My story about tonight's Chris Cornell show in Toronto
given2fall
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I never ended up finding someone to come with me to the Chris Cornell show, show I ended up going solo. I was trying from about 7:30 to 8:30 (I think) to sell my extra ticket (at or below face value) but no luck.
All I managed was a straight trade of one of my tix for one that I thought was a few rows closer. There were 3 people who had tix, but two were together while the other one was seperate. My ticket happened to be in the same row as their two, so they decided they'd rather sit together and give me the better ticket.
Then I was finally ready to give up on selling my other ticket, so I was just going to give it to someone, but I didn't want to actually announce that because I wanted it to go to a real fan instead of a scalper or something. Finally someone showed some interest in my ticket but he was kind of old and definately looked like he might be a scalper, so I asked him how big a fan he was. "what difference does that make?" he asks (probably thought I'd try to guage him). I explained. Then I asked him to name Chris' 3 previous bands. He got Audioslave and Soundgarden right away. I said any scalper could know those, but I decided to drop a few hints. Finally after a long while a head-scratching he said Temple of the Dog, so I handed him the ticket. He asked how much, I said don't worry about it, he insisted on giving me a 20, so I took it. Turns out he was visiting (from the UK I think) and he thought he'd just drop by and try to see if he could get in to the show. He also said he works for habitat for humanity. And he was super appreciative.
So although I still lost about $50 on that ticket, it couldn't have gone to a better person so I was happy.
Then I go inside, the usher directs me to my seat, and as I start walking out I think "wait, this can't be right". The tix I bought online were section J on the 2nd balcony, but it turns out the ticket I just traded mine for was section E, not on the balcony but ON THE FLOOR - that's 5th row! More than just a few rows up. I can't believe how I lucked out.
Then the show was friggin' amazing - best concert ever. PJ is the best band obviously, but this concert for me was even better overall than any PJ concert I've been to. The sound in Massey Hall is incredible (though there were a few issues a couple of times), my seat was great, the setlist kicked ass, and the performance was super tight but still distinctly live. My favorite songs of the night were Spoonman and Doesn't Remind Me, which aren't even my fav songs of the setlist but they just turned out really well.
Then when I was walking out I met another big PJ fan who's also going to Lollapalooza, so we said we'd meet up when we're down there.
I just might start going alone to concerts more often - it was amazing!
All I managed was a straight trade of one of my tix for one that I thought was a few rows closer. There were 3 people who had tix, but two were together while the other one was seperate. My ticket happened to be in the same row as their two, so they decided they'd rather sit together and give me the better ticket.
Then I was finally ready to give up on selling my other ticket, so I was just going to give it to someone, but I didn't want to actually announce that because I wanted it to go to a real fan instead of a scalper or something. Finally someone showed some interest in my ticket but he was kind of old and definately looked like he might be a scalper, so I asked him how big a fan he was. "what difference does that make?" he asks (probably thought I'd try to guage him). I explained. Then I asked him to name Chris' 3 previous bands. He got Audioslave and Soundgarden right away. I said any scalper could know those, but I decided to drop a few hints. Finally after a long while a head-scratching he said Temple of the Dog, so I handed him the ticket. He asked how much, I said don't worry about it, he insisted on giving me a 20, so I took it. Turns out he was visiting (from the UK I think) and he thought he'd just drop by and try to see if he could get in to the show. He also said he works for habitat for humanity. And he was super appreciative.
So although I still lost about $50 on that ticket, it couldn't have gone to a better person so I was happy.
Then I go inside, the usher directs me to my seat, and as I start walking out I think "wait, this can't be right". The tix I bought online were section J on the 2nd balcony, but it turns out the ticket I just traded mine for was section E, not on the balcony but ON THE FLOOR - that's 5th row! More than just a few rows up. I can't believe how I lucked out.
Then the show was friggin' amazing - best concert ever. PJ is the best band obviously, but this concert for me was even better overall than any PJ concert I've been to. The sound in Massey Hall is incredible (though there were a few issues a couple of times), my seat was great, the setlist kicked ass, and the performance was super tight but still distinctly live. My favorite songs of the night were Spoonman and Doesn't Remind Me, which aren't even my fav songs of the setlist but they just turned out really well.
Then when I was walking out I met another big PJ fan who's also going to Lollapalooza, so we said we'd meet up when we're down there.
I just might start going alone to concerts more often - it was amazing!
"It was Luke's fault" (Ed after stumbling on Soon Forget at Kitchener '05)
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"It was Luke's fault" (Ed after stumbling on Soon Forget at Kitchener '05)
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
I youtube'd him singing Jesus Christ Pose live this year and it wasn't sounding too good... then again I've never heard a good live version of it
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