We had a big 50th anniversary celebration for employees at Apple Park Tuesday evening. We even had a musical guest!
They did a lottery and not all employees got to go as capacity is limited. There were quite a few upset people when they announced who got in and who got waitlisted. One of the guys on my team wasn’t on the list and it was kind of a bummer. I went over after lunch yesterday, parked a mile away and walked in. got my wrist band, looked around a bit, then got in one of the waiting areas for entry at about 1:45pm. They didn’t let us in until 5:30pm, but the other people on my team all joined me in line and the guy that got waitlisted got added last minute, so he booked over late afternoon on bicycle and joined us, too. When we finally got in, we were about 3-4 people away from the security fence. It was pretty amazing, but the Paul show didn’t start til 7:45pm (there was a DJ when we came in and then it transitions to Sir Paul's fluffer DJ who was working from the stage), so we were stuck standing there for another 2 hours, and then standing for the show. Here's the actual playlist:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mcca...694d6.html
After Help!, he shouted out "Good Evening Cupertino!". He played for about 2 hours, with lasers for one song and pyrotechnics for the James Bond movie song. The Hofner was booming! He told a funny Jimi Hendrix story. My ankles started to ache around song 10-11, so I went inside to the cafe to sit and watch on the giant TVs. He pulled out a ukulele and talked about George and then played Something (switching to full band partway thru). He's 83, but an old hand at this and knocked it out of the park. It was pretty special. I made some points with my team by standing in line early and getting us an almost front row spot.
--tg
They did a lottery and not all employees got to go as capacity is limited. There were quite a few upset people when they announced who got in and who got waitlisted. One of the guys on my team wasn’t on the list and it was kind of a bummer. I went over after lunch yesterday, parked a mile away and walked in. got my wrist band, looked around a bit, then got in one of the waiting areas for entry at about 1:45pm. They didn’t let us in until 5:30pm, but the other people on my team all joined me in line and the guy that got waitlisted got added last minute, so he booked over late afternoon on bicycle and joined us, too. When we finally got in, we were about 3-4 people away from the security fence. It was pretty amazing, but the Paul show didn’t start til 7:45pm (there was a DJ when we came in and then it transitions to Sir Paul's fluffer DJ who was working from the stage), so we were stuck standing there for another 2 hours, and then standing for the show. Here's the actual playlist:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mcca...694d6.html
After Help!, he shouted out "Good Evening Cupertino!". He played for about 2 hours, with lasers for one song and pyrotechnics for the James Bond movie song. The Hofner was booming! He told a funny Jimi Hendrix story. My ankles started to ache around song 10-11, so I went inside to the cafe to sit and watch on the giant TVs. He pulled out a ukulele and talked about George and then played Something (switching to full band partway thru). He's 83, but an old hand at this and knocked it out of the park. It was pretty special. I made some points with my team by standing in line early and getting us an almost front row spot.
--tg
