea
my chance to take a break
but left behind my life jacket
and that was MY MISTAKE
(yes, that was my mistake)
And then I saw a gaping hole
and water flooded in
a SHARK ATTACK was imminent
when I saw a circling Finn
(but thankfully that was Tim)
Spending 6 MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT
biding time by drinking wine
it was hard to keep the thing afloat
and in a STRAIGHT OLD LINE
(but I really didn't mind)
'Cos truthfully I fancy Tim
and if HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
I can say we spent time in a boat
and some between the sheets!
(Sorry - I'm just a DIRTY CREATURE).
Kerrie x
Content Editor 5 years ago

Hi people!
What great entries - it seems a lot of thought has gone into your posting - thanks so much for your effort.
I'm sorry we can't give you all tickets.
Congratulations Cecile S - very clever! You are the winner of two ticket to see Split Enz play at Vector Arena on Saturday 29 March.
And to you others, don't be disheartened, we have plenty of other ticket competitions coming up.
Cheers - Gina @ Eventfinder
jammster 5 years ago

I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Watching the Time And Tide
I was hunting a Dirty Creature
With Hermitt McDermitt by my side
Was it the Shark Attack that made us Spellbound?
Maybe the Voices were Conflicting Emotions to me
But Poor Boy Hermitt got Log Cabin Fever
Screaming "See Ya Round" and diving into the Choral
Sea
Bon Voyage Hermitt I Hope I Never become a Missing Person!!
N Frame 5 years ago

A buddhist monk and Jack Johnson would be my companions on six months in a leaky boat.
Jacks quite handy with a guitar and we could make up seemingly simple songs about everyday events that happen on the boat. He is a surfer from Hawaii so will fix up the leaks as well. Jack would miss his girlfriend a lot so we could send a 'message to my girl' in a bottle off the side of the boat when passing Hawaii.
Meanwhile I can teach Jack about some great things about New Zealand such as Split Enz and their lyrics, and how they provided a song track for a generation.
I could make him laugh telling him about my two-timing boyfriend in Timaru and how I got him back by dedicating "I hope i never see you again" on live radio to the dirty creature.
The buddhist monk might be interested in my painful experience how on finding my boyfriend it was "I got you and thats all I want" but quickly turned to "I see red, I see red, I see red".
The monk would enlighten me that you learn from bad experiences to become a better person, and to not keeping the same mistakes, rise above and make sure "history never repeats".
Am sure between Jack, the Buddhist monk, and my new enlightened self, we would write a lot of brilliant lyrics and return to New Zealand shores with some creative lyrics in case Split Enz needed a hand writing some new songs for their upcoming tour.
greasywatts 5 years ago

A builder - because he'd be able to putty the leaks up
kiwiro 5 years ago

If I had to spend 6 months in a leaky boat it would be with Noah. Of Noah and the Ark fame. How freaky would it be to spend all that time at sea with someone who had been instructed by God: "and of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.”
And how would the most righteous man in the world at that time cope when he realised the ark that he had spend hundreds of his best years building, had sprung a leak? I mean the man was 600 years old – no spring chicken by any means! Would he have been singing then “When I was a young boy, I wanted to sail around the world, that's the life for me, living on the sea…” I think not. I doubt he would have even managed to bring himself to hum.
Lets imagine the world for a second if even some of the smallest creatures had been lost at sea?
· Mice and Rats – what would we do our scientific experiments on?
· Dogs – who would be mans best friend?
· Meercats – what would Telecom use instead for their ads?
Some of the most loved movies of our time would never have been made:
· Rabbits – no “Watership Down”
· Pigs – no “Babe”
· Lions – No “Lion King”
I guess we’d still have “Finding Nemo”…?
And he’d only have lose one of each pair of animals and that was the end of that species forever? Which brings me to ponder life with no animals at all:
· What would the Chinese base their calendar on?
· We’d all be answering the question “how do you prefer your tofu cooked – rare, medium or well done?”
And of course, its not even worth contemplating if the whole Ark had gone down like the Titanic. That would have been the end of mankind forever. I think it would certainly help put things into perspective. No sweating the small stuff even more. Yeah, I’d like to spend 6 months on Noah’s leaky boat and just to see what its really like to literally have the weight of the world on your shoulders. “I just spent six months in a leaky boat, with cows, pigs and even a goat, Lucky just to keep afloat… La la la la la la la la la la la la la la…”
tina harbers 5 years ago

When I was a young girl,
I wanted to sail round the world,
That's the life for me,
Living on the sea.
Acting like a sailor,
Circumnavigating the globe,
The lust of a pioneer,
Will acknowledge no frontier.
I'd just spent 6 months in a leaky boat,
Lucky just to keep afloat.
Ay-o-ay, ay-o-ay, ay-o-ay.
But really I would love to clone myself and get to know the real me. In 6 months I could figure out just how to handle this life, get out of it as much as I can and move to the next level knowing that I was the best that I could be!!
jill masters 5 years ago

If I had no choice but to be on a leaky boat for six months I would choose to be with Charlie, the man who is dazzled by my smile, enchanted by my beauty, in awe of my intelligence, crazy about my body, desperate to make me laugh, and knows he is the luckiest man in the world to have my undivided attention for SIX WHOLE MONTHS. He would never see red, ever. Along with that, he would be able to fashion a spear for fishing, a water distillation unit and a new formula for glue to plug the hole in the boat, all done effortlessly using the paraphernalia that is found on a seafaring vessel.
He would be able to navigate by the heavenly bodies, and entertain me with original songs, poems and stories, taken from his store of mental notes. I would end up learning new positions both in yoga and tantra, get a great tan and a new sense of gratitude for the unexpected. If I ever felt sea dyzrhythmia, he would know the cure.
It all sounds stranger than fiction, but its not.
Cecile S 5 years ago

Spending 6 months in a leaking boat would make me see red.
But maybe I'd spend it either with Doctor Love or Betty the maid.
Why would I choose Betty? Well, she's cool
She got body, she got soul
She's sugar and spice
And all things nice,
so really how can I resist her
Especially if I get log cabin fever?
On the other hand, Doctor Love never ceases to amaze me.
At a party, he took out his jamboree
And yelled: "I don't wanna dance!"
Then mumbled some stuff and nonsense
And he wailed till some poor boy said: "It's time for a change,
I promise the woman who loves you won't get a dog with mange."
It can get stranger than fiction with all these famous people, you know.
So I'm making mental notes: I'll spend the time with the Devil I know
And in my Lovey Dovey's company, without a doubt
We'll drink rum so much I'll get gout.
And should a frenzied shark attack happen,
I hope I'll never need to send a message to my girl
To tell her: "That new position, you should give it a whirl
Because I'm now a missing person
So I hope you have sweet dreams Amy Darling,
And so long for now. I have to get back to my bailing."
eleask 5 years ago

If I were six months on a leaky boat
I'd pass on the butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker,
The owl and the pussy cat too
Better than that
I'd want a boat builder in a hat,
With a ships cat
My husband, our baby and me
Dan 5 years ago

If I was stuck in a leaky boat for six months I would want someone who could bail out water quickly, a rugged individual like Jerry Collins. I’d also want someone who could improve the situation with entertainment, someone to mime the tragedy while we all sing along, like Split Enz! (natch). I’d also want a dragon-slayer who can save me in case we encounter any dragons or experience shark attacks . And finally someone who could get a message to my girl to let her know that I still love her and she shouldn’t run off with that Charlie character next door.
Cheers, Dan.