THANOS PETRELIS CONCERT

An Arab and a Turk at a Greek concert equals priceless moments! Fred and I brought tickets to Thanos Petrelis' concert at Sydney Olympic park. With drama's leading to the day we barely made it.

The concert started at 9pm in the basketball courts. It's no Acer Arena here. Only the best for the Greek community. Arriving at 8:50pm we soon realised that 9pm really means 10pm for the Greeks. We spent a good hour outside watching freaks arrive, mingle with one another and of course bitch as much as they can.

We even managed to find a bench to sit down in to count the 1980's look alikes. Eventually the doors open and its a mad rush in. Dont ask me why. Fred and I wander to our seats to notice the ticket guy saw us coming. We had seats facing the stage that was 20 metres on the other side of the stage. We sat down waiting for the pre-act to begin.

The pre-act was taking its time so we wandered over to the cafe to grab a bite. Intially I wanted coffee but ended up with hot chips. It was meant to be. We walk back to our seats to spot other people sitting on them. Double checking our tickets we realised we were in the right section but the opposite end of the row. So we found our actual seats.

The preact comes on while I'm munching away on my hot chips. The stage is too far to really see anything. This being a basketball court we had the stage on one end and us on the other. On the ground floor were tables with people wining and dining. Well not so wining and dining. It looked like for an extra $80 they got a table and 3 sorts of mezes.

So I decide to walk to the toilets when I spot an entire section near the stage empty. It's a side on view but at least its extremely close to the stage. I rush back to grab Fred. I tell him to just follow me. Luckily he doesn't argue and just follows. His got no idea what I'm on about until I show him our new spot. We manage to walk into the new section without causing a drama. Now this is what I call a view!

Thanos came into the spot light when he appeared on Greece's own version of Australia Idol called fame story. Even though he finished in third place he shot to stardom immediately after. Within 4 years he released 4 albums and was the preact for one of Greece's most famous singers Peggy Zina.

In 2007 he gave a world tour including the US and OZ. As I wasn't in the country I missed out on seeing him. Now in 2008 he sold out 5 concerts! God there's alot of Greeks out there!

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