‘Someone walked up and handed our box office staff $1,000 in cash’ … Nick Stabback, the manager of the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian
The police had to close Enmore Road to traffic and provide escorts for the band on their way to the gig. To be a good sport, staff opened the venue’s central doors so that those crowded outside could better hear the show. Those who lived in flats above the shops on the other side of the road were able to climb out onto their awning and nab a free seat to the hottest show in town.
“It’s got a certain gravitas,” says David James Young, a dedicated gig-goer who is currently in the official process of authenticating his Guinness World Record submission for most concerts attended in one year. He saw 365 gigs in 2023, and estimates he’s been to between 150 and 200 shows at the Enmore over his adult life. “ a majesty to walking in that room – it really feels like a hallowed hall because it has remained largely unchanged for the 100-odd years.
“Someone walked up and handed our box office staff $1,000 in cash and said, ‘I need to get in’ and turned him away,” Stabback recalls. “He’s still working for us, as you can imagine.”And then there’s the acts the Enmore managed to snag as they were right on the precipice of blowing up. In 2012, both Lana Del Rey and Kendrick Lamar played the theatre – each returning to play Qudos Bank Arena on their next Australian tours. Even Katy Perry held a show there in 2009.
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