southpaw_gil
The Fly
Hi Everybody-
I have been going to concerts for over 30 years (Stones, Bruce Springsteen & the ESB, Led Zep, The Who, McCartney, J. Geils, Santana, Humble Pie, Grand Funk, Mountain, etc.) But I've never seen U2. The timing never seemed to work out - raising kids, tight finances, work, whatever.
The only concert footage I ever saw of U2 was limited to a few clips here and there on TV or music videos. Last April, I decided to see what all the fuss was about and went down to the Anaheim Pond to see if I could get in. I scored a cheap ticket behind the stage from a fellow fan and I was in. What a show!
So my wife & I went back the next night and got great tickets right by the stage for face value. That was it - we were hooked!
We bought tickets for Las Vegas #1 - man that was a long 6 month wait! I decided to go back the next night in Vegas and I got lucky again. A lady was standing by the box office with a single ticket. I paid her face value and I'm in the show. We had a great mix of songs that weekend. Of course was wife was extremely jealous because the boys played Until the End of the World.
We decided to go to Salt Lake City with only about a week of planning. But everything fell into place. I got a couple of single tickes below face value on ebay, got a hotel across the street and the air fare was pretty reasonable given the late notice.
That's 3 shows for her and 5 for me. She was threatening to go to New Zealand and Australia. I could not get off work for that kind of trip but I told her to go. Luckily, the Hawaii date(s) popped up. I got GAs for 4/8 and air/hotel/car package paid for. This is my first time with GAs so this should really be fun. Now we just need the 4/9 show to be announced and it will be the perfect weekend.
Sorry for the long intro. I probably won't post much but I'll be lurking in the background.
I have been going to concerts for over 30 years (Stones, Bruce Springsteen & the ESB, Led Zep, The Who, McCartney, J. Geils, Santana, Humble Pie, Grand Funk, Mountain, etc.) But I've never seen U2. The timing never seemed to work out - raising kids, tight finances, work, whatever.
The only concert footage I ever saw of U2 was limited to a few clips here and there on TV or music videos. Last April, I decided to see what all the fuss was about and went down to the Anaheim Pond to see if I could get in. I scored a cheap ticket behind the stage from a fellow fan and I was in. What a show!
So my wife & I went back the next night and got great tickets right by the stage for face value. That was it - we were hooked!
We bought tickets for Las Vegas #1 - man that was a long 6 month wait! I decided to go back the next night in Vegas and I got lucky again. A lady was standing by the box office with a single ticket. I paid her face value and I'm in the show. We had a great mix of songs that weekend. Of course was wife was extremely jealous because the boys played Until the End of the World.
We decided to go to Salt Lake City with only about a week of planning. But everything fell into place. I got a couple of single tickes below face value on ebay, got a hotel across the street and the air fare was pretty reasonable given the late notice.
That's 3 shows for her and 5 for me. She was threatening to go to New Zealand and Australia. I could not get off work for that kind of trip but I told her to go. Luckily, the Hawaii date(s) popped up. I got GAs for 4/8 and air/hotel/car package paid for. This is my first time with GAs so this should really be fun. Now we just need the 4/9 show to be announced and it will be the perfect weekend.
Sorry for the long intro. I probably won't post much but I'll be lurking in the background.
The Who and McCartney 
Stones and The Who 
Wow! 
