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In reply to the discussion: Any funny/strange memories re: getting tixs for, getting to, or incidents before a *concert* started? [View all]Harker
(14,095 posts)I was 17, driving three friends from Boulder.
Concerned that my stoner pals might forget their tickets, I asked them to show them to me upon picking them up. They all had tickets.
Arriving at the arena well in advance, I made the embarrassing discovery that I had left my ticket at home, so I bought a second general admission ticket, which I somehow managed to lose.
I bought a third ticket, the one that got me in.
As concert time approached, I was standing near one of the entrance doors, and had been chatting amiably with the bruiser security guy there. When the door was opened from within, the mini-Butkus lowered a shoulder and shoved me forcibly backwards. When I asked him why he had done that, he replied, "well... I had to hit somebody."
During the show a small explosive device exploded on my left forearm, raising a painful welt and opening a crack, which bled.
Other than that, it was a lot of fun.