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CAN'T BELIEVE THIS REALLY HAPPENED!!!!!!!!
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My favorite band was playing my home town on my b-day. I had originally planned on giving my 10c seats to 2 of my sisters and purchasing a extra off another fan club member. That fell through when cutbacks at my job forced me to back out on the extra. So a couple day's before the show a friend of mine who owns a skybox came through and gave me it for a b-day party at the show. Had 10 of my friends buy tickets from him and everything was set.
I went the morning of the show to pick up the tickets and could not believe my eyes when I found out they were front row!!!!!!!!! Since I took my one sister to WP and Tampa last year I decided to put her in my spot in the skybox and take the other one since this was her first PJ show.
We went into the concert and headed down to the seats. We kept walking and when I took my seat I looked up and right in front of me was the microphone!!!! I could not believe it!!! I kept telling the people around me that I was going to loose my freakn mind. I was waiting for the camera to come out and tell me I got punkd and tell me the seats were only for Bad Religion (LOL Vermont).
The intro music started and the lights went out. This was all happening!!!! When I heard the opening to Long Road I just fell apart. I have never heard this song live before and it was one of my favorites. When Eddie said the stuff about the emotion in the house. OMG he had no idea!!! I had tears in my eyes all through that first song. I kept grabbing my sister and kissing her head. The look on her face was unbelievable she was equally happy to be there as she was happy for me.
As the show went on Eddie actually came up and told security to hand me his bottle of wine. I took a drink and passed it to my sister. She gave it back and I put the cork back in. The security guard had walked away and Ed motioned to me to just throw it. When that bottle was in the air it felt like a eternity. Well I didn't blow it the bottle landed safely in his hands. Whew!!! At this point I started getting texts from my friends in the skybox saying they saw it on the jumbo tron! This was too cool.
The band had the whole crowd sing happy birthday and even though it wasn't to me it felt like it was. I actually got the bottle of wine again later in the show. At the very end Ed came over and gave me his pick!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! PEARL JAM, 10C, THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, and WHOEVER ELSE WHO HAD A HAND IN MAKING THE MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To my fellow 10c members who got stuck in the upper deck I really feel for you but after reading alot of your posts it sounds like you had the 300's rocking. Glad everyone made the best of it!!!!!
Thanks for reading!
Shawn C
I went the morning of the show to pick up the tickets and could not believe my eyes when I found out they were front row!!!!!!!!! Since I took my one sister to WP and Tampa last year I decided to put her in my spot in the skybox and take the other one since this was her first PJ show.
We went into the concert and headed down to the seats. We kept walking and when I took my seat I looked up and right in front of me was the microphone!!!! I could not believe it!!! I kept telling the people around me that I was going to loose my freakn mind. I was waiting for the camera to come out and tell me I got punkd and tell me the seats were only for Bad Religion (LOL Vermont).
The intro music started and the lights went out. This was all happening!!!! When I heard the opening to Long Road I just fell apart. I have never heard this song live before and it was one of my favorites. When Eddie said the stuff about the emotion in the house. OMG he had no idea!!! I had tears in my eyes all through that first song. I kept grabbing my sister and kissing her head. The look on her face was unbelievable she was equally happy to be there as she was happy for me.
As the show went on Eddie actually came up and told security to hand me his bottle of wine. I took a drink and passed it to my sister. She gave it back and I put the cork back in. The security guard had walked away and Ed motioned to me to just throw it. When that bottle was in the air it felt like a eternity. Well I didn't blow it the bottle landed safely in his hands. Whew!!! At this point I started getting texts from my friends in the skybox saying they saw it on the jumbo tron! This was too cool.
The band had the whole crowd sing happy birthday and even though it wasn't to me it felt like it was. I actually got the bottle of wine again later in the show. At the very end Ed came over and gave me his pick!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! PEARL JAM, 10C, THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, and WHOEVER ELSE WHO HAD A HAND IN MAKING THE MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To my fellow 10c members who got stuck in the upper deck I really feel for you but after reading alot of your posts it sounds like you had the 300's rocking. Glad everyone made the best of it!!!!!
Thanks for reading!
Shawn C
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Then again, I'm old.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Front row PJ is very hard to beat!
I'm w/ya on that text thing (but then I'm probably even older!?)-glad you had a great B-day!
'03-Philly Spectrum 4/28, Camden 7/5, Hershey 7/12
'06-Camden 5/28
'08-Camden 6/20
'09-Closing Down the Philly Spectrum! 10/28, 10/30, & the Epic 10/31
'09-EV Solo Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA6/12
'10-MSG1& MSG2, New York City, 5-20 & 5/21
Congrats!
"... Tan suato mi'jo!!"
-Salomón & Artemisa Vargas
i just love hearing about such positive experiences at shows.
Good For You!
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
:roll: Lame
i agree with the texting.
put it away during the show. just like the movies when you turn off your phone
http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
If you dont mind im gonna day dream and pretend the same thing happened to me.
I remember hoping the bottle woud get passed my way
I am so happy for you - and on your b-day no less . . . . glad you had an experience of a lifetime. Your story gave me goosebumps just reading it . . . and I hope that one day all 10C members get to experience what you did!
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
It's nice to live it through someone else's dream that actually happened!
Congrats and happy belated birthday! That was such an awesome story!
And you, pearljamorbust, congrats on sitting next to them in your dreams!
It's better than the "bad" dreams I've had with them in it. :P In them, I was always a bitch yelling at one of them. :roll:
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
Fuck the bitching about the texting.
While I agree that it's annoying at shows, but for a moment like this, hell yeah I'd want to know what my friends in another spot in the same building were saying and being happy for me - nothing like close friends sharing the same enthusiasm and validating your feelings!
Too awesome, Shawn!
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
Hey Krista!!! Wow can you believe it? It is all like a dream. Can't believe how lucky I am that I get to carry this memory with me the rest of my life!!
I was so happy to see you when I made it down there after talking to you at the pre-party. Things worked out well for you after all.
I am sure that I will be seeing you at a show soon!! I am working on a Portland thing right now but need a lot to fall into place. If not next year. Take care till next time my friend!!!!!
I know, I know, I know!!! I litterally cried like a girl when I found out. Okay, I am a girl, but whatever. LOL
I am trying to work out SLC and Seattle right now. Philly is going to happen--have tickets for Night 1, and might try to work some some out for Night 2. We'll see...
Maybe there will an Atlanta next year...wink, wink. You take care!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
Here's hoping I can get that close tomm. in S.F. since it's GA w/ thousands!
-TONYCLIFTON
-Mark Twain
out of curiousity, do you know what bottle of wine it was?
cheers,
sv
-Im so psyced for you bro! Glad I could kick it with you after the show at Dingers...I had a lot of fun! I hope some one turns in your wallet. Are you going to Philly? If so...see you on Halloween!
And to those seeing the text comment as a criticism of the story, relax. There is no need to get hostile. The people who made those comments stated that they were "old." Perhaps they just don't relate to the texting thing. You know different strokes :?
Again congrats to the OP and to Kcherub. I wish . . . that I am as lucky as you guys in Seattle.
Listen Gandhi...Please don't confuse a "caps lock" comment with hostility. We live in a technological world. If you don't have a cell phone...good for you! I saw much more cameras in front of me taking pictures and recording streams of video than I did people texting on their phones. And that didn't bother me. If people feel it's important enough to want to block my view for a few seconds and capture a memory...all the power to them. I just think it's funny that people would even mention being bothered by a text. It's kind of ridiculous...and I say to those people: stay home in your caves!
I've seen 2 PJ gigs and got Long Road opening on both of them.
I'd like to think that the whole band would have been glad to know that such great seats end up going to appreciative folks like yourself.
http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=109175&start=0