Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - April 20 - We Begin The Biggest Game Of Musical Chairs At Eden Park!

Episode Date: April 20, 2021

Kia ora! Today we broadcast from Eden Park ahead of our biggest musical chair challenge, of sitting on up to 50,000 seats to unlock 50 tickets to Six60! It was a completely empty stadium and veeeery dark when we started the show, but we eventually got going and sat on some of the seats. We've tried seat 660 and 420 so far, and we'll continue as the day goes on. We even caught up with rugby legend Sir John Kirwan who gave us some advice on how we can perform at our VERY BEST at Eden Park, just like he has many times in the past (even though we'll just be squatting on seats...) Enjoy the podcast, and you can follow along with our challenge on our social media @thehitsbreakfast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Hello, welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. The date today is the 20th of April,

and you know why I'm remembering the date just fresh off my bald noggin, the top of my head? Because I made myself a coffee this morning at home, and I went, What is that milk? And then I looked at the bottle, and it said the 12th, and then I looked at my phone, and it said the 20th. Quite far, like over a week past the date. Yeah, really added quite a tang to it, that coffee. Don't you feel like your mouth...

You can push it a day or two, eh? Normally, but... How far have you pushed a bottle of milk? I'm a little bit... My ear on the side of caution, but my mum, Jenny, oh, she... She'll ride it out. Oh, yeah. For months.

Oh, yeah. And the thing, she's just wild with her, like, food consumption. She's like, it's got preservatives, it'll keep for ages. You're like, what? It's got preservatives. That's why they do it. That's why they have that stuff. Doesn't your stepfather, who she feeds chicken to for like nine weeks after it was... Oh, he gets stomach problems all the time.

He's like constantly in and out of A&E with food poisoning. Like if that's not a lesson. No, exactly. She's like, it'll be okay. It'll be okay. That generation love to drag out and expire it out. They don't waste anything, do they? She was saying she used to flat with these people.

They used to have a chicken, and they'd cook the chicken on a Sunday night. They'd leave the chicken in the pantry, and throughout the week, they would keep going to the pantry to make their sandwiches from the chicken. Pantry chicken. Pantry chicken. Wild. Jeez. Wild.

Pantry. Room temperature pantry chicken. For most of the week, like through Monday at least to Wednesday, and then sometimes if there was still chicken left over, it was like, yeah. But I have a feeling that we've made our stomachs and immune system softer over the years. That's what I wonder too. There were cave, people from the cave times. I don't even say cavemen now, I'm too scared to say cavemen.

Cave people. Oh, cave woman. Cave people. Oh, cave woman. Yeah. Cave people. Yeah. They were just eating, ripping their head off an ox. They weren't refrigerating that, were they? No.

They were like five days later. They were probably still having room temperature ox. Yeah. The pantry ox. Yeah. We've done this to ourselves. We're the only ones to blame. There's something we need to blame ourselves for is what we're currently embarking on. We're in the middle of sitting on all the seats at Eden Park.

50,000 seats. When we sit on the one lucky seat, we have 50, 660 tickets to give away. We're at an empty, well, it's not empty Eden Park. They are setting up for the 660 concert right now. The hardworking tradies and scaffolders setting everything up. We were talking before about the many streakers That have been on Eden Park And what you don't factor in with streaking

Is what I've noticed Is the distance down from the bottom of the What are you doing mate? You're running around packing up chairs While I'm talking He's literally stacking chairs Walking back and forth I'm trying to host a professional podcast What you don't factor in for the streaker,

for your run-of-the-mill streaker, is you go to the bottom of the grandstand. There's a three metre drop down to the field. Yeah. Three metres. I know, it's quite, yeah, that would really trip you up. You jump three metres, you land on your feet, you get a hell of a shock. I'd say don't do it. No, it's not advice.

Also getting arrested doing it, but also the drop is something you It'll take you at least a minute or two to just gather yourself after the drop. Wild. So we'll continue

to sit on seats and hopefully tomorrow on the show or maybe the day after or the day after that we'll have these 660 tickets to give away before Saturday night's concert.

Have a great day we'll catch you tomorrow. Two dads just trying to fill some air time. Some may say it's pointless but the main thing is it fills in some air time for us. That is the main thing.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. This morning we're coming to you from Eden Park. More like Eden Dark. Am I right? Well, you're actually quite right. It is quite dark at the moment. But just after 8 o'clock this morning, we're going to attempt to sit on as many seats as possible in the 50,000 seat stadium

until we find the lucky seat to win you 5660 tickets to the concert Saturday night. Our bus don't know what's in store for them. They are going to be hating us for the next week and a half. But I tell you what, Max, Millennial Max, who, you know, he comes in here with his crazy millennial ideas. Oh, yeah. He turns up to Eden Park this morning, the home of Auckland rugby, the holy religious home of rugby for the North Island.

The Auckland team. You know, so many great teams have run out here onto this park. And Millennial Max, what's he wearing? I'm just wearing a lovely Crusaders jersey. You could have worn any other item of clothing today, but you've decided to walk in here with that. I have to represent the listeners from Christchurch, so wore my lovely crusader top.

I've got a few funny looks this morning, but no regrets. It's people who are like, oh, you chose, oh, okay. Yeah. Of all. It was a conscious decision to wear that. Of all the things you could wear on all days, you've chosen that. Well, at four o'clock in the morning when I got dressed this morning, I thought, this is rugby orientated.

This is stadium related. And so I didn't really think much further than that. Well, geez, I'll tell you what, we're here just on our own at the moment. Imagine all the stuff we could get up to in Eden Park right now. Probably not much because there's about 340 CCTV cameras and burly security guards. But it's one of those things that you're like, I've always dreamed of being in a place like this when it's dead empty. Oh, yeah. It's incredible.

It's awesome. We just got a photo before with the grounds behind us. Well, you know, Max did a wonderful job to make the photo look lighter than it was. It blew our boomer minds. It lit the whole stadium up. And I was like, let's look sporty in the photo because we're at Eden Park. Yeah, Ben's like, let's look sporty

and then it follows up with, how do we look sporty? Yeah, that was my next question. I wasn't entirely sure how to look sporty. And so we just ended up putting our hands on our hips. And nothing screams athleticism

like hands on hips. Now, this is, because remember you were dreaming of going to the gym with no one in it, much like this. Yes. Did you ever,

did you ever fulfill that dream of turning up to the gym at one o'clock in the morning? I did one night when I had jet lag, I went to the gym. But one in it. Much like this. Yes. Did you ever fulfill that dream of turning up to the gym at one o'clock in the morning? I did one night when I had jet lag. I went to the gym but I was only in there two or three minutes

in the 24-hour gym without anyone else and then someone else came in and I'm like, mate. You've just ruined it. Get out of here. I'm really disappointing. I'm lifting one and a half kilograms here.

I don't think I've even filled up my drink bottle when an old mate comes in. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. That was, of course, 660 Fadeaway. They're performing Eden Park here Saturday night with Dave Dobbin.

So Dave Dobbin, Drax Project is going to be one heck of a night. The first ever concert at Eden Park. 50,000 people are going to be in this very stadium where we are this morning, Jono. Yeah, listen, 660, they're making history. Today we're also making history. Let's not get into, you know, who's making the more important history

because I don't want to make the band feel bad about their little concert. Their little concert, yeah. Yeah, because, of course, we are on a big mission ourselves today and if you're wondering what the heck that is, well, wow, we've got an audio recap. Because we want to give away tickets to the show.

What are you thinking? 50. 50? 50's too many. 50 years is a lot. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Only because you called me friend of the show. We'll catch up tomorrow then.

Chris Mack joins us back. Have we got the tickets? I went to the guys, Jono and Ben. They called me friend of show. I don't want to lose this, but if you want these 50 tickets, you have to do something to earn them. At Eden Park, if you sit in the right seat, I'll give you the 50 tickets. But there's 50,000 seats there.

Yeah. Yeah, that's right. If we go halves, it'll be 25,000 squats each. I can't help but feel partly responsible for the situation that we're in. You're fully responsible. The challenge has been accepted. We need to do some more practice. There was people that break world records.

They sit down fast and they pop the balloon. Three, two, one. Oh, your hemorrhoids are playing up. Jim Mouth. He's got over 30 Guinness World Records. For stadium sitting, I sat in 39,250 in two days. My ankles and my feet just swelling. I didn't walk for four days.

Really? Alana Van Houten, now she's a runner. She's an influencer. You would have seen her on Celebrity Treasure Island. This is definitely a marathon. It's not a sprint. 50,000 squats. Honestly, guys, I do not envy you.

And we thought it appropriate that we give away the first double pass, which we don't have. But anyway, let's be positive. Who's on the phone at the end of 60 seconds? If we get bored, we'll move on to the next caller. It's a brutal game. I was actually going to sing a 660 song.

I sat alone. Next caller. Oh no! Next caller. I got a weird feeling in my stomach. I feel awful about this. It's guilt. We are one day away from making history. And why have we called this Sit 60? Oh, I'm just disappointed.

I'm really upset about that as well. Sit 60. Very clever. Yeah. Now, I'd like to also thank 60 bassist Chris Mack for coming up with this idea with the band and putting our team under an immense amount of pressure to organise this in a couple of days. You know, the admin involved around broadcasting from Eden Park. He didn't think about it.

No. It's not like you just turn up here and just start talking. There's computers and plugs and health and safety things you need to fill up. Oh, yeah, and thank you to Eden Park for letting us come in because it's not like they've got nothing else happening this week. They've got a massive concert, of course. Potentially the busiest week

of their life and he's created an absolute spanner in the works, Chris Mack. So we are going to be searching very shortly for the tickets. We're basically sitting

on every seat as long as it takes to find those tickets to sit on the lucky seat. It could take us five minutes, it could take us five days, hopefully not five days because the concert

would have been probably gone by then. Well, if we win the tickets on Sunday, does that still count? No. We've still got them, guys. But a lot of people suggesting on 4487 on the text to try seat number 660 first, which makes a lot of sense. Well, I think we're going to kick this off around about 8 o'clock.

I think that's the obvious one to go for first. I'm not going to get it out of the way. It seems too obvious. It seems too obvious. It's almost so obvious. It would be like you you reckon it seems too obvious? It seems too obvious. It's almost so obvious, you know, it'd be like you making fun of my hair loss.

You know, it's too obvious. Yeah, I wouldn't go there. No. It'd be like you doing that for years. And I wouldn't go to

seat 660. No, but Jono will. He'll go find. He's obvious. He'll go there this morning and hopefully this morning we'll have those 50 tickets for you

to give out for you to win so you can come along and see 660 at Eden Park where we're hanging out all morning. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. Jono smelling burnt toast?

No, Millennial Max said, can anyone smell burnt toast? I'm having a stroke. And I said, no, you're an idiot. And then I was like, no, no, I can smell it too. Maybe I'm also having a stroke. We're all having strokes. We're coming to you live from Eater Park this morning. After 8 o'clock, we're going to sit on as many seats as it takes

to find the lucky seat to win free tickets to 660 to give away. 50,000 seats is in front of us. That's at 8 o'clock, but let's look at what's making news in New Zealand and around the world. Scrolling through your feed. Now, obviously, our history-making seat-based event is getting a lot of the media coverage, zapping up all the media coverage.

But there are some other little stories floating around there, and to present them, here's our adorable little headline hamster, Benjamin Ross-Boyce. The bubble between New Zealand and Australia opened up yesterday. Quarantine free travel between the two nations got a lot of world media,

because I guess it is kind of a first in the world for this to happen between countries at the moment. But not, is it? Because people can freely travel into the States. Oh, you might be right. And freely travel into the... Oh, thanks. I thought we had something.

No, we always think we have something, but we never do. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, yesterday said it was truly exciting, an important milestone. And she said she wished she could have been at the airport watching family and friends get together for the first time in probably 18 months. But she's a Prime Minister and had other stuff to do. It'd be weird to sort of hang out in Dunkin' Donuts and watch people arrive at the airport, wouldn't it, if you're the Prime Minister? But she imagined the scenes would have been like, and you would have seen them on the news, like Love Actually, like that airport scene at the end

where they're just filming people arriving and embracing. Hey, well, actually, she could have been at the airport because Hugh Grant was the Prime Minister, and he was at the airport, wasn't he? Or was he just doing the voiceover at the end? No, he wasn't at the airport. No, he was at the school play. Yes.

He was at the school play with Lady the... Oh, his assistant. That was, yeah. Yeah, that's an odd relationship isn't it in this day and age yeah

it would be a political scandal it would be you're right although he didn't have a partner no she didn't have a

partner no so it was all fully it was probably all about but they were caught like

kissing on the stage the performance where the lights came out imagine if you saw the prime minister

pashing on the stage you know the Edendale primary school rendition of the sound of music it was the kids were like... Imagine if you saw the Prime Minister pashing on a stage at the Edendale Primary School's rendition of The Sound of Music. It was the nativity play,

wasn't it? It was. Yeah, no, wonderful. I love Love Actually. It is a good movie. I always get teary watching that movie and I've seen it so many times.

It was the first of that brand where they had like 300 different storylines all moulding into one film. And amazing stars all over it. Why are we talking so much about Love, Actually? That wasn't the point of the story. Then they tried to back it up with another one.

Anne Hathaway was in it. I didn't see it. Was that Valentine's Day? No, or New Year's Day. There was a lot of those sort of ones. Yeah, they thought they'd cracked a new formula with those, but that was the original, and you'll never beat the original, that's for sure.

And we didn't talk about this yesterday, and I was disappointed because you were saying radio all over the world yesterday. We're talking about this all afternoon. I was listening to radio, and you'd transfer from one station to another, and it was croissant this, croissant that. They were all about this croissant. Well, you come too late to the party, mate. Well, I'm going to tell you about the croissant, mate.

No, he's 24 hours too late. So in Poland, animal welfare were called because someone noticed that a strange animal hanging off a tree, guess what it was? It was a croissant. Yeah.

It was a massive croissant. It was. It was like a croissant on steroids. Yeah. Or was it just the camera angle? See, was the croissant

like falling apart? The croissant was the size of your average loaf of bread. Yeah. Massive croissant. So I understand why people who are looking out the window didn't think it was a croissant like falling apart? The croissant was the size of your average loaf of bread. Yeah. Massive croissant. So I understand why people who were looking out the window didn't think it was a croissant, you know, but... And they're like,

well, someone obviously threw it out of an apartment block because they probably cooked the croissant and they're like, that's a monster croissant. There's something wrong with that and threw it out the window and it got stuck in the tree. So that was making news. Croissant coverage. All around the world.

I heard one of the radio hosts say it, croissant. They said croissant. Well, that sounds a lot better, doesn't it? We say croissant. Croissant. Croissant. Very New Zealand. Yeah, going out to Bacon's Delight, my croissant.

I liked croissant. Yeah. You could say croissant a bit more, mate. That's right. You'd probably get that on the Mike Hosking breakfast, but not with Jono and Ben on the hits. But you will get 56, 60 tickets. We're determined to win those today. Ben and Jono call not with Jono and Ben on the hits, but you will get 56, 60 tickets. We're determined to win those today.

Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. Coming to you this morning from Eden Park, Auckland's premier stadium. We're about to start sitting on all the seats here, 50,000 seats potentially to find the lucky seat in the biggest game of musical chairs that the world has ever seen to try and win you guys 660 tickets.

We're putting our butts on the line for you today, Alterno, and that's all we do. We just do stuff for you. What have you ever done for us? We're just here doing stuff for you. I was just thinking before, the last time you and I came to Eden Park was an All Blacks Wallabies game, and we flipped a coin because that's what we do. And you ended up wearing a Wallabies top for the entire game.

But it was for no reason. Like it was not. We were literally just going with our wonderful friends from Skinny. Yeah. And you were like, it would be fun if we do this. And I'm like, well, there's no cameras. There's no. Oh, we don't have a TV show anymore.

There's no purpose for it. It was just Honestly for no reason Anyway I lost And I put it on the wallabies top You committed to the To the gag though Yeah You were like

Oh you can take it off now Because it was your idea And then you were like Oh a bit of bearer Sitting next to me You're like You take it off And I was like

No I will not take this off now You really committed I wore it the whole game And then At some point I started chanting Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy

And the whole stand It was literally the whole half of what stand's that one? Is that the northern? It really doesn't matter for the story. That information does not matter. But the whole stand went Boo!

And then I got booed out. I had to leave. I got booed out of it. Have you ever been booed out of a stadium? Oh no, but I witnessed it. You were like, you had your head in your hands. Oh dear God. But thank you so much to Eden Park for letting us come in today and

we'll start sitting on those seats just after 8 o'clock. If you've got any suggestions of what you think the lucky seat will be, 4487 on the text and we'll start sitting on those and hopefully we'll get it done today. Now when you come into a place like this, obviously health and safety is paramount. Needs to be.

You know, you need to be healthy and safe. Oh, yeah. Don't you? And we filled out an induction form for Eden Park. A questionnaire, health and safety. You had to watch a video. Yeah. And tell you what, there would be no healthier or safer person in Eden Park than me.

Fire off some questions. And I'll tell you, I won't even look. Okay. I won't even look. I. I won't even look. I watched that. I used to watch it, you're like, it's an 11 minute video

but I watched it all. But the problem was, you're like, you know, any human being in this instance, let's be honest, would be like,

skip the video, skip the video, just go straight to the questions. Try and black your way. But the questions related to the video. To the video. So you had to,

there was no way around it. Well played, Eden Park. It's like when a teacher goes, I'm going to give you this book to read and there'll be a test on it tomorrow and there's no way around it. There's no shortcut. You're like, I remember my mate went and hired the DVD,

the video for the book, but didn't realise that it was slightly different. You know how they changed it? So he was like, I'm not writing this book. I'll hire the DVD and got a lot of questions wrong because he hadn't actually read the book. The book is always better than the movie. Yeah, well, in that case, it definitely was.

Okay, you test me on Eden Park Health and Safety. Okay, I'm going to give you the options. Because normally they give you four multi-choice. Yep, yep. Where are the main emergency assembly points? Well, there's four of those, Ben. There's four of those around the park at the different gates by the multi-carvings, I think you'll find you'd want to accommodate. Yeah, you're right, by the Māori statues.

Is that one for one? Yeah, one for one. What must you carry at all times while at Eden Park? Well, you'd want to have your pass on display, just so that those around know you're meant to be there. That's right. What you're doing, where you've come from. You had options of a fire extinguisher, a driver's licence, a hazard tape or contract

identification. You said contract identification? All great items to have as well, but not the most important in that instance. Okay, question number three on the Eden Park safety questionnaire. Who do you report all accidents, incidents, near hits or property damage to? Why don't you give me the options on this one, but I can't tell you. But just so it sounds more impressive when I get it right. Okay, Eden Park APU officer slash security, the police, the closest person or another contractor on site.

None of the last three. You'd want to go option number one there. Oh, well done again. The Eden Park APU officer slash security. Jono, tick the hazards that you may encounter while working at Eden Park. Is it steps and stairs? Is it bees? Is it ground equipment and vehicles being operated?

Is it hazards created by other contractors? Is it catering staff moving furniture and trolleys? Or is it all of the above? That's all the above, Ben Boyce. And what you'll find surprising, they've got beehives at Eden Park. Yeah. Did you know that?

I didn't know that until I watched the 11-minute video. There you go. Now that is a very specific quiz. Yeah. Oh, one more. I'll give you one more and I'm not going to give the answer. What speed limits do you adhere to when travelling around Eden Park? Okay, well it's a 10k generally, however

when you're underneath the stands in the tunnel, do you want to be going around about a 5k limit? Yes, yes. 100%. He's healthy and he's safe. We nailed the quiz. There you go, this morning. Hopefully we will nail those tickets. We've got 56, 60 tickets to give away this morning. Hopefully all going well when we find the lucky seat.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. We've got some Lizzo news coming up in Spy. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. Lissa, we're coming to you live from Eden Park today, trying to win new 5660 tickets by sitting in all 50,000 seats. But Juliette, she's back at the studio and her mouth is a weapon

and her words are bullets. And this is Spy Entertainment News. Don't know if it's going to be as brutal as that description, but here we go anyway. If you could. So Lizzo has encouraged her fans to not drink and DM. Obviously the whole drinking and driving is a massive thing that the world knows about, but now drinking and DMing is something that people need to worry about as well.

So she reveals she slid into Chris Evans' DMs, actor Chris Evans. So that's Captain America, right? Yeah, Captain America. And she sent him a bunch of emojis of a basketball, a basketball player, and a wind emoji basically indicating she's shooting her shot to try and get into him, if you know what I mean. But he's now come out and said, don't worry, there's no shame in a drunk DM. He's done many of them as well. So it is a thing that people suffer from, you know?

That's a very cryptic message she sent Evans. A basketball player shooting shots. You're like, do you want to go to the NBA with me? To play one-on-one? I wouldn't have picked that up. No, oh, you're shooting your shot. You're right. I wouldn't be embarrassed about sending that.. Oh, you're shooting your shot. You're right. I wouldn't be embarrassed about sending that.

No, that's... Because it's an easy cover-up the next day. Oh, I thought it was some, you know, 3 a.m. basketball might have been the go. Yeah, you're watching the latest game between the Lakers and the Celtics. It's better than saying you up, question mark at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Yeah, exactly. You're right. Ben, you drunken bloody messaged KJ Arpa, remember? I did. He's like, KJ, bro, I just love your work, bro. Doing such great things. Now, he didn't get back to me. He didn't say it's okay when you're drunken, do you?

Yeah, but we did talk to him about it. We talked to him on the radio. He said, I'm sorry I missed that message because I've got like 50 million followers. He didn't say that, but he has got 50 million followers. And he was sorry he missed the message. When did we talk to him on the radio? We talked to him, mate, when he was doing the Holstein Brothers campaign.

You remember? Did we? Yeah, we talked to him on the radio. Jeez, I'm getting old. I remember talking to KJ after. I don't. You think I would remember? Alzheimer's. Early Alzheimer's. Wow. And Jessica Beale, she's

married to Justin Timberlake. They have a son called Silas, but then five months ago they had their second child called Phineas. And she talked about, and I'm curious to know whether you guys agree with this, because you guys are both parents of two.

She says one is a lot, but two is a thousand. Is that like an accurate description? Apparently they do say the leap from one to two is a big leap, but then the leap from two to three is minimal. Yeah. Really?

That's what the parents out there are saying. That's what the parents on the street are saying. That's what the street parents are saying. I'm going out talking to all the parents on the street. I'm surprised you remember those conversations, but not the KJ Apple one. Yeah, I'm really disappointed in myself. You're like, did we?

I'm actually like, I'm disturbed. Yeah, anyway, I won't get into it. But that's, yeah, one to two, it is a bit of a leap because you're doubling. You're instantly doubling, but two to three, I imagine you're just tacking another one on to,

you know. They can look after themselves. And you start to care less and less about them the more you have. Probably. Like, you know how you stress about your first baby? Producer Humphrey's off having a baby today. Yeah, I was just thinking that. So you're all the best,? Producer Humphrey's off having a baby today. I was just thinking that.

So you're all the best, Producer Ben Humphrey and Caitlin as well. Yeah, and you stress about that first one. You're like, he's not breathing. He's not breathing. Oh, my God, do we call the A&E? Do you call Plunkett Line? Second one, you're like, ah. Third one, you must be like, well, you can drive yourself home from the hospital.

That is true. And that is Spy. For more, you can head yourself over to the hospital. That is true. And that is bye. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of that. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the Hits. This morning we're at Eden Park,

and we're about to start sitting on all the 50,000 seats until we find the lucky seat to win 50, 5660 tickets to give away to you guys. We're sitting in the lovely glamping area here at Eden Park. It's a lovely glamping. Ben just went inside the glamping dome, which, like I said, it looks like a post-apocalyptic dome you'd see in a zombie movie where you'd quarantine people in. But you grabbed a lovely blanket. We've got this over our knees.

I know. A couple of doddery old men being taken out of the retirement village for the afternoon. They do look a bit like that. We don't want to leave the village. I've got to take you out because you've got to get out and have a look. I don't want to go. You can sleep under the stars here at Eden Park. It's actually awesome.

There's two little glamping domes next to each other here at the stadium glamping. It's award winning. You can, you know, they've won awards for this thing. Everything inside, double beds. You've got a bathroom. You've got a shower. You've got a TV. You've got a shower. Dehumidifier. A TV, you've got a coffee machine.

It's awesome. And each stay includes a behind-the-scenes tour of Eden Park as well. So if you want to win one of those a night away to stay here at the glamping section. Are we going to give one away? Yeah, right now. Oh, this is wonderful. I know, 100 of the hits. And because you have a wonderful camping experience here at Eden Park, at the

glamping, we're going to do the opposite for the phone call this morning. Camping catastrophes. Yeah. What's happened when you've been camping? And this is like Ben said, you do get the all-around camping experience here. You have to go foraging for your own food in a waste management dumpster bin out the back of Eden Park. You wake up in the morning

and you can shower with sweaty, smelly rugby players. You've got your own shower and you can shower with sweaty, smelly rugby players. It's the full camping experience. What has been a camping catastrophe? Are you a camping guy? No, I'm not really a camping guy. I like the idea of this glamping thing. Yeah, but you're from Auckland. There's people in the South Island

going, mate, we go out and we strangle deer with our bare hands. Yeah, I know. And I sleep inside the deer. with our bare hands. Yeah. Yeah, I know. And then I sleep inside the deer. That's how I go camping. Yeah, like one time I was thinking, have I had a camping horror? Well, yeah, I did. One time I had a horrible camping experience.

I was outside in a tent and there was no power. There was no running water, no shower. And I was in a tent for the whole night. It was horrible. And it was called camping. And he was in his front yard. Yeah. I was like, oh, yeah, so never again for me.

The concept of camping to children is quite interesting. They're like, let's go camping, let's go camping. And you're like, you're not going to enjoy it. You're not going to love it when you're out there. And we did it one night. We camped on their front lawn. I just wanted to give them a taste. So I did the pop-up tent. Oh, yeah, nice. Yeah, that lasted about 45 minutes.

Oh, there's no TV here. But people love camping, do love camping. Yeah, I heard a story recently about, I think it was a girls' school. They went on their annual school camp. So they caught a ferry over to this island. It was a three hour ferry ride. They landed at the island and it was the Sunday night that Jacinda put everyone back into lockdown. Oh no. And then they had to catch the ferry had left. The ferry had to

come back, get all of the school children. They didn't get back till like three in the morning. Three on Monday morning. And that was their camping experience. That was their school camp for the year. So what is the worst thing that's ever happened to you while camping? Because you won't get it here at Eden Park Stadium glamping. You'll get an amazing experience and we'll give you a night potentially to stay here at Eden Park next on 0800 The Hits.

Welcome from Mount Maunganui. Chad, how are you? Very well, thank you. Yourself? You're doing well, buddy. Lovely to have you on the air with us. What happened to you when you went camping, Chad? So about a year ago, we went to Robin Hood with a few friends,

and we're getting pretty festive and set up a gazebo and a few tents, and then Gail, the wind turned up and broke Gaz first and broke all its legs. And then our tent started to collapse and ended up with one of our tents out in the sea. And I was having to pack up and try and leave at like three in the morning. Oh, my God. Now, I imagine the tent you put up at a festival, you know, not ideal tent pitching conditions. I'm sure you weren't in the right frame of mind to pitch a tent, so maybe there were a few steps missed out, I imagine, Chad?

Maybe a slight couple, but we certainly regretted that. Oh, that's very good. That's a very good campaign. Tent out to sea, jeez. Yeah, that's right. I tell you what, I like being with nature. I like being with nature. I watched National Geographic for 30 minutes.

That's as close as you get, right? That's as much nature as I need in my life. We'll go to Paula. Welcome from Morrinsville. How's Morrinsville this morning, Paula? It's beautiful here this morning. A bit chilly, but beautiful setting, beautiful day. Always beautiful in Morrinsville.

A guy I stay next to in Whangamata, his name's Ross. Wonderful person. He's an engineer. Yeah, Ross at Morrinsville. A guy I stay next to in Whangamata. His name's Ross. Wonderful person. He's an engineer. Hmm? Yeah. Ross in Morrinsville. Oh, I was going to say, does he have any relation to Morrinsville?

But he does. Yeah. He's great. He won't listen to it. He listens to, like, the sound or something. He's not a hits guy. He should come across. Because we've got great stories from Paula.

What happened when you were camping, Paula? Right. I went on a school camp about four or five years ago with my daughter. She was year six, and one sweet child was sent to camp with a tummy bug, so it ended up going through 120 children and all the parent helpers. Oh, it ripped through the whole... Oh, no. And I imagine the facilities would have been at a minimum.

How many toilets were available? I think there were four or five for each. They were working hard. They were hitting us as we were leaving, but it was the two or three classes that were swapping with us that really copped it, and they only ended up staying a night.

Nothing worse than those, eh? The old vomiting bugs. There's a roller coaster. You feel like you're getting better, then you're out again. Oh, jeez. We had a terrible story of three friends who went to Australia for an event, and they were all sharing like a, they were like, oh, we're just here for one night. We'll get a one-bedroom apartment.

All got a tummy bug, right? All got a tummy bug. They went to a restaurant before the event, and they were like, oh, we'll order the food. And they're like, wow, that came out really quickly. This chicken came out quickly. And they mowed into the chicken and they had to stay in this one bedroom.

But they had to delay their flight for three days. They were locked in this one bedroom apartment. Oh, it was horrible. It was a horrible situation. But you won't, Paula, be having a horrible situation because we're going to give you one night stadium glamping at Eden Park

for two people and you get a stadium tour as well. It's all yours. Amazing. Thank you so much. No worries. Now, so I'll give you a tip. Probably don't come Saturday. There's going to be a noisy band next door.

A little bit of noise complaints. You'll be phoning noise control. Turn it down. Turn it down. Thanks so much for listening to the program. Have a wonderful Tuesday. You guys too. Thank you. I'm paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits.

That's a big show for us. We're broadcasting for you this morning from Eden Park. Are we broadcasting to you or for you? Or is it a bit of both? I said both. I can't play auctions, can I? Just after 8 o'clock this morning, we're going to start sitting on the seats here at Eden Park.

There are 50,000 seats, of course, and hopefully we'll sit on the lucky seat in the biggest game of musical chairs. When we do, we win 5660 tickets. They're playing this Saturday night at Eden Park. Historic concert and historic moment for us broadcasting to you and for you this morning. Whatever option you prefer, we will provide both.

And that's what a versatile radio show we are. It's been a wonderful journey to get to this point. And I tell you what would be quite fitting right now is a recap montage. Pre-prepared, pre-produced, slick, with a bit of music and some moments to bring you up to speed. And we're joined on the phone by a friend of the show, Chris Mack. How's it going, buddy? I've lived my whole life to be a bit of music and some moments to bring you up to speed. And we're joined on the phone by friend of the show, Chris Mack. How's it going, buddy? I've lived my whole life to be a friend of a show. Because we want to give away tickets. What do you think?

50. 50? 50's too many. 50 years a lot. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Only because you called me friend of the show. We'll catch up tomorrow then. Chris Mack joins us back. Have we got the tickets? I went to the guys, Jono and Ben. They called me friend of show.

But if you want these 50 tickets, you have to do something to earn them. At Eden Park, if you sit in the right seat, I'll give you the 50 tickets. But there's 50,000 seats there. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. If we go halves, it'll be 25,000 squats each. The challenge has been accepted. We need to do some more practice.

There was people that break world records. They sit down fast and they pop the balloon. Three, two, one. Oh, your hemorrhoids are playing up. Jim Mouth. He's got over 30 Guinness World Records. For stadium sitting, I sat in 39,250 in two days. I didn't walk for four days. Really?

Alana Van Hout. Now she's a runner. She's an influencer. You would have seen her on Celebrity Treasure Island. 50,000 squats. Honestly, guys, I do not envy you.

We thought it appropriate that we give away the first double pass, which we don't have, but anyway, let's be positive. Who's on the phone at the end of 60 seconds?

If we get bored, we'll move on to the next caller. I was actually going to sing that 660 song. I said it all. Next caller. Oh, no.

I feel awful about that. It's kilt. And why have we called this Sit 60? Oh, I'm just disappointed. Producer Humphrey's been trying to track down psychics all weekend

and he's Kimberly Stewart. You've got a bit of a prediction. Is it section or our section... We're going to do this at 10 and then we're going to review your prediction without any beeps on Wednesday. 660 there making history.

Today we're also making history. Let's not get into, you know, who's making the more important history. I'd like to also thank 660 bassist Chris Mack for putting our team under an immense amount of pressure to organise this in a couple of days. But he's created an absolute spanner in the works, Chris Mack. And that's where we're at.

That's where we're at. We did speak to the psychic yesterday. She did make a prediction. Annoyingly, her prediction was censored out. Yeah, we haven't heard that prediction. So it made her sound like quite a sweary psychic. But she hasn't done us wrong in the past kimberly has she she's probably the most important and highly paid cast member of the show if not the whole company she's on 4.99 a minute break that down wasn't it like

3k an hour it's more than a host she's the most highly paid employee of the nz me broadcasting franchise uh so at eight o'clock this morning, we're going to start sitting on seats on 4487 on the text. We've had loads of people texting in their suggestions of where we might find the lucky tickets. Producer Juliet, you're back in our Auckland studio. So what's some of the suggestions coming through?

Seat number 3, seat number 88, obviously seat 660, seat 91. Most of them are saying 660, which is very predictable, you know. Yeah, it's too predictable. They wouldn't do that. But it might be something tenuously tied to the band. If I know Chris Mack, he would have a comedic twist on what seat it was.

Well, that's what I'm starting to think about, because there are seats not just in the stand, but there are also seats in the corporate boxes, there are seats underneath in the changing rooms. There's seats underneath in the changing rooms. There's seats everywhere. We're sitting on seats now. In the glamping section as well. So, yeah.

We need to systematically, I think, work through stand through stand because I'm all for the scattergun approach. But I don't know if the scattergun approach is the right approach. Oh, you reckon? I think you need to just work your way around because if we're going from that stand to that stand over there and to the offices. We might miss a seat as well, you're right. Yeah, that's the only way to do it, Ben Boyce. Tactical. 50,000 seats stand between us and giving away 56 sexy tickets.

We're going to get into it after 8 o'clock on the hits. And hey, we might be giving away tickets. Let's think positively. We might be giving away tickets after 8 this morning. What? What? Like, we start and then the first seat we get in. Yeah, well, bang.

Away we go. There's a chance. Well, that would be underwhelming. Well, no, but, hey, great for you listening right now. So stick around. You could be winning 660 tickets this morning on the hits. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm.

Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Broadcasting this morning from Eden Park. What a view. What a view. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. I don't know why I just repeated exactly what you said for no reason. It was absolutely nonsense.

But it was a great view. We're sitting here next to the stadium glamping at Eden Park where you can say the night at Eden Park. Looking out onto the field, looking at all the seats, it's quite intimidating. 50,000 seats in front of us to win you guys 660 tickets.

But right now, more importantly, we need to win you guys $5,000. Is there any more we can do for you? I've said it earlier this morning. I'm like, we're doing so much. What have you ever done for us? Do not babysitting, something. Text in 4. What have you ever done for us? Do not babysitting, something. Officer, text in 437.

What can you do for us? Because we're adding down the pressure again. Five words, $5,000 cash. We're going to do it live from Eden Park. And let's welcome to New Zealand's breakfast, the one and only Fiona from Hamilton. Good morning, everyone. Hey, guys.

Doing well, Fiona. What do you do? I'm an event planner. and I also am a mum. Oh, an event planning mum. Lovely to have you on. Now, if you could plan the event today of us sitting in 50,000 seats, what would you do differently? Oh, look, I would just go for gold. I'd listen to what the people have said and go for the numbers they've given you. And if that doesn't work, just start popping anything. That's a really good advice.

Go for what the people tell you. Well, it's good advice. It's great advice. Now, Fiona, you know how five words for $5,000 works? Yeah, I play in my car and some days I've got it right, so I'm keen to do it on air today. Good on you, Fiona. Well, we are from Eden Park this morning live,

so we don't have the soundproof booth, but we do have New Zealand's largest echoey stadium for us not to be able to get in. One of us will go inside the camping dome, the stadium glamping. Who's it going to be, Jono or Ben? Jono this morning. All right, Jono.

All right, Fiona, I'm heading in. All right, let's go. Very slowly putting down the echoey. Come on, mate, come on. Fiona's on the line right now from Hamilton as he walks behind me into the stadium glamping tent. He can't hear me right now. Fiona, the first word for five words for $5,000 this morning

is bacon. Bacon. A-B-A-C-O-N. Bacon. Oh, I get, like, bacon egg pie, but, like, let's do bacon and eggs. Bacon and eggs. Seems like the obvious one, I get, like, bacon and egg pie, but, like, let's do bacon and eggs. Bacon and eggs. Seems like the obvious one, producer Juliet, would you say?

Yeah, that's what I would have thought as well. The next word is sim. S-I-M. Sim card? No, sim card seems good. Yeah, sim card. Let's not go too overboard and think about it too much, sim card. Okay, Fiona, next word, naughty. Naughty. Sim card seems good. Yeah, sim card. Let's not go too overboard and think about it too much. Sim card.

Okay, Fiona. Next word, naughty. Naughty. Naughty. Oh, my God. I'm thinking the opposite, like naughty. Nice? So you're nice?

That was, to be honest, that was the first thing that popped into my head. So if Jono's on the same wavelength. Can I come back to that one? I've got naughty and nice, but I've sort of like jumped straight into it. But I feel like. Okay. I don't know if that's what Jono's thinking. I'm trying to get into Jono's on the same wavelength? Can I come back to that one? I've got an all-time nice, but I've sort of, like, jumped straight into it. But I feel like... Okay. I don't know if that's what Jono's thinking. I'm trying to get into Jono's head. What would he say?

What would he say the opposite? So, yeah, also good nice. I may come back to that. No, fair enough. You're playing a smart game, Fiona. The next word this morning is legal. Legal. Oh, goodness.

Legal. Like, I think of, like, legal matters, but, oh, goodness. Yeah, legal advice. Legal advice. Yeah, yeah, that works, that works. Legal advice. And the final word, quite fitting, the final word this morning is stadium. Eden Stadium. Eden. Eden Stadium.

Eden. Eden Park. Oh, is it the same thing? Rugby stadium. Oh, now you're giving yourself options, are you? Yeah, I know, I know, I know, because I know you said Eden Park, but I don't know if that's classified as a stadium. It is a stadium.

It is a stadium. Okay, let's lock it in, Ben. Okay, we're going to lock it in. So we've got bacon, eggs, sim card, naughty. You're still going to go with nice? Yeah, you want to, yeah. Okay, legal advice and stadium. We're going to lock in Eden Park.

Okay. Yeah, I'm just, Ben, sorry. I'm going to be a hoo-ha here. I'm just a little bit annoyed on that legal one there, advice. Yeah? I'm going to go for it. Sorry, that's the only thing I can think of. So, on that legal one there, advice. Yeah. I'm going to go for it. Sorry, that's the only thing I can think of. Yeah, advice.

Sorry, Ben. Okay. No, that's all right. That's all right. Okay, I'm going to wave through the stadium glamping window for Jono Pryor to come out of the stadium glamping at Eden Park and see if he can win you $5,000 this morning. Jono's putting on the headphones. He's back with us.

If Jono doesn't win me $5,000, I'll just take a couple of those 660 tickets. Okay, hear that? That took a while. I had a shower and I used the toilet inside that glamping facility.

Sorry, Jono. We had a few words that we had to talk through. I literally got out of the shower, dried myself. It's quite tricky. Oh no, they're still going.

Then I jumped back in the shower. The 660 concert was great. We witnessed that. Now we're back in the... It's now 2025. I don't know. There's a lot of pressure when you're playing this game on the radio.

And Fiona did a great job, I think. But what's important right now is if those words match up with hers. Okay, good luck, Fiona. First word I said to Fiona from Hamilton this morning was bacon. Bacon. B-A-C-O-N. Bacon. Eggs. He's right. He's got eggs.

It was a timid eggs. Yeah, well, yeah. I didn't know whether it would go and eggs or just eggs. Eggs was exactly what Fiona said. We're one from five. The next word... Surprised he hasn't said your head looks like an egg yet. Oh, the cheap shot. He's just angry you missed the opportunity. Sim was the next word. Surprised he hasn't said your head looks like an egg yet. Oh, the cheap shot. He's just angry you missed the opportunity. Sim was the next word.

Sim card. No mucking around for Jono Pryor. I don't know what any other sim would be. I'm just fine. Next word this morning. Naughty. Nice. Oh, Fiona.

Oh, goodness. This fourth word. Jono, I need you to take your goodness, this fourth word. John, I need you to take your time with this fourth word. Yes, Fiona, say take your time with this one. What do you say, Eden Park? No one's here, it's just us. Okay, all right, sorry. There's 50,000 empty seats.

The next word this morning, legal. Legal. Legal. Legal. Ben always turns away He doesn't look me in the eyes I know Legal Because he knows I'm trying to bleed it out of his eyeballs

Trying to bleed the answer Out of his eyeballs Okay I'm not looking Legal Come on Come on Jeez

Legal Say whatever comes to your mind We can talk it through If you need to go There's five grand on the line For me here You know there's someone Who wants to talk it through Can I talk it through? Well yeah but you can't, we can talk it through. If you need to go, there's five grand on the line for me here. Fiona still wants to talk it through.

Can I talk it through? Well, yeah, but you can't talk it through too much. Okay, I won't talk it through with Fiona because she might give me the answer. Yeah, okay, pop me. If you're on hold right now, I'll put you to Juliet. I'm thinking legal team or legal defence. Oh, yeah, okay. Would I be thinking any of the right things here?

I can't influence the jury, you know. No, I know. Bradley Walsh on the chase doesn't go yet. Hey, Bradley. Go with the second one. Twice if you think this is right. I'm impartial. Okay. All right.

I'm going to go legal defence. What was it? It was illegal advice. That was the toughest one. We struggled on that one, Fiona. I'm so sorry. The final one, just to round it out It was illegal advice. That was the toughest one. We struggled on that one, Fiona. Fiona, I'm so sorry. The final one, just to round it out, was stadium. Eden Park.

Oh, no. Oh, wow. I am tearing. Oh, Fiona. That was the one Fiona wasn't sure about, but she didn't have another option. Just because I'm looking at a giant stand. Oh, no, sorry.

Illegal was the one. Oh, legal. We debated, and then she was like, I'm didn't have another option. Just because I'm looking at a giant stand. Oh, no, sorry. Illegal was the one. Oh, legal. We debated, and then she was like, I'm going to have to lock it in. Did you have team or defence? I don't think you said any other options, did you, Fiona? No, I only had advice stuck in my head. I couldn't move past any other interpretation for it. Oh, Fiona, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. You played a good game, Johnny, and you tried your best for me, and, you know, that's all we can do, right? Oh, Fiona, you're an angel. You're so bubbly. Thank you so much for listening to the show. We really do appreciate it. Five words, $5,000, another chance to play tomorrow.

Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. It's time for some spy. Spy. The WhatsApp spy.co.nz. Talk us through what just happened there. What were you doing?

Well, I was going to explain where we were and what we were doing, which is what I normally have been doing, but then everyone was like, it's a quick spy,

make it quick, and so I, midway through, went, oh. We're at Eden Park. We're about to sit in 50,000 seats to win you 5660 tickets.

Somehow I've made this longer by not explaining it. And awkward. That was just awkward, wasn't it? I made it really awkward. I'm sorry. All right. She's polishing her axe back in the studio, ready to chop these poppies down.

Is it chopping or pruning? I don't know. We'll find out. Here's Spy with Juliet. So the Friends reunion has obviously been filmed in the last couple of weeks, which will come out sometime soon. But there's been a really bizarre cameo performance from a singer, someone that I very much like.

Justin Bieber is making an appearance in the Friends reunion. Not sure why, but the appearance is he's going to be dressed as Ross's Spudnik potato outfit that Ross wore in one episode. Now, I don't know why. Somehow that is more confusing and awkward than what Ben just did on the radio. I know. I know.

It's very weird. It's unexplainable. Get him to sing the theme song or something. You know, he's a singer. Yeah, true. He wasn't on Friends. True. But he was convinced by the show producers and he took it in a str something. You know, he's a singer. Yeah, true. He wasn't on Friends. True, but he was convinced by the show producers and he took it in a stride.

He was very happy to do it. Apparently, it was all run like military operation to keep details under wraps. Yeah, weird, isn't it? None of it makes any sense. But I'm very much looking forward to it, God. And I'm sure it'll still not make sense even when you watch it.

Yeah. No, dude. Like, he hasn't even dated any of them. He's not related sense even when you watch it. Yeah. No. Like, has he ever dated any of them? He's not related to any of them? No, no. Was he alive when it was on? Oh, no. 96?

Anyway, we're talking about it right now, and maybe that's why they did it. Extra publicity. Maybe the producers were like, oh, Jennifer Anderson's on the fence about doing it. We better, we'll get Bieber in here to smokescreen the fact that we don't have her or something. But it's out

in a couple of weeks, is it? Yeah, I think so. So it's very highly anticipated. It got delayed about a thousand times. So yeah, they've finished filming. Justin's in it. And that's probably the only reason I'll watch it, because Justin Bieber features. We have been talking about this Friends reunion longer

than the whole series of Friends ran for. Yeah, I think so, yeah. Yeah, we have. We have. And once it'll be over, it'll ran for. Yeah, I think so, yeah. Yeah, we have, we have. And once it'll be over, it'll be over. Yeah, good on you, Ju. Nice episode of Spy. And once it'll be over, it'll be over. And that's a fact. Nice little words have been said.

And that's why she's the Deli Llama of radio. Thank you very much. And that is Spy. For more, you can check out thehits.co.nz. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Jono and Ben's 50,000 seat musical chairs.

The only thing that stands between them and 50 free 660 tickets are 50,000 seats at Eden Park. We are broadcasting this morning from Eden Park. We're about to start sitting on the seats here. There are 50,000 seats between us and the 5660 tickets to give away. When we sit on the lucky seat, we'll give away these tickets. Now, the Michelangelo for all of this madness, the mastermind, the sick and twisted individual who made this chat,

joins us right now, Chris McBasis from 660. Friend of the show. Friend of the show. Friend of the show, thank you very much. You almost, again, you almost forgot to say it. I know, I had to jump in and say friend of the show, but I imagine at the end of today or tomorrow when we're

sitting on seat after seat, you may no longer be friend of the show. Have you started already? I don't know the process. I don't know where you're up to. I certainly just woke up. So tell me, where are you at? Well, I have zero investment in this.

You guys have been preparing for this. I know, I've seen videos. I haven't given it a second thought. That's how it is. We are here at Eden Park with all the people in high-vis and hard-hat helmets who are preparing for your gig. We're all here. Where are you? I told you, I just woke up.

We're about to get started. We're going to sit on the first seat very shortly. A lot of people are saying it needs to be seat 660 to start things off. So we'll find out in just a few moments if that's going to be correct. Would you make it that obvious, though, Chris? I wouldn't, no. But, you know, look, I don't want to give anything away. I don't want to give anything away.

It feels like this demand from you and the band for us to sit in all 50,000 seats sounds like one of those sick and twisted industry stories that you hear of like, oh, did you hear they get all the green M&Ms removed? Did you hear they made them sit in 50,000 seats to get a double pass to their show? I'd hate to think what your other friends have had to do. The other game that you're playing here is, do I actually

follow through and give you the tickets or do I just make you sit in all the seats? Oh, well, it would be a great play if you do that option. Actually, we've got no tickets left. Now, of course, we're doing this today, but you guys, the big concert, history-making concert this weekend.

Are you excited? Are you nervous? What are the feelings like for you and the band? Yeah, we're pumped. We've been rehearsing. We've been working. We had all our crew into the studio yesterday, which looked like a fairly decent-sized studio,

but really not enough to have all those people in there, all our equipment. So everyone's kind of buzzing. It finally feels like buzz week. Before this, we've been just working and working. And then yesterday was the first day we were like, ooh, this is happening. We're doing this thing. So yeah, we're pumped. We're going to be in there, kind of doing

a walkthrough, maybe on Friday, kind of feel the place out. Other than that, we're having fun. It's going to be an awesome show. I think there's still tickets available. Is it going to be the gig of your career? I mean, it's hard to say. What if I screw it up, you know?

What if I forget to plug the bass in or something? Yeah, exactly. I can tell you just for a fact. Yesterday when we were rehearsing, I had a mind melt and could not for the life of me remember how to play a certain song. It was gone from my brain. And I don't know whether I was just tired or whether this is like a foreshadowing of you completely ruining Eden Park.

Oh, no. Oh, no. The crowd will be like, did you hear any bass? No, he just stood up there looking bewildered. Don't forget the bass line is now the new name of the song. No, it's going to be broadcast, too, to the Pacific Islands as well, and you can see it all around the world on Veep Video.

So that's pretty awesome. Yeah, that's crazy. I don't even know how that came about. We've got a pretty, I don't know what it is, whether he's, whether we, maybe he's the evil genius. Maybe don't know what it is whether he's whether we maybe he's the evil genius maybe I'm kind of he's rubbing off on me

but he he's got these grand ideas and so but yeah the Pacific Islands you know had a pretty rough time we were

we were actually just talking with the weirdly enough with the Queen of Rarotonga yesterday and I was just on the phone to the Queen of Rarotonga

and you're name dropping the Queen of Rarotonga. I was name dropping. The Queen of Rarotonga. It doesn't matter why. But, no, it just kind of reminded us about how that is their entire life, is kind of tourism, and they love people coming to visit. They've had a hard time of it. So we felt like it was a pretty cool thing to do, to be able to inject

some kind of music, live music, into their country. Awesome. Oh, that's very awesome. We can't wait to see you guys perform at Eden Park this weekend.

Yeah, as you said just before, I think they've released some extra tickets. So get those. Sir Dave Dobbin, Drax Project, and heaps more. 6.60 Saturday night.

Chris Mack, thank you for this evil genius of an idea of us sitting on these seats. And hopefully we can give these away this week as well. Awesome. Well, good luck, guys. Hey, thank you, this evil genius of an idea of us sitting on these seats, and hopefully we can give these away this week as well. Awesome. Well, good luck, guys. Hey, thank you, mate. I love your work.

So 0800, the hits, the telephone number. Who wants to nominate the first seat we sit in? Call us right now. Ben's making his way over to the other side of the grandstand, so he's available on that side, I'm available on this side. 0800, the hits, What is the first seat number we sit in for these 5660 tickets? Give us a call right now. Add these two men

together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal dad. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Jono, over to you, mate. Explain what's going on. Ben's sounding very breathy, taking part in some cardiovascular routine in preparation for us sitting in 50,000 seats to win you 50 660 tickets

at Eden Park this morning. It's been set by the band, this challenge, and they'll hand over the tickets as soon as we sit in the luckiest seat in the house. This is the biggest game of musical chairs the world has ever seen. And now it is to launch. Ash, welcome on 0800 The Hits. How are you? the world has ever seen. And now it is to launch Ash. Welcome on 0800 The Hits.

How are you? Oh, it's actually Sandy. How are you doing, guys? Oh, where did I get Ash from? I don't know. It's not a bad name, though, so you can call me Ash. Sandy. I like Sandy better.

Sandy's a great name. It's what you were given, and it's what we'll roll with, Sandy. Now, Juliet, if we can find some sort of dramatic, grandiose music to launch this prestigious event right now at Eden Park. I'm looking out onto an empty field with a few hivers, tradies, assembling the stage

for this history-making gig on Saturday. Now, Ash, you would like to make a suggestion as to what seat we launch this momentous occasion with. Sorry, Sandy. Oh, Jesus. You can't get a take two on this launch?

You got that momentous occasion? Listen, we'll edit out that bit and make this seem a bit more seamless. Sandy, you would like to nominate Ben, who's on the other side of the stadium, to sit on what numbered seat? Well, I was going to go for the obvious 660, but how about we go for the obvious 660,

but how about we go for Matthew Walter's age, 34? Oh, I've come all the way to 660. Oh, go to 660. No, 660. That was Ash talking. Sandy said 660. Go to seat number 660. I have run over the other side, literally the opposite side of Eden Park from where Jono is. I'm out of breath. Now, the issue is, Jono, the seats don't go up to 660 in sections.

There is section number 644, which is the highest number the sections go up to. So we're thinking section 44, seat 16, and 644 together comes up to 660. So I'm going to give that a go for you right now. Okay. That is 2020 had the pandemic. 2021 had Jono and Ben sit in a large quantity of stadium quality seats. This will sit alongside the 1969 moon landing Aotearoa. History is about to be made.

They will insert this into the school curriculum for years to come. All right, here we go. I'm going to sit right now in seat number 16, section 644, seat 660. Putting my behind down on the seat. I'm sitting. And nothing. Nothing. No, that was underwhelming.

That was a huge build-up for absolutely nothing, Sandy. It was. It was. What a shame, what a shame. Never mind. And let's be honest, seat 660 is probably a little too obvious. I mean, the band wouldn't be that blatant. It would be a, but it would be an oversight from us not to start there, but it just, you know, it felt like something we had to do, like

resetting your work password. Yeah, how do you get it over and done with, didn't you? Yeah. Fair enough. We'll try Machu Walter's age at some stage for you throughout the day. If you've got any suggestions, 4487, keep them coming through. We're going to be sitting on seat after seat after seat until we unlock those 660 tickets for you. So stay tuned.

They could be all yours before nine on the hits. Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right in at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Broadcasting this morning from Eden Park, the 50,000 seat stadium.

We're going to sit potentially on all of these 50,000 seats until we unlock the 660 tickets. There's 50 of them when we sit on the lucky seat. It's a big game of musical chairs that we're starting to play right now. Seat number 660 wasn't quite the one. No, too obvious. We knew it as well, but we did it anyway. of musical chairs that we're starting to play right now. Seat number 660 wasn't quite the one. No. Too obvious. We knew it as well but we did it anyway.

And I'm guessing the two seats at the stadium glamping we're sitting on right now. Nothing's happened here. Aren't these the ones? I've got a sore bottom just from sitting on this chair

all morning. The only 50,000 which are coming up today. But you know, it's been fun and we want you guys, it's been fun. It's been fun.

It's been a fun morning. I've enjoyed it. But if you want to help us out, come on, team of five million. Yeah. Let's bandy together. We knocked COVID on the head. Now let's knock this on the head. Just text in a suggestion and we'll try and sit on it.

4487 is the text number. But we want to play a little game with you, Ben. I know you're huffing and puffing. You're panting away there. I was. It was quite a big run right around to the other side of the stadium. It's a big stadium. I want to play a game with you now, okay?

It's our favourite game, the jargon game that we play. Oh, yeah. So I'm going to phone a cafe, all right? And because we're here for 660-based reasons and nothing else, I want you to try and insert as many 660 song titles into the conversation as possible. Now, I will hold up signs with60 song titles into the conversation as possible. Now, I will hold up signs with the song titles so you can remember them. Okay, you've got vibes, you've got closer, I see, okay.

White lines, yep. I've got a don't forget your roots one there. Okay. And you just need to try and crowbar as many of these in as you can. Into a natural conversation. Producer Juliet, if I do, let's play a little ding bell sound effect. Okay. Okay, let's play a little ding bell sound effect. Okay. Okay. Let's go through.

Cafe 719, how can I assist? Hey, how's it going? Good, how are you? What are the vibes like there this morning? It's pretty good, thanks. Sounds good. It sounds busy. Yeah. Because I spoke to a friend,

I suggested a cafe, but she's like, please don't go, she wanted something closer, so we're coming to yours. Oh, wonderful. I know, I'm excited. What's on special, what's the greatest? Well, it depends what you're looking for, but we have a lot of nice cabinet food. And also, all of our chef-cooked meals are amazing. And then we've got a lot of mango smoothies, which are quite common. Oh, mango smoothies. And then the coffee machine, obviously, which is really great as well. Parking? Parking?

A bit of parking around? Could check. Could check. No, I just want to know if I, you know, should I guess just park outside between the white lines? Is it all fine? No chance of getting lost? No, definitely not.

Okay. There's a few parking spots, and then there's always underground the plaza as well, but not too busy. Do you do eggs benedict? Yeah, we do like a chicken benedict, bacon, or salmon benedict as well. What's your secret to your hollandaise recipe,

or you don't give that up? I have to double check with the chef. Oh, okay. What about baking your own bread when you do that? Does it rise up? It's all right. Sorry, these are getting bad. Look, I'm going to fade away on this call, to be honest.

That's all she wrote. Okay. There's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh. Yeah. That was Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh. Yeah. That was the reaction I was looking for. Oh, look, Jono's trying to make me say 660 songs, you know, from the band. Yeah.

A title song in a phone conversation. How was it? Was it natural? Was it free-flowing? Oh, uh, don't forget your roots. Yeah, no. I didn't say that one, did I? Yeah, you're right.

Do you have ginger? Do you make your own ginger beer? Yeah. So every morning you don't forget your roots? Oh, God. He wanted me to say that one, but even for me that was low. Hey, I'll give your cafe a plug on the radio. Cheers.

Thank you. No, no, no. Where is your cafe a plug on the radio. Cheers. Thank you. No, no, no. Where is your cafe? Oh, sorry. It was a solid plug, though. It's at the Whangaparoa Plaza. Whangaparoa Plaza at 719, it's called. You've been an absolute champion.

Oh, thank you so much. Some would say you've been the greatest. Yeah. Thank you. That's another 660 song. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. At Eden Park this morning, trying to find the lucky seat.

It's a game we should have called, as Jono said yesterday, sit 60, not 660. But when we sit on the lucky seat, 50 660 tickets to this weekend's concert will be able to be given away by us on the show. Jono and Ben's 50,000 seat musical chairs. The only thing that stands between them and 50 free 660 tickets are 50,000 seats at Eden Park. Sorry for interrupting that wonderful introduction there, Judy. That's okay.

That's my bad. I forgive you. Error in broadcasting judgment, so I'll call that one. But looking at these 50,000 seats, I am sitting myself literally here, Ben Boyce. We've got a huge task ahead of us. And what you don't appreciate, can I just take a moment? What you don't appreciate when you go to a concert, you turn up, you sing, you yell, you get sweaty, and you hug your friends.

But you don't appreciate how much work goes into setting up a concert. Yes, people here already, you know, starting to get organised for the weekend, you know. It's a lot of work. They're putting in temporary seating and temporary stairs. Oh, it's crazy. So shout out to all those high-vis people who will have no idea we're shouting out to them because they're at the other end of the stadium. But I'm waving to them, Ben, and that means absolutely nothing to them.

Now we're about to sit on our second seat this morning to try and unlock these tickets. The first seat we went and sat on was the obvious one, 660. Jono, on the text machine, a few more suggestions for this seat number have come in. What is it, Ju? Seat number 420. Why that? I don't know. I don't know.

But lots of suggestions about that number. So I think you should give it a crack. 420. 415. Oh, sorry, it's over here. It's quite high up the stadium, but yeah, 420. Yeah. There's a haze of smoke around here.

Someone's left an empty bucket here. And a 1.5 thing that's cut off. What is going on in this section? Mysterious. All right, Jono Pryor sitting. You ready? Count me down. Five, four, three, two, one.

He's planting his bottom on seat 420. And nothing. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I just feel quite hungry for sweet foods. No, nothing at 4.20. You can keep your suggestions coming through, 4, 4, 8, 7. And we're here until we win these 56.60 tickets for you, New Zealand.

Yeah, of course, after the radio show, which finishes at 9 o'clock, we're really going to get stuck into it. We'll just start going to section and sitting on seat after seat after seat. We're not just going to pick out one every 30 minutes or so. We'll really start getting into it because we have 50,000... It's been a slow start to this marathon. 50,000 seats ahead of us. We want to win these tickets.

And there are thunderstorms on the way too, apparently, this afternoon. So we've got all that to look forward to. But they sing a song called Bright Skies. They don't sing... Blue skies, don't they? Yeah. If we were doing this for Fleetwood Mac, thunder only happens when it rains. Oh, well, stick around.

We'll tell you how you can get your hands on these 660 tickets. It is the hits. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben.

Breakfast on the hits. The hits. The hits. Coming to you from Eden Park because we're doing this. Jono and Ben's 50,000 seat musical chairs. The only thing that stands between them and 50 free 660 tickets are 50,000 seats at Eden Park. We are sitting on every seat in Eden Park

until we unlock these 50 660 tickets. The lucky seat will win us these tickets to give away on the show. And we're going to be very busy over the next, well, 24, 48, however long it takes us here at Eden Park. Now, we have someone's phoned through the show, an icon of Eden Park. The one and only Sir John Kirwan is with us on 0800 The Hits. Now, John, you must have had some times

where your bottom was sore at Eden Park. Yeah, sometimes we used to sprint up the stairs. Have you done that yet or not? No, we haven't done that. Now, you tell us about the times that your bottom was sore at Eden Park, because ours are hurting. Yeah, so what we're doing, JK, is it's basically like the world's biggest game of musical chairs.

We're sitting on seat after seat at Eden Park, and one lucky seat that we'll hopefully sit on will get us 60 tickets 50 of them to give away to the listeners of the show, so we could be here for 5 minutes we could be here for 5 days so we've just started and we're already sore, I mean how do you think

we're going to go? Oh you'll be horrible you won't you'll be terrible lads well thanks for the motivational speech there, JK. I was hoping for a bit more motivation. Eat a part, you've got to suffer. Do the mahi to get the goods. That's what you've got to do.

So tell me about how many squats you guys are going to have to do, though, because that's what interests me. Yeah, well, we've got 50,000 seats, so we're both here, 25,000 each, potentially. I mean, at some stage we might sit on it. It's like musical chairs. We might sit on the lucky seat. We're hoping it's not going to take us that long. But, I mean, what did you use when you were tired

and your legs and your body were hurting in rugby games or when you were trying to motivate a team as a coach? I mean, what sort of motivation did you use? I just say to myself, I want to be the best. So if you want to be the best, you've got to suffer. Oh, really? What if you want to be the best without you've got to suffer. Oh, really? What if you want to be the best without suffering? Just make friend with the pain.

Like, if you're up to the 44,000, 30,000 seats, and it's starting to really burn, and you know that you're probably not going to be able to go to the toilet for 10 days, you won't be able to squat down, you've just got to go. Just embrace the pain, gents. Embrace the pain. Embrace the pain. Embrace the pain.

Well, I tell you what, this has been a humbling conversation. Not quite the words that we're hoping for. It was more sort of like, you guys can do it. I believe in you. But more just focusing on the pain. Look, guys, that's a given. I believe in you. That's a given.

I know you're going to make it. When that, in the brain, when you start to get the doubt, that's when you've got to take control. So put the doubt aside, enjoy the pain, and just carry on. Enjoy the pain. All right. Hey, John, Sir John Kirwan, thank you so much for your time. It's always lovely catching up with you.

You keep safe. Good luck, lads. Love you, man. Thank you, mate. Thank you, John. Sir John Kirwan, legendary All Black there. I don't know if you made me feel any better about what we're about to embark on. No, you just made me second guess what we're actually doing here, to be honest.

Hey, we're going to continue on sitting in these seats. You can follow it all on the social media channels. They tell me Instagram's taken off nowadays. Yeah, the Hits Breakfast, you can catch it on Instagram, Facebook as well. And hopefully tomorrow morning we'll have these tickets to give away. If not, we'll still be sitting on seat after seat after seat. Yes. I hope we aren't.

Can I be blatantly honest? I hope we are not here tomorrow morning. No, but lovely night's sleep. We can have the glamping section here at Eden Park. Thank you to Eden Park for having us. I know it's such a busy week for them with the 660 concert. So it's awesome that they can let us sit in all the seats until we get these tickets to give away.

Who are you thanking? Are you thanking the stadium or are you thanking the people who said thanks to you? No, as if the stadium. Well, thank you, Ben. It's a pleasure to have you here. Alright. We're already delirious and we haven't really started properly. Hopefully we have tickets to give away. Catch you tomorrow from six.