As the train rolled into South Geelong station from Melbourne, the loudspeaker announced, “alight here if you’re attending the Foo Fighters concert”. Immediately the carriage, a sea of flannel and band T-shirts, erupted in cheers and whoops.
The celebratory mood carried through last night to Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium where, as they say, nature is healing. It was in the flashing signs around the stadium exclaiming: “WELCOME BACK STADIUM ROCK.” It was in paying $9.50 for a watery beer. It was in the ocean of clear ponchos to fight the drizzle, which turned swiftly into proper rain – fitting for the end of another kind of drought. It was in the guy selling bootleg T-shirts outside the venue, with a live rabbit perched on his shoulder. The only hint that this wasn’t the Before Times were the masks hanging off people’s wrists, promptly forgotten the moment they entered the arena.
