Any funny/strange memories re: getting tixs for, getting to, or incidents before a *concert* started?

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The most over all important thing before ATM's became standard was my 🧡 mom's 🧡
ongoing 🎶"Concert 50"🎶! 😄
She saved some of the money my dad gave her so I could (often) run to our pharmacy on a Sunday to get a money order to pop in the mailbox the night before!
Usually 4 to 5, a rare 6th tickets for me, my sis, and friends. I'm sure we either got better seats, or seats at all because of this!
(On very rare occasions a lottery happened - which we we're lucky to always get tixs)
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My sis, and I (?76) were heading out to see Television at My Father's Place in Long Island. We were doing that bc they'd cancelled their latest CBGB's gig to go tour Europe; which would have been the first time we'd see them. This was their first NYC area show on returning.

Well, we took the subway fairly far out in Queens, then a bus that seemed to leave us "nowhere" under an open structure. Wth?! Now what! Rather unnerving.

Finally a cab came by. Seemed out there you often would share a taxi. So I'm guessing cabs would come around since they knew people would be getting off of that bus. So we did arrive on time for a fabulous show!
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There was the time in the mid-late '70s my friend, and I got it in our heads working up to a fevered lather of anticipation - that tickets were going on sale for a Who concert that day. Our other two concert buddies (a general friend, and my sis - I can't remember whether they agreed with us or not 😀 ) would have been our show buddies as almost always.

Now, that particular day WNEW- FM was doing blocks of live concert recordings with the same instrumental "opening track" like a pre concert song with performers walking to the stage. With recorded audience cheering at the start as well. I had a transistor radio with me.

So we went to Ticketmaster at Grand Central Station first, and hung out. We went to several other TMs of which I don't remember where - but we went all over Midtown Manhattan! 😄 Everytime they'd end one musical "concert" segment; we were sure that this was it! for the ticket announcement!!! 🎟️🎸🎤🔊🎼🎵🎶

Finally around 4 or 5 PM - this was late Spring, Summer; so it was still quite light out here; we finally concluded this was not happening. I remember we were standing under a structure. Maybe a road overpass? I don't think it was an elevated subway train bc of where we were.
Sigh. Home we went, disappointed.
But it still makes me really laugh on hindsight!
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The last one I can currently remember was small but some thing that hadn't experienced before.

I had a seat for U2's Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour at Met Life. About middle tier.
To get to it I had to go through a ? club box. Nothing fancy compared to what I looked up on line now - but along with regular chairs, and tables it was enclosed. Somethhing I'd glanced at other times from the regular stands.

Hope some of you will share fun/interesting stuff. 👍