Despite some disappointment with the unscheduled break and its implications, the overwhelming majority of the crowd at the revamped Western Springs Bowl described the event as an \u201camazing night\u201d with a \u201cfantastic atmosphere\u201d and crediting Dean with keeping the mood positive. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe crowd was patient and kind, feeding off Olivia\u2019s beautiful energy!\u201d one concertgoer said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, she was just so uplifting, positive and radiated energy! Non-stop smiling, dancing, and giving so much energy to the crowd. Just a big ball of light!\u201d another said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t hear any grumbling from the crowd. It was cold, but the atmosphere stayed happy,\u201d another fan, who had flown up from Christchurch, said.<\/p>\n
More than 40,000 fans packed into the Western Springs Bowl to see British singer Olivia Dean. Photo \/ Auckland Stadiums<\/p>\n
Attendee Blake Weston told the Herald that it spoke volumes to Dean\u2019s energy when \u201cwithin two seconds of her coming back out on stage, we\u2019d all forgotten anything even happened!\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt the start of the show, before the delay, she spoke about how every single person is capable of giving love to others, but equally worthy of receiving love.<\/p>\n
When she came back out after her team had technical difficulties for 40 minutes, \u201cher energy was so contagious that it made you realise that being mad wouldn\u2019t have made anyone\u2019s nights any better. It\u2019s better to give love!\u201d Weston said. <\/p>\n
Parkinson echoed the fans\u2019 experience. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou could just see the enjoyment, the roar that went up from the crowd at the end of her final song. There were no negative vibes coming off the crowd as a result of that interruption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But at least one nearby resident gave Noise Control a call after the show breached the 11pm curfew. An officer attended but noted at 11.28pm that they were \u201cunable to detect any noise, as such, no further action was taken\u201d.<\/p>\n
James Parkinson, T\u0101taki Auckland Unlimited Director, Auckland Stadiums. Photo \/ Jason Dorday<\/p>\n
The concert ended at about 11.20pm. Parkinson said that the 40,000-strong crowd was Dean\u2019s largest-ever headline show and she was \u201cclearly, committed\u201d to giving them the full concert experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, the net result was that it did end up running about 20 minutes past curfew. And we are in contact with Auckland Council about that.<\/p>\n
Parkinson couldn\u2019t yet say if there would be a fine for the breach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s an ongoing discussion with [the] council and they have a process that they need to follow, and we\u2019ll be co-operating fully with them on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olivia Dean. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
The party atmosphere continued after the show with a video circulating on social media of an impromptu group singalong to Dean\u2019s hit duet with Sam Fender \u2013 Rein Me In. The group of about 40 people can be seen singing and dancing on a petrol station forecourt. <\/p>\n
Parkinson says he was pleased with how the refurbished venue performed in its first real test. <\/p>\n
He thought \u201cthe arrival process, the loading of the venue, food and beverage, all went very smoothly\u201d and \u201cit all contributed to that very chill vibe that was evident amongst the crowd\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, this event has been a very positive endorsement of the potential of Western Springs Bowl. It really showed what that venue is capable of,\u201d Parkinson said, adding that his team will debrief and work through areas for further improvement. <\/p>\n
The cause of the delay hasn\u2019t fully been explained by the promoter \u2013 Handsome Tours and Parkinson told the Herald that they were advised that Olivia Dean\u2019s team were \u201caddressing issues with their equipment\u201d, but had no more information than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite some disappointment with the unscheduled break and its implications, the overwhelming majority of the crowd at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[310582,310581,74,51,682,11783,25759,15441,90875,36473,9947,28903,156,9517,18984,231823,37440,1345,685,4507,6093,5829,111,139,11550,69,15363,1560,99504,12507,28355],"class_list":["post-633928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-40000strong","tag-40minute","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-being","tag-brought","tag-concert","tag-crowd","tag-dampen","tag-dean","tag-delay","tag-effects","tag-entertainment","tag-fans","tag-finish","tag-flowon","tag-frustration","tag-home","tag-last","tag-late","tag-little","tag-many","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nights","tag-nz","tag-olivia","tag-report","tag-spirits","tag-stranded","tag-trying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}